FERRARI 125 – year 1949

Car Ferrari Construction, Modena, Italy

Enzo Ferrari – an outstanding figure in Grand Prix racing - he made his debut in 1946 year, unveiling its first twelve-cylinder engine for GT passenger cars. The engine had a capacity 1497 cm3 (∅ 55 x 52,5 mm) and gaining power 53 kW (72 KM) by 5400 RPM. For the sports version, the power has been increased to 87 kW (118 KM) by 7000 RPM. This engine, equipped with compressors, was later used in a racing car model constructed by Eng. Joachim Columbus.

The engine consisted of two blocks cast from an electron, with wet cylinder liners. The crankshaft was mounted in seven bearings. There were two camshafts in the cylinder heads to control the intake and exhaust valves. The valves were closed by two snap springs. The engine was equipped with two compressors arranged in series, placed between the triple downhill Weber carburetor and the cylinders. The drive torque was transmitted by a dry multi-plate clutch and a five-speed gearbox with a fifth, so-called. overdrive. The engine was placed in a suitably shaped frame welded to a tube with an oval cross section.

On the front axle, the wheels were suspended independently on transverse trapezoidal wishbones, the lower arms of which formed a transverse leaf spring. The rear oscillating shafts with longitudinal reaction arms were sprung with a transverse leaf spring, with the possibility of adjusting the deviation by means of links. The drum brakes on all wheels were controlled hydraulically. Tank, placed behind the driver, included 170 And fuel. The engine of the formula car with two compressors had enormous power 220,8 kW (300 KM) and reached a maximum speed of up to 300 km/h, making this vehicle the fastest Grand Prix racing car in 1949 year.

Ferrari 125 it also became the best car of the season, winning four Grand Prix races. Alberto Ascari won the Swiss Grand Prix in Bern (145,2 km/h) and at the European Grand Prix in Monza (168,1 km/h), Luigi Villoresi at the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort (123,4 km/h) and the last race of the Czechoslovak Grand Prix in Brno was won by Englishman Peter Whitehead with average speed 126,7 km/h.