(03) 1947: Ferrari 159

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Because this car was so short-lived, it only raced a few times in 1947. Due to the early successes of the 125S in Sport and Racing forms, Ferrari only took one car to Pescara on August 15. From the outside, the 159 S looked the same as the 125 S, but it had a 1902.84 cc, 12-cylinder engine that had been bore and stroke increased to 59x58 mm, generating 120-125 hp at 7000 rpm. After leading the race, Franco Cortese finished second behind Vincenzo Auricchio's Stanguellini: the 159 S won its class. In the second half of the season, a racing version with motorcycle-type wings competed lukewarmly. Cisitalia D46s and Maserati A6G.CSs of Giovanni Bracco, Gigi Villoresi, and Alberto Ascari were faster and more agile than the 159 S. The car was entered for the Turin Grand Prix on 12 October amidst uncertainty. Ferrari was focusing mainly on planning for the 1948 season, so only one 159 S single-seater was entered by the talented French driver Raymond Sommer, who won after starting from the second row. The almost two-liter engine proved to be reliable and efficient. It was a transition car between the 125 S and 166 ranges, which would soon feed the young and ambitious Maranello company.