Amon (Formula One team)
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| Full name |
 Chris Amon Racing |
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| Base | New Zealand |
| Founder(s) | Chris Amon |
| Noted staff |
John Dalton Gordon Fowell |
| Noted drivers |
Chris Amon Larry Perkins
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1966 Italian Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 5 |
| Constructors |
Brabham-BRM Amon-Ford |
| Drivers' Championships |
0 |
| Race victories | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Final entry | 1974 Italian Grand Prix |
The Amon F1 car.
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| Category | Formula One | ||||||||
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| Constructor | Chris Amon Racing | ||||||||
| Designer(s) |
Gordon Fowell Tom Boyce |
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| Technical specifications | |||||||||
| Chassis | Aluminium monocoque, with engine as a fully stressed member. | ||||||||
| Engine | Ford Cosworth DFV 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in) 90° V8, naturally aspirated, mid-mounted. | ||||||||
| Transmission | Hewland FG 400 5-speed manual gearbox, with Borg & Beck clutch. | ||||||||
| Tyres | Firestone | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants | Chris Amon Racing | ||||||||
| Notable drivers |
Chris Amon Larry Perkins
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| Debut | 1974 Spanish Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| n.b. Unless otherwise stated, all data refer to Formula One World Championship Grands Prix only. |
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Chris Amon Racing, also known simply as Amon, was a Formula One team established by New Zealand driver Chris Amon. It competed as a privateer team in the 1966 Italian Grand Prix, then as a constructor in its own right in the 1974 Formula One season.
Chris Amon made his Formula One debut in 1963, driving for Reg Parnell's privateer team. After finding himself without a full-time drive in 1966, he entered a Brabham BT11 powered by a 2-litre BRM engine at the Italian Grand Prix, under the banner of "Chris Amon Racing". With most of the other cars running 3-litre engines, Amon struggled in qualifying and failed to make the grid.
From 1967 until 1972, Amon drove for Ferrari, March and Matra, winning several non-championship F1 races while developing a reputation for bad luck in World Championship events. He then struggled in 1973 with the small Italian Tecno team. But encouraged by the potential of the underdeveloped Gordon Fowell chassis, Amon tried running his own Formula One car in 1974. Financial backing came from John Dalton, and the car, designed by Fowell, followed the Lotus 72 in some areas of construction, with sophisticated torsion-bar suspension and side radiators.
The venture failed completely: retiring from the first race, Amon withdrew from the second, and the car was unable to qualify for two more before the team closed down due to financial problems.
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