Formula 1 engine development from the turbo days of the 1980's!

shamwari

I found this gem on YouTube earlier. It was from the Channel 4 series "Equinox" where the used two episodes to chronicle Fords attempt to develop a competitive turbo engine to take on the might of Honda, Renault, TAG etc.

If you love your F1 engines and especially the good auld turbo's of the 80's then you will enjoy this brace there's nearly 2 hours of it.....

part1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbB1qwhKaaE&feature=related

part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqfVAGOaGEc&feature=relmfu

Jordan 199

Ah the turbo engines. Ten players, three different configurations.

Inline 4: BMW, Hart & Zakspeed.

V6: Ferrari, Ford, Honda, Motori Moderni, Porsche & Renault.

V8: Alfa Romeo.

For the 1986 season, teams could only use turbocharged engines.

shamwari

Jordan 191 wrote: »

Ah the turbo engines. Nine players, three different configurations.

Inline 4: BMW & Hart

V6: Ferrari, Ford, Honda, Motori Moderni, Porsche & Renault.

V8: Alfa Romeo.

Alfa developed a V6 inline-4 cyl turbo for Ligier in '87, but never raced it because it was uncompetitive, and they took great offence when Renie Arnoux publicly denounced it !

Thereafter Alfa also commenced development of a V10 but that too never saw F1 service.

Jordan 199

shamwari wrote: »

Alfa developed a V6 inline-4 cyl turbo for Ligier in '87, but never raced it because it was uncompetitive, and they took great offence when Renie Arnoux publicly denounced it !

Thereafter Alfa also commenced development of a V10 but that too never saw F1 service.

Arnoux compared the 4 cyl Alfa engine to used food.

So in 1987, Alfa were offering two specs, an turbocharged inline 4 to Ligier which never raced and a turbocharged V8 to Osella.

Enzo Osella got fed up with the engines Alfa were providing that he was happy to see the back of them. Alfa were fed up with the negative publicity generated about the engine that they demanded Osella to rename the engines to Osella and remove the Alfa Romeo name from their car which was named Osella FA1L.

The six year relationship only yielded 2 points.

Jordan 199

Here's an article about the Cosworth V6 Turbo engine that Benetton used in 1987.

Jordan 199

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG-4sSoXlaM