1997 FERRARI f50 gt    

 
 

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Car type    Race Body design    Micholelotti
Year    1997 Engine design    
Make     Engine type    F130A
Model    F50 GT Built by    Dallara
Colour ext/int    rosso corsa/nero Total built    3
Serial number    003 Built in period    xx/xxx/xxxx

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Launch date  
and place   		 xx/xxx/xxxx at .......... Price    
Building date    xx/xxx/xxxx Version    
 Engine  Dimensions
Nr. of cylinders    12 Length    4578 mm
Arrangement    V in 65 degrees Width    1986 mm
Bore    85 mm Height    mm
Stroke    69 mm Wheelbase    2580 mm
Unitary and  
total capacity   		 cc or cu. inch
 4700 cc		 Track front  
Track rear   		 1620 mm
 1602 mm
Position    mid-mounted longitudinal Wheels make  
and type   		 Speedline
Cilinder block   and head     Wheel size front  
Wheel size rear   		 11x18 
 13x18
Compression   ratio    ... : 1 Tyres make  
and type   		 Michelin
Max power   output    750 bhp at 10500 rpm Tyre size front  
Tyre size rear   		 27/65-18
 30/70-18
Spec. power  
per liter   		 153.19 bhp/liter Empty weight  
Kerb weight   		 817 kg
 908 kg
Spec. weight  
per bhp   		 1.13 kg/bhp Maximum  
weight   		 kg or lb
Max torque    520 Nm at 8000 rpm Engine weight    kg or lb
Max revs  
(red  line)   		 11000 rpm Fuel tank    liters or US Gallons
Timing gear    5 valves per cilinder
 DOHC		 Fuel tank   placement    
Fuel feed    Magneti Marelli Competition Step
 3		 Weight distr.  
front / rear   		 ... % / ... %
Lubrication    dry sump    
Ignition    Magneti Marelli Competition    
Electrical  
system   		     
Cooling system    water    
Sparkplugs        
Transmission Body and chassis
Wheeldrive    rear Body frame    
Clutch     Chassis type    carbon fibre
Gearbox    6 speed sequential Number of seats    1
Differential     Suspension front    Unequal Length A-Arms w/Push-Rod
 Actuated Coil Springs and Shock
 Absorbers
1st gear ratio    ... : 1 Suspension rear    Unequal Length A-Arms w/Push-Rod
 Actuated Coil Springs and Shock
 Absorbers
2nd gear ratio    ... : 1 Brakes front    Brembo, carbon fibre
3rd gear ratio    ... : 1 Brake size front    380 mm
4th gear ratio    ... : 1 Brakes rear    Brembo, carbon fibre
5th gear ratio    ... : 1 Brake size rear    380 mm
6th gear ratio    ... : 1 Steering    
7th gear ratio    ... : 1 Drive hand    l
Reverse gear   ratio    ... : 1    
Final drive  
ratio   		 ... : 1    
     Performance    
0-60 mph    2.9 seconds 0-100 kph    ... seconds
0-100 mph    6.7 seconds 0-200 kph    ... seconds
1/4 mile    11.2 seconds 0-1000m    ... seconds
1 mile    ... seconds Fuel   consumption   overall    ... gallons/100 miles or
 liters/100km
top speed    380 kph    
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Event     Car number    
Date(s) event    xx/xx/xxxx

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This beautiful dream machine was to be Ferrari’s contender in the FIA GT Chamopionship. But like most dreams it never came true. The project was aborted and the Ferrari F50 GT will probably never be seen on a race track.

The car was supposed to be Ferrari’s answer to the McLaren F1 GTR and its strong preformances in the BPR series. The project was already in an advanced stage, two cars had been built, when the plug was pulled. What happened? Ferrari had simply been scared away by the extraordinary preformances of the Porsche 911 GT1. How this red devil would have preformed in the 1997 FIA GT Championship, against McLaren, Porsche and Mercedes will never be known.
But Nicola Larrini, Ferrari’s F1 test driver at that time, who actually drove the F50 GT, says it had a great deal of potential. In an recent interview in Autosport he said that the car was ”very good”.

Looking at the Ferrari’s preformance on paper, it certainly lookes good and promising. With a V12 engine based on its 1993 F1 engine and a chassis constructed by Dallara it seems very good indeed. The chassis was all carbon and the engine was reputed to rev as high as 11 000 rpm(!). Compare that with its GT predecessor the F40 LM’s 5000 rpm, and you get the picture. The F40 which already gave the short tailed McLaren a run for its money in the BPR in 1996. One has to wonder if Ferrari didn’t overestimate the 1997 Porsche.

Ferrari wanted to make 25, but only 3 were made. 3 other chassis were made (sn 004, 005 and 006) but these were destroyed by court order.
 
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