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Tecno Formula 3 - Champion car with Ford engine

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Created on May 16, 2025

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Daniel Reinhard

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Tecno F3 (1969) - without sponsor sticker

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Tecno F3 (1969) - thanks to its narrow body, the monoposto offers little resistance to the wind apart from the tires

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Tecno F3 (1969) - the loud four-cylinder engine is muffled by a voluminous exhaust system

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Tecno F3 (1969) - treadless tires came later

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Tecno F3 (1969) - ready for take-off

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Tecno F3 (1969) - elegant formula car

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Tecno F3 (1969) - the gearshift is conveniently located next to the steering wheel

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Tecno F3 (1969) - three instruments, the rev counter is in the center

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Tecno F3 (1969) - red area at 10,000 rpm

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Tecno F3 (1969) - double wishbones are also fitted at the rear

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Tecno F3 (1969) - View of the four-cylinder engine

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Tecno F3 (1969) - View of the carburetor system

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Tecno F3 (1969) - the engine sits directly behind the driver

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Tecno F3 (1969) - narrow monoposto without wing mechanism

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Tecno F3 (1969) - voluminous rear wheels

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Tecno F3 (1969) - Front wheel

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Tecno F3 (1969) - Front suspension with double triangular wishbones

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Tecno F3 (1969) - Front suspension

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Jo Vonlanthen in a Tecno F3 on his way to the SM title at the St. Ursanne - Les Rangiers hill climb in 1972

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Tecno F3 (1969) - the water cooler is flowed against at the front

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Tecno F3 (1969) - tight-fitting fairing

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Summary

The Italian racing car manufacturer Tecno began with kart racing and built Formula 3 cars from 1967 and later also monoposti for Formula 2 and Formula 1. In Formula 3, there was almost no getting around Tecno at the end of the sixties. This article is dedicated to one of these racing cars with championship palmares.

This article contains the following chapters

Promotion to formula racing
With a Swiss works driver
From Formula 3 to Formula 2
Chassis T00344

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Tecno was primarily known as an Italian manufacturer of go-kart chassis, making it into Formula 1 in the 1970s. Founded by the two Pederzani brothers in Bologna, the company began by manufacturing hydraulic pumps. In 1961, the two brothers Luciano and Gianfranco decided to enter motorsport by developing a go-kart. Tecno was the first company to build an offset kart chassis for the then new air-cooled engine from Parilla. Kaimano was the name of the first chassis, whose design was based on the American rear-engined karts of the early 1960s. Tecno's second chassis, called Piuma (the spring), was revolutionary and won the world championship in 1964, 65 and 66.

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