Ferrari 250TRI

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Carlo-Maria Abate and Umberto Maglioli's Ferrari 250TRI in the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1963
The Ferrari 250TRI / 61 with starting number 10; Olivier Gendebien and Phil Hill's winning car at the 1961 Le Mans 24-hour race

The Ferrari 250TRI , also known as the Ferrari 250TRI Fantuzzi Spider , was used in the versions TRI'60 and TRI'61 by Scuderia Ferrari from 1960 to 1963 in sports car races.

technology

On the test day for the 24-hour race at Le Mans in 1960, Ferrari presented a new sports car based on the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa . The 250TRI should complement the sports car prototypes this year. The Ferrari got the type designation TRI from the red cylinder head - TR for "Testa Rossa" - and from the now used independent suspension - I for "Independent Suspension". The chassis was revised and the wheelbase was shortened to 2350 mm. The body was made by Fantuzzi . The total weight, excluding fuel and liquids, was very low at 685 kg for a racing car from the early 1960s. In 1960 Fantuzzi built two copies that the Scuderia used in different races.

In 1961 the 250 TRI underwent a major overhaul. The V12 engine now developed 315 hp, 15 hp more than the previous year's model. The new body was created in the wind tunnel and was again built by Fantuzzi (2 copies). The windshield was pulled all the way back along the doors. The car got a striking spoiler as an extension of the hood. Like the Formula 1 racing car of 1961, the Ferrari 156 , the 250 TRI'61 was given a front section with two oval radiator openings tapering to a flat point - the shark's mouth.

Races

It quickly became apparent that the TRI concept was successful. In 1960 the outreaches were sparse and therefore great successes were not possible, the Scuderia used the racing car regularly from 1961. The first overall victory came in March 1961 at the 12-hour race in Sebring , where the works team celebrated a double victory. Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien won in front of the number 15 TRI, where four pilots - Giancarlo Baghetti , Willy Mairesse , Richie Ginther and Wolfgang von Trips - shared the cockpit. After the second place of the Mexican Rodríguez brothers Pedro and Ricardo in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring , another double victory followed, this time at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . Hill and Gendebien won ahead of Mairesse and his teammate Mike Parkes . At the 4-hour race in Pescara there was another success in September 1961. Lorenzo Bandini and Ludovico Scarfiotti won on a TRI reported by Scuderia Centro Sud .

In 1962 the Scuderia repeated the success in Sebring. Joakim Bonnier and Lucien Bianchi drove the TRI'61 to victory. This year there were still successes by Carlo-Maria Abate in a national sports car race in Reims and Lorenzo Bandini in the Trophée d'Auvergne .

The last race for a TRI was at an SCCA race in Laguna Seca with the American Frank Crane at the wheel, who finished eleventh in the race.

Technical specifications

Parameters Ferrari 250TRI
Engine:  Four-stroke 12-cylinder front engine
Cooling:  water
Displacement :  2953.21 cm³
Bore × stroke:  73 x 58.8 mm
Compression:  9.8: 1
Valve control:  1 overhead camshaft per cylinder bank, 2 valves per cylinder
Carburetor:  6 Weber double carburettors 38DCN3
Power:  310 hp at 7,400 rpm
Maximum torque: 
Power transmission:  5-speed gearbox (not synchronized) plus reverse gear
Frame and body:  Tubular frame, body made of aluminum
Steering: 
Front suspension:  individually on double wishbones, coil springs, telescopic shock absorbers
Rear suspension:  like front suspension
Brakes:  Dunlop disc brakes front and rear
Track width front / rear:  1308/1294 mm
Wheelbase :  2350 mm
Tire size front / rear:  5.5 × 16 / 6.0 × 16
Length × width × height: 
Empty weight (without driver):  685 kg
Top speed:  up to 270 km / h

literature

  • Pino Casamassima: Storia della Scuderia Ferrari. Nada Editore, Vimodrome 1998, ISBN 88-7911-179-5 .
  • Peter Braun / Gregor Schulz: The great Ferrari manual. Heel, Königswinter 2006, ISBN 3-89880-501-8 .

Web links

Commons : Ferrari 250TRI  - album with pictures, videos and audio files