Ferrari 312T3

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Ferrari 312T3

Constructor: ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari
Designer: Mauro Forghieri
Predecessor: Ferrari 312T2
Successor: Ferrari 312T4
Technical specifications
Chassis: Aluminum monocoque
Engine: Tipo015 Ferrari-V 12, 180 °, 2991.80 cm³
Length: 4250 mm
Width: 2130 mm
Height: 1010 mm
Wheelbase: 2560 mm
Weight: 580 kg
Tires: Michelin
Petrol: Agip
statistics
Driver: ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann Jody Scheckter Gilles Villeneuve
South Africa 1961South Africa 
CanadaCanada 
First start: 1978 South African Grand Prix
Last start: 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR
16 2 2 1
World Cup points: -
Podiums: -
Leadership laps: k. A. / tba
Template: Infobox racing car / maintenance / old parameters
Technical information about the Ferrari 312 T3

The Ferrari 312T3 was a Formula 1 racing car that Scuderia Ferrari used in the Formula 1 World Championship in 1978 and 1979.

Development history

The Ferrari 312T3 was the successor to the T2 , with Carlos Reutemann at the beginning of the season 1978 the Brazilian Grand Prix had won.

The racing car had a less rounded body shape than the previous model, a new monocoque and a new front suspension that was matched to the Michelin tires. The car was fast, but too prone to defects compared to the two factory Lotus 79s owned by Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson , which dominated the season. The 312T3 was also not a ground-effect racing car, as the Lotus 78 was in perfect form. Ferrari repeatedly tested the suction effect achieved by side skirts during the season, but the modifications were not used until the beginning of 1979. The new vehicle was then called the T4 .

Racing history

Carlos Reutemann won the two US Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of Great Britain with the 312T3 in 1978 , while the Canadian Gilles Villeneuve won his home Grand Prix . In the drivers' world championship, Reutemann was third overall and Villeneuve ninth in the final ranking. In the constructors' cup, the Scuderia finished second behind Lotus .

Built copies

A total of 5 copies were built:

  • 312 T3 / 032. Use in three races, one with Villeneuve and two with Reutemann (victory in Long Beach).
  • 312 T3 / 033. 5 races with Reutemann in 1978, only once victoriously entered by Villeneuve in the 1979 Race of Champions .
  • 312 T3 / 034. From the Long Beach race it was driven by Villeneuves. He used it 12 times in 1978 (victory in Canada) and 1979 in Brazil.
  • 312 T3 / 035. Used 5 times by Reutemann 1978 (victory in the US Grand Prix) and by Scheckter in the first two races in 1979.
  • 312 T3 / 036. Was used in the last European races in 1978 by Reutemann and 1979 by Villeneuve in Argentina.

A chassis from the 312 T3 was used in 1979 to test an innovative semi-automatic transmission designed by Mauro Forghieri. With buttons on the steering wheel, the car drove 100 laps in various tests with good time results, but was not appreciated by Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve. As a result, development was abandoned, and it wasn't until 1989 that a semi-automatic transmission debuted in the race, again this time in a Ferrari: the 640 F1.

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literature

  • Mike Lang: Grand Prix! Race-by-race account of Formula 1. Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford 1982, ISBN 0-85429-321-3 .
  • David Hodges: Racing cars from A to Z after 1945. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 .
  • Pino Casamassima: Storia della Scuderia Ferrari. Nada Editore, Vimodrome 1998, ISBN 88-7911-179-5 .
  • Leonardo Acerbi: 60 years of Ferrari. Heel, Königswinter 2007, ISBN 978-3-89880-815-6 .

Web links

Commons : Ferrari 312T3  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Autosprint (magazine): Vedasi collezione della rivista 1977-1979 .
  2. ↑ Luca Ferrari: Il cambio semi automatico nacque da un'idea di Enzo Ferrari. In: f1passion.it. January 3, 2013, accessed April 23, 2020 .