Ferrari F1, #8, 2000-2004: The Michael Schumacher Championship Years
Where We Left Off In the seventh installment of this series we reviewed the early years of Ferrari’s Schumacher-era, from 1996 to 1999. Ferrari’s dream team included team manager Jean Todt, technical director Ross Brawn and chief designer Rory Byrne, backed up by engine designers Claudio Lombardi and former Honda engine designer and exhaust specialist […]
Ferrari F1, #7, 1996-1999: The Early Schumacher Years
Where We Left Off In the sixth installment of this series we reviewed the John Barnard designed 639 and 640, the Steve Nichols and Jean-Claude Migeot designed 641 and 642, the Jean-Claude Migeot designed F92 and F93, and the John Barnard and Gustav Brunner designed 412 T and 412 T2. None were successful. As the […]
Ferrari F1, #6, The Last of the V12S, 1989-1995
Where we left off In the fifth installment of this series we reviewed the end of the 1981-1988 turbo-era. By 1988 only McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, Arrows, Zakspeed and Osella used a 1.5 liter turbo engine, all other teams had already switched to the 3.5 liter normally aspirated Judd or Cosworth, in preparation for the 1989 […]
Ferrari F1, #5, The Turbo Era, 1985-1988
Where we left off In the fourth installment of this series we reviewed the explosion of technology in the early 1980s, thanks to ever-increasing sponsorship. Turbocharging, massive boost pressures, honeycomb construction, carbon fiber tubs and Bernie Ecclestone had all been F1 game changers in the early 1980s. As by far the best funded team in […]
Ferrari F1, #4, 1981-1984 The Turbo-Era Begins.
Where we left off In the third installment of this series we reviewed Ferrari’s three Drivers Championships; with the 312T in 1975 and 312 T2 in 1977 with Lauda and again with the 312 T4 in 1979 with Scheckter, plus four Constructors Championships in 1975, 1976, 1977 and again in 1979. Ferrari’s fortune changed. The […]
Ferrari F1, #3, 1975-1980, The 312T
Where we left off In the second installment in this series we reviewed the failure of the 1970-1974 Ferrari 312B series, again beaten by twenty or so English “Assemblatori” or “Garagiste” kit-car teams, thanks in large part to English innovation, the deadly reliable Cosworth DFVs, unbreakable Hewland gearboxes, and both brave and talented English drivers. […]
Ferrari F1, #2, 1970-1974, The 312B
Where we left off In the first installment in this series we reviewed the failure of the Ferrari 312/66 to the 312/69 F1 cars, beaten by what Enzo had derisively called the twenty or so English “Assemblatori” or “Garagiste” teams, all with much smaller budgets and even smaller staff. Thanks to ever-increasing sponsorship, over the […]
Ferrari F1, #1, 1966-1969
Collecting, then and now There was a time when a Ferrari collection began with a Dino or a Daytona and over time a 330 GTC or a 365 GTC/4 would be added. A well-heeled collector might later add a 250 Lusso or a 250 Cab and, if economic fortune smiled, perhaps a 250 SWB or […]
Importing an F50: Part II
In the last issue of Sports Car Market, we reviewed the byzantine process of importing a Ferrari F50, S/N 103496, which had been converted to racing specs and was last year’s winner of the European Maranello Challenge. After a mere three-and-a-half months, DOT decided our F50 was indeed a race car and acceptable for importation […]
Road & Track
On Tuesday Kim Wolfkill, the current editor of Road&Track, mentioned in an email to Stan Mott, one of the two creators of the R&T Cyclops (Robert Cumberford is the other) “…that Hearst is closing the Ann Arbor office and moving operations to New York City. The print magazine will now be run by the digital […]