Topic: Solved NIC#848 - 1974 Berta LR

[nicanary]

What is this car?

[nicanary]

Experts?

[Willie McCrum]

Berta.....?

[nicanary]

Berta.....?

YES! I was expecting Brabham BT34 from someone.

Any chance you can tell me the year and designation? LOCKED.

[Willie McCrum]

Believe it was called the Berta LR - a stillborn F1 car from 1974 by Argentinian constructor Oreste Berta using his own V8 engine initially.  It also ran - allegedly - with a DFV, but was only tested, never raced in this form .I think it may have surfaced later in F5000 form in the US, or maybe I'm wrong...

[nicanary]

Believe it was called the Berta LR - a stillborn F1 car from 1974 by Argentinian constructor Oreste Berta using his own V8 engine initially.  It also ran - allegedly - with a DFV, but was only tested, never raced in this form .I think it may have surfaced later in F5000 form in the US, or maybe I'm wrong...

Dead on, Willie. That's about all I know as well, although I believe that initially it was a F5000/FA car which could also be used in F1. Oreste Berta built some pretty competitive sports-racing cars and it's a pity he didn't get more of a chance to show his talents up against European designers.

One point to you.