Ferrari F1 640
| Ferrari F1 640 | |
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| Category | Formula One |
| Constructor | Ferrari |
| Designer | John Barnard |
| Chassis | Carbon-fibre monocoque |
| Suspension (front) | double wishbones, pushrod |
| Suspension (rear) | double wishbones, pushrod |
| Engine | Ferrari Tipo 034 V12 (65°) naturally aspirated |
| Transmission | Ferrari 7-speed semi-automatic |
| Fuel | Agip |
| Tyres | Goodyear |
| Notable entrants | Scuderia Ferrari SpA |
| Notable drivers | 27. Nigel Mansell 28. Gerhard Berger |
| Debut | 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Races competed | 16 |
| Race victories | 3 |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 4 |
The Ferrari F1 640 was the Formula One racing car with which the Ferrari team competed in the 1989 season. It was driven by Nigel Mansell and Gerhard Berger.
The car was designed by John Barnard, and it was the first Ferrari he was responsible for designing. It sported a sharp nose, with a narrow monocoque and bulging side-pods designed to house the radiators with maximum aerodynamic efficiency. The 640 was powered by Ferrari's own 3.5 litre V12 engine which produced up to 660bhp, a fine effort considering that it was the team's first naturally aspirated engine for almost a decade. However, the transmission it was mated to attracted more attention, as it contained the very first semi-automatic gearbox seen in F1. In its first season, it proved to be very unreliable, and hampered Ferrari's efforts throughout the year. However, such gearboxes would become the norm by the mid-1990s.
The car won its debut race, despite fears of unreliability and underwent a number of minor modifications that allowed Mansell and Berger to net three wins between them, although the latter failed to finish the first eleven races of the season. The carbon-fibre chassis did prove to be very strong however, and allowed Berger to escape from a fiery high speed crash in San Marino with only minor burns to his hands and a couple of broken ribs.
The season ended with Mansell 4th, with 38pts, in the Drivers' Championship, and Berger 7th (21pts). Ferrari finished 3rd in the Constructors' Championship, with 59pts.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
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| 1989 | Ferrari | Ferrari 640 V12 | G | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | USA | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | SPA | JPN | AUS | 59 | 3rd | |
| Nigel Mansell | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | ||||||
| Gerhard Berger | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | Ret | Ret |
| Ferrari Formula One cars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 125 | 275 340 375 |
500 | 553 625 |
555 D50 |
801 | 412 246 |
256 | 156 | 158 1512 |
312 | 312 B | 312 T | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 312 T | 126 C | 156/85 | F1/86 | F1/87 | 640 | 641 | 642/643 | F92A | F93A | 412T | F310/B | F300 | F399 | F1-2000 | F2001 | F2001 F2002 |
F2002B F2003-GA |
F2004 | F2004M F2005 |
248 | F2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||