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1988 OSELLA | |||
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All Formula One Chassis are given a name each
season. So for example Ferrari's 2006 model is entitled the F248 (Ferrari, 2.4
Litre, 8 Cylinders). However in 1988, the imaginative brains at Osella came up
with the chassis name FA1L (Formula 1, Abarth, Deviation L). Engine supplier for 1988, Alfa Romeo were so disappointed by the teams lack of promotion (Osella wanted to use either Motori-Moderni or Cosworths) that they prohibited the use of the Alfa name with Osella. The team simply rebranded the engines to 'Osella' The Alfa engines were heavy, slow, unreliable and thirsty, but helped the under-financed team through the Turbo era. It seemed that the naming of the car was an omen of things to come, lets take a quick look at the statistics achieved by this car:
Yup, that would seem like a big FA1L to me... |
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The FA1L at Monaco in the hands of Nicola Larini | |||
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Big thanks to Mark Griska, who provided background information for this piece! |
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