Ferrari 375F1

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Ferrari 375F1

The 375F1 from Alberto Ascari
Constructor: ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari
Designer: Aurelio Lampredi
Predecessor: Ferrari 340F1
Successor: Ferrari 500 (technical)
Ferrari 553 Squalo (chronological)
Technical specifications
Chassis: Ladder frame (side support) with tubular frame elements
Engine: 4.5 L Lampredi V12 60 ° (4493.73 cm³)
Length: 3937 mm
Width: 1428 mm
Height: 960 mm
Wheelbase: 2320 mm
Weight: 720 kg
Tires: Pirelli
Petrol: Shell
statistics
Driver: ItalyItaly Alberto Ascari Piero Taruffi José Froilán González
ItalyItaly 
ArgentinaArgentina 
Starts Victories Poles SR
8 (in the world championship) 3 tba tba
World Cup points: -
Podiums: -
Leadership laps: k. A. / tba
Template: Infobox racing car / maintenance / old parameters

The Ferrari 375F1 was a Formula 1 - racing cars , built and used by the Scuderia Ferrari .

Development history and model description

Aurelio Lampredi was a great proponent of non-supercharged racing engines. The engines he built for the Ferrari 275F1 , 340F1 and the Ferrari 375F1 reflected this view. The most powerful engine was used in the 375F1. With a displacement of 4.4 liters, this engine had a maximum of 280 kW (380 hp). Lampredi was convinced that this technology made the cars lighter and easier to drive, that the engines were less stressed and that they were also more economical due to the lower fuel consumption.

The chassis and chassis were taken from the Ferrari 340F1. It had double wishbones and transverse leaf springs in the front and a De Dion suspension with a transverse leaf spring in the rear.

Racing history

Ferrari 375F1

The car made its Formula 1 debut at the end of the 1950 season . Alberto Ascari thus retired from the Italian Grand Prix at Monza . In 1951 , the 375F1 became Ferrari's first winning car in Formula 1, and Scuderia became a strong opponent of Alfa Romeo and their top car, the Tipo 159 . José Froilán González won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and Ascari won the World Championship run for the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring just 14 days later . At the Italian Grand Prix in September of the same year, only Felice Bonetto in an Alfa Romeo was able to keep up with the Scuderia factory cars . Ascari won ahead of González and Bonetto. Luigi Villoresi and Piero Taruffi completed Ferrari's total home triumph with fourth and fifth place. But Juan Manuel Fangio took the title of driver world champion for Alfa Romeo. In the end, Ascari was six points short of the title.

The end for the 375 as an emergency vehicle in the world championship came through a change in the regulations. From 1952 , the Grand Prix races were driven with Formula 2 vehicles and the Scuderia used the Ferrari 500 . The 375F1 continued to run in the formula Libre ; Ferrari also used factory cars there in 1952. Three 375F1 were sold to private drivers. The Ferrari 375 Indianapolis was based on the 375F1 as was the Thinwall Special .

Trivia

The engine with which José Froilán González achieved the first Ferrari victory at Silverstone was later given to motorboat racing driver Achille Castoldi for his project Arno XI through the mediation of his driver colleagues Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi , with the Castoldi 1953 on Lake Iseo one today still valid world record set up with a speed of 242.708 km / h (131.051 kn).

Technical specifications

375F1 Year of construction 1950; used in 1950 and 1951
engine 12-cylinder V-engine
Bore × stroke 80 x 74.5 mm
Displacement 4494 cc
compression 11: 1
Maximum power 257 kW (350 hp) at 7000 rpm
Max. Torque -
crankshaft -
Engine control overhead camshaft, chain, 2 valves per cylinder
Carburetor 3 × Weber 42 DCF
Charging -
fuel -
Tank capacity 195 liters
cooling Water (with pump)
transmission Four-speed, one reverse, multi-plate clutch
chassis Tubular frame, two oval side members
Suspension in front Double wishbone, transverse leaf spring
Rear suspension De Dion axle, transverse leaf spring
Shock absorbers Lever shock absorbers front and rear
Brakes Four hydraulically operated drum brakes
wheelbase 2320 mm
track 1278/1250 mm
External dimensions 3937 × 1428 × 960 mm
Dry weight 720 kg (including water and oil)
Top speed  278 km / h (173 mph)

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 .

Web links

Commons : Ferrari 375F1  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mathias Brunner: Crazy: racing boat with Formula 1 engine from Ferrari. SPEEDWEEK, August 19, 2019, accessed on January 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Tom Grünweg: Water March ! SPIEGEL, April 30, 2012, accessed December 1, 2020 .