Zakspeed 891

The Zakspeed 891 was a Formula One car for the season run by the German Zakspeed team. Its drivers were German Bernd [Schneider (racing driver)|Bernd Schneider] in his second year with the team and F1 rookie Aguri Suzuki from Japan.
This was the first Formula One car powered by a Yamaha engine.

Overview

Due to neither Schneider nor his team mate Piercarlo Ghinzani scoring any points in the 881, the team was forced into pre-qualifying in order to be able to try to qualify for a race. While Schneider was able to qualify his car 25th for the 1989 Brazilian [Grand Prix], it would prove to be a false hope with the German only able to pre-qualify and qualify once more, at the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix. Suzuki never made it past pre-qualifying at any of the 16 rounds during the season.
Most of this was attributed to what was found to be a very underpowered Yamaha engine. Late in the season following another double failure to pre-qualify at the Spanish Grand Prix, the Yamaha OX88 V8 was reported to be producing only. This compared badly to the base of the common Judd V8. It was also unfavorable in comparison to the - bhp of the top four engines, the V10's of Honda and Renault, the V12 F1 engine|Ferrari] V12, and the Cosworth built Ford V8 used by. This made Schneider qualifying 21st for the following race in Japan all the more impressive.
The 891 was the last Formula One car to be produced by Zakspeed as the team pulled out of Grand Prix racing following the 1990 season. Yamaha also pulled out of Formula One at the end of 1989, but would later return with the Brabham team in.