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Post by wilmywood8455 on Nov 15, 2022 11:26:37 GMT -8
Mauro Forghieri, legendary Ferrari designer of the 1960s and 70s, passed away last week, aged 87. In this week's Tech Tuesday, Mark Hughes takes a close look at the Italian's finest work, the 312 line of Grand Prix and championship-winning Ferraris. Unlike most of the British designer contemporaries who came to prominence in the kit car era and created chassis around the Cosworth DFV engine, Forghieri was also an engine designer. His flat-12, created in co-operation with his Ferrari colleague Franco Rocchi, powered the team through the 1970s to four constructors' championships. When this engine was installed in Forghieri’s 312T chassis for 1975, so was created perhaps the crowning achievement of Forghieri’s long career. It was a car which would go on to dominate the season in the hands of Niki Lauda.
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