Ferrari 340F1

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The Ferrari 340F1 was a Formula 1 racing car, built and used by Scuderia Ferrari .

Development history and technology

As in the Ferrari 275F1 , the new V-12 engine from Aurelio Lampredi was also used in the 340F1 . Lampredi, who was an advocate of non-turbocharged engines, developed this in the early 1950s. The variant in the 340F1 had 320 hp (235 kW) with a displacement of 4.1 liters. In contrast to the 275 F1, which had an old- style chassis, a new chassis was designed for the 340F1 and 375F1 . The racing car had double wishbones and transverse leaf springs at the front and a rigid De-Dion axle with a single transverse leaf spring at the rear .

Racing history

The 340F1 made its debut at the Grand Prix of Nations in Geneva on June 30, 1950 with Alberto Ascari at the wheel. However, the race ended in a retirement. At the 1950 Italian Grand Prix , the 375F1, the sister model with the 4.4-liter variant of the Lampredi engine, made its racing debut. In the 1951 season, the 375F1 became the Scuderia's most popular service vehicle in the world championship. The 340F1 was only used one more time, at the 1950 Grand Prix de Penya Rhin in Pedralbes, Spain, where Piero Taruffi finished third in their 375F1 behind his two teammates Ascari and Serafini.

literature

  • David Hodges: Racing cars from A to Z after 1945. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 .
  • Pino Casamassima: Storia della Scuderia Ferrari. Nada Editore, Vimodrome 1998, ISBN 88-7911-179-5 .
  • Leonardo Acerbi: 60 years of Ferrari. Heel, Königswinter 2007, ISBN 978-3-89880-815-6

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