Bandini Formula Three

The Bandini formula three is a racing car model produced from 1954 until 1958 by Bandini Automobili of Forlì.

This type, produced at the same two-seater sports was born in order to participate in the 750 cc (46 cu in) engine capacity race-only category. This gave birth first to Formula Junior and later Formula Three.

The characteristics that make the Bandini F3 historically important are the unprecedented postponement of box differential and testing of disc brakes on all four wheels. Disc brakes had only recently appeared on racing cars with the advent of the 1951 C-type, which used them to great advantage at Le Mans. The advantages of disc brakes were mainly limited solely to lower unsprung masses as the study of materials of seals of friction had not yet allow evolution that today poses this choice as a solution required the cars allocated to the races. They also helped avoid brake fade.

The box to postpone the transmission instead, a system also used in subsequent FJr. it offered a double advantage: making rapid replacement of differential gears that determine the final drive ratio, (allowing a rapid adaptation to the circuit) and, simultaneously, significantly lowering the driveshaft, which in turn governed the position of the driing seat. This allowed a lowering of center of mass with the consequent improvement of handling.

The racing debut occurred on July 1954 to the third edition of "Luigi Arcangeli Cup", raced on the Forlì circuit.

The same manufacturer Ilario Bandini, classified in second place in the race reserved for "single seater up to 750 cc" valid for the Italian championship.