Ferrari 312T3

The was a Formula One car design, based on the 312T2B from 1974. In various versions of the 312T series, the entire312T series was used from 1975 until 1980. It was designed by Mauro Forghieri for the season and was an uncomplicated and clean design that responded to mechanical upgrades.
The 312T3 won 4 races, one Constructors' and one Drivers' Championships. It was replaced for the season by the 126 C, Ferrari's first turbocharged F1 car. It was also Ferrari's last 
naturally-aspirated F1 car until the Ferrari 640 in 1989, after the ban on turbocharged engines.
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==Report==
The 312T3 was introduced for Villeneuve and Reutemann at the third race of the 1978 season.
The car featured the same flat 12 engine as had been used since 1970, albeit tuned to give around 515 bhp. The chassis was completely new, with a new monocoque structure and a different suspension arrangement, designed to work with the Michelin tyres. The bodywork visibly very different, with a flatter top to the body, allowing improved air flow to the rear wing.
All the hard work came to nothing though as the pioneering Lotus 79 ground effect "wing car" took on and beat all comers with ease that season, and Ferrari were left to pick up the pieces of any Lotus failures. Reutemann won 4 races, whilst Villeneuve won for the first time at the final race, his home race in Canada, but it was more a season of consolidation. Reutemann moved to for 1979, replaced by Jody Scheckter. Ferrari was 2nd in the Constructors' Championship.
==Race Victories==
Year	Event 	Driver 	Notes
 	United States Grand Prix West	Carlos Reutemann 	
 	 	Carlos Reutemann 	
 	 	Carlos Reutemann 	
 	 	Gilles Villeneuve	
==Complete Formula One Results==
Year	Driver 	Tyre 	1	2	3	4 	5 	6 	7	8 	9	10	11 	12	13	14	15	16
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Carlos Reutemann 	rowspan=2	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Gilles Villeneuve	 	 	 	 	10th	9th	12th	 	8th	 	 	7th	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Jody Scheckter 	rowspan=2	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Gilles Villeneuve	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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