How A Broke Engineer Turned A V8 Into Schumacher's First F1 Championship
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Ford and Cosworth spent years building a V12 Formula One engine. Every number on paper supported the decision. Engineers and Benetton's technical team studied the consequences and walked away from it anyway. The EC V8 that replaced it produced around 730 horsepower, less than Renault's V10. It was shorter, lighter and consumed less fuel. Rory Byrne gained freedom to shape the rear of the car around aerodynamics instead of accommodating a longer engine. At Adelaide on lap 36, Schumacher led Damon Hill by one point. The championship ended at the same corner it began.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Eight Victories, One Point and a V8 Nobody Believed in
2:00 Cosworth: Founded 1958, The DFV and the Problem With Replacing a Legend
4:00 Nick Hayes: Reputation Built Quietly Inside the Engineering Department
6:00 The Trend Toward Ten and Twelve Cylinders
8:00 Ford Orders a V12 and the Engineers Study the Consequences
10:00 The Decision: Abandon the V12 and Build a New V8
12:00 The EC V8: Lighter, Shorter, 730 Horsepower
14:00 Brazil 1994: First Race, First Win
15:30 Imola and San Marino: The Darkest Weekend in Formula One History
17:30 Fireball, Penalties and Disqualifications
20:00 Adelaide: One Point, One Lap, One Corner
22:00 What Cosworth Proved About Packaging vs Specification
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So please stop bragging like this
It had illegal software like traction control
And the luck for him that Senna died
Stop using this stupid AI voice that doesn't know when a V is supposed to be the letter V or the roman numeral for the number 5.
How A Broke Engineer Turned A V8 Into Schumacher's First F1 Championship
Industrial Historian
22,749 views
Ford and Cosworth spent years building a V12 Formula One engine. Every number on paper supported the decision. Engineers and Benetton's technical team studied the consequences and walked away from it anyway. The EC V8 that replaced it produced around 730 horsepower, less than Renault's V10. It was shorter, lighter and consumed less fuel. Rory Byrne gained freedom to shape the rear of the car around aerodynamics instead of accommodating a longer engine. At Adelaide on lap 36, Schumacher led Damon Hill by one point. The championship ended at the same corner it began.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Eight Victories, One Point and a V8 Nobody Believed in
2:00 Cosworth: Founded 1958, The DFV and the Problem With Replacing a Legend
4:00 Nick Hayes: Reputation Built Quietly Inside the Engineering Department
6:00 The Trend Toward Ten and Twelve Cylinders
8:00 Ford Orders a V12 and the Engineers Study the Consequences
10:00 The Decision: Abandon the V12 and Build a New V8
12:00 The EC V8: Lighter, Shorter, 730 Horsepower
14:00 Brazil 1994: First Race, First Win
15:30 Imola and San Marino: The Darkest Weekend in Formula One History
17:30 Fireball, Penalties and Disqualifications
20:00 Adelaide: One Point, One Lap, One Corner
22:00 What Cosworth Proved About Packaging vs Specification
V12 , 6.5 litre quad Cam 48 valve engine with 1000hp normally aspirated.