terça-feira, 2 de fevereiro de 2010

Ferrari D50






Uma pausa nos McLaren para mostrar outro kit terminado há pouco. O D50 foi o carro usado pela Lancia no campeonato mundial de 1954, nas mãos de Alberto Ascari, porém com a morte do piloto italiano e com uma crise financeira na fábrica, os carros foram repassados à Ferrari. A equipe de Enzo continuou a desenvolver o carro chegando a levar Juan Manuel Fangio ao título em 1956. A contabilidade final do carro foi de 14 participações em GPs tendo conquistado 5 vitórias. O kit é Revival, escala 1/20 como sempre.
The D50 was 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. 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 Alberto Ascari. In its very 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 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 Formula One World Championship in 1956 with this car modified by Ferrari.During their competition lifespan D50s were entered into 14 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, winning five.

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