Ferrari 158

The Ferrari 158 was in 1964 and 1965 used by the Scuderia Ferrari in Formula 1.

This vehicle was a novelty in 1964, as Ferrari for the first time resorted to a V8 engine. The engine, a 90 -degree DOHC engine, made ​​210 hp from a displacement of 1487 cc. The chassis had the lightweight tubular space frame which was already in the Ferrari 156 Aero used was originally designed for a car with a V8 engine. However, a real lightweight was the Ferrari 158 is not.

John Surtees won the 158 1964 at the races in Germany and Italy, and has been consistently good placements at the end of the Formula 1 world champion. Lorenzo Bandini won the first Grand Prix of Austria on the airfield runway of Zeltweg and Ferrari at the end of the year secured the Constructors' title.

The era of the V8 engine lasted only briefly, at the end of 1964 was the successor to the Ferrari in 1512, who had a 12-cylinder flat engine. 1965, both models were used in parallel before 1966 Ferrari 312F1 came.