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Maserati
Tipo V8RI |
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| With innovative flare and borrowing from the German single seaters Ernesto developed a new concept for the V8RI, which for the first time was not centred solely on the engine, but took into account the total function of the car. The new design featured for the first time a single-seater with independent 4-wheel suspension, transmission in a unit with the differential and overhanging the rear axle and special attention to aerodynamics. With a new supercharged lightweight V8 the engine was radically different to previous designs. Designated the V8RI (V8 with independent wheel suspension) made its debut in 1935. o remedy instability in the rear end #4501 was converted to a rigid rear axle from 1936 and the stabilising fin removed. It is believed the V8RI was the first V8 engined Grand Prix car. All four V8RI exist to this day. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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