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The March 721 is a Formula One car, designed, developed, and made by March Engineering for the 1972 Formula One season. It was powered by the 3.0 L (180 cu in) Ford-Cosworth DFV engine . It was driven by Ronnie Peterson , Niki Lauda , Henri Pescarolo , Carlos Pace , and Mike Beuttler .
March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better success in other categories of competition, including Formula Two, Formula Three, IndyCar and IMSA GTP sportscar racing.
After a collaboration with McLaren in 1970, Alfa Romeo had worked with March in 1971. Both campaigns were unsuccessful and the Italian firm pulled out of the sport. (They would return with Brabham in 1976.) March promoted their Formula Two driver Niki Lauda to the F1 team, while the Austrian kept racing in F2 as well.
March 821: Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8: A P: RSA: BRA: USW: SMR: BEL: MON: DET: CAN: NED: GBR: FRA: GER: AUT: SUI: ITA: CPL: 0 NC Raul Boesel: 15 Ret 9 8 DNPQ Ret Ret Ret DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNQ 13 Jochen Mass: 12 8 8 Ret DNQ 7 11 Ret 10 Ret Rupert Keegan: DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 12 Emilio de Villota: DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNQ DNPQ 1983 – 1986: March did not ...
The car was based on a March 721 Formula One car, redesigned by German designer Luigi Colani in his typical rounded aerodynamic style, and presented some innovative features. An air intake in front of the driver would guide the air around the cockpit to the engine, and one single rear view mirror was mounted in front of the driver.
Watson at a Formula Two race at Hockenheim in 1971. John Watson was born in Belfast and educated at Rockport School, Northern Ireland.Watson's Formula One career began in 1972, driving a customer March-Cosworth 721 for Goldie Hexagon Racing in a non-Championship event: the World Championship Victory Race at Brands Hatch. [1]
At the restart, Max Smith-Hilliard pressured Jamie Constable for sixth, and eventually Constable spun at La Rascasse on lap 10. He got going again and only lost two positions. On the final lap, David Shaw, in the Eifelland-March 721, locked his brakes at Tabac and hit the wall. Grogor finished second on the road, but was handed a 10 second ...
The March 731 was a Formula One racing car designed by Robin Herd of March Engineering for the 1973 season which saw continued use through 1974. March 731 front-view Complete Formula One results