Tyrrell P-34 six wheeler formula 1

[maladsyko]

OMG ! what a Toy !

[DerMetzger]

HA!

Now THATS how you fuckin park!

[stainshield]

one of the Stunticons from Transformers is a Tyrrell P34.

[Sensenbernd]

What a great car. It looks better than my girlfriend. Derek Gardner was a genius.

[cnycarnut]

was this particular car banned or were the rules just reworded so they couldnt do it after one of the seasons.

[DocWolph]

@cnycarnut It think it was just a case of technology marching on. Tires got better so did aero.

[starlionblue]

@cnycarnut No. The problem was Goodyear was the only tire maker that agreed to build the tires for the car. Then, of course, costs escalated. Ken Tyrrell axed the project and went back to four wheels. Still, that hasn't stopped the teams from trying: Williams and Ferrari both attempted their own 6-wheelers but they used four wheels in the rear. The maintenance costs are always a nightmare that the teams can't get around.

[alexopm]

There were many six-wheelers with 4 wheels at the rear (Williams, Ferrari...) but they never raced officially, they were only used at tests.

[RedhotIta1]

@alexopm Sorry if i answer of a Post of 1 years ago but the Williams six-wheels were use (not in F1)

[seatleontsi1]

it wasen't succesfull,but,correct me if i'm wrong,has there been a six wheeler with four wheels at the back too,also a tyrell?

[tyronnezx]

Nope that was Williams and MArch and the P34 actually won a race

[terga1]

I can't bielive they managed to do that 35 years ago

[Ruupie1982]

Great car!

I think it has a lot of grip while cornering with 4 front wheels. :)

[starlionblue]

Despite the enormous expense of running a 6-wheeler (the tires are always custom built for that design) the test drivers were always blown away by how much grip the cars had. Williams did attempt a 6-wheeler project but the wheels were in the rear. I don't know if it was a 4wd.

[starlionblue]

@Ruupie1982 I read an article about a P34 used at the Goodwood festival. The lucky driver said he couldn't believe how much grip the car had and ranted and praised the design to the heavens because it could "corner like a freight train." I still sometimes wonder how badly the Ferrari F2001 would have smashed the competition if it had 6 wheels instead of 4. Hmm...

[Banjoww]

what a sound:D

[Nereofrariz21]

Tyrrell P-34, the greatest idea of an F1 car!

[alanamp]

A beast!

[rotorypowered74]

The P34s where better than regular F1s in that era

[JuliusCaeser007]

now tell me are those faster or slower than a regular f1

[MadCowYuuko]

slower

[h2junkey]

What happened to the large scoop/air intake?

[AceWalkerAstronaut]

The tall intake scoops were removed from F1 cars because of rules changes after the P34's first couple of races I think. It started out in 1976 with that scoop and by the end of the season the scoops were cut down. What you see here is the cleaned-up configuration from 1977.

[SabuPtolemy]

One of the baddest looking F1 cars ever! My dad bought me a P-34 model of Ronnie Peterson's car when I was a little boy. I wish I still had it.

[AceWalkerAstronaut]

I had a P34 toy, too, an RC version. My uncle was in high school and into electronics and so he took it apart to see how it worked. He put it back together and it never ran again LOL!

[Airox180]

Just got a radio controlled Tamiya Tyrell off Ebay back from 1976. It is new in box an will be built as a RC shelf model.

[JuanmiFZ6]

Menuda maquina.

[riverwey]

Thats wicked! Is it still driven by Martin Stretton?

[alexopm]

Hi. It is owned and driven by Mauro Pane, an italian driver. As you can see it almost hit my toes! I have tons of videos and pics from that event, in case you need them. Bye.