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The March 881 was a Formula One racing car designed by Adrian Newey, his first ever Formula One car, [1] and raced by March Racing Team in the 1988 season by Italian Ivan Capelli and the debuting Maurício Gugelmin from Brazil. The car's best result was a second place driven by Capelli at the 1988 Portuguese Grand Prix.
The Excel was an American cyclecar manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Excel Distributing Company in 1914. The two-seater cyclecar weighed 1,000 lb (450 kg), and had a 1.5 L water-cooled four-cylinder engine .
The March 2-4-0 was an experimental six-wheeled Formula One racing car built by the March Engineering company of Bicester, UK. It was constructed in late 1976 and tested in early 1977. The car followed on from the successful use by Tyrrell Racing of a six-wheeled car, the Tyrrell P34, in Formula One racing. However, the engineering concept ...
The car was powered by the Ford Cosworth DFV engine. Lotus drivers Nigel Mansell and Elio de Angelis reported the car was pleasing to drive and responsive. [ citation needed ] To make the aerodynamic loads as manageable as possible, the car was constructed extensively in carbon fibre , making it the first Formula One car to use the material in ...
Shannon Racing Cars was a Formula One constructor from the United Kingdom with Aiden Jones, formerly a mechanic for Prince Bira and Prince Chula, and Paul Emery as the principals. [1] Using a car built by former Emeryson designer Emery and an old Coventry Climax engine, they participated in a single Grand Prix. Trevor Taylor drove for the team ...
[1] [2] It was a revolutionary design, the first fully stressed monocoque chassis to appear in Formula One. In the hands of Jim Clark it took 14 World Championship Grand Prix wins and propelled him to his 1963 World Championship title. Its last World Championship win was at the 1965 French Grand Prix. It was the first Formula One car to use ...
Lewis Hamilton made his maiden drive in a Ferrari Formula One car on Wednesday, 22 January, in what he described as one of the best feelings of his life. It was the seven-time world champion's ...
BRP was given a sum of £40,000 just to buy their equipment plus £20,000/year to operate the team. [1] The team ran Coopers in both Formula One and Formula Two during 1960, with mixed success. During this time two of the team's drivers were killed while racing their cars, [ 2 ] and the Yeoman Credit management became concerned that the team ...