Comments on: Gallery: The ugliest Ferrari F1 car ever? The 1973 312B3 Spazzaneve

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:01:48 +0000

I’ve always regarded this as the most beautiful F1 car in the history of the sport ! I only wish it had raced in this configuration. I can’t wait to build Tameo’s 1:43 scale kit when it becomes available.

By: bob

bob — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:43:36 +0000

this car is development car from circa 1974 so it is pre ground effects. lotus 78 was beginning of ground effects. this car was response to Gardiner’s Tyrell 003 short wheel base car that was winning with Stewart.

By: sumedh

sumedh — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:08:51 +0000

I agree James B, apart from being ugly; it is downright dangerous.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:43:28 +0000

Come guys where is your sense of humour, this can e used in winter as well as the worlds fastest snow plough.

But seriously as different design for a different era, I think the 2009 cars are going to be “ugly” but we will have to see.

By: chunter

chunter — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:08:17 +0000

The only aspect I find ugly is the pl– I mean, front wing… but this car is definitely a product of its times: this is a ground-effect car.

It is only a raised nose, smaller front surface, and Target Stores logo away from being the spec Dallara that IRL drivers are stuck with. Maybe that’s why I think Indy looks dated.

By: George

George — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:53:17 +0000

It really is totally subjective – qazuhb, I LOVE the 312 T4/5! (Thanks for the link to the picture – it’s a really nice one). I wonder if it’s nostalgia – it’s what an F1 car looked like in my ‘youth’, it’s a car I had posters of on my bedroom walls, it’s a car my dad made a beautiful 1/12 model kit of when I was a kid – so I can’t help but love it. It’s interesting to see the different opinions. I’m sure we can agree on some things though – surely no one would suggest that, say, the Lotus 49 was an ugly car… lol.

By: qazuhb

qazuhb — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:48:56 +0000

my vote is for the 312-T4/T5 series (the nose seemed cut and stitched again…), although Gilles was sooo nice on them that he suppressed his ride’s ugliness…
A good picture of a T5 here:
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/pic.php?imagenum=2&carnum=165

By: George

George — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:48:47 +0000

Goodness knows why, but I actually quite like it! I actually think that the John Barnard designed F310 from 1996 is a contender for the ugliest Ferrari ever – especially as it came in the wake of its elegant predecessor, the 1995 412T2. And as for the ugliest F1 car ever (bearing in mind that any debate on aesthetics is such a subjective thing) one of my prime candidates would have to be the 1995 MP4/10 as first released, with the awful mid-wing assembly…

By: Whewbacca the Cookie

Whewbacca the Cookie — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:48:09 +0000

Agreed, it is definitely the ugliest Ferrari F1 car ever. Apropos ugly: does anyone remember the 1976 Ligier JS5? A close second would be the March 711 (early seventies).

Perhaps a new thread titled “the ugliest F1 cars ever” would be a neat idea

By: Pink Peril

Pink Peril — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:41:07 +0000

I think it is extremely ugly – looks like it was made out of leggo.