Car · Ferrari · 1970–1971
Ferrari 312B
Forghieri's flat-12 was the answer to the DFV: more power, and mounted so low that it lowered the whole car around it. Its drawback was width, which fought the ground-effect sidepods that arrived at the end of the decade - the reason Ferrari struggled in 1979-80 while Williams and Lotus flew.
- Seasons
- 1970–1971
- Entries
- 25
- Wins
- 4
- Poles
- 5
- Fastest laps
- 8
- Constructors' titles
- 1
- Drivers' titles
- 1
Why it mattered
The idea. A flat-12 sits low, so the centre of gravity sits low, and the engine can still be a stressed member
New on this car. The 180-degree flat-12 that Ferrari would use until turbos arrived in 1980
What it did. 10 wins across the 312B, B2 and B3. The B3-74 took Lauda to the 1975 title and Ferrari to the constructors'.
- Designers
- Mauro Forghieri
- Supersedes
- —
- Design life
- 1970–1975
- Confidence
- high
Specification
- Chassis
- Aluminium monocoque
- Front suspension
- Double wishbone, inboard spring/damper
- Rear suspension
- Double wishbone suspension
- Brakes
- disc
- Gearbox
- Ferrari Type 621
- Gears
- 5-speed
- Tyres
- 1970–72: Firestone; 1973–75: Goodyear
- Fuel
- Shell; Agip
- Engine
- Ferrari Tipo 001
- Configuration
- Flat-12
- Capacity
- 2,992 cc
- Aspiration
- naturally aspirated
- Power
- —
- Power note
- —
- Weight
- —
- Wheelbase
- —
- Track, front
- —
- Track, rear
- —
A blank is a figure nobody published for this car. Where several teams quote the same number in a season it is usually the rule they were all built to rather than a measurement, so it is kept with the regulation limits instead of here.
Every entry 25 entries
Where this comes from
- Constructor
- Ferrari
- Predecessor
- 312
- Successor
- 312T
- Races (published)
- 70
- Wins (published)
- 10
- Poles (published)
- 22
- Confidence
- reference
- Specification source
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_312B
- Register source
- https://github.com/f1db/f1db