Today we'd like to introduce you to a 1955 Lancia D 50: a super-light (620kg) vehicle with 8 V cylinders, four twin-choke carburettors, two spark plugs per cylinder, trellis frame and two fuel tanks intentionally located externally to the bodywork, because planner Vittorio Jano wanted to improve the aerodynamic profiling. Immediately victorious, the D50 had a short life: following the accident in Monza in which Alberto Ascari lost his life, Gianni Lancia decided to abandon the races and sold the manufacturing house's six "D50s" to Ferrari.
The following year, Lancia-Ferrari D50 won the world title with Juan Manuel Fangio at the helm.
In the photo: Alberto Ascari at the wheel of a D50 Lancia at the 1955 Valentino Grand Prix.
