Ferrari 312T4

Ferrari 312T4

Constructor:	Scuderia Ferrari
Designer:	Mauro Forghieri
Predecessor:	Ferrari 312T3
Successor:	Ferrari 312T5
Technical specifications
Chassis:	Aluminum monocoque
Engine:	Ferrari four-stroke 12-cylinder, 180 °
Length:	4460 mm
Width:	2120 mm
Height:	1010 mm
Wheelbase:	2700 mm
Weight:	590 kg
Tires:	Michelin
statistics
Driver:	Jody Scheckter Gilles Villeneuve
First start:	1979 South African Grand Prix
Last start:	1979 U.S. Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 13 6th 2 5
World Cup points:	98 (113)
Podiums:	13
Leadership laps:	k. A. / tba

The Ferrari 312T4 was a Formula 1 racing car that Scuderia Ferrari used in the 1979 Formula 1 World Championship. The Scuderia won the constructors 'cup with the 312T4 and Jody Scheckter the drivers' title.

Type of car and achievements

The 312T4 was Ferrari's first Ground Effect Formula 1 racing car, designed by Mauro Forghieri . The car had a narrow monocoque , but a wide body surface that made up for the handicap of the wide V12 engine with its cylinder bank angle of 180 °. The wheel suspensions were designed in such a way that they disrupted the flow of air under the car as little as possible.

Scheckter and Gilles Villeneuve each celebrated three victories of the season with the car. Scheckter, who joined the team for Carlos Reutemann , won the races in Belgium , Monaco and Italy . Villeneuve remained in South Africa , at the US Grand Prix West and in the US Grand Prix victory.

Scheckter won the drivers' world championship four points ahead of his teammates. In the constructors' championship, Ferrari was 38 points ahead of Williams at the end of the season .

For the 1980 season , the vehicle was further developed into the T5 model .

Ferrari 312T4 in the 1979 race and in the museum

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  Gilles Villeneuve and his Ferrari 312T4; at the 1979 Italian Grand Prix

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  Jody Scheckter in Monaco (1979)

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  Gilles Villeneuve in Monaco (1979)

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  Gilles Villeneuve's 312T4 in the Ferrari museum in Maranello

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successes

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	Points	rank
1979 Formula 1 season																	113 2	1.
J. Scheckter	11	- 1		2	2	(4)	1	1	7th	( 5 )	4th	4th	2	1	( 4 )	DNF
G. Villeneuve	12			1	1	7th	7th	DNF	2	14th	8th	2	DNF	2	(2)	1

¹ The first two races were contested with the previous model 312T3.

² Of these, 3 points were achieved with the previous model 312T3.

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	9	6th	4th	3	2	1

Technical specifications

Parameters	Ferrari 312 T 4 (1979)
engine	Ferrari four-stroke 12-cylinder, 180 ° V (mid-engine)
cooling	water
Displacement	2992 cc
Bore × stroke	80 x 49.6 mm
Mixture preparation	mechanical, vacuum-controlled injection from Lucas
power	378.8 kW (515 hp) at 12,300 rpm
maximum torque	323.7 Nm at 9,000 rpm
lubrication	Dry sump
Power transmission	Ferrari 5-speed gearbox, limited-slip differential with 40-90% locking effect, rear-wheel drive
steering	Rack
Front suspension	small wishbones above, large wishbones below
Rear suspension	Double wishbones
Brakes	Disc brakes, internally ventilated
Track width front / rear	1700/1600 mm
wheelbase	2700 mm
Tire size front / rear	20–28 / 57 × 13 / 38–42 / 68 × 13
Tire manufacturer	Michelin
Length × width × height	4460 × 2120 × 1010 mm
Dry weight	590 kg
Top speed with the longest gear ratio	277 km / h

Source: 1979 racing and sports car catalog , Vereinigte Motorverlage, Stuttgart

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 312 T4  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Image: Jody Scheckter in a Ferrari 312T4 at the 1979 Monaco Grand Prix
• YouTube: "Jody Scheckter's 1979 Ferrari 312T4 PURE SOUND" : Walk around and demo drives in Spa-Francorchamps at the "Modena Trackdays 2015".
• YouTube: "1979 Ferrari T4 Formula 1 at Laguna Seca August '16" : Ex-Gilles Villeneuve 312T4 at Master's Race # 1 (good onboard recordings of the "cockpit work")

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://formula1.ferrari.com/history-70s