Lancia D50

The Ferrari D50, also known as the Lancia - Ferrari D50 was a Formula 1 racing car of Ferrari, the Scuderia in 1956 started in the Formula 1 World Championship.

The Ferrari D50 resulted from the takeover of Lancia by the Scuderia. When Vittorio Jano Lancia had developed the innovative Lancia D50. At Ferrari the cars were further developed and modified. However, this modification of one of the most important features of the Lancia D50 fell victim. The two side tanks, the Lancia D50 gave a balanced performance, disappeared. The tanks were now reinstalled in the rear. Also, the V8 engine has been revised. After the Ferrari engineers also adapted the chassis of the Lancia remained only the exhaust system left.

The Scuderia could muster in 1956 a high-profile team riders. Juan Manuel Fangio had come from Mercedes -Benz, the Swabians after the end of 1955 had their racing department closed. Then there were the two Italians Luigi Musso and Eugenio Castellotti. The fourth rider in the team was the new British star pilot Peter Collins.

It was a successful season, but the victory had to be worked hard. The D50 was not the hoped-for absolute top cars. It soon became apparent that the dismantling of the lateral branches was a mistake. However, Enzo Ferrari could not change his mind and Jano relented. The handling of the D50 was extremely cumbersome and reliability mediocre.

On the other hand, there was the race totally dominated the Scuderia with the D50. In the Belgian Grand Prix Ferrari took the first three places. Peter Collins won before the " guest driver " Paul Frère and Luigi Musso. After the race, the Belgian, who also worked as a journalist and whether his technical knowledge and its objective assessment was highly praised, the "tank" again on the subject. Did But Brother was just a replacement driver and no one listened to him.

At the end of Fangio, despite all its shortcomings, for the fourth time world champion driver and the Scuderia could cheer about five wins this season.