#5 Zakspeed 1500/4, 4 cylinder in-line turbo 1.5L (51 GP, 2 points, 0 podiums)
Was Erich Zakowski overly optimistic when he launched his Zakspeed team in Formula 1? The German chose to design the chassis and engine in-house for 1985.
It was a daring gamble but the Teutons were engineering marvels, most notably with the monstrous Ford Capri Group 5. But F1 is unfortunately another proposition.
The super-charged four-cylinder, something the team was a specialist at, all too often expired in a plume of white smoke. At the same time that turbos were banned for 1989, Zakowski decided to move on. But it would not be the end of his sorrows…
