The Shadow DN3 was a

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car used by the

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team during the 1974 Formula One season. It also appeared twice during the early stages of the 1975 Formula One season in an updated DN3B form. Designed by former

BRM British Racing Motors (BRM) was a British Formula One motor racing team. Founded in 1945 and based in the market town of Bourne in Lincolnshire, it participated from 1951 to 1977, competing in 197 grands prix and winning seventeen. BRM wo ...

engineer

Tony Southgate Tony Southgate (born 25 May 1940, Coventry, England) is a British engineer and former racing car designer. He designed many successful cars, including Jaguar's Le Mans-winning XJR-9, and cars for almost every type of circuit racing. He was res ...

, the best finish achieved in a DN3 was

Jean-Pierre Jarier Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier (born 10 July 1946) is a French former Grand Prix racing driver. He drove for Formula One teams including Shadow, Team Lotus, Ligier, Osella and Tyrrell Racing. His best finish was third (three times) and he also to ...

's third place at the

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Development

The Shadow DN3, designed by

, was a development of Southgate's earlier car for the Shadow team, the DN1. One of the problems of the DN1, excessive vibration, was eliminated with stiffening of the DN3 monocoque. The DN3 had a longer wheelbase and was also five kilograms heavier than the previous year's car.Hodges, 2001, p. 208

Racing history

For the start of the 1974 Formula One season, the previous year's DN1 was driven by new Shadow driver

for the first two races of the year and was retired from both. Jarier drove a DN3 for the remainder of the season.

Peter Revson Peter Jeffrey Revson (February 27, 1939 – March 22, 1974) was an American race car driver and heir to the Revlon cosmetics fortune. He was a two-time Formula One race winner and had success at the Indianapolis 500. Background Peter Revson w ...

, a race winner for

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, had also joined the team and had use of the DN3 from the start of the season. The DN3 showed immediate promise with Revson qualifying it fourth and sixth respectively for the first two races of the year. However, he was killed in testing prior to the

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and Shadow missed the race.Nye, 1986, p. 233

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took Revson's place in the team from the

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for three races, with Swedish driver

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taking over for his home grand prix.

Tom Pryce Thomas Maldwyn Pryce (11 June 1949 – 5 March 1977) was a British racing driver from Wales known for winning the Brands Hatch Race of Champions, a non-championship Formula One race, in 1975 and for the circumstances surrounding his death ...

, who had made his Formula One debut earlier in the year with

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, then took over for the remainder of the season. Pryce finished 6th in the

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to end the season with one point towards Shadow's total of seven points. The other six points came from Jarier, who, despite the death of Revson, continued as lead driver. In Monaco, Jarier finished third (having qualified sixth) and followed this up with fifth at the Swedish Grand Prix.Hodges, 2001, p. 208 The team finished in eighth place in the constructor's championship. Until the new DN5 became available for his use, Pryce used an updated DN3B for the first two races of the following season, without scoring any points.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(

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) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.) All points scored in 1975 were with the

Shadow DN5 The Shadow DN5 was a Formula One car used by the Shadow team during the 1975 Formula One season. Updated to a 'B' specification, it was used through the 1976 Formula One season and for the first two races of the following season. It was qualified ...

. All points scored in 1976 were with the

Shadow DN5B The Shadow DN5 was a Formula One car used by the Shadow team during the 1975 Formula One season. Updated to a 'B' specification, it was used through the 1976 Formula One season and for the first two races of the following season. It was qualifie ...

and Shadow DN8.

Notes

References

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