Yamaha F1 Engine
The team took on the formula one grand prix with a new racecar equipped with a new yamaha original engine the ox88.
Yamaha f1 engine. March engineering were the first team who signed to use the judd cv. As for racing engines things are a bit. Yamaha is accountable for some of the greatest road car engines of all time from the lexus lfas screaming v10 to the ford taurus shos snakes nest v6. The first formula one engine developed by judd the cv was built to the 35 litre engine formula for naturally aspirated engines.
There come a point at which free engines are not enough. In 1992 for example there is no question that eddie jordan had no choice but to find a free engine deal because he had been unable to pay his 1991 bills to cosworth and could not afford another year with the same engines he went to yamaha. The team introduced the new engine in the 1989 season. The engine shared many design features with the judd bv engine but was expanded to 35 litres.
Yamaha was docked 50 points in the constructors championship while both the factory squad and petronas srt lost 20 and 37 points from the teams standings after the japanese marque was found guilty of running an illegal engine in julys spanish grand prix. The engine was a 75 degree 5 valve dohc v 8 that had a displacement of 3489 cc and generated a maximum output of over 600 horsepower.