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In the world of Formula One, there are few innovations that truly capture the imagination like the six-wheeled marvel known as the Tyrrell P34

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Formula One World Championship: Formula One Testing, Paul Ricard, France, c. December 1977
Didier Pironi (FRA) tests the Tyrrell P34. Formula One Testing, Paul Ricard, France, c. December 1977

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Formula One World Championship
Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Tyrrell P34, retired from the race on lap 63 with fuel system problems. United States Grand Prix (West), Rd 4, Long Beach, USA, 3 April 1977

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Formula One World Championship
Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Tyrrell P34 retired from the race on lap 63 with a broken gearbox. United States Grand Prix (West), Rd 4, Long Beach, USA, 3 April 1977. BEST IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 crashed out of the race on lap 22. French Grand Prix, Rd 9, Dijon-Prenois, France, 3 July 1977

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 finished third. Monaco Grand Prix, Rd6, Monte Carlo, 30 May 1976. BEST IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Jackie Stewart (GBR) tests the Tyrrell P34. Formula One Testing, Paul Ricard, France, c. December 1977

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34, who finished fourteenth, sits in the pits with team mate Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Tyrrell P34, who finished the race in sixteenth position

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Formula One World Championship
A mechanic sits in the Tyrrell P34 in the paddock. Dutch Grand Prix, Rd12, Zandvoort, Holland, 29 August 1976

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Formula One World Championship
A mechanic sits in the Tyrrell P34 in the paddock. Dutch Grand Prix, Rd12, Zandvoort, Holland, 29 August 1976

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34, retired from the race on lap 17 with brake failure. British Grand Prix, Rd 10, Silverstone, England, 16 July 1977

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 finished the race in second position. Canadian Grand Prix, Rd 16, Mosport Park, Canada, 9 October 1977. BEST IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Jody Scheckter (RSA) Tyrrell P34 finished in fourth position. Canadian Grand Prix, Rd14, Mosport Park, Canada, 3 October 1976. BEST IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Tyrrell P34 finished the race in twelfth position. French Grand Prix, Rd 9, Dijon-Prenois, France, 3 July 1977

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Formula One World Championship
Mechanics work on the Tyrrell P34 in the paddock. Dutch Grand Prix, Rd12, Zandvoort, Holland, 29 August 1976

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 crashed out of the race on lap 22. French Grand Prix, Rd 9, Dijon-Prenois, France, 3 July 1977

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Formula One World Championship
Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Tyrrell P34 was in ninth position when he retired from the race on lap 7 with ignition trouble. Swedish Grand Prix, Rd8, Anderstorp, Sweden, 19 June 1977

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Formula One World Championship
Seventh placed Patrick Depailler (FRA) takes a look at one of the brakes on the Tyrrell P34. Dutch Grand Prix, Rd 12, Zandvoort, Holland, 29 August 1976

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34, who finished fourteenth, sits in the pits. United States Grand Prix, Rd 15, Watkins Glen, USA, 2 October 1977. BEST IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 finished the race in third position. Japanese Grand Prix, Rd 17, Mount Fuji, Japan, 23 October 1977. DIGITAL IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34, with wide front track, who crashed out of the race on lap 22, leads team mate Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Tyrrell P34, who finished in twelfth position

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Formula One World Championship
Jody Scheckter (RSA) Tyrrell P34 retired from the race on lap 59 with overheating problems. It was his last race for the Tyrrell team before joining Wolf

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 finished in second position. Canadian Grand Prix, Rd14, Mosport Park, Canada, 3 October 1976. BEST IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA), who finished the race in thirteenth position, waits in the pit lane as the team work on his Tyrrell P34. Austrian Grand Prix, Rd 12, Osterreichring, Austria, 14 August 1977

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 finished the race in thirteenth position. Austrian Grand Prix, Rd 12, Osterreichring, Austria, 14 August 1977. BEST IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Jody Scheckter (RSA) Tyrrell P34 finished in fourth position. Canadian Grand Prix, Rd14, Mosport Park, Canada, 3 October 1976. BEST IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship, Swedish Grand Prix, Rd7, Anderstorp, 13 June 1976
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 finished second behind his team mate in the only ever F1 victory for a six-wheeled car

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Formula One World Championship
The Tyrrell team prepare the new Tyrrell-Cosworth P34. British Grand Prix, Rd9, Brands Hatch, England. 18 July 1976

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Formula One World Championship
The Tyrrell team prepare the new Tyrrell-Cosworth P34. British Grand Prix, Rd9, Brands Hatch, England. 18 July 1976

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Formula One World Championship
Jody Scheckter (RSA) Tyrrell-Cosworth P34 British Grand Prix, Rd9, Brands Hatch, England. 18 July 1976

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 retired from the race on lap 25 with a blown engine. Italian Grand Prix, Rd 14, Monza, Italy, 11 September 1977. BEST IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 was the first retirement of the race when a fuel line broke on lap eight. United States Grand Prix East, Rd15, Watkins Glen, USA, 10 October 1976. BEST IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 retired from the race on lap 13 with a blown engine. Spanish Grand Prix, Rd 5, Jarama, Spain, 8 May 1977. BEST IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Tyrrell P34, retired from the race on lap 4 with a blown engine. British Grand Prix, Rd 10, Silverstone, England, 16 July 1977

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Formula One World Championship
Barry Sheene (GBR) in the Tyrrell garage. British Grand Prix, Rd9, Brands Hatch, England. 18 July 1976

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 qualified in third position but retired from the race on lap 32 with an overheating engine. Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires No

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Formula One World Championship
Jody Scheckter (RSA) amuses himself with a model of the six wheeled Tyrrell P34. Spanish Grand Prix, Rd4, Jarama, Spain, 2 May 1976

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Formula One World Championship
Robin Herd (GBR) March Designer (Centre) and Max Mosley (GBR) March Co-Owner (Right) with thieir new 6 wheeled creation, the March 2-4-0. Formula One World Championship, Bicester, Britain, c

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Formula One World Championship
Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Tyrrell P34, who crashed out of the race on lap 13, shelters from the rain under an umbrella during a practice session

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34 qualified in third position but retired from the race on lap 32 with an overheating engine. Argentinean Grand Prix, Rd1, Buenos Aires No

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Formula One World Championship
Pole sitter Jody Scheckter (RSA) Tyrrell P34 celebrates as he takes the chequered flag to win the race; the first and only victory for the distinctive 6-wheeled Tyrrell

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Formula One World Championship
Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell P34, retired from the race on lap 17 with brake failure. British Grand Prix, Rd 10, Silverstone, England, 16 July 1977

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Formula One World Championship
Jody Scheckter (RSA), Tyrrell P34. British Grand Prix, Rd9, Brands Hatch, England. 18 July 1976

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Formula One World Championship
Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Tyrrell P34, who was the first retirement of the race with ignition failure on lap 8, talks with Derek Gardner (GBR) Tyrrell Designer

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Formula One World Championship
Second placed Jody Scheckter (RSA) Tyrrell P34 leads twelfth placed Jacques Laffite (FRA) Ligier JS5 through the Ste Devote Chicane. Monaco Grand Prix, Rd6, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 30 May 1976

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Formula One World Championship
Jody Scheckter (RSA) Tyrrell P34 finished in third position on the road, but was subsequently promoted to second position with the belated disqualification of the race winner

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Formula One World Championship
Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Tyrrell P34 retired from the race on lap 6 after clashing with Gilles Villeneuve (CDN) Ferrari. Japanese Grand Prix, Rd 17, Mount Fuji, Japan, 23 October 1977. DIGITAL IMAGE

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Formula One World Championship
Eleventh placed Jochen Mass (GER) McLaren M23, enters the distinctive pit lane during practice. Swedish Grand Prix, Rd 7, Anderstorp, Sweden, 13 June 1976

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Formula One World Championship
Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Tyrrell P34, retired from the race on lap 63 with fuel system problems. United States Grand Prix (West), Rd 4, Long Beach, USA, 3 April 1977



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In the world of Formula One, there are few innovations that truly capture the imagination like the six-wheeled marvel known as the Tyrrell P34. Back in December 1977, during testing at Paul Ricard in France, this revolutionary car made its debut and left everyone astounded. Jody Scheckter, a rising star in the racing world, had his first run in this extraordinary machine. As he zoomed around the track, spectators couldn't help but be captivated by its unique design. With four small front wheels and two larger rear ones, it was unlike anything they had ever seen before. The team owner Ken Tyrrell and designer Derek Gardner stood proudly beside their creation as they discussed strategy with Scheckter. They knew they were onto something special - a true game-changer that could revolutionize Formula One forever. But it wasn't just about appearances; performance mattered too. Patrick Depailler showcased this when he secured fourth place during one race. The data logging equipment carefully installed into the sidepod by Karl Kempf ensured that every aspect of the car's performance was meticulously analyzed for improvement. However, not all races went smoothly for the Tyrrell P34. On one unfortunate occasion, Depailler crashed on the opening lap of a restarted race. Despite this setback, curious spectators still flocked to get a closer look at his damaged yet awe-inspiring vehicle. Yet amidst both triumphs and challenges, there was one moment that would forever etch itself into history books: Jody Scheckter's pole position victory with his trusty Tyrrell P34. It was an unprecedented achievement - no other six-wheeled car had ever claimed such glory before or since. As time passed by and technology advanced further, Formula One moved on from these unconventional designs. But even today, enthusiasts reminisce about those remarkable days when six wheels ruled supreme on racetracks worldwide.