Ferrari 641

Ferrari 641

Constructor:	Scuderia Ferrari
Designer:	Steve Nichols Enrique Scalabroni
Predecessor:	Ferrari 640
Successor:	Ferrari 642
Technical specifications
Chassis:	Monocoque
Engine:	Ferrari Tipo 036 65 ° V12 engine, 3.5 liters
Length:	4,460 mm
Width:	2.130 mm
Height:	1,000 mm
Wheelbase:	2881 mm
Weight:	503 kg
Tires:	Goodyear
Petrol:	Agip
statistics
Driver:	Alain Prost Nigel Mansell
First start:	1990 USA Grand Prix
Last start:	1990 Australian Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 16 6th 3 4th
World Cup points:	110
Podiums:	14th
Leadership laps:	n / a over n / a km
Status: 1990

The Ferrari 641 was a Formula 1 racing car that Scuderia Ferrari used in the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship.

Development history and technology

Ferrari 036-2 engine exhibited in the Museo Ferrari in Modena

Alain Prost in a Ferrari 641, in 1990 at the US Grand Prix in Phoenix

The Ferrari 641 was the further development of the Ferrari 640 , which John Barnard had developed. Enrique Scalabroni and Steve Nichols were responsible for working on the new racing car. The vehicle had clearer lines than the previous model and many details were improved. The semi-automatic transmission , which was the weak point of the 640 last year, has been revised. Since the two designers already knew at the beginning of their work on the 641 that Alain Prost would change from McLaren to Scuderia, Prost's soft driving style was taken into account when working on the chassis. The only weak point of the 641 was the V12 engine , which only achieved similar performance values ​​as the V10 engine from Honda in its final expansion stage . The wheels were individually suspended on double wishbones , the springs and dampers on the inside were operated via push rods (“ pushrods ”).

Racing history

In 1990 the Scuderia narrowly missed the world championship title in both the drivers 'and the constructors' championships. Alain Prost won five world championship races with the 641, but lost the title to the Brazilian McLaren driver due to a collision at the start with Ayrton Senna in the penultimate race in Suzuka ( Japanese Grand Prix ). And although the second works driver Nigel Mansell won another Grand Prix with the 641, the constructors' trophy also went to McLaren.

Trivia

After the introduction of the Ferrari 642 , a discarded copy of the Type641 driven by Alain Prost was given to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) and exhibited there because of its attractive design .

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
1990 Formula 1 season																		110	2.
A. Cheers	1	DNF	1	4th	DNF	(5)	1	1	1	4th	DNF	2	2	3	1	DNF	3
N. Mansell	2	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	3	2	18 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	1	2	DNF	2

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 A – Z after 1945. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 .

Web links

Commons : Ferrari 641  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• YouTube: "1990 Spa - Ferrari 641" : Nigel Mansell in the Ferrari 641 in Spa / Belgium

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Paul Horrell: FERRARI AT MOMA. Ferrari Magazine, November 15, 2017, accessed January 23, 2020 . 
2. ↑ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art: #ArtSpeaks Pamela Popeson on Ferrari. In: MoMA The Museum of Modern Art. Facebook, April 17, 2018, accessed on January 23, 2020 .