Cars that rarely looked like contenders for victory have occasionally slipped through the net to become winners of world championship F1 races. Chief editor Kevin Turner attempts to rank the worst of the bunch ⬇️
Ken Tyrrell's eponymous squad was a bastion of the normally aspirated Ford Cosworth DFV engine against the turbo hordes in the early 1980s. To call the 011B a bad car might be rather harsh as it was always going to be outgunned, but in truth it was not normally on the pace.
Tight street tracks, which minimised the power advantage of the turbos and highlighted their problems of lag, were the last venues the Cosworth still had a chance. Apart from Alboreto's win – Tyrrell’s last – the 011B's best 1983 finish was fifth and it was replaced by the 012 before the end of the campaign.Villeneuve defied the awkward Ferrari 126CK to score an improbable victory in Monaco when Jones's Williams hit troubleConstructors’ championship:The first turbocharged Ferrari was all about a powerful engine strapped into a chassis nowhere near as good as most of its rivals.
Jones inherited the lead, 32.9s clear of Villeneuve, but he was already suffering from fuel-system problems and decided to stop for more petrol. He rejoined with a much-reduced lead, only to find the engine still spluttering. Villeneuve swept by with four laps to go to take victory, finishing a lap clear of fourth-placed Pironi.
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