Lancia D50

Lancia D50

Constructor:	Lancia
Designer:	Vittorio Jano
Technical specifications
Chassis:	Space frame aluminum body
Engine:	Lancia DS50 2488 cm³ 90 ° V8
Length:	3850 mm
Width:	1448 mm
Height:	962 mm
Wheelbase:	2280 mm
Weight:	640 kg
Tires:	Englebert Pirelli
Petrol:	petrol
statistics
Driver:	Alberto Ascari Luigi Musso Juan Manuel Fangio Luigi Villoresi Eugenio Castellotti
First start:	1954 Spanish Grand Prix
Last start:	1957 Italian Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 14 Lancia: 4 Ferrari: 10 5 Lancia: 0 Ferrari: 5th 8 Lancia: 2 Ferrari: 6 5 Lancia: 1 Ferrari: 4th
World Cup points:	k. A. / tba
Podiums:	k. A. / tba
Leadership laps:	k. A. / tba

The Lancia D50 was developed in 1954 by Vittorio Jano at Lancia for the races of the Formula 1 World Championship .

Development history and technology

Technical components of the Lancia D50

The D50 was a monoposto with some innovations . It had a 2.5 liter 90 degree V8 engine that developed 260 hp (191 kW). The engine was a supporting part . The front suspension and the transverse bulkhead were connected to the front engine. The laterally offset drive shaft made a low cockpit possible. The outstanding feature of the project lies in the lateral arrangement of the fuel tanks, which were installed in pontoons outside the actual car. Rear tanks were the rule at the time and the axle loads and thus the driving behavior changed with the filling quantity in the tank. This design feature of the D50 had a positive effect on the aerodynamics, as a series of tests in the wind tunnel of the Politecnico di Torino had shown with a 1:10 scale model. Another advantage was the driving stability, which was exceptionally good with full tanks, and had a significantly less negative impact as the tanks were emptied than with the rear-wheel drive cars.

The Formula 1 regulations valid for 1954 provided for a maximum displacement of 2500 cm³ (for naturally aspirated engines ) or 750 cm³ for a supercharged engine (with supercharger) and did not set any weight restrictions. Given that Jano had always favored supercharged engines, it is surprising that the use of a supercharged engine was not even considered on this car. As with the standard Aurelia and the D20 / D23 / D24 "Sport", the clutch / gearbox / differential unit is located at the rear: However, the D50 uses a 5-speed gearbox plus reverse gear, which is remarkably transversely installed.

Racing history

The D50 made its debut at the 1954 Spanish Grand Prix . Alberto Ascari achieved the best time in practice and started from pole position . He dropped out in the race. In 1955 , Ascari won two Formula 1 races in Italy that were not part of the World Championship early in the season . Ascari was in the lead in Monaco before crashing at the port.

The death of Ascari during a private test drive at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and problems with the budget prompted Lancia to sell the racing department to Ferrari . The D50 were also sold. The Scuderia put the revised vehicles in the 1956 Formula One season as Ferrari D50 one. Juan Manuel Fangio won his fourth world championship.

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  Alberto Ascari in the Lancia D50

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  Lancia D50

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  Lancia D50

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  The diagonally mounted V6 of the D50

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  Rear view

Complete results of the Formula 1 World Championship

This table lists the complete results of all teams that have used the D50 in all of its evolutionary stages.

year	designation	engine	tires	team	driver	run
1954	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50 2.5 V8	P	Scuderia Lancia	Alberto Ascari									DNF
					Luigi Villoresi									DNF
1955	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50 2.5 V8	P	Scuderia Lancia	Alberto Ascari	DNF	DNF
					Luigi Villoresi	DNF 1	5
					Eugenio Castellotti	DNF 1	2		DNF
					Louis Chiron		6th
	Ferrari D50	Lancia DS50 2.5 V8	E.	Scuderia Ferrari	Giuseppe Farina							DNS
					Eugenio Castellotti							DNS
					Luigi Villoresi							DNS
1956	Ferrari D50	Ferrari DS50 2.5 V8	P E.	Scuderia Ferrari	Juan Manuel Fangio	1 1 / DNF	2 1 /4 1		DNF	4th	1	1	2 1 /8 1
					Eugenio Castellotti	DNF	4 1 / Ret		DNF	2	10 1	DNF 1 / DNF	8 1 / DNF
					Luigi Musso	1 1	DNF					DNF 1	DNF
					Peter Collins		2		1	1	2/ 1 DNF	DNF 1 / DNF	2 1
					Olivier Gendebien					DNF	DNA
					Paul Brother				2
					André Pilette				6th
					Alfonso de Portago					DNF	2 1 / 10 1	DNF 1	DNF
					Wolfgang von Trips								DNS
1957	Ferrari D50A Ferrari 801	Ferrari DS50 2.5 V8	E.	Scuderia Ferrari	Peter Collins	6 1 / DNF	DNF		3	DNF	3		DNF
					Luigi Musso	DNF			2	2	4th	DNF	8th
					Eugenio Castellotti	DNF
					Mike Hawthorn	DNF	DNF 1		4th	3	2		6th
					Wolfgang von Trips	6 1	7 1						3
					Cesare Perdisa	6 1
					Alfonso de Portago	5 1
					José Froilán González	5 1
					Maurice Trintignant		5		DNF	4th	DNS

¹ sharing of points by changing drivers on the same vehicle. (English: "Shared drive")

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 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 : Lancia D50  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ultimatecarpage.com articles, pictures and technical information. Retrieved May 23, 2020 (English).
• auto-motor-und-sport.de "The duel of the giants: MERCEDES W196 VS LANCIA D50". Retrieved May 23, 2020.
• The Lancia D50 - Renaissance Man Report with partly original recordings. On YouTube . Retrieved May 23, 2020 (English).
• 1954-56 Lancia D50 F1 GREAT & RAW V8 Sound In Action! Various recordings (mainly Goodwood). On YouTube . Retrieved May 23, 2020.