FERRARI 246 – year 1958

Car Ferrari Construction, Modena, Italy

After Ascari died during a Ferrari test drive in Monza, the Lancia company 26 May 1955 in the year she resold all her racing cars. The buyer was Enzo Ferrari, who handed them over to the designer Vittorio Jan for modification and more power. These cars, marked V8 Lancia / Ferrari became the 1956 Best Formula Racing Cars of the Year 1. Thanks to them, Fangio became the world champion, by winning three Grand Prix races - in Argentina, Great Britain and West Germany.

At the same time, Alfredo Ferrari, son of a business owner, was preparing a new one, V-6 engine designed for new car models. After his premature death, v 1956 year, diminutive of the name Alfredo (Alfredino) popularly, Dino defined new versions of the engine of Ferrari vehicles.

The Dino engine was originally prepared according to the formula 2 and therefore had a capacity 1,5 liter. W 1958 year, its capacity was increased to 2417 cm3 (∅ 85 x 71 mm), thanks to which the power increased to 213,4 kW (290 KM) by 8300 RPM. The front engine had four camshafts in the cylinder heads, at an angle of 65 ° to each other. The four-speed gearbox was located at the rear next to the differential. The tubular frame had the front wheels suspended independently on rocker arms in a trapezoidal arrangement with coil springs. Transverse semi-elliptical leaf springs are used in the rigid rear axle. Model 246 had a mass 560 kg and reached the top speed 270 km/h. The best Ferrrari driver 246 was the Englishman Mike Hawthorn, who has won only one Grand Prix race, but in total he scored the most points and became world champion. Hawthorn also won the French Grand Prix in Reims, reaching high speed 200,9 km/h. From other model successes 246 Peter Collins' victory at the British Grand Prix should be mentioned, second place for Moss in Argentina and Monaco, Hawthorn in Belgium, Portugal, Great Britain, on the track in Monza and in Morocco.