V10

A V10 engine is a V-shaped engine, with five cylinders to a side. The design comes from the mating to two inline five cylinder engines. The configuration is not naturally balanced, and has a rocking motion, even though the five-cylinder designs were balanced. In most V10 designs, balance shafts are used for stability.

The first racing V10 was created by Alfa Romeo in 1986, but the engine was never actually used in competition. When turbocharging was outlawed after the 1988 season, both Honda and Renault saw the V10 as the optimal compromise between the compact V8 and powerful V12 designs.

Formula One teams who used V10 engines

Team	Years
Andrea Moda	1992
Arrows	1997
Benetton	1995–1997
Brabham	1992
Dallara	1991
Ferrari	1996–1997
Footwork	1992–1993
Jordan	1993–1997
Ligier/Prost	1992–1997
Lotus	1994
March/Leyton House	1991–1992
McLaren	1989–1990, 1994–1997
Pacific	1994
Sauber	1993–1994, 1996–1997
Stewart	1997
Toro Rosso	2006
Tyrrell	1991–1996
Williams	1989–1997

Note: From 1998 to 2005, all teams used V10 engines.