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Penske PC3

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27: 446: 1725: 236: 247: 1713: 1652: 394:, Watson used the car in practice, but due to a technical failure was forced to switch to the old PC1, which was in the paddock as a demonstrator, for the race. He finished in ninth position, but his performance earned him a full-time Penske F1 drive for 1976. 1361: 437:
The Penske team scored 20 World Championship points in 1976, two with the PC3 and 18 with the PC4. Earning them fifth place in the Constructors' Championship.
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was signed to drive the car. which retained some of the design features from its predecessors, the
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Penske fielded the brand new PC3 for Watson in the final race of the 1975 season. The
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F&S Properties bought a PC3 from Penske and entered Dutchman
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and built a new car, the Penske PC3. Northern Irish driver
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driving a PC3 entered by F&S Properties for the
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with engine failure, Watson finished seventh at the
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Category
Formula One
Penske
Designer(s)
Geoff Ferris
PC1
PC4
Chassis
Aluminium
monocoque
Axle track
Wheelbase
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV
V8
naturally aspirated
Mid-engine
longitudinally mounted
Transmission
Hewland
manual
Sunoco
Tyres
Goodyear
Citibank
Team Penske
F&S Properties
United Kingdom

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