Life

Life Racing Engines was an Italian constructor from Modena that completed very unsuccessfully in . The team was founded by Ernesto Vita (whose surname is Italian for "Life") and drivers Gary Brabham and Bruno Giacomelli drove the fourteen races the team entered.
The engine, the F35, was a unique W12 engine, initially designed by former engineer Franco Rocchi. Vita purchased the rights to the W12 design and attempted to sell it to an F1 team for . Vita was unable to secure any contracts and decided to make his own car for the engine.
Vita purchased the chassis, the F189 (which was based on a Formula 3000 car), made some changes, fitted his engine, and named it the L190. It was overweight, down on power, difficult to drive and very unreliable. Brabham was tasked with the car for his début.
For the first race at the , Brabham failed to pre-qualify by over half a minute, and after not a setting a time at Brazil (due to the car grinding to a halt after 400 yards due to the lack of engine oil, as most of the team crew members had a strike), the Australian left to be replaced by veteran Giacomelli, who had not raced in F1 for seven years. Giacomelli never got near to pre-qualifying (in an interview he revealed he was scared that he might be hit from behind), and the team ditched the W12 for the . The new V8 engine did not fit the oversized engine cover, and it flew off the car. The team did not turn up for the final two races and were not heard from again.
==Formula One adventure==
===W12 engine development===
===Obtaining the chassis===
===1990 season===
===Post-F1===
==F1 Summary==
Year	Car 	Engine	Tyre	Drivers 	Rounds 	Test Driver 	WCC Pts	WCC Pos	Report
 	L190	 	 	Gary Brabham Bruno Giacomelli	1–2 3–14	Franco Scapini	0 0 	NC NC 	Report
==Statistics==
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Driver 	Car 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	WCC Pts 	WCC Pos 	 	 	
1990 	1990 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brabham 	L190 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	0 	NC 	 	 	
Giacomelli 	L190 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	0 	NC 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Notes==
==External links==
* Wikipedia article
* F1 Rejects profile (archived)
* F1 Fanatic article
* GP Encyclopedia article
* Counter-X profile
* Blog post on Jalopnik
==Further reading==
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