Изучая вопрос о двенадцатицилиндровых двигателях, наткнулся на информацию о Фордовском "проекте VB" 1991 года.
http://www.mahle.com/C1257126002DFC2...MVL9P887MARSEN
Кроме того на Фориксе нашел вот такую информацию:
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Talk of the meteoric F3000 team becoming a Benetton Junior F1 team never materialized, even though Enrique Scalabroni was hired from Lotus to design their car. The Benetton Junior link-up would have entailed the rampant-baron team taking Ford's V8, with Benetton moving to Jaguar-badged V12s. For a brief time, there was also speculation of Il Barone Rampante taking over the Tyrrell team.
http://forix.autosport.com/8w/6thgear/neverraced.html
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Фордовский V12 упоминается на формуме Атлас Ф1
http://forums.autosport.com/showthre...postid=2912084
И вот еще интересная ссылка:
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Camel Benetton Ford
19 Martin Brundle
20 Michael Schumacher
Yellow/Blue colours, Benetton and Camel sponsorship
B191B-Ford HB ``until V12 is ready''...
I hope Tom Walkinshaw can unlock the potential at Benetton; they have all
the right ingredients but have lacked direction in the past. In my
opinion they have the third or fourth-strongest driver pairing (after
McLaren, Williams and maybe Ferrari) and one of the best engines; the
forthcoming Ford (possibly Jaguar-badged) V12 should put them in a
_very_ strong position indeed. Brundle has FINALLY landed a really good
F1 seat, and should be in a great position to score his maiden F1 win,
and Schumacher is... well, the new Villeneuve, in my opinion. Should win
something this year... Note that there's a cloud on the horizon - Peter
Sauber intends to enter F1 next season and wants Schumacher and Wendlinger as
his drivers.... _more_ Schumacher contract wars!
http://www.richardclegg.org/new/f1/f192.html
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Вроде мотор создавался Косвортом под дебют марки Ягуар в Ф1. Хотелось бы при помощи здешних знатоков уточнить, был ли хоть один реально существующий (действующий, и желательно не на стенде, а на шасси болида Ф1) мотор серии VB?