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The Lotus Europa S1 was based on a prototype built to compete for Henry Ford II's contract to build a Le Mans race car in the early 1960s.. Mounting the engine in the middle instead of the front of the vehicle puts more weight over the rear tires, so they have more traction and provide more assistance to the front tires in braking the vehicle, with less chance of rear-wheel lockup and less ...
[1] [4] [5] The design has sleeping accommodation for 12 people in six cabins, with a double island berth in the bow cabin, a starboard forward cabin with a double berth, two L-shaped settees in the main salon, two aft midship cabins, each with two singles and two aft cabins, each with a double berth. The galley is located aft on the port side ...
A Formula One Grand Prix is an auto racing event which takes place over three days (usually Friday to Sunday), with a series of practice and qualifying sessions prior to the race on Sunday. Current regulations provide for two free practice sessions on Friday, a morning practice session and an afternoon qualifying session held on Saturday, and ...
[1] [2] The design has two different interior arrangements, but typical is one with sleeping accommodation for 12 people in six cabins. There two cabins forward, each with two bunk beds, one forward midship cabin with a double berth, two midship aft cabins, each with two singles and an aft owner's cabin with a double island berth and a walk-in ...
The Ferrari 246 P F1 was a Formula One race car prototype used by Ferrari in 1960. [1] It was Ferrari's first mid-engined car. [ 2 ] It made only two World Championship appearances, with its best result being fifth place at the 1960 Italian Grand Prix .
With Gordon Coppuck preoccupied by designing the McLaren M16 Indianapolis 500 car, the task of designing an all-new Formula 1 car for 1971 fell on Ralph Bellamy. The result was a distinctive car that was nicknamed "The Alligator Car". [2]
The BRM P201 is a Formula One racing car built by British Racing Motors and designed by Mike Pilbeam, which raced in the 1974 and 1975 seasons and in P201B specification in 1976 and 1977. The P201 featured a triangular monocoque, hip-level radiators, outboard front springs and inboard brakes. [ 2 ]
The Benetton B193 is a Formula One racing car with which the Benetton team competed in the 1993 Formula One World Championship.Designed by Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne, the car was powered by the latest Cosworth HBA engine in an initially-exclusive deal with Ford, and ran on Goodyear tyres.