Racing Rookie #540 - Balsa F1 from 1962

[Otto Puzzell]

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For one point: Who built this, and what is it?

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[Otto Puzzell]

Up

[frederick59]

Formule France?

[Otto Puzzell]

Non

[frederick59]

from France?

[Otto Puzzell]

Oui

[Otto Puzzell]

Penultimate escalation

[nicanary]

Formula Vee ?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir

[Paul Jaray]

Balsa F1, 1962

[nicanary]

Wow! Never heard of it.  Seems it was powered by a 1500cc Porsche motor, which would theoretically make it eligible for F1 races in that year. It seems it never raced - what a shock!

Further research has not revealed much, but it is believed that the builder was Marcel Balsa who raced self-built and Jicey BMW-engined F2 cars in the 1950s. There was another Balsa car built or proposed for F2 powered by a modified Peugeot engine.

[Wendax]

There was another Balsa car built or proposed for F2 powered by a modified Peugeot engine.

You can find it on the web, to be exact: www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=16106 

[Otto Puzzell]

Balsa F1, 1962

That's the ticket.

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