Ferrari 246 F1

The Ferrari 246 F1 was a front-engined Formula One racing car that Ferrari built for the 1958 World Championship. It was powered by a 2.4 litre Dino V6 engine with a 65 degree angle between the cylinder banks, rated at 280 PS, and it was the first Formula One car to use a V6 engine. Apart from that engine it was a conventional front-engined design. The regulations for 1954 to 1960 limited naturally aspirated engines to 2.5 litres, and 1958 also brought a change from alcohol fuels to avgas. With this car Mike Hawthorn won the 1958 drivers championship and Ferrari finished second in the constructors championship. It was the first V6-engined car to win a Grand Prix, at Reims in 1958, and the last front-engined car to win one, at Monza in 1960, when the leading British teams boycotted the race. For 1959 Ferrari enlarged the engine bore by one millimetre to make the 256 F1, which only Tony Brooks raced. The 246 designation was also used for a mid-engined Formula One car, the 246 P, in 1960, and again in 1966 for Ferrari's first three-litre Formula One car.