Gordini Type 32
The Gordini T32 was a Formula 1 racing car that was used in the 1956 and 1957 Formula 1 World Championship.
In 1955 Gordini presented a completely new Formula 1 racing car. The T32 was unveiled at the Montlhéry circuit . Gordini had retained the ladder frame construction, but the T32 had independent wheel suspensions and disc brakes . The eight-cylinder in-line engine developed 250 hp with a displacement of 2.5 liters.
However, the car was too heavy and the two copies built were inferior to the competition. The cooling of the internal rear brakes was also a problem. This was remedied by means of air slots in the body.
Elie Bayol and André Pilette achieved their first points with the T32 at the 1956 Monaco Grand Prix , where they tied for sixth place. It should remain the only place with a T32 in the points at a world championship run.
literature
- David Hodges: A – Z of Formula Racing Cars. Bay View Books, Bideford 1990, ISBN 1-87097-916-8 (in German: David Hodges: Rennwagen von A – Z after 1945. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 ).
