LANCIA-D 50 – year 1954
Lancia and Cia Automobile Factory, Turin, Italy.
Lancia cars only sporadically participated in the Grand Prix races conducted by individual competitors. The greater his surprise caused St. 1953 year formula car design 1. This was certainly due to the new management of the company, which after Vincenzo Lancia's death was taken over by his son Gianni. He recruited an extremely talented constructor for the company – Vittorio Jana.
Lancia and Cia Automobile Factory, Turin, Italy.
His work was the first and so far the last racing car of the formula and marked with the symbol D 50 and on par with competitors in terms of power. The car received an eight-cylinder V-engine with a cylinder diameter 76 mm and piston stroke 68,5 mm, which gave the total capacity 2489 cm3. The vehicle had a double Marelli ignition and four duplicate Weber carburettors. Double engine 2 x OHC, that is, four camshafts, reached in 1954 years of power 184,0 kW (250 KM) by 8500 RPM. It was arranged at the front in a tubular frame and shifted to the side of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle due to the transmission of drive torque by a PTO shaft next to the driver's seat. Light, an aluminum body covered the fuel tanks. The front wheels were independently suspended, a stiff de Dion bridge is used at the rear. The car had hydraulic brakes and a five-speed gearbox. It had great acceleration and high top speed 270 km/h. However, technical failure and poor cornering stability prevented the winning prizes from being won.
The biggest success of the D 50 Eugenio Castelotti came second at the Monaco Grand Prix at Monte Carlow 1955 year, when Ascari were still in the Lancia team, Chiron the Villorians. Ascari's favored Lancia fought a duel with the Trintignant at Ferrari, but eventually she had to give up after a slip on the Monaco harbor wharf. Lancia D cars 50 they took the first three places in the Tunis Grand Prix, but the race was not part of the world championship.
Model D 50 he did not win the main prize in the Grand Prix race, but based on its construction, a Lancia / Ferrari car was designed, who won the world championship in 1956 year.