Ferrari 246 F1

This article is about 1958 Formula One car. For the 1960 Formula One car, see Ferrari 246P. For the 1966 Formula One car, see Ferrari 246 F1-66. For the roadcar, see Dino (automobile).
Ferrari 246 F1
Category Formula One
Constructor Ferrari
Designer(s) Vittorio Jano
Carlo Chiti
Predecessor 801
Successor 156
Technical specifications
Chassis Tubular aluminium body on chassis composed of two main elliptic tubes and other small tubes to form a light, rigid structure
Suspension (front) double wishbones, coil springs, telescopic dampers and anti-roll bar
Suspension (rear) DeDion axle, transverse upper leaf spring, two longitudinal radius arms, Houdaille lever dampers
Engine Ferrari Dino Type 246, 2,417 cc (147.5 cu in), 65° V6, naturally aspirated Mid-engine, longitudinally mounted
Transmission Ferrari Type 523 4-speed manual
Fuel Shell
Tyres Dunlop
Competition history
Notable entrants Scuderia Ferrari
FISA
Scuderia Sant Ambroeus
Notable drivers Italy Luigi Musso
United Kingdom Peter Collins
United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn
West Germany Wolfgang von Trips
Belgium Olivier Gendebien
United States Phil Hill
Debut 1958 Argentine Grand Prix
Drivers' Championships 1 (Mike Hawthorn, 1958)

The Ferrari 246 F1 was a Ferrari racing car built for the Formula One World Championship of 1958. The regulations for 1954–1960 limited naturally aspirated engines to 2500 cc and for the 1958 season there was a change from alcohol fuels to AvGas.

The 246 used a 2417 cc Dino V6 engine with a 65° angle between the cylinder banks.[1] This was the first use of a V6 engine in a Formula One car, but otherwise the 246 was a conventional front-engine design. The Ferrari 246 was good enough to win a World Championship for Mike Hawthorn and a second place in the Constructors' Championship for Ferrari.

The Ferrari 246 was not only the first V6-engined car to win a Formula One Grand Prix, the French Grand Prix at Reims in 1958, it was also the last front-engined car to win a Formula One Grand Prix. This occurred at the 1960 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, where the major British teams boycotted the race.[2]

In 1960, the Ferrari 246 designation was also used for the first mid-/rear-engined Ferrari, the 246P Formula One car (using same Dino V6 engine of 2417 cc), and then again in 1966 for Ferrari's first three-litre era Formula One car.

The 246 at the 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

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