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Hart 415T Engine
The Hart 415T is a four-stroke, 1.5-litre, turbocharged, inline four-cylinder racing Internal combustion engine, designed, developed and tuned by Brian Hart of Hart Racing Engines, for use in Formula One racing and competition, between 1981 and 1986. It initially developed about in 1981, but power levels later surged, eventually going on to produce about in qualifying trim and on maximum boost pressure, in 1985. The engines were used by Toleman, RAM, Spirit, and Haas Lola. Applications *Toleman TG181 *Toleman TG183 *Toleman TG184 *Toleman TG185 * Spirit 101 * RAM 01 * RAM 02 *Lola THL1 The Lola THL1 was a Formula One racing car designed by Neil Oatley for Team Haas (USA) Ltd. during four of the last five races of the 1985 Formula One season. The car used the , turbocharged Hart 415T Straight 4 engine. The Haas Lola team onl ... References Straight-four engines Formula One engines {{F1-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hart Racing Engines
Brian Hart Ltd., also known as Hart and Hart Racing Engines, was a motor racing engine manufacturer that participated in 157 Formula One Grands Prix, powering a total of 368 entries. Founded in 1969 by British engineer Brian Hart, Hart initially concentrated on servicing and tuning engines from other manufacturers for various independent British teams at all levels of motorsport. Hart found particular success with developments of Ford's FVA engine, eventually leading the large multinational company to approach the small independent to develop the Ford BDA 1.6 L engine for the 2.0L class. The European Formula Two title was won in both 1971 and 1972 with Hart-built Ford engines, and the 2.0 L BDA engine powered the majority of Ford's 1970s rallying successes. With Ford's withdrawal from F2 in the mid-1970s, Hart began to concentrate on building their own designs. The first engine to bear the Hart name alone was the twin-cam, four-cylinder Hart 420R F2 unit, which appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Formula One Season
The 1986 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 40th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1986 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1986 Formula One World Championship for Manufacturers, both of which commenced on 23 March and ended on 26 October after sixteen races. The Drivers' Championship was won by Alain Prost,1986 Formula One World Championship for Drivers (points table), 1987 FIA Yearbook, Red section, page 86 and the Manufacturers' Championship was won by Williams-Honda, thus Honda became the first Japanese engine supplier World Champions of Formula One, and adding a constructors' title to Frank Williams' trophy collection.1986 Formula One World Championship for Manufacturers (points table), 1987 FIA Yearbook, Red section, page 87 Prost was the first driver to win back-to-back Drivers' Championships since Jack Brabham in 1959 and 1960. Season summary The 1986 championship culminated in a battle between Williams drivers Nigel Mansel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola THL1
The Lola THL1 was a Formula One racing car designed by Neil Oatley for Team Haas (USA) Ltd. during four of the last five races of the 1985 Formula One season. The car used the , turbocharged Hart 415T Straight 4 engine. The Haas Lola team only had one car for 1985 and it was driven by World Champion Alan Jones, who was making a full-time comeback to Formula One at the age of 39. 1985 The THL1 made its debut at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, with Jones qualifying 25th, 9.859 seconds behind pole sitter Ayrton Senna ( Lotus-Renault), but retiring after just 6 laps due to an overheating engine. The next race, the Belgian Grand Prix, had been rescheduled from 2 June so the team were not allowed to compete because they were not on the original entry list. Jones then qualified 18th for the South African Grand Prix which saw the French Renault and Ligier teams boycott the race for political reasons, and the RAM and Zakspeed teams not enter, but withdrew before the race due to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAM 02
The RAM 02 was an open-wheel Formula One race car, designed, developed, and built by British team and constructor RAM Ram, ram, or RAM may refer to: Animals * A male sheep * Ram cichlid, a freshwater tropical fish People * Ram (given name) * Ram (surname) * Ram (director) (Ramsubramaniam), an Indian Tamil film director * RAM (musician) (born 1974), Dutch * ... in . Complete Formula One results ( key) References {{F1 cars 1984 RAM Formula One cars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAM 01
The RAM 01 is an open-wheel Formula One race car built by British team and constructor RAM team in . Design and development The 01 was the first car built by the British team to participate in the 1983 Formula One world championship. Designed by Dave Kelly, the car was equipped with a 530-hp Ford Cosworth DFY V8 powertrain with of torque, which drove the rear wheels through a five-speed Hewland FGA manual gearbox. The chassis frame, an evolution of that of the March 821, was of the aluminum monocoque type, while the braking system was composed of four ventilated disc brakes. The suspension consisted of double wishbones and shock absorbers with coil springs. Racing history With constant driver changes Eliseo Salazar, Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jacques Villeneuve, Sr., and Kenny Acheson Kenneth Henry Acheson (born 27 November 1957) is a British former racing driver from Northern Ireland who competed for RAM Racing in the 1983 and 1985 Formula One seasons. He completed only o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirit 101
The Spirit 101 was a Formula One car for the 1984 and 1985 Formula One seasons, The chassis was designed by Gordon Coppuck and Tim Wright. Development Spirit decided to continue in Formula One for 1984 with Hart turbocharged engines. Initially twice world champion Emerson Fittipaldi and moneyed Italian Fulvio Ballabio were slated to drive. However Fittipaldi left to find a drive in Indycars after finding the machine uncompetitive and Ballabio was refused an FIA Super Licence. Instead Italian Mauro Baldi found funds and was nominated as the team's sole driver, Stefan Johansson being released as he could not find the funding to continue. The 101 was a neat but underpowered car and Baldi struggled to move away from the rear of the grid. Jean-Louis Schlesser had planned to take over from the third race before the threat of litigation from RAM Racing, as he still owed them money. Racing History 1983 The first version of the car, was presented largely incomplete at the Italian Grand P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toleman TG185
The Toleman TG185 was a Formula One racing car designed by Rory Byrne for use by the Toleman team in the 1985 Formula One World Championship. Background After a successful season, Toleman entered 1985 with Swede Stefan Johansson and John Watson signed as drivers, but without a main sponsor or a tyre contract. The team had switched from Pirelli to Michelin during 1984 following a dispute with the Italian supplier, only for the French company to withdraw from F1 at the end of the year. Pirelli were reluctant to supply the team again, as were Goodyear. Hence, Toleman did not compete in the first three races of 1985, during which Johansson was released from his contract to replace René Arnoux at Ferrari. Only when Benetton stepped in as main sponsor were the team able to compete, as the Italian clothing company bought the struggling Spirit team's Pirelli tyre contract. Design The car was largely similar to the previous year's TG184, apart from a revised suspension to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toleman TG184
The Toleman TG184 is a Formula One racing car designed by Rory Byrne and Pat Symonds and was used by Toleman Motorsport during the majority of the 1984 Formula One season. Engine Like its predecessor, the TG183B, the TG184 was powered by the 4 cylinder turbocharged Hart 415T engine which produced approximately in 1984. Racing history It was first raced at the French Grand Prix at Dijon. The car's potential was evident early on with a second place in only its second grand prix scored by then rookie driver Ayrton Senna in the rain affected Monaco Grand Prix. Senna, who started 13th, sliced through the field with precision until he caught and passed race leader Alain Prost (McLaren- TAG) just before the start/finish line on lap 32 as Clerk of Course Jacky Ickx showed the red flag to stop the race due to adverse conditions. However, the rules stated that positions must be taken from the lap prior to the flag being shown. This saw Prost win and Senna finish second with only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toleman TG183
The Toleman TG183 was a Formula One racing car designed by Rory Byrne and built and raced by Toleman Motorsport. Design The TG183 was distinctive in that it had twin rear wings and front wing mounted radiators. Unfortunately the front wing configuration caused the front of the car to move about at high speed and was eventually replaced by a more conventional front wing set up. Competition summary The car first raced in the last two races of the 1982 Formula One season driven by Derek Warwick. In the 1983 Formula One season an updated version of the car, designated TG183B, was introduced and Warwick was joined at Toleman by Bruno Giacomelli. The car also raced in the first four races of the 1984 Formula One season when Ayrton Senna made his debut in the Formula 1 championship alongside former FIM 350cc and Formula 750 motorcycle World Champion Johnny Cecotto from Venezuela. The TG183B's last race meeting, the 1984 San Marino Grand Prix saw the only time that Ayrton Senna w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toleman TG181
The Toleman TG181 is a Formula One car that was used in the 1981 Formula One season. It was also the first car used by Toleman in F1. It was a generally poor car, with its drivers, Derek Warwick and Brian Henton, only getting through qualifying once each, with Henton's tenth place at Monza the only finish for the car. Due to its bulk, it became nicknamed the "General Belgrano" after the Argentine battleship sunk during the 1982 Falklands War. Evolutions of the car, the Toleman TG181B and Toleman TG181C, were used the following year, to better effect. It was sponsored by its later owner Benetton. Complete Formula One results (key) (results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) All chassis powered by versions of the Hart '415T' 1.5-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder The engine configuration describes the fundamental operating principles by which internal combustion engines are categorized. Piston engines are often categorized by their cylinder layout, valves and camshafts. Wank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haas Lola
Team Haas (USA) Ltd., sometimes called Beatrice Haas after its major sponsor, was an American Formula One team founded by Carl Haas in 1984 after an agreement with Beatrice Foods, a US consumer products conglomerate, which competed in the World Championship from to . An agreement to use Ford engines for three seasons faltered after a change of management at Beatrice. The firing of Beatrice CEO Jim Dutt led to Beatrice withdrawing their funding of the project. The team was unable to continue in Formula One after the 1986 season. World Champion Alan Jones was coaxed out of retirement to drive the team's first car at the end of the 1985 season and on into 1986. The team also was commonly known as Haas Lola due to Haas's association with Lola Cars International, although Lola was not involved in the project. Their cars were actually designed by Haas-owned design and construction company known as FORCE. Lola however earned the team's points towards the Constructors' Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirit Racing
Spirit Racing was a racing car constructor and racing team from the United Kingdom. Founded in 1981, it participated in the 1982 European Formula Two Championship, then in Formula One between and , before competing in the 1988 F3000 season before finally folding at the end of the year. In 26 F1 races (including the non-championship 1983 Race of Champions), its best finish was seventh at the 1983 Dutch Grand Prix. Formula Two Spirit Racing was founded in August 1981 by ex-March employees Gordon Coppuck and John Wickham with backing from Bridgestone and Honda, who were keen to re-enter Formula One as an engine supplier. The initial plan was to participate in the 1982 European Formula Two Championship, and so ex- McLaren designer John Baldwin was hired to produce the Spirit 201 chassis with Coppuck, to be powered by a naturally-aspirated 2-litre Honda V6 engine. With sponsorship from Marlboro and capable drivers in Stefan Johansson and Thierry Boutsen, the car was an immedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
