The Ferrari 246 F1-66 (also known as 158/246 and 246T) was a racing car used by

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and

Reg Parnell Racing Reg Parnell Racing was a privateer Formula One team during the 1950s and 1960s. The team was founded by ex-Formula One driver Reg Parnell after he retired from racing. It raced as Yeoman Credit Racing in 1961 and as the Bowmaker Racing Team in ...

during the

1966 Formula One season The 1966 Formula One season was the 20th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers1974 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 120–121 which were cont ...

Development

At the end of the

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, a

Ferrari 158 The Ferrari 158 was a Formula One racing car made by Ferrari in 1964 as a successor to the V6-powered Ferrari 156 F1. Ferrari 158 The 158 was equipped with a 1.5-litre V8 engine, with a bore and stroke of . It was the first Ferrari Formula ...

chassis was fitted with a 2.4-litre (2404.74 cc) Dino V6 engine, updated with fuel-injection, in order to take part in the

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. However, intended driver

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was still recovering from injuries sustained in an accident in a

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race at

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, and the Tasman entry was withdrawn. The car was then used as the second team car for the start of the

, alongside the new

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Racing history

Lorenzo Bandini Lorenzo Bandini (21 December 193510 May 1967) was an Italian motor racing driver who raced in Formula One for the Scuderia Centro Sud and Ferrari teams. Career Bandini was born in Barce in Cyrenaica, Libya,"Hulme Takes Monaco Race; Bandini S ...

used the 246T for the first two races in 1966. His best result was second place and fastest lap at the

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, followed by third place in

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. The car was then put aside until the

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, where it was a third team entry driven by

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. Scarfiotti out-qualified his teammates in their more powerful 3-litre cars, but retired with electrical problems. The final outing for the 246T was the

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, lent by Ferrari to

and driven by

Giancarlo Baghetti Giancarlo Baghetti (25 December 1934 – 27 November 1995) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Ferrari, Automobili Turismo e Sport, BRM, Brabham and Lotus teams. Baghetti is one of only three drivers to have won his first World Champions ...

. Baghetti was running as high as fifth until he had problems with his throttle linkage and eventually finished last, nine laps in arrears.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(

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) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * Only 6 points which counted towards Ferrari's Championship total were scored using the 246; the remaining points were scored using the

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Non-Championship Formula One results

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) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

References

{{F1 cars 1966 1966 Formula One season cars 246 F1-66 Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles