 Mike Hawthorn driving a 246 F1 at the1958 Argentine Grand Prix | |||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constructor | Ferrari | ||||||
| Designers | Vittorio Jano (Technical Director) Carlo Chiti (Chief Designer) | ||||||
| Predecessor | 801,156 F2 | ||||||
| Successor | 246 P,156 | ||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||
| Chassis | Tubularaluminium 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, telescopicdampers and anti-roll bar | ||||||
| Suspension (rear) | DeDion axle, transverse upper leaf spring, two longitudinal radius arms,Houdaille shock absorberlever dampers | ||||||
| Engine | Dino, 2,417.33 cc (147.5 cu in), 65°V6,naturally aspiratedfront engine,longitudinally mounted | ||||||
| Transmission | Ferrari Type 523 4-speedmanual | ||||||
| Weight | 560 kg (1,230 lb) | ||||||
| Fuel | Shell | ||||||
| Tyres | Dunlop | ||||||
| Competition history | |||||||
| Notable entrants | Scuderia Ferrari FISA Scuderia Sant Ambroeus | ||||||
| Notable drivers |  Luigi Musso Peter CollinsMike Hawthorn Wolfgang von Trips Olivier Gendebien Phil HillTony Brooks | ||||||
| Debut | 1958 Argentine Grand Prix | ||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 1 | ||||||
TheFerrari 246 F1 is aFerrariracing car built for theFormula One World Championship of1958.
The Formula One regulations for 1954–1960 limited naturally aspirated engines to 2500 cc and for the 1958 season there was a change fromalcohol fuels toavgas. The 246 F1 used a 2,417.34 cc (2.4 L; 147.5 cu in)DinoV6 engine with a 65° angle between the cylinder banks.[1] The power output was 280 PS (206 kW; 276 hp) at 8500 rpm.Bore XStroke: 85 mm × 71 mm (3.35 in × 2.80 in) This was the first use of a V6 engine in a Formula One car, but otherwise the 246 F1 was a conventional front-engine design. The Ferrari 246 F1 was good enough to win a World Championship forMike Hawthorn and a second place in the Constructors' Championship for Ferrari.[2]
The Ferrari 246 F1 was not only the first V6-engined car to win a Formula One Grand Prix, theFrench Grand Prix atReims in1958, it was also the last front-engined car to win a Formula One Grand Prix. This occurred at the1960 Italian Grand Prix atMonza, where the major British teams boycotted the race.[3]
In 1960, the Ferrari 246 designation was also used for the first mid-/rear-engined Ferrari, the246 P Formula One car (using same Dino V6 engine of 2,417.34 cc), and then again in 1966 forFerrari's first three-litre era Formula One car.
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In 1959, to make a full use of the allowed capacity regulations, Ferrari enlarged the bore of theDino V6 engine of the 246 F1 car by 1 mm to 86 mm. This allowed the total displacement to rise to 2474.54 cc. The resulting power output was now 295 PS (217 kW; 291 hp) at 8600 rpm. The new car also received disc brakes as standard and a five-speed gearbox. OnlyTony Brooks raced this model but he was outpaced by the mid-engined British cars. He still won in the French and German Grands Prix.[4]
| Technical data | 156 F2 | 246 F1 | 256 F1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine: | Front mounted 65° 6 cylinderV engine | ||
| Cylinder: | 1489 cm3 | 2417 cm3 | 2475 cm3 |
| Bore x stroke: | 70 x 64.5 mm | 85 x 71 mm | 86 x 71 mm |
| Compression: | 9.8:1 | 10.0:1 | |
| Max power at rpm: | 180 hp at 9 000 rpm | 280 hp at 8 500 rpm | 295 hp at 8 600 rpm |
| Valve control: | Dual Overhead Camshafts per cylinder bank | ||
| Carburetor: | 3 Weber 38 DCN | 3 Weber 42 DCN | 3 Weber 45 DCN |
| Gearbox: | 4-speed manual | 5-speed manual | |
| suspension front: | Double wishbones, coil springs, anti-roll bars | ||
| suspension rear: | De Dion axle, double longitudinal links, transverse leaf spring | De Dion axle, double longitudinal links, coil springs | |
| Brakes: | Drum brakes | Disc brakes | |
| Chassis &body: | Fackverkframe with aluminum body | ||
| Wheelbase: | 216 cm | 222 cm | |
| Dry weight: | 560 kg | ||
| Maximum speed: | 240 km/h | 280 km/h | |
(key)
| Year | Engine | Tyres | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | WCC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 2.4V6 | E | ARG | MON | NED | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | MOR | 401 (57) | 2nd | |
| Peter Collins | 3 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 1 | Ret | ||||||||||
| Olivier Gendebien | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Hawthorn | 3 | RetF | 5 | 2PF | 1PF | 2F | RetP | 2F | 2 | 2P | ||||||
| Luigi Musso | 2 | 7 | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||
| Wolfgang von Trips | 3 | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | |||||||||||
 Phil Hill | DNA | 3F | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 1959 | 2.4V6 | D | MON | 500 | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | USA | 32 (38) | 2nd | |||
| Cliff Allison | 9 | Ret | 5 | Ret | ||||||||||||
 Jean Behra | Ret | |||||||||||||||
| Tony Brooks | 2 | Ret | 1P | 1PF | 9 | Ret | 3 | |||||||||
| Olivier Gendebien | 4 | |||||||||||||||
 Dan Gurney | Ret | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Phil Hill | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2F | Ret | |||||||||
| Wolfgang von Trips | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 1960 | 2.4V6 | D | ARG | MON | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | POR | ITA | USA | 26 (27) | 3rd | ||
| Cliff Allison | 2 | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| Richie Ginther | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 José Froilán González | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Phil Hill | 8 | 3 | Ret | 4F | 12 | 7 | Ret | 1PF | ||||||||
| Willy Mairesse | Ret | Ret | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Wolfgang von Trips | 5 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 4 |
1Includes 6 points scored byDino 156 F2.
