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A look under the bodywork of the '72 Formula 1 cars

Name: Ferrari 312 B2 1972
Brand: Ferrari

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Created on May 9, 1973

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Daniel Reinhard

Archiv Daniel Reinhard

Balz Schreier

Bruno von Rotz

Daniel Riesen

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John Colley

Sutton Images

Archiv

Daniel Reinhard

Archiv Daniel Reinhard

Balz Schreier

Bruno von Rotz

Daniel Riesen

Mark McArdle - Creative Commons 2.0

John Colley

Sutton Images

Archiv

Tyrrell 002 (1971) - in the Historic Formula 1 (FIA HFO) race at the Bosch Hockenheim Historic 2012

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Matra MS120C (1972) - in the Historic Formula 1 (FIA HFO) race at the Bosch Hockenheim Historic 2012

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Matra MS 120 (1970) - with its own V12 engine and Jackie Stewart at the wheel

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Tyrrell 003 (1971) - at the start of the Grand Prix Masters (historic Formula 1) on the occasion of the AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix 2012

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Field E - Formula 1 cars 3 liters from 1966 to 1972 at the GP Historique de Monaco 2012 - Tyrrell 006 (1972)

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Ferrari 312 B2 (1972) - technical analysis

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Tyrrell 005 (1973) - Jackie Stewart in Monaco

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Tyrrell 003 at the 1972 Geneva Motor Show - Jackie Stewart's world champion car attracts the crowds

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BRM P160 (1971) - Jo Siffert had an accident in this car in 1971

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BRM P 160 (1971) - Jo Siffert in 1971 in Zeltweg at the Austrian GP

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BRM P 160 (1971) - with V12 power in the rear

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BRM P 160 (1971) - Peter Gethin on the BRM at the 1971 Monza Grand Prix

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BWM P 160 (1973) - the improved version of 1973

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Emerson Fittipaldi nochmals auf Lotus 72

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Lotus 72 (1972) - at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013

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Lotus 72 (1971) - "FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship" at the Spa Six Hours 2013

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Matra MS 120 D (1972) - technical analysis

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Lotus 72 (1972) - Emerson Fittipaldi in his world champion car

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Ferrari 312 B2 (1972) - Jacky Ickx in Canada in 2010

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Ferrari 312B 2 (1971) - at the historic support race for the GP USA in Austin (TX) 2012

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Ferrari 312 B3 Spazzaneve (1973) - recorded in 2011

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Ferrari 312 B3 (1973) - the largely unsuccessful successor to the Spazzaneve in 1973 at Zeltweg with Arturo Merzario at the wheel

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Brabham BT 42 (1973) - Wilson Fittipaldi in his best race in Monaco 1973

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March 731 (1973) - Jean-Pierre Jarier in Monte Carlo

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McLaren M23 (1973) - Denny Hulme in the Yardley McLaren in South Africa

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Summary

Around 40 years ago, Formula 1 racing cars were still comparatively simple vehicles and there were few secrets about their design principles. Most of them even used the same engine. In 1973, the magazine 'hobby' analyzed the leading Grand Prix cars. This report reproduces the original text and graphics of that article and supplements it with contemporary and current pictures of the vehicles mentioned, or rather their predecessors or successors.

This article contains the following chapters

One man's joy, another man's sorrow
Safety must be improved
Lotus 72
Tyrrell 005-002-4
Matra MS 120 D
BRM P 160 B
Ferrari 312 B2
The Formula 1 cars in comparison

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The days when a Juan Manuel Fangio was subscribed to the world champion in Formula 1 are over. Today, with a few exceptions, the Grand Prix drivers drive the same Ford-Cosworth V8 engines, which are sometimes better for the top drivers and sometimes less good for the youngsters. The twelve-cylinder engines from Ferrari, BRM and Matra fought against the Cosworth, the first as a boxer, the others as V-engines. Formula 1 designers don't have it easy: a design element such as the front disc brakes supported by the frame brought luck to the Lotus in 1972, while a similar arrangement had to be thrown out of the Tyrrell because Jackie Stewart and Cévert slid off the track with the car.

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