1955 Lancia D50
Engine: 8-cylinder V
Capacity: 2488 cc
Max. powered output: 260 bhp at 8000 rpm
Max. speed: 280 km/h.
Weight - 600 kg
A Formula 1 single-seater designed by Vittorio Jano and presented towards the end of the racing season in 1954. The D 50 introduced some sensationally new features: V8 at 90° engine slanted from the car’s long axis, pressed-in cylinder liners, 4 twin-bodied carburettors, two plugs per cylinder ignition, tubular framework chassis stiffened at the front by the cylinder block which also acted as a load bearer, twin fuel tanks fitted outside the bodywork. This model started the 1955 season by winning the Turin and Posillipo Grands Prix driven by Alberto Ascari. When Ascari lost his life just a few weeks later while trying out Eugenio Castellotti’s Ferrari Sport at Monza, Lancia decided to withdraw from racing and gave Ferrari its cars and equipment. The following year Lancia-Ferrari won the world title with Manuel Fangio at the wheel.
Capacity: 2488 cc
Max. powered output: 260 bhp at 8000 rpm
Max. speed: 280 km/h.
Weight - 600 kg
A Formula 1 single-seater designed by Vittorio Jano and presented towards the end of the racing season in 1954. The D 50 introduced some sensationally new features: V8 at 90° engine slanted from the car’s long axis, pressed-in cylinder liners, 4 twin-bodied carburettors, two plugs per cylinder ignition, tubular framework chassis stiffened at the front by the cylinder block which also acted as a load bearer, twin fuel tanks fitted outside the bodywork. This model started the 1955 season by winning the Turin and Posillipo Grands Prix driven by Alberto Ascari. When Ascari lost his life just a few weeks later while trying out Eugenio Castellotti’s Ferrari Sport at Monza, Lancia decided to withdraw from racing and gave Ferrari its cars and equipment. The following year Lancia-Ferrari won the world title with Manuel Fangio at the wheel.
