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The 125 F1 was Ferrari's first Formula One car. It shared its engine with the 125 S sports racer which preceded it by a year, but was developed at the same time by Enzo Ferrari, Valerio Colotti and designer, Gioacchino Colombo. Initially the racer was called 125 GPC for Gran Premio Città or Grand Prix Compressore before the Formula One era. [1 ...
In May 1947, Ferrari constructed the 12-cylinder, 1.5 L Tipo 125, the first racing car to bear the Ferrari name. [6] A Formula One version of the Tipo 125, the Ferrari 125 F1 was developed in 1948 and entered in several Grands Prix, when a World Championship had not yet been established.
Scuderia Ferrari (Italian: [skudeˈriːa ferˈraːri]), currently racing under Scuderia Ferrari HP, is the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer Ferrari and the racing team that competes in Formula One racing.
The 125 S debuted at the Circuito di Piacenza, driven by Franco Cortese, [5] but was unable to finish the race, despite a favorable showing against the strong Maserati 6CS 1500s. Two weeks later, the 125 S claimed Ferrari's first victory at the Grand Prix of Rome on the Terme di Caracalla Circuit , where it was also driven by Cortese. [ 5 ]
The 1950 Swiss Grand Prix, formally titled the Großer Preis der Schweiz für Automobile, [2] was a Formula One motor race held on 4 June 1950 at Bremgarten. It was race four of seven in the 1950 World Championship of Drivers. The 42-lap race was won by Alfa Romeo driver Nino Farina after he started from second position.
The table below details the Grand Prix results for Scuderia Ferrari's factory team-entered and privately entered Formula One cars since 1950, with a separate list distinguishing between factory team entries and privateers. This distinction was particularly important in the early years of the Formula One championships.
Scuderia Milano: Maserati 4CL +17 laps 18 Ret 48 Gianfranco Comotti: Gianfranco Comotti: Talbot-Lago T26C: 65 laps 20 Ret 12 Giuseppe Farina: Scuderia Ferrari: Ferrari 125: 53 laps, transmission 6 Ret 46 Luigi Villoresi: Scuderia Ambrosiana: Maserati 4CLT/48: 48 laps, transmission 7 Ret 10 Louis Chiron: Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C: 46 laps ...
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.