Osella FA1ME
Constructor: | Osella | ||||||||
Designer: |
Antonio Tomaini Ignazio Lunetta |
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Predecessor: | Osella FA1M-89 | ||||||||
Successor: | Fondmetal Fomet 1 | ||||||||
Technical specifications | |||||||||
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Chassis: | CFRP monocoque | ||||||||
Wheelbase: | 2860 mm | ||||||||
Weight: | 505 kg | ||||||||
Tires: | Pirelli | ||||||||
Petrol: | Agip | ||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
Driver: | Olivier Grouillard | ||||||||
First start: | 1990 San Marino Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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World Cup points: | - | ||||||||
Podiums: | - | ||||||||
Leadership laps: | - |
The Osella FA1ME was a Formula 1 racing car from the Osella Squadra Corse team , with which the Piedmontese team contested its final Formula 1 season in 1990 . From a technical point of view, the car was a further development of the Osella FA1M-89 that was released last year . The car only crossed the finish line three times in 1990 and did not score any world championship points. After the Osella team was taken over by Fondmetal in November 1990 , the almost unchanged car appeared for the first two races of the 1991 season under the name Fondmetal FA1ME .
technology
The chassis and body of the FA1ME largely corresponded to the Osella FA1M-89 designed in winter 1988/89. The wheelbase was lengthened by 10 mm. The most important difference concerned the front suspension: the spring / damper unit, which was housed in the inner area of the cockpit on the FA1M-89, has now been relocated back to the nose of the vehicle. It was located on the upper fairing of the monocoque. In addition, there were new air intakes. The rest of the package, including the Cosworth DFR engine and the Pirelli tires, which initially continued to be superior in qualifying, remained unchanged. However, the engine no longer came from Mader , but from Hart . According to the factory, the total weight did not exceed the minimum weight of 505 kg required by the regulations.
Osella made two copies of the FA1ME.
Painting
In the version used in 1990, the FA1ME was painted red, orange and black. The sticker of the sponsor Fondmetal was bigger than ever before at Osella; it dominated large parts of the engine cover. In the 1991 version of the Fondmetal Corse team, the car was largely painted black and had silver and red accents.
Races
1990
1990 was the last Formula 1 season for the Osella team. Unlike in the previous year, the racing team only used one vehicle that was driven by Olivier Grouillard. The FA1ME made its debut in the third race of the 1990 Imola season . Grouillard qualified in the FA1ME for seven of a total of 14 races.
After two finishings in Canada (13th place) and Mexico (19), the team's performance decreased. From the French Grand Prix to the Hungarian Grand Prix , Grouillard missed the qualification or pre-qualification. The main reason for this was the poor handling of the car, which only improved when a new underbody was installed for the Belgian Grand Prix . After that Osella was able to qualify regularly in the second third of the starting field, but the car still suffered from a lack of reliability. The wheel bearings alone broke in three races and forced an early end. There were only four finishings in total; the best result was two 13th places in Canada and Australia.
1991
Fondmetal Corse, the successor to the Osella team, competed in the first two races of the 1991 season with the technically unchanged FA1ME. Grouillard remained as a driver; he failed each in the pre-qualification. Then Fondmetal's first in-house design appeared, the Fondmetal Fomet 1 , which had been developed in Great Britain and no longer had any conceptual similarity to the FA1ME.
Race results
Osella FA1ME
driver | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | Points | rank |
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1990 Formula 1 season | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
O. Grouillard | 14th | DNF | DNQ | 13 | 19th | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | 16 | DNF | DNQ | DNF | DNQ | DNF |
Fund metal FA1ME
driver | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | Points | rank |
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1991 Formula 1 season | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
O. Grouillard | 14th | DNPQ | DNPQ |
Legend | ||
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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 |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
literature
- Adriano Cimarosti: The Century of Racing , Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-01848-9
- Alan Henry: Auto Course 1990/91 , Osprey Publishing Ltd, London 1991, ISBN 0-905138-74-0 .
- Alan Henry: Auto Course 1991/92. London 1992 (Hazleton Securities Ltd.), ISBN 0-905138-87-2
- David Hodges: A – Z of Grand Prix Cars 1906–2001 , 2001 (Crowood Press), ISBN 1-86126-339-2 (English)
- David Hodges: Racing Cars from A – Z after 1945 , Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-613-01477-7
- Pierre Ménard: La Grande Encyclopédie de la Formule 1 , 2nd edition, St. Sulpice, 2000, ISBN 2-940125-45-7 (French)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Alan Henry: Auto Course 1990/91 , Osprey Publishing Ltd, London 1991, ISBN 0-905138-74-0 , p. 122.