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F1-powered street cars? Yes! We present you with the 5 best cars with an F1 engine. And no, don’t worry, it’s not a mistake. We know that the McLaren F1 did not have a Formula 1 engine, but many of you may think that it did and I wanted to put its image to illustrate this topic on the 5 best street cars with an F1 engine to make it clear.
In fact, since I mentioned it, let me tell you that the McLaren F1, when it was put on sale in the early 90s, opted for a BMW original engine and at that time the Munich brand had not yet made its officially entered F1, although they had already developed engines for other teams previously. And, as a curiosity, I will tell you that it was a V12 propeller with 627 HP of power for whose development the German engineers created the first BMW M8, a prototype that served as a development model for this mechanic that was never put on sale.
Well, anecdotes in the margin I tell you that the list of street models with Formula 1 motor that you will find here are about production models, that is, all of them to a greater or lesser extent, I mean the units that are manufactured, put up for sale. And, of course, they are all mounted on the most sporty models of each brand at the time they were put into circulation. It is a select group of manufacturers that include Ferrari, Mercedes, BMW, and Porsche.
I will tell you from the oldest to the youngest powered street cars.
Ferrari Dino 206 GT
There are certain caveats about this car that should be explained. In fact, it did not equip an F1 engine as such, but an F2. But I thought it convenient to introduce it in this list because it was one of the first to bet heavily on mechanics of this type and because it did so in a troubled time for the ‘rampant horse’ brand. Let me explain: the Ferrari Dino 206 GT was presented in 1967, a pretty bad year for La Scuderia when it comes to sports results, perhaps that’s why they decided to mount the engine of this street model in Formula 2 the following season. And 1968 was indeed a more successful year for Ferrari in the competition, thanks to the races won by Jackie Ickx.
Was it because of strategic movements like this that in the summer of 1968 Ferrari sold its share of the street car business to Fiat for around 10 million euros? Surely it had something to do with it.
Well, let’s leave the strategic movements aside and talk about its engine: a 2.0-liter V6 atmospheric engine, whose maximum power was 180 hp.
Ferrari F50
We continue with another model equipped with an F1 engine and, again, it is the Maranello brand that comes to the fore. In 1995 they did bet on putting a Formula 1 engine in one of their street cars. Well, as you may already know, this model was an edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the brand, although it arrived on the market two years before the anniversary was celebrated.
349 units of this Ferrari F50 were manufactured, which mounted an engine whose internal name was ‘Type F130B’ and which was developed from the one used by the F1 car of the 1990 season, the Ferrari 641, which was piloted by Nigell Mansell and Alain Prost. Although the propellant of the racing car reached 680 HP.
Porsche Carrera GT
Although when the Porsche Carrera GT came to the market a server was already dedicated to this of cars, I can tell you with all the regret of my heart that escaped me alive and I could not prove it. It is a shame and a thorn that I hope I can remove myself at some point since I trust that during a presentation of their new models they will do a ‘revival’ and have the opportunity to sink their teeth. Well, anecdote aside, I tell you that this supercar of the Stuttgart brand was equipped with a block developed for Formula 1.
At the beginning of the 90s, those from Stuttgart developed an engine for the Footwork Arrows team. It was a V12 block, but due to design problems and the unreliability it quickly showed, it was replaced by a Cosworth mechanic. And it was that failed V12 engine that German engineers began to work on, albeit with two fewer cylinders, for the following season, although the result of this work was not captured in F1. They then thought of using it in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but the Le Mans’s grand touring project was canceled two days after the first unit tests began in mid-1999. The reason is that part of the engineering team Porsche who was working in the sports division was transferred to develop the Porsche Cayenne.
Porsche adapted the project and presented it as a prototype at the 2000 Geneva Motor Show. The interest of the public, together with the profits of the Cayenne. It allowed them to decide to launch a street version of the Porsche Carrera GT. 1,270 units of the Carrera GT were finally manufactured.
And, most importantly: he rode a 5.7-liter V10 engine with 612 hp and 590 Nm of torque.
BMW M5 (E60)
Without a doubt, this BMW M5 (E60) from 2005 is the least spectacular model for its appearance in this list with street models equipped with F1 engines. But this does not mean that its power and its great influence and inspiration in the world of competition should be neglected. It mounts a 5.0-liter V10 engine and gasoline injection, whose internal name is S85.
This BMW engine derives from the one that the BMW-Williams Formula 1 team carried that same season in its Williams FW27 car, which was piloted by Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld. And it was very advanced because it had transmission control, cast control, dynamic stability control. And up to 11 programs for the automatic gearbox.
The street version developed 507 hp and was linked to the seven-speed SMG III semi-automatic gearbox. Based on this engine, the S65 riding on the BMW M3 (E92) was later developed.
Mercedes-AMG ONE
The 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show witnessed the presentation of this Mercedes-AMG Project ONE. At the time, it was just a prototype. But everything points to the fact that it may end up becoming a production car that equips a Formula 1 engine. Whose name would change to Mercedes-AMG ONE (just plain)? In fact, Mercedes introduced him to celebrate his recent successes at the Grand Circus. This supercar is equipped with a hybrid powertrain inspired by that of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W07. Consisting of a 1.6-liter turbo V6, paired with four electric thrusters. Its power is estimated that it could reach the 1,248 CV.
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