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Ferrari 125 GPitaliaTO 1948 Sommer. The 125 F1 was powered by Colombo's 1.5-litre (1497 cc/91 in³) V12. The engine's name, and the car powered by it, the 125 S sports racer, were derived from the tiny 124.73 cc (7.6 cu in) 55 mm (2.17 in) by 52.5 mm (2.07 in) cylinders.
Ferrari's first V12 Formula One engine was the supercharged 125 Colombo engine; with the 1.5 L engine configuration imposed by the FIA for forced induction engines, in 1950. After finding only modest success with the supercharged 1.5-litre engine, Ferrari decided to switch in 1950 to a naturally-aspirated engine formula for the series.
The Ferrari 125 S (commonly 125 or 125 Sport) was a 1.5 litre sport car built in 1947 by automaker Ferrari in Modena, Italy. It was the company's first vehicle, which only two were made. It was the company's first vehicle, which only two were made.
Enzo Ferrari and his engine department work on the 125 S engine in 1947 The V12 engine used in the 125 F1 (early version) 125 S at the Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari. The first Ferrari-designed engine was the 1,496.77 cc (1.5 L; 91.3 cu in) V12 125, the work of Gioacchino Colombo and assistants Giuseppe Busso and Luigi Bazzi []. [1]
Colombo engine in a 1961 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Lampredi V12 in a 1954 Ferrari 375 Plus Jano V12 in a 1958 Ferrari 412 S Tipo 133 V12 in a 2001 Ferrari 550. Ferrari is best known for its V12 engines. Colombo (60° V angle) 1947 1497 cc – 125 S; 1947 1903 cc – 159 S; 1947–1953 1995 cc – 166; 1948–1950 1497 cc supercharged – 125 F1
Colombo's most successful work for Ferrari was a tiny 1.5 litre V12, first used in the Tipo 125, 159, and then 166 sports cars. This engine, also known as the "Colombo engine", was produced for road cars and endurance racing cars for more than 40 years in displacements up to 4.8 L.
125 166F2-50 275 375: 125 F1 1.5 V12 s 166 F2 2.0 V12 ... Ferrari 375 4.5 V12: F: Bobby Ball: DNQ Ecurie Francorchamps: Ferrari 500: Ferrari 500 2.0 L4: E: Charles de ...
The Ferrari 166 S was a sports car built by Ferrari between 1948 and 1953, as a evolution of its Colombo V12-powered 125 S racer. It was adapted into a sports car for the street in the form of the 166 Inter. Only 12 Ferrari 166 S were produced, nine of them with cycle-fenders as the Spyder Corsa.