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Penske PC4

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A total of 18 points were scored with the PC4, and with two points scored with the PC3, the Penske team placed fifth in the Constructor's Championship, with Watson 7th in the Driver's Championship. Penske withdrew from Formula One at the end of the season, the team opting to focus on
382:, qualified the new car 17th on the grid but crashed on the first lap of the race when its throttle became stuck. Following aerodynamic revisions and a lengthening of the wheel base, the PC4 proved to be quite competitive. Watson fared much better at the following 430:
in the United States. His ninth on the grid at that race was the team's best qualifying with the PC4, which would usually place in the lower half of the grid. The team expanded to two entries later in the season and
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took over for the next three races, qualifying for two of them. ATS discarded its PC4s following the introduction of its own chassis, the
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in France, when he took the car to third place, having started eighth. He followed this up with another third in
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at the tail end of the 1977 season. Ongais managed a best of seventh from the two races entered.
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Team Penske used the PC3 for the first six races of the season, but for the
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constructor in a F1 race. It was used for most of the following
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brought the Penske PC4 chassis for his newly formed
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Index


Category
Formula One
Team Penske
Designer(s)
Geoff Ferris
PC3
Chassis
Aluminium
monocoque
Axle track
Wheelbase
Engine
Cosworth DFV
NA
Transmission
Hewland
manual
1976
Sunoco
1977
Valvoline
Tyres
Goodyear
Citibank Team Penske
United Kingdom
John Watson
France
Jean-Pierre Jarier
1976 Swedish Grand Prix

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