Dallara bms 189

The Dallara Bms 189 with Andrea De Cesaris at the wheel of the 1989 Belgian Grand Prix

The Dallara Bms 189 was a Formula 1 vehicle designed by the Italian racing car manufacturer Dallara and used by the BMS Scuderia Italia team in the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship . It was the first car with which the team achieved world championship points.

background

The Brescia- based racing team BMS Italia debuted in Formula 1 in 1988. Since the team - unlike most other racing teams - did not have its own development department, BMS had the vehicles designed by the independent racing car manufacturer Dallara since 1988. The alliance with Dallara lasted until 1992.

technology

The designers responsible for the Bms 189 were Gianpaolo Dallara and Marco Tolentino , who had worked for the Italian team EuroBrun Racing last season . The Bms 189 has been described as a sleek and elegant car. In some details, Gianpaolo Dallara based himself on the March 881 and the Benetton B188 , which had won 39 and 22 world championship points for Benetton and March 22 respectively.

The construction of the monocoque and the wheel suspension was similar to that of the previous model Dallara F188 . The car had tension struts at the front and rear. It saw few changes during the year. They were largely limited to modifications to the front and rear wings.

A 3.5 liter eight-cylinder Cosworth DFR engine , which was prepared by Heini Mader Racing Components in Switzerland, served as the drive .

Races

Unlike in the previous year, Scuderia Italia, like almost every one of the 20 registered teams, fielded two vehicles in 1989. The drivers were Alex Caffi , who had already competed for the Italian team in the debut season, and Andrea de Cesaris , who had driven the Rial ARC1 in 1988 . De Cesaris' car was exempt from pre-qualification, but Caffi was subject to pre-qualification in the first half of the season, where he failed twice. Ironically, however, Caffi caused de Cesaris' only non-qualification of the season at the French Grand Prix , when he qualified for 26th and last place on the grid just before the latter.

Caffi finished fourth at the Monaco Grand Prix , scoring the first world championship points for the Italian team. De Cesaris even finished third in the Canadian Grand Prix four weeks later . Together with a sixth place for Caffis on the same route, this resulted in a total of eight world championship points for Scuderia Italia, so that they finished their second season in eighth place in the constructors' championship. This result could be achieved again in 1991 ; However, the team has not achieved a better positioning in its six-year history.

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
Formula 1 World Championship 1989																		8th	8th.
Alex Caffi	21st	DNPQ	7th	4th	13	DNF	6th	DNF	DNPQ	DNF	7th	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	9	DNF
Andrea de Cesaris	22nd	13	10	13	DNF	8th	3	DNQ	DNF	7th	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	7th	10	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

literature

• David Hodges: Racing Cars from AZ after 1945 , 1st edition Stuttgart (Motorbuch Verlag) 1993
• David Hodges: A – Z of Grand Prix Cars 1906–2001 , 2001 (Crowood Press), ISBN 1-86126-339-2 (English)
• Adriano Cimarosti: The Century of Racing . 1st edition, Stuttgart 1997.
• Mathias Brunner: The genius lies in the simple . Presentation of the Dallara Bms 189 in: Motorsport aktuell, issue 7/1989, p. 3.

Web links

Commons : Dallara Bms 189  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The second exception was the French Larrousse team, which had its racing cars developed by Lola Cars in Great Britain .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Hodges: Racing Cars from AZ after 1945, p. 74.
3. ↑ Motorsport Aktuell, Issue 7/1989, S: 3.
4. ↑ Motorsport Aktuell, issue 7/1989, p. 3.
5. ^ Hodges: AZ of Grand Prix Cars 1906-2001, p. 70.
6. ↑ Overview of the engines used in Formula 1 and the tuning companies on the website forix.autosport.com (accessed on August 16, 2012).
7. ↑ The only exception was EuroBrun Racing.