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Bore X Stroke: 85 mm × 71 mm (3.35 in × 2.80 in) This was the first use of a V6 engine in a Formula One car, but otherwise the 246 F1 was a conventional front-engine design. The Ferrari 246 F1 was good enough to win a World Championship for Mike Hawthorn and a second place in the Constructors' Championship for Ferrari. [2]
The 1960 season had been a frustrating one for Ferrari's Formula One program as they campaigned their obsolete Dino 246, a front-engined car as the rear-engined design established supremacy. Due to the boycott by British teams, the championship had already been decided for Jack Brabham and Ferrari had gone without a victory. Seeing an ...
The Ferrari 246 P F1 was a Formula One race car prototype used by Ferrari in 1960. [1] It was Ferrari's first mid-engined car. [2] It made only two World Championship appearances, with its best result being fifth place at the 1960 Italian Grand Prix.
The Ferrari 246 F1 was not only the first V6-engined car to win a Formula One Grand Prix, the French Grand Prix at Reims in 1958, it was also the last front-engined car to win a Formula One Grand Prix. This occurred at the 1960 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, where the major British teams boycotted the race. [8] In 1959, to make full use of the ...
Lancia - Ferrari D50 engine 2.9 L Quattrovalvole V8 in a 1984 Ferrari 308 GTB Ferrari Tipo 056 F1 racing engine (2008). The first Ferrari V8 engine was derived from a Lancia project, used in D50 F1 racecar. The Dino V8 family lasted from the early 1970s through 2004 when it was replaced by a new Ferrari/Maserati design. Lancia derived
The 1960s were a memorable decade for many reasons, not the least of which are its cars. Here are some rides you undoubtedly remember The Most Influential Cars of the 1960s
Mauro Forghieri (13 January 1935 – 2 November 2022) was an Italian mechanical engineer, best known for his work as a Formula One racing car designer with Scuderia Ferrari during the 1960s and 1970s. He is credited with introducing the first designed rear wings to Formula One at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix. [1]
Up for auction today at Bring A Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos) is a collection of 47 Ferrari F1 racecars in 1:43 scale, complete with a custom designed display case ...