Lamborghini LE3512
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The Lamborghini LE3512 was a naturally-aspirated V12 motor racing engine, designed and developed by Lamborghini, to compete in Formula One. The engine was raced between 1989 and 1993.
Musée Lamborghini 0085
Lamborghini's 3.5L V12 Formula One engine, the 3512, at the Lamborghini Museum.
Mauro Forghieri
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Mauro Forghieri was an Italian mechanical engineer, best known for his work as a Formula One racing car designer with Scuderia Ferrari during the 1960s and 1970s. He is credited with introducing the f
Lamborghini LE3512
…1989 and 1993. Lamborghini made the move to Formula One in 1989 when the FIA outlawed turbocharged engines. Former Scuderia Ferrari designer / engineer Mauro Forghieri was commissioned to design and build a new, 3.5 litre V12 engine for use by the French Larrousse team in 1989. Dubbed the Lamborghini LE3512, (Lamborghini…
Forghieri in 1991
Forghieri (right) with John Surtees inspecting a Ferrari 1512 in 1965 at the Nürburgring
Forghieri (kneeling, right) with driver Carlos Reutemann testing the Ferrari 312 T3 at Zandvoort in 1978