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[island]

Hi!
It never ran in F1. In the late 70s/early
80s the 240 appeared in hillclimb events,
I believe. Who raced the car?

[desmo]

I've seen a picture of that car on the web somewhere. The real mystery six-wheeler is the Ferrari 312 F1 six-wheeler.

[Racer.Demon]

You've probably seen them at 8W. Here's the March:



And here's the Ferrari at Fiorano:



Cheers,
R.D
[p][Edited by Racer.Demon on 09-07-2000]

[desmo]

I actually hadn't seen either of those photos before. Thank you kindly.

[Ray Bell]

I personally think the March/Williams setup could have been made to work. Aerodynamically it was smarter than the Tyrrell idea, and the tyres were easier come by.

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[Jonathan]

Actually the March setup was like totally faked, it was only a ploy to try and lure a new sponsour.

If I recall correctly the second pair of rear wheels wasnt even powered (The second transaxle was just a 'dummy' emty casing).

The March (Based on a 1973 F3 March) was notorious for excessive and virtually un-curable understear. (Fuel was stored too far forward ?) Adding a second set of rear wheels would not have helped this team.

[KzKiwi]

Island

Go to the thread dated 12/13/99 on this forum. it is all about 6 wheelers and includes the 2-4-0

[Huw Jenjin]

The March six wheeler was quite successfully campaigned by Roy Lane in the british Hillclimb championship. Roy also used a McCrae GM1 to good effect, and I beleive is still hillclimbing now.
I agree with the sentiment that it was aerodynamically a better answer than the P34, but mechanical drag wise and weight wise there were disadvantages. Interestingly, its mai advantage in Hillclimbing was traction, i understand, and was untouchable in the wet.