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Ferrari's landmark F1 cars: Villeneuve's first race winner

The Ferrari 312T3, introduced mid-season in 1978, helped Formula 1 legend Gilles Villeneuve to a maiden grand prix win - even if it was powerless to see off the revolutionary Lotus 79 over a full year. Ferrari lost one legend after the 1977 season when Niki Lauda left for Brabham, but gained a new one for the following year in Gilles Villeneuve. Driving the Ferrari 312T3, Villeneuve won his first grand prix on home soil in Canada and went on to become arguably the most famous driver in the marque’s history. Ranged against an army of Cosworth V8s, and BRM and Matra V12s, Ferrari's mighty 3.5-litre flat-12 had character and power in spades. But what it didn't have was a decent chassis to...
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