# Ferrari 312T (F1)

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/ferrari-312t/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: car · Brand: Ferrari
- Discipline: formula
- Series: f1-historic
- Era: 1970s
- Last updated: 2026-11-05

The 312T is the definitive collector Ferrari single-seater: the transverse-gearbox flat-12 dynasty — four constructors' titles across T through T5, Lauda's crowns and the Villeneuve arrival — Classiche-and-rebuild-records territory where seven-figure gaps live.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 3.0 L flat-12, transverse gearbox |
| Power | ~500-510 hp by evolution |
| Family | 312T → T2 → T3 → T4 → T5 |
| Titles | Constructors' 75/76/77/79 + drivers' crowns |
| Market | Definitive collector single-seater |
| Diligence | Classiche + rebuild records = the gaps |
| Years | 1975–1980 |
| Class | Aristocracy's peak |

## History

Forghieri's masterstroke (1975) completed the flat-12's promise: the 312T's transverse gearbox — the mass centralisation that made the boxer architecture championship-complete — opening the dynasty the record shows: four constructors' titles across the T-through-T5 evolutions (1975-77-78's crowns, 1979's double with Scheckter's drivers' title), Lauda's 1975-77 championships (the comeback legend's machinery), the T3-T4 Villeneuve era's arrival (the legend's first wins), and the T5's 1980 decline closing the family as the turbo era's 126C succeeded it.

One market rule governs absolutely: the definitive collector Ferrari single-seater — Ferrari Classiche certification and flat-12 rebuild records drive seven-figure gaps between comparable chassis, with driver-association stratification (Lauda's title cars, Villeneuve's winners) pricing the summit and the factory's documentation apparatus the authentication constitution.

The evolution ladder's detail prices per step: the T's founding architecture, the T2's inlet-era revisions after the airbox ban, the T3's Michelin-era geometry, the T4's ground-effect conversion of a flat-12's unpromising width, and the T5's outclassed finale — five machines sharing a designation and a gearbox philosophy, priced by season and silverware.

The present is the aristocracy's peak: Monaco Historique's headline demonstrations, the auction summit's generational appearances, and the custody economics (works-adjacent flat-12 relationships) the tier assumes.

## Palmarès

Constructors' championships 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 — Lauda's 1975-77 drivers' crowns and Scheckter's 1979 — plus the Villeneuve arrival's wins: the definitive dynasty's ledger.

## What to check before you buy

The rule: Ferrari Classiche certification and flat-12 rebuild records drive seven-figure gaps — the certification's presence-or-absence and the engine documentation's completeness pricing comparable chassis apart at the tier's stakes, with per-chassis scholarship (T-through-T5 evolution identity, campaign biographies, the Lauda-and-Villeneuve associations' summit stratification) through the factory apparatus. The transverse gearbox's custody joins the flat-12's in works-adjacent economics. Monaco Historique-tier life is the public role; the auction summit's apparatus handles the generational trades. The definitive status is the market's own phrase — priced accordingly.

## Did you know

- The transverse gearbox was the masterstroke: Forghieri centralising the mass the boxer's geometry had promised — architecture completing architecture.
- Lauda's comeback ran through this family: the 1976 accident and 1977 crown both written in T-series cockpits — the legend's machinery entire.
- Seven-figure gaps between comparable chassis is the certification economy stated plainly — Classiche's presence pricing like provenance because it is.

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