Background
Reigning Double World Champion, Michael Schumacher made a big money move to Ferrari for the 1996 season, which led to him eventually winning 5 titles in a row. The John Barnard designed F310 was not on the level of Adrian Newey's Williams, and the F310 was nicknamed "the truck" for how it handled. However, Schumacher was able to bring home 3 victories, the first in the F310 in extremely wet conditions in Spain.The car was unreliable particularly in the hands of Irvine having 8 consecutive retirements. The highlights of Irvine's season came at the opener at Melbourne where he finished in third place.
The car ran unique high sidepods, reminiscent of the 1992 car which attempted a double floor concept. I suppose it's a very early version of the sidepod undercut, similar to modern day cars. Ferrari also ran one of the highest side head protections out of all the teams.
Minichamps
Minichamps 430960002 |
Minichamps 510964311 |
Minichamps 510964321 |
Score: 7/10
Ixo/La Storia/Altaya
Score: 6/10
BBR
BBR BG90 |
Score: 9/10
BBR Met73 |
We also get the high-nose version from BBR from the Belgian GP. At both the Belgian and Italian Grand Prix where high speed and low drag set ups were required, Ferrari lost their winglets, running a more traditional rear wing endplate. My problem with the high nose version is that the nose is too long and so the front wing is too far in front of the rear wheels.
Score: 8/10
Tameo
Tameo TMK418 |
Tameo have produced this excellent model from the Spanish Grand Prix with excellent wet tyres. It has lovely proportions and excellent details throughout. The treatment of the upper rear wing elements is lovely too.
Score: 10/10
Tameo TMK431 |
The high-nose version is from the Italian Grand Prix, losing the upper element from the front wing and running a miniscule rear wing. It also has an updated diffuser. Again, hard to find any fault with this model, it's re-created the car perfectly for me.
Score: 10/10
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