Formula 1 car with 6 wheels. Instead of having just four wheels on a race car these guys thought six would be a vast improvement. The tyrrell p34 project 34 commonly known as the six wheeler was a formula one f1 race car designed by derek gardner tyrrells chief designer. All formula 1 fans have seen the infamous tyrrell p34 car with four tiny wheels at the front and two standard goodyear tyres at the back.
Well that didnt work. It is equipped with two wings front and rear plus an engine which is located behind the driver. Formula one could have looked a lot different nowadays if derek gardner had succeeded in turning his 6 wheel f1 car project commonly known as project 34 into a hit.
Formula one the. Enter the world of formula 1. The car used four specially manufactured 10 inch diameter 254 mm wheels and tyres at the front with two ordinary sized wheels at the back.
The gearbox is constructed of carbon titanium as heat dissipation is a critical issue and is bolted onto the back of the engine. The f1 races are conducted on specifically built racing tracks called circuits. According to derek gardner the man behind the p34s revolutionary design concept jackie stewart had a fit of choking when on a flight home from the 1975 south african grand prix the designer snuck into the first class section of the plane and informed the retired three time world champion of his outlandish.
Jackie stewart choked on his drink when he was told about the concept. Well not that he didn. March also produced a six wheel car in the mid 1970s.
Formula one prides itself on being at the pinnacle of racing technology but that means teams sometimes push things over the edge. Formula one cars use highly automated semi automatic sequential gearboxes with paddle shifters with regulations stating that 8 forward gears increased from 7 from the 2014 season onwards and 1 reverse gear must be used with rear wheel drive.
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