Ferrari 312T5

Ferrari 312T5

Ferrari 312T5
Constructor:	Scuderia Ferrari
Designer:	Mauro Forghieri
Predecessor:	Ferrari 312T4
Successor:	Ferrari 126CK
Technical specifications
Engine:	Type 015, 12-cylinder naturally aspirated engine
Tires:	Michelin
statistics
Driver:	Jody Scheckter Gilles Villeneuve
First start:	1980 Argentine Grand Prix
Last start:	1980 U.S. Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 14th - - -
World Cup points:	8th
Podiums:	-
Leadership laps:	50 over 220,500 km

The Ferrari 312T5 , also Ferrari 312 T5 , was a Formula 1 racing car that Scuderia Ferrari used in the 1980 Formula 1 World Championship .

Racing history

The 312T5 was the successor to the 312T4 . Both drivers could not build on the successes of the 1979 season, in which Jody Scheckter driver world champion , Gilles Villeneuve vice world champion and the Scuderia were superior constructors world champions. The wide and flat 12-cylinder - V engine with 180 ° bank angle (the cylinders were a Pleuelbreite offset from) could be far less well in the body integrated as the 312T4. The car got a new design, the side pods were angular.

The season was a disaster for Ferrari. Jody Scheckter achieved only two world championship points, the lowest number of points that a Formula 1 world champion achieved in the season after the title. With the additional six points from Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari finished tenth in the constructors' championship.

When it became foreseeable that the 312T5 was a mistake, Ferrari concentrated on building the first Ferrari Formula 1 racing car with a turbo engine . The 126CK replaced the 312T5 before the end of the 1980 season. In an as 312T6 designated version is however, not a development from the 312T5, but an earlier development from 1977, when Ferrari similar to the Type C / D hill-climbing car of the Auto Union the end of the 1930s with Experimented with double tires on the rear axle, but did not use them in a race.

A 312T5 is on display in the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile in Turin .

gallery

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  Ferrari 312T5 (ex-Villeneuve) in Mont Tremblant 2010

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  Mont Tremblant 2010

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  Gilles Villeneuves Ferrari 312T5 at the “Histric race” during the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix

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  The 312T5 from Gilles Villeneuve in the MUSEO DELL'AUTOMOBILE (Turin)

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	Points	rank
1980 Formula 1 season																8th	10.
J. Scheckter	01	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	8th	DNF	12	10	13	13	9	8th	DNQ	11
G. Villeneuve	02	DNF	16	DNF	DNF	6th	5	8th	DNF	6th	8th	7th	DNF	5	DNF

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

Technical specifications

engine	Type 015, installed at the rear, 180 ° V12, cylinder block and head made of light metal, water-cooled, wet aluminum liners, 112 mm connecting rods
Bore and stroke	80 x 49.6 mm
Displacement	2991.8 cc
Displacement per cylinder	249.3 cc
Compression ratio	11.5: 1
Max. power	379 kW (515 hp) at 12,300 rpm
Engine control	4 valves per cylinder, 2 camshafts per cylinder bank
Fuel supply	Lucas-Ferrari indirect injection with electronic control
ignition	Single plug, coil ignition with Marelli Dinoplex electronic capacitive discharge
lubrication	Dry sump
transmission	Rear-wheel drive, multi-plate clutch, 5- or 6-speed gearbox + reverse gear, limited-slip differential
translation	changeable depending on the route
chassis	Type 023, light metal tubular space frame with knots made of cast alloy, riveted stiffening aluminum plates
Front suspension	Double wishbones, triangular link below, trapezoidal link above, internal springs and dampers actuated by the extended upper link
Rear suspension	Double wishbones, springs and telescopic shock absorbers
Brakes	Brembo , internally ventilated cast iron discs, Lockheed brake calipers
steering	Rack and pinion
Length Width Height	4530 mm / 2120 mm / 1020 mm
Wheelbase and front / rear track	2700/1700/1615 mm
Empty weight (with water and oil)	595 kg
Fuel tank	from 182 to 185 liters, centrally installed behind the driver
Front tire	23 / 59–13 ", Michelin
Rear tire	38 / 68-13 ", Michelin
bikes	multi-part rims, front 12 × 13 ", rear 18 × 13"
body	single-seat body made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic

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 .

Web links

Commons : Ferrari 312T5  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ferrari 312 T5 de Gilles Villeneuve . Very detailed “walk-around” on YouTube. Retrieved on August 24, 2020 (fr)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 312T6; Ferrari's forgotten six-wheeler. www.unracedf1.com, accessed on May 5, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ La collezione. www.museoauto.com, accessed May 5, 2020 (Italian). 
3. ↑ https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/80-Ferrari-312_T5-DV_17-BQ-e01-800.jpg Image: rear view from the side