Dallara F191

Dallara

MarqueDallara
Power660-750 hp @ 13,500 rpm
Race record0 wins from 16 races

The Dallara F191 is one of the Dallara entries the open record knows by name, and by little else. That is not nothing: a name in the catalogue is where a car's story starts to be recoverable. Giampaolo Dallara (Technical Director) / Nigel Cowperthwaite (Chief Designer) drew it.

The background

The Dallara F191 was a Formula One car designed by Giampaolo Dallara and Nigel Cowperthwaite for use by the BMS Scuderia Italia team during the 1991 Formula One season. The car was powered by the Judd V10 engine and ran on Pirelli tyres. Its best finish was at the San Marino Grand Prix when JJ Lehto drove it to third place.

The engineering

660-750 hp @ 13,500 rpm is the published figure. It weighs 505kg. Work it out per tonne and you get about 1307 horsepower — hypercar territory, where the limiting factor is the tyre, not the engine. The wheelbase is 2950 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Where it sits

Its family tree is legible: it took over from the F190; its successor was the F192. Its Dallara stablemates include the Dallara 320 and the Dallara F2 2018.

Specifications

Kerb weight505kg
Wheelbase2950 mm
DesignerGiampaolo Dallara (Technical Director) / Nigel Cowperthwaite (Chief Designer)
PredecessorF190
SuccessorF192
Catalogue IDQ3012432
SourceWikipedia