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Lancia D50

Racing automobile

Summary

Racing automobile

Scuderia Ferrari ITA Luigi Villoresi ITA Eugenio Castellotti ARG Juan Manuel Fangio ITA Luigi Musso UK Peter Collins ESP Alfonso de Portago R: 1330 mm | Turbo/NA = Naturally aspirated 1954: 260 bhp. Lancia: 4 Ferrari: 10 0 5 2 6 1 4 The Lancia D50 was a Formula One racing car designed by Vittorio Jano for Lancia in 1954. The car's design made use of many innovative features, such as the use of the engine as a stressed chassis member, the off-centre positioning of the engine to allow a lower overall height, and pannier fuel cells for better weight distribution and aerodynamics.

Description

The D50 made its race debut toward the end of the 1954 Formula One season in the hands of two-time and reigning World Champion, Italian driver Alberto Ascari. In its first event Ascari took both pole position in qualifying and fastest race lap, although his car's clutch failed after only ten laps. Following Ascari's death, and in increasing financial trouble, the Lancia family sold their controlling share in the Lancia company, and the assets of Scuderia Lancia were given to Scuderia Ferrari. Ferrari continued to develop the car, although they removed many of Jano's most innovative designs, and the car was rebadged as the "Lancia-Ferrari D50" and later simply the "Ferrari D50". Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1956 World Championship of Drivers with this car modified by Ferrari. During their competition lifespan D50s were entered into 14 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, winning five.

Ferrari 801

The D50s lived on into the 1957 season, much modified as "Ferrari 801s" but were largely uncompetitive against the latest generation of Maserati 250Fs.

Technical data

Technical data	D50	Ferrari 801
Engine:	Front mounted 8 cylinder V engine
displacement:	2488 cm3	2486 cm3
Bore × stroke:	73.6 × 73.1 mm	76 × 68.5 mm
Max power at rpm:	250 hp at 8 100 rpm	275 hp at 8 400 rpm
Max torque at rpm:	210 Nm at 6 000 rpm	205 Nm at 5 500 rpm
Compression:	11.9:1	11.5:1
Valve control:	2 overhead camshafts per cylinder row, 2 valves per cylinder
Carburetor:	4 Solex ZIL	4 Solex 40 PII
Gearbox:	5-speed manual, transaxle
suspension front:	Double wishbones, transverse leaf springs, hydraulic shock absorbers	Double wishbones, coil springs, anti-roll bars
suspension rear:	De Dion axle, transverse leaf springs, hydraulic shock absorbers	De Dion axle, double longitudinal links, transverse leaf spring
Brakes:	Hydraulic drum brakes
Chassis & body:	Fackverk frame with aluminum body
Wheelbase:	228 cm
Dry weight:	640 kg	654 kg
Top speed:	300 km/h	280 km/h

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position, results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Designation	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50 2.5 V8			ARG	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SWI	ITA	ESP
Alberto Ascari									Ret
Luigi Villoresi									Ret
	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50 2.5 V8			ARG	MON	500	BEL	NED	GBR	ITA
Alberto Ascari	Ret	Ret
Luigi Villoresi	Ret1	5
Eugenio Castellotti	Ret1	2		Ret
Louis Chiron		6
Ferrari D50		Giuseppe Farina							DNS
Eugenio Castellotti							DNS
Luigi Villoresi							DNS
	Ferrari D50	Ferrari DS50 2.5 V8
	ARG	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA
Juan Manuel Fangio	***1/
Ret***	2/4		Ret	4	1	1	2/8
Eugenio Castellotti	Ret	4/
Ret		Ret	2	10	Ret
/Ret	8/
Ret
Luigi Musso	1	Ret					Ret	Ret
Peter Collins		2		1	1	2/
Ret	Ret
/Ret	2
Olivier Gendebien					Ret	DNA
Paul Frère				2
André Pilette				6
Alfonso de Portago					Ret	2/
10	Ret	Ret
Wolfgang von Trips								DNS
	Ferrari D50A
Ferrari 801	DS50 2.5 V8			ARG	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER	PES	ITA
Peter Collins	61/
Ret	Ret		3	Ret	3		Ret
Luigi Musso	Ret			2	2	4	Ret	8
Eugenio Castellotti	Ret
Mike Hawthorn	Ret	Ret1		4	3	2		6
Wolfgang von Trips	61	71						3
Cesare Perdisa	61
Alfonso de Portago	51
José Froilán González	51
Maurice Trintignant		5		Ret	4	DNS

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References

Notes

Bibliography

References

David, D. "Lancia D50". Grand Prix History.
"Lancia D50". Ultimatecarpage.com.
"Ferrari Lancia D50". Ultimatecarpage.com.
"1954 Lancia D50". conceptcarz.com.
"Car Model: Lancia D50". www.ChicaneF1.com.
"1957 Ferrari 801 – Images, Specifications and Information". Ultimatecarpage.com.

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