Ferrari 246 F1
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| Category | Formula One | ||||||
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| Constructor | Ferrari | ||||||
| Designer(s) |
Vittorio Jano Carlo Chiti | ||||||
| Predecessor | 801 | ||||||
| Successor | 246P/156 | ||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||
| Chassis | Tubular aluminium 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, telescopic dampers and anti-roll bar | ||||||
| Suspension (rear) | DeDion axle, transverse upper leaf spring, two longitudinal radius arms, Houdaille lever dampers | ||||||
| Engine | Ferrari Dino Type 246, 2,417 cc (147.5 cu in), 65° V6, naturally aspirated Mid-engine, longitudinally mounted | ||||||
| Transmission | Ferrari Type 523 4-speed manual | ||||||
| Fuel | Shell | ||||||
| Tyres | Dunlop | ||||||
| Competition history | |||||||
| Notable entrants |
Scuderia Ferrari FISA Scuderia Sant Ambroeus | ||||||
| Notable drivers |
 Luigi Musso Peter Collins Mike Hawthorn Wolfgang von Trips.svg.png){kind=small} Olivier Gendebien Phil Hill | ||||||
| Debut | 1958 Argentine Grand Prix | ||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 1 | ||||||
The Ferrari 246 F1 was a Ferrari racing car built for the Formula One World Championship of 1958. The regulations for 1954–1960 limited naturally aspirated engines to 2500 cc and for the 1958 season there was a change from alcohol fuels to AvGas.
The 246 used a 2417 cc Dino V6 engine with a 65° angle between the cylinder banks.[1] This was the first use of a V6 engine in a Formula One car, but otherwise the 246 was a conventional front-engine design. The Ferrari 246 was good enough to win a World Championship for Mike Hawthorn and a second place in the Constructors' Championship for Ferrari.
The Ferrari 246 was not only the first V6-engined car to win a Formula One Grand Prix, the French Grand Prix at Reims in 1958, it was also the last front-engined car to win a Formula One Grand Prix. This occurred at the 1960 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, where the major British teams boycotted the race.[2]
In 1960, the Ferrari 246 designation was also used for the first mid-/rear-engined Ferrari, the 246P Formula One car (using same Dino V6 engine of 2417 cc), and then again in 1966 for Ferrari's first three-litre era Formula One car.
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