Ferrari Colombo engine | Colombo Type 125 ' Testa Rossa ' engine in a 1961 Ferrari TR | Ferrari 250TR Spyder

For the name of Colombo, Fleming borrowed the first name of Gioacchino Colombo, the Ferrari engine designer.

The Testarossa sports a 4. 9 litre () Ferrari Colombo flat-12 engine mid mounted.

" The original engine design was basically a four-cylinder, slice of a Colombo V12 from a Ferrari 212, complete with characteristic " clothes pin " valve springs, and breathing through two Weber 40 DCOE9 carburetors.

After little luck in Formula One with the supercharged Colombo V12, Ferrari moved to natural aspiration.

Typical of Ferrari, the Colombo V12 made its debut on the race track, with the racing 250s preceding the street cars by three years.

In 1937, Colombo designed the 158 engine for the Alfetta and caught the attention of Enzo Ferrari.

Ferrari asked Colombo to design a small V12 for use in the new Ferrari marque's racing and road cars.

This engine, known in Ferrari circles as the " Colombo engine ", was produced for road cars and endurance racing cars for more than 15 years in displacements up to 3. 3 L. These included the famed 3. 0 L Ferrari 250 racing, sports, and GT cars.

Colombo left Ferrari in 1950 and returned to Alfa Romeo.

The car was powered by a 4. 0 L ( 3967 cc ) Ferrari Colombo V12 engine for which an output of 300 bhp was claimed

The difference can be heard as the flat-plane crankshafts result in the engine having a smoother, higher-pitched sound than cross-plane ( for example, IRL IndyCar Series compared to NASCAR Nextel Cup, or a Ferrari 355 compared to a Chevrolet Corvette ).

The first Ferrari road car was the 1947 125 S, powered by a 1. 5 L V12 engine ; Enzo Ferrari reluctantly built and sold his automobiles to fund Scuderia Ferrari.

Ferrari, who wanted to remain the sole operator of his company's motor sports division, was angered when he was told that he would not be allowed to race at the Indianapolis 500 if the deal went through since Ford fielded Indy cars using the company's engine, and didn't want competition from Ferrari.

Coventry Climax were late in producing the smaller 1. 5-litre engine required for the 1961 season and the Cooper-Climaxes were outclassed by new mid-engined cars from Porsche, Lotus and championship-winners Ferrari.

Ferrari has traditionally reserved their top V12 engine for their top-of-the line luxury sports coupes since 1949.

Ferrari introduced a very successful 120 ° V6 racing engine in 1961.

The Ferrari Dino 156 engine was shorter and lighter than the 65 ° Ferrari V6 engines that preceded it, and the simplicity and low center of gravity of the engine was an advantage in racing.

Peugeot's final year as Prost's engine supplier in 2000 saw some optimism, Prost hiring his 1991 Ferrari team mate Jean Alesi to drive the lead car and German Nick Heidfeld, who had won the 1999 Formula 3000 championship, to partner him.

2001 saw some much needed optimism for the team as Ferrari agreed to be the team's engine supplier for the season, the team now moving in the right direction.

On the track, their cars were regarded by many as well-designed for their tiny budget ( in comparison to front-runners such as Ferrari and McLaren ), their low position recognised as a result of a lack of funds ( and engine power ) rather than a poor car.

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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Founder of Ferrari car manufacturer and Scuderia Ferrari racing team

Image: Rydzyna5 Apr05. jpg | Castle in Rydzyna was rebuilt in 1700 by Pompeo Ferrari on his order.

Räikkönen driving for Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari at the 2007 United States Grand Prix, where he finished fourth.

Piazza De Ferrari ( Genoa ) | Piazza De Ferrari in Genoa, Italy, is the central plaza of Genoa, in the heart of the city.

Kimi Räikkönen driving for Formula One team Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari ( 2007 )

He owns a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, two Ferrari 250 Testa Rossas, three 1996 McLaren F1s ( one of them an ultra-rare F1 LM ), a Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, a 1929 Blower Bentley, one Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, a Porsche 997 GT3 RS, a Bugatti Veyron, a 1930 Mercedes-Benz CountTrossi SSK ( aka " The Black Prince ") a 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Mille Miglia., a Lamborghini Reventón and the rare Reventón Roadster.

However, Ferrari built only 39 250 GTOs ( 33 of the " normal " cars, three with the four-litre 330 engine sometimes called the " 330 GTO "-recognizable by the large hump on the bonnet-and three " Type 64 " cars, with revised bodywork ).

Some of the largest Opels, such as the Opel Diplomat " B " of 1969, all Aston Martins from 1967 to 1989, Ferrari 375 and 250TR, Maserati Quattroporte, Bugatti 251, Mercedes-Benz W125 and W154 as well as Auto Union Type D also used this suspension.

It also used a P3 ( Type 593 ) transmission that was prone to failure and was replaced by a ZF transmission when P3 0844 and 0848 were converted to 412 P's, another Ferrari first that would only last one season when the ZF's were replaced by 603R P4 transmissions in all the 412 P's.

Eight 3. 8-litre versions, sharing no castings with the earlier blocks, were individually built for racing in five months, most being used in the Alfa Romeo Monoposto 8C 35 Type C, as raced by Scuderia Ferrari.

Other examples include the Bugatti Type 57, Cadillac V-16, Ferrari 250, Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8 and all Rolls-Royces produced before World War II.

The Age Solo cars are Prophetie ( resembles Mazda MX-5 ), Dirigeant, Bataille ( resembles the coupe version of AC Cobra ), Megere, Antilope ( resembles Jaguar E Type ), Averse, Licorne ( resembles Panoz Esperante GTR-1 ), Sorciere ( resembles McLaren F1 ), Supernova ( resembles Ferrari 333 SP ) and Ecureuil.

* Ferrari 125

In 1947 Ferrari constructed the 12-cylinder, 1. 5 L Tipo 125, the first racing car to bear the Ferrari name.

A Formula One version of the Tipo 125, the Ferrari 125 F1 was developed in 1948 and entered in several Grand Prix, at the time a World Championship had not yet been established.

In fact the Ferrari team missed the first race of the championship, the 1950 British Grand Prix, due to a dispute about the ' start money ' paid to entrants, and the team debuted in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix with the 125 F1, sporting a supercharged version of the 125 V12, and two experienced and successful drivers, Alberto Ascari and Gigi Villoresi.

In the constructors championship, McLaren led on 125 points, ahead of Ferrari on 102.

In the constructor's championship, McLaren Honda were the world champions with 139 points with Williams Renault second with 125, Ferrari third with 55. 5 and Benetton Ford fourth with 38. 5.

The Ferrari 166 S was an evolution of Ferrari's 125 S sports race car that became a sports car for the street in the form of the 166 Inter.

Peter Whitehead is notable as the first person to whom Enzo Ferrari ever sold a Formula One car: a Ferrari 125 and for being the first driver to win a motor race on the Mount Panorama Circuit.

As a reward, he was invited to join his compatriots Juan Manuel Fangio and José Froilán González on a trip to Europe, during which he finished fourth in the 1950 Circuit des Nations in Geneva driving a Ferrari 125 Formula One car.

: See also the Ferrari 125 F1, a Formula One race car sharing the same engine

The Ferrari 125 S ( commonly 125 or 125 Sport ) was the first vehicle produced and built by automaker Ferrari of Modena, Italy.