Car · Ferrari · 1971–1973

Ferrari 312B2

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: 1971–1973
Entries: 30
Wins: 1
Poles: 4
Fastest laps: 3
Constructors' titles: 1
Drivers' titles: 1

One of the design family that has a specified page of its own.

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.

1 wins can be traced to this chassis; its article publishes 10. Neither is wrong. A win counts here only where the entry list says which car the driver was in, and a team running two designs in a season does not always say. The unresolved seasons are listed below.

Every entry 30 entries

Every entry
Season	Grand Prix	Driver	Grid	Result	Out
1972	United States Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	12	5	Finished
1972	United States Grand Prix	Mario Andretti	10	6	Finished
1972	United States Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	6	8	Finished
1972	Canadian Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	7	5	Finished
1972	Canadian Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	8	12	Finished
1972	Italian Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	1	DNF	Electrical
1972	Italian Grand Prix	Mario Andretti	7	7	Finished
1972	Italian Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	4	DNF	Collision
1972	Austrian Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	9	DNF	Fuel system
1972	Austrian Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	2	DNF	Fuel system
1972	German Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	1	1	Finished
1972	German Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	7	2	Finished
1972	German Grand Prix	Arturo Merzario	22	12	Finished
1972	British Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	1	DNF	Oil pressure
1972	British Grand Prix	Arturo Merzario	9	6	Finished
1972	French Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	4	11	Finished
1972	French Grand Prix	Nanni Galli	19	13	Finished
1972	Belgian Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	2	DNF	Accident
1972	Belgian Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	4	DNF	Injection
1972	Monaco Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	2	2	Finished
1972	Monaco Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	3	DNF	Accident
1972	Spanish Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	1	2	Finished
1972	Spanish Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	8	3	Finished
1972	Spanish Grand Prix	Mario Andretti	5	DNF	Oil pressure
1972	South African Grand Prix	Mario Andretti	6	4	Finished
1972	South African Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	7	8	Finished
1972	South African Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	2	12	Finished
1972	Argentine Grand Prix	Jacky Ickx	8	3	Finished
1972	Argentine Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	6	4	Finished
1972	Argentine Grand Prix	Mario Andretti	9	DNF	Engine

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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