n.b. Unless otherwise stated, all data refer to Formula One World Championship Grands Prix only.
Competition historyedit
The car was designed by Harvey Postlethwaite, previously responsible for the Hesketh 308 in which James Hunt won his first race. Wolf's former driver Jody Scheckter left the team at the end of 1978, going to Ferrari, where he would win the World Championship. He was replaced by 1976 champion James Hunt. When it was found that Hunt was unable to fit into the Wolf WR5/6 chassis, a new car had to be built in a haste prior to the season opener in Argentina.[4] The cars proved unreliable and uncompetitive, with Hunt only finishing one of his six races in WR7 and WR8. The assertion made by Motor Sport magazine ahead of the season that Hunt was a driver likely to "quickly lose interest" when not provided with a competitive machine[4] proved right after the 1979 Monaco Grand Prix when he left the team to join BBC Sport as a commentator. Keke Rosberg took over his drive for the remainder of the season, but also only finished one race. Rosberg crashed WR9 heavily during qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix so a hybrid car using WR8's monocoque, dubbed WR8/9 was built up for his use in the United States.[5]
wolf, formula, built, 1979, season, walter, wolf, racing, team, three, examples, were, produced, first, second, built, same, specification, while, slightly, modified, first, appeared, british, grand, prix, cars, were, driven, 1976, champion, james, hunt, keke,. The Wolf WR7 was a Formula One car built for the 1979 season by the Walter Wolf Racing team Three examples of the car were produced The first was WR7 A second car WR8 was built to the same specification while a slightly modified car WR9 first appeared at the British Grand Prix 3 The cars were driven by 1976 champion James Hunt and Keke Rosberg The engine was a Ford Cosworth DFV Wolf WR7Fittipaldi F7Keke Rosberg with his Wolf WR7 at Imola in 1979CategoryFormula OneConstructorWolf FittipaldiDesigner s Harvey PostlethwaitePredecessorWolf WR5 6 Wolf Fittipaldi F6A Fittipaldi SuccessorFittipaldi F8Technical specifications 1 2 ChassisAluminium monocoque with engine as a fully stressed member Axle trackFront 1979 1 626 mm 64 0 in 1980 1 778 mm 70 0 in Rear 1 626 mm 64 0 in Wheelbase1979 2 667 mm 105 0 in 1980 2 642 mm 104 0 in EngineFord Cosworth DFV 2 993 cc 182 6 cu in 90 V8 naturally aspirated mid mounted TransmissionHewland FGA 400 5 speed manual gearbox with Borg amp Beck clutch TyresGoodyearCompetition historyNotable entrantsWalter Wolf RacingSkol Fittipaldi TeamNotable driversJames Hunt Keke Rosberg Emerson FittipaldiDebut1979 Argentine Grand PrixRacesWinsPolesF Laps23000n b Unless otherwise stated all data refer toFormula One World Championship Grands Prix only Competition history editThe car was designed by Harvey Postlethwaite previously responsible for the Hesketh 308 in which James Hunt won his first race Wolf s former driver Jody Scheckter left the team at the end of 1978 going to Ferrari where he would win the World Championship He was replaced by 1976 champion James Hunt When it was found that Hunt was unable to fit into the Wolf WR5 6 chassis a new car had to be built in a haste prior to the season opener in Argentina 4 The cars proved unreliable and uncompetitive with Hunt only finishing one of his six races in WR7 and WR8 The assertion made by Motor Sport magazine ahead of the season that Hunt was a driver likely to quickly lose interest when not provided with a competitive machine 4 proved right after the 1979 Monaco Grand Prix when he left the team to join BBC Sport as a commentator Keke Rosberg took over his drive for the remainder of the season but also only finished one race Rosberg crashed WR9 heavily during qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix so a hybrid car using WR8 s monocoque dubbed WR8 9 was built up for his use in the United States 5 At the end of the 1979 Formula One season Walter Wolf owner of the team pulled out of Formula One and sold the assets of his organisation to Wilson and Emerson Fittipaldi for the use of their Fittipaldi Automotive team The WR7 cars were raced as Fittipaldi F7s in the early part of the 1980 Formula One season by Emerson Fittipaldi and Rosberg Complete Formula One World Championship results edit key results in bold indicate pole position results in italics indicate fastest lap Year Entrants Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points WCC1979 Walter Wolf Racing Wolf WR7Wolf WR8Wolf WR8 9Wolf WR9 Ford Cosworth DFV 3 0 V8 G ARG BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA 0 NCJames Hunt Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret RetKeke Rosberg 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret1980 Skol Fittipaldi Team Fittipaldi F7 Ford Cosworth DFV 3 0 V8 G ARG BRA RSA USW BEL MON FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA 11 8thEmerson Fittipaldi NC 15 8 3 Ret 6 RetKeke Rosberg 3 9 Ret Ret 7 DNQ Ret DNQReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wolf WR7 Wolf WR7 statsf1 com Retrieved 10 December 2015 Fittipaldi F7 statsf1 com Retrieved 10 December 2015 Lang Mike 1983 Grand Prix Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group p 280 ISBN 0 85429 380 9 a b Jenkinson Denis January 1979 Formula One Teams for 1979 Motor Sport magazine archive p 26 Lang Mike 1983 Grand Prix Vol 3 Haynes Publishing Group p 326 ISBN 0 85429 380 9 nbsp This Formula One related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wolf WR7 amp oldid 1151360202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
