1955 Ferrari Type 625 Grand Prix Race Car
1955 Ferrari Type 625 Grand Prix Race Car - photographed at the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada.
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In 1955 the Ferrari racing team was struggling to compete with Mercedes-Benz, which had dominated Grand Prix racing in the late part of 1954. There were two models of cars in Ferrari´s 1954-1955 racing stable. The first was the Squalo series of cars which featured a space frame chass much like the 250F Maserati. The second was an updated version of the 1952-1953 ladder-framed Formula 2 Ferraris which, in their original form, had won every Grand Prix but one in 1952 and 1953.
Early in the 1954 season, these cars were upadted again with 2.5 liter engines. The cars handled well and were very reliable, performing better that the Squalos. For 1955, these same cars were updated even more with coil springs in the front and low-mounted exhaust pipes.
The Type 625 show here is the last version of the updating process which had begun in 1953. Some of the races this car competed in include:
- 1952 Turin Grand Prix (second place)
- 1953 Buenos Aires City Grand Prix (first place)
- 1953 Rouen Grand Prix (first place)
- 1954 Buenos Aires City Grand Prix (first place)
- 1954 Bordeaux Grand Prix ( first place)
- 1954 Daily Express Trophy Race (first place)
- 1954 Bari Grand Prix (first place)
- 1955 Argentina Grand Prix (second place)
- 1955 Buenos Aires City Grand Prix (third place)
Model: 1955 Ferrari Type 625 Grand Prix Race Car
Manufacturer: Ferrari Automobiles, Modena, Italy
Engine: DOHC 4-cylinder, 250-hp, 152.0-cid
Bore and Stroke: 3-11/16" x 3-9/16"
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Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson
Date: June, 2005
Location: National Automobile Museum in Reno, NV
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