This was one of the competitors in the Silverstone International Trophy Race for Pre 1978 Grand Prix cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.
It's the unusual six-wheeled 1977 Tyrrell P34 of Simon Bull, powered by the Cosworth 2,993cc V8 DFV engine, and was driven in the race by Martin Stretton. The designer of the car, Derek Gardner, calculated that the smaller front wheels would reduce front-end lift, the use of four disc brakes instead of two would increase the braking force and the additional rubber on the ground would improve the grip at the front. In 1976 the car was driven by Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler, Scheckter finishing in third position in the World Drivers' Championship and Depailler fourth, Tyrrell ending the season in third place in the Constructors' Championship. Jody Scheckter won the Swedish Grand Prix and is the only driver to have won a Grand Prix in a six-wheeled car. In 1977 the drivers were Patrick Depailler and Ronnie Peterson but the car was not as successful, with Depailler and Peterson finishing in eighth and fourteenth places respectively in the Drivers' Championship and Tyrrell in sixth place in the Constructors' Championship.
Eight cars were built and Simon Bull's car is chassis P34/6.
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