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The Ferrari-Jaguar 166S hybrid entered by Italian Clemente Biondetti in the 1950 Italian GP. Qualified 25th out of 27 starters and lasted 17 Laps before the engine blew.
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To be fair, 1983-84 ... cars weren't aesthetically pleasing in general.
Funnily enough I originally wrote '... even by the standards of the time'! I then had a look at the cars of 83 and there were some ok.... I quite liked the 126 Ferrari (a couple at Phillip Island the other weekend may have helped with bias.... same guy owns the Alboreto and also the Johansson cars so he clearly likes them too ). Also the Lotus models were ok).MonteCristo wrote: ↑1 year agoTo be fair, 1983-84 ... cars weren't aesthetically pleasing in general.
Wasn't the Spirit a converted F2 car more than anything else?Everso Biggyballies wrote: ↑1 year ago The Spirit Honda 201 used as a 'toe in the water' for the Honda Spirit project was at best odd looking.
Not the most successful car, from it lasting but 5 laps at the Race of Champions non Championship race in 1983 in the hands of Stefan Johansson., It ran in half a dozen GPs that year debuting at Championship level at the British GP. It DNF'd, again after 5 laps. Things got better in Germany when it temporarily appeared as the slightly less odd 201C... it lasted until lap 11 before the engine cried enough. A couple of finishes followed before the Italian GP (back to the 201) when it failed to make 5 laps, stopping on lap 4.
Indeed it was.... the 201 was originally used in F2 in 1982, running a V6 2 litre engine. That RA260E engine used in F2 was in fact the basis of the F1 engine.... the F1 version was based on the 2 litre F2 engine destroked to 1.5 litres, so.physically the same size. Obviously the F1 engine was a turbo so would have had to had all the turbo hardware, intercoolers etc, not to mention a larger fuel tank. I dare say the 201 F2 chassis would have been modified to cope with the extra weight and of course power. But in all essence it started life as an F2 car.