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Chevron B40 Formula 2 - 1977


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Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
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The Chevron B40 was a Formula 2 single-seater designed for the 1977 season. It was an evolution of the B35 model of the previous year of which the monocoque design was resumed and also the conventional suspensions scheme, at the front with double wishbone and external shock absorbers and at rear with lower wishbone, upper link and two radius rods.
Even the body was very similar to that of the B34. The support frame connected to the rear of the monocoque allowed the use of different engines, normally the 4-cylinders BMW M12 or Hart 420R.
In 1977 the Trivellato Team used the 6-cylinder Ferrari Dino 246 engine that after a period of set-up characterized by a series of installation problems, allowed Lamberto Leoni to win an European Formula 2 Championship race at Misano on 7 August. Only another victory was achieved by a B40 in the 1977 European Championship and was that of Keke Rosberg with a car managed by the Fred Opert Racing Team equipped with a Hart 420R engine that won the Pergusa Mediterranean Grand Prix on July 24th.
In the Formula 2 European Championship the B40 were used not only by the official Chevron team with Derek Daly, also by the Team Trivellato with Riccardo Patrese and Lamberto Leoni, by the Fred Opert Racing Team with Keke Rosberg and Hans Royen and by Ray Mallock. Occasionally Patrick Tambay, Clay Regazzoni, Maurizio Flammini, Elio De Angelis, Tiff Needell, Arturo Merzario, Klaus Ludwig, Alan Jones, Jacques Laffite, Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, Guy Edwards and Eje Elgh used the Formula 2 B40 in the 77’s Formula 2 season.

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La Chevron B40 era una monoposto di Formula 2 progettata per la stagione 1977. Si trattava di una evoluzione del modello B35 dell’anno precedente della quale riprendeva il disegno della monoscocca e lo schema delle sospensioni, anteriormente con doppi triangoli sovrapposti e ammortizzatori esterni e posteriormente con quadrilatero inferiore, bielletta superiore e due puntoni di reazione. Anche la carrozzeria era molto simile a quella della B34. Il telaio di supporto collegato alla parte posteriore della monoscocca consentiva l’utilizzo di motori diversi, normalmente i 4 cilindri BMW M12 o Hart 420R. Nel 1977 il Team Trivellato utilizzò il motore 6 cilindri Ferrari Dino 246 che dopo un periodo di messa a punto caratterizzato da una serie di problemi di installazione, consentì a Lamberto Leoni di vincere una gara di Campionato Europeo di Formula 2 a Misano il 7 Agosto. Solo un’altra vittoria fu conseguita da una B40 nel Campionato Europeo 1977 e fu quella di Keke Rosberg che su una vettura gestita dal Team Fred Opert Racing dotata di un motore Hart 420R vinse a Pergusa il Gran Premio del Mediterraneo il 24 Luglio. Nell’Europeo di Formula 2 1977 le B40 furono utilizzate oltre che dalla squadra Chevron ufficiale con Derek Daly, anche dal Team Trivellato con Riccardo Patrese e Lamberto Leoni, dal Team Fred Opert Racing con Keke Rosberg e Hans Royen e da Ray Mallock. Occasionalmente anche Patrick Tambay, Clay Regazzoni, Maurizio Flammini, Elio De Angelis, Tiff Needell, Arturo Merzario, Klaus Ludwig, Alan Jones, Jacques Laffite, Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, Guy Edwards e Eje Elgh, utilizzarono la B40 di Formula 2 nella stagione 1977.

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Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Monza 2015 Chevron B40 F2 1977 Fred Opert Racing
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Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
Coppa Intereuropa, Monza 2016 Chevron B40 F2 chassis #77-05 1977 Fred Opert Racing
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