Join British Racing Drive Andrew Jordan at Donington Park as he tests out his first classic Formula 1 car, the 1960s Ferrari 246, sporting a roaring 'Dino' V6 engine. #goodwoodrevival
I was just 14 when this car came out as the last serious front engined contender in F1 and I just was smitten by its beauty. Back then I had no way of knowing how fantastic it sounded on the track compared to the 4 cylinder Climax and BRM engines of the time. Many years later I eventually saw it competing at the Goodwood Revival.
Lovely exhaust note. That whine reminds me a little of the cam whine from a 5th gen 2000 VFR800 I drove. I had a 2002 that used VTEC and kind of liked the whine better....
1960s? Only 1960, with several years in the late 1950's before that. And NOT 340 hp - something less than 300 hp. 1961 saw the debut of the 1.5L rear-engine sharknose.
I miss front engine cars. Use the clutch and shift the gears manually, no driver aids, just judgement and skill. Sure, mid-engine cars are faster, down force allows them to race upside down, but it's not better, it's just faster, and faster isn't better. Limit the traction and power isn't as important, if you can't hook it up it's just a waste. Cars with extremely high limits aren't fun to drive, if you over do it you end up with lots of expensive pieces. Andrew Jordan did a nice job of getting some performance out of this old beauty.
There were three surviving cars. One is the car you mentioned, Tony Smith's ex-Phil Hill, 1960 Italian GP-winning car. One car had been donated by Enzo Ferrari at a Turin museum. And another car spent time as Luigi Chinetti's NART show car, before returning to historic racing. I'm not sure if this is the Chinetti car or a replica.
@@jcgabriel1569 I saw the car in the Turin museum in 1977. It was rumored to have been parked there with used oil in its crankcase and several gallons of corrosive gasoline in its tank. It looked much smaller than I had pictured it.
@@davidthompson5460 Talk about time warp condition. The pictures of several cars in the museum seems to show that the last time the cars ran under their own steam were the time they were moved in...
It's called a 'racing box' -- or are you referring to the fact that 2nd gear is where you would expect 4th gear to be? -- 1st gear never used on track, only used to break 'rolling resistance'.
I'like a 1968 Dino SP 206/246 As run at The Targa Florio NOT by SEFAC... Enzo was boycotting the serie A blue car, if memory serves... SEEN thru one of the villages from above balconey A 285 HP Dino 60 up from a 206.. HAD to be nice! J.C.
@@dragosandronic8003 The Lancia D50 had a V8 (2,5 cc). It was made by Jano. The new name of this D50 was Ferrari 801 Then, Jano and Dino Ferrari made a V6. Vanwall had a six inline, like Maserati. Mercedes (1955) had an inline 8, desmo
@@dragosandronic8003 the answer is in the name : 24 means 2,4 l and 6 means 6 cylinders.It's usual for Ferrari. For instance Ferrari 1512 : 15 = 1,5 l and 12 = 12 cylinders
