Everyone considered a mid-engine Ferrari to be one of the pinnacles ... It was used to power the Ferrari 500 F2 racing car, which Alberto Ascari, a famed Italian racing driver, used to win his ...

The 500 F2 helped establish Ferrari as the legendary marque they are now by winning ... The level of detail in the engine bay and cockpit is superb. Even under very close macro photography, the cast ...

Alberto Ascari piloted the Ferrari 500 F2 to back-to-back World Championships ... The cars featured a 170-hp variant of the Tipo 500 engine, a de Dion rear suspension setup, and beautiful ...

make F2 the highest level of racing. As we said earlier, the 625 was a modified Ferrari 500 with a 2.5-liter front-mounted-in-line four-cylinder (with light alloy block and head) engine ...

the all-aluminum engine featured dual spark plugs and two twin-choke Weber carburetors. This 180-horsepower four-pot proved rather potent in a Ferrari chassis. Alberto Ascari piloted the Ferrari 500 ...