Kurtis Kraft 500A
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Length: ? mm
Width: ? mm
Height: ? mm
Brakes: ?
Tyres: Firestone
Offenhauser 4500 cc 4 cylinder
Power: ? kW
Drive Type: Front wheel drive
Transmission: ?
Fuel Type: Petrol
Tank Capacity: ?
Winner 500 Miles of Indianapolis with driver Bill Vucovich
For the 1955 Formula One World Championship, Mercedes again deployed a Mercedes-Benz W196. The car designed by Hans Scherrenberg, did not have many modifications, apart from the engine power. The experience of the previous season led to the greater use of the open wheeled version, given the characteristics of the world circuits. The only exception was for the Italian Grand Prix where the circuit was very fast and was opted for the wheeled chassis.
Juan Manuel Fangio at the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz W196 won the 1955 Formula One World Championship. A title contender is Stirling Moss’s new team-mate, but the argentine was too experienced for the british driver. Fangio started winning his home Grand Prix in Argentina, and during the season he obtained three more victories, GP Netherlands, GP Belgium and GP Italy. The 24 hour Le Mans 1955 crash, where the Mercedes led by Pierre Levegh caused the death of 83 people, brought to Mercedes-Benz to the decision to stop all sporting competitions, including Formula 1.
Mercedes W196
Aluminium body panels chassis
Length: 4025 mm
Width: 1625 mm
Height: 1040 mm
Brakes: drums, all round
Tyres: Continental
Mercedes M196 R Straight 8, 2496 cc front, longitudinally mounted
Power: 216 kW
Drive Type: Rear wheel drive
Transmission: five speed Manual
Fuel Type: Petrol
Tank Capacity: ?
Winner Formula 1 World Champion 1955 with driver Juan Manuel Fangio
GP winner: GP of Argentina 1955 with Juan Manuel Fangio, GP of Belgio 1955 with Juan Manuel Fangio, GP of Holland 1955 with Juan Manuel Fangio, GP of Great Britain 1955 with Stirling Moss, GP of Italy 1955 with Juan Manuel Fangio
The Brabham Repco BT24 won the Formula 1 World Championship in 1967 under the guidance of the australian driver Denny Hulme, for the Australian rider is the first and only world won, the second consecutive instead for the Brabham stable.
Designed by Ron Tauranac, the Brabham Repco BT24 derived from the base of the Formula 2 BT23. At the frame space frame, du combined the new Repco 740 V8 engine, completely built by the Repco, while the previous engines were based on the Oldsmobile structure. Tauranac pretended by the Repco to build an engine with the exhausts to the center reducing the frontal impact of the car and to avoid that these cross the rear suspensions.
The Brabham Repco BT24 even if less performing than the Lotus 49 had its better reliability.
With the reigning champion Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme behind the wheel, the Brabham Repco BT24 achieved only three victories, in the Grand Prix of France and Canada with Brabham and in the German Grand Prix with Hulme but with eight other podiums, the team conquered the championship builders, while Hulme won the Drivers’ Championship for 5 points on the teammate.
Brabham BT24
steel spaceframe with fibreglass body
Length: 3937 mm
Width: ? mm
Height: 864 mm
Brakes: discs, all round
Tyres: Goodyear
Repco 740 90° V8 2994 cc
Power: 246 kw
Drive Type: Rear wheel drive.
Transmission: Hewland DG300, five speed manual, ZF differential
Tank capacity: 75 litres
Fuel Type: Petrol
Winner Formula 1 World Champion 1967 with driver Denny Hulme
GP winner: GP of Germany 1967
The Tyrrell Ford Cosworth 003 won the Formula 1 World Championship in 1971 with Jackie Stewart. The car designed by Derek Gardner debut at the Grand Prix of Spain in 1971 on the Montjuic circuit, Jackie Stewart, even though he qualified only in fourth place, managed to win against Jackie Ickx’s Ferrari despite the greater power of his engine.
The Tyrrell Ford Coswort 003 was a very agile car and in the rest of the season, it continued to evolve. In the Netherlands Gardner positioned an air intake over the pilot’s head, this was designed to take cold air and convey it to the engine increasing its power. In France, the Tyrrell Ford Cosworth 003 presented itself with a new front nose completely innovative in Formula One. The muzzle covered the entire front, deflecting the air directly on the front radiator or flowing on the top of the car instead of crossing the front suspension. This made it possible to position the entire car further down, increasing the aerodynamic load.
During the season Jackie Stewart won six grand prizes on the eleven of the season: Spain, Monaco, France, Great Britain, Germany and Canada. This allowed him to win the Formula 1 World Championship with an important gap on the runner-up Ronnie Peterson. For the Scottish rider it was the second world title after the 1968 one on the Matra, while for the Tyrrell it was the first world title and in the same year it also won the constructors thanks to the third place of Francois Cevert.
Lotus 72D
aluminium monocoque with fully stressed engine
Length: ? mm
Width: ? mm
Height: ? mm
Brakes: ventilated discs, all round
Tyres: Goodyear
Ford Cosworth DFV 90° V8 2993 cc
Power: 336 kw
Drive Type: Rear wheel drive.
Transmission: Hewland FG 400 five speed Manual
Tank capacity: 75 litres
Fuel Type: Petrol
Winner Formula 1 World Champion 1971 with driver Jackie Stewart
GP winner: GP of Spain 1971, GP of Monaco 1971, GP of France 1971, GP of Great Britain 1971, GP of Germany 1971, GP of Canada 1971
The Lotus – Climax 25 is the car that dominated the Formula One World Championship in 1963. Colin Chapman with the project of version 25 revolutionized the formula 1, the car no longer had a tubular chassis, but a monocoque structure that made the car very rigid and light, but above all low and narrow with which frontal penetration was reduced.
Jim Clark at the wheel of the Lotus – Climax 25 won the Formula 1 World Championship in 1963, winning his first drivers’ title. The Scottish pilot dominated the season, won seven races: Belgium, Holland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Mexico and South Africa. Lotus also won its first constructors title. With the same year the Lotus 25 was modified to participate in the 500 miles of Indianapolis, where Jim Clark obtained a second place.
Lotus 25
Aluminium monocoque
Length: 3553 mm
Width: 1548 mm
Height: 787 mm
Brakes: Disc
Tyres: Dunlop
Coventry Climax FWMV 1496 cc V8 90°
Power: > 145 kw
Drive Type: Rear
Transmission: ZF 5DS10 five speed manual
Fuel Type: Petrol
Tank Capacity: ? lt
Winner Formula 1 World Champion 1963 with driver Jim Clark
GP winner: GP of Belgium 1963, GP of Holland 1963, GP of France 1963, GP of Great Britain 1963, GP of Italy 1963, GP of Mexico 1963, GP of South Africa 1963
The Maserati 250F is the winning car in the Formula 1 World Championship in 1957. In 1954 the Italian team under the direction of the designers Gioacchino Colombo, Vittorio Bellentani and Alberto Massimino, built a car that competed in the Formula 1 grand prix for six years obtaining eight victories.
Juan Manuel Fangio with the Maserati 250F won the World Championship of Formula 1 of 1957, for the Argentinian driver was the fifth and last world title. With four wins over eight races, Fangio dominated the championship in the Grand Prix of Germany, showed his great power by surpassing the penultimate lap Hawthorn and Collins after suffering a gap of one minute. Beyond Germany, the Argentine pilot also won in Argentina, Monaco and France.
Maserati 250F
Aluminium body on steel tubular space frame
Length: 4050 mm
Width: ? mm
Height: 950 mm
Brakes: Hydraulic drums
Tyres: Pirelli
Maserati 2494 cc 6 cylinder in line, longitudinally mounted
Power: 201 kW
Drive Type: Front
Transmission: Manual five speed and RM
Tank Capacity: ? lt
Fuel Type: Petrol
Winner Formula 1 World Champion 1957 with driver Juan Manuel Fangio
GP winner: GP of Argentine 1957 with driver Juan Manuel Fangio, GP of Monaco 1957 with driver Juan Manuel Fangio, GP of France 1957 with driver Juan Manuel Fangio, GP of Germany 1957 with Juan Manuel Fangio