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The Tyrrell 003 is a Formula One (F1) racing car which was designed by Tyrrell's chief designer, Derek Gardner and used in the 1971 and 1972 F1 seasons. It was driven by Jackie Stewart to the 1971 World Drivers' Championship.
The March 2-4-0 was an experimental six-wheeled Formula One racing car built by the March Engineering company of Bicester, UK. It was constructed in late 1976 and tested in early 1977. The car followed on from the successful use by Tyrrell Racing of a six-wheeled car, the Tyrrell P34, in Formula One racing. However, the engineering concept ...
The results were presented to Colin Chapman, who gave the team free rein to come up with an F1 chassis design. [4] After a round of design sketches and engineering drawings and further work in the wind tunnel at Imperial College, the car was put into production. Five examples were built, codenamed John Player Special Mk.
This is a list of car designers, both current and former, in Formula One. Please feel free to populate this list by adding [[Category:Formula One designers]] in the categories section of an article. About engine designers, please refer to Category:Formula One engine engineers
There have been some recent exceptions where a specialist company, not itself entered in the championship, has been commissioned to design and build a chassis for a team, e.g. Lola built cars for the Larrousse team (1987-1991) and the Scuderia Italia team and Dallara built cars for the Scuderia Italia team (1988-1992).
The McLaren MP4/4, also known as the McLaren-Honda MP4/4, is one of the most successful Formula One car designs of all time. Powered by Honda's RA168E 1.5-litre V6-turbo engine and driven by teammates Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna, the car competed during the 1988 Formula One season.
The P578's design can be traced back to the Climax-powered P57 (also called P48/P57) that was raced in 1961. The car's tubular spaceframe and suspension remained unchanged. The underpowered Coventry Climax engine was replaced with BRM's own V8 , producing 190 horsepower.
The Mercedes-Benz W196 (sometimes written as the Mercedes-Benz W 196 R [1]) was a Formula One racing car produced by Mercedes-Benz for the 1954 and 1955 F1 seasons. Successor to the W194, in the hands of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss it won 9 of 12 races entered and captured the only two world championships in which it competed.