Penske PC1

The Penske PC1 was the first Formula One developed by Penske Racing and was used during the 1974 and 1975 Formula One Season. It was primarily driven by Mark Donohue, although it was driven by John Watson for one race after the death of Donohue.

The car made its debut at the 1974 Canadian Grand Prix driven by Donohue, finishing 12th. At the season finale a couple of weeks later at Watkins Glen International, the car suffered a rear suspension failure.

The following year, the car was entered for a full season, with Donohue again behind the wheel. That year, the car finished some respectable top 10 finishes in Argentina, South Africa and the Netherlands, even scoring two points at the Swedish Grand Prix. The car retired twice due to mechanical failures and twice due to crashes.

After the 1975 French Grand Prix, the car was retired in favour of the March 751, which Donohue used in the next three rounds of the championship. During practice for the Austrian Grand Prix, Donohue and track marshal were killed in a heavy crash.^[1]

John Watson was hired to replace Donohue and the team entered the final race of the season in the United States. By this time, the team had already finished development of their new car, the Penske PC3, which Watson used for both practice and qualifying. However, prior to the race the car suffered a mechanical issue and Watson was forced to start the race in the PC1. He finished the race in 9th and the PC1 was then permanently retired.

Complete Formula One Results[]

Complete Formula One Results
Entrant	Engine	Tyre	No.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1974
Penske Cars	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	66	Donohue														12th	Ret
1975
Penske Cars	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	28	Donohue	7th	Ret	8th	Ret	Ret	11th	5th	8th	Ret
Penske Cars	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	28	Watson														9th

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap	DNS	Did not start
18th^†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)	NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4th^P	Qualified for pole position	[+] More Symbols

Notes[]

↑ Perkins, Chris (21 February 2018). "Roger Penske's Nearly Forgotten American F1 Team". Road & Track. https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a28236/penske-f1-history/. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

V T E	1974 Formula One Season
Constructors	Amon • Brabham • BRM • Ensign • Ferrari • Hesketh • Iso-Marlboro • Lola • Lotus • Lyncar • Maki • March • McLaren • Parnelli • Penske • Shadow • Surtees • Token • Trojan • Tyrrell
Engines	BRM • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth
Drivers	Amon • Andretti • Ashley • Bell • Belsø • Beltoise • Brambilla • Charlton • Depailler • Dolhem • Donohue • Driver • Edwards • Facetti • E. Fittipaldi • Ganley • Gethin • Hailwood • Hill • Hobbs • Hulme • Hunt • Ickx • Jabouille • Jarier • Keizan • Kinnunen • Koinigg • Laffite • Larrousse • Lauda • van Lennep • Lombardi • Mass • Merzario • Migault • Nicholson • von Opel • Pace • Perkins • Pescarolo • Peterson • Pillette • Purley • Pryce • Quester • Redman • Regazzoni • Reutemann • Revson • Robarts • Roos • I. Scheckter • J. Scheckter • Schenken • Schuppan • Stommelen • Stuck • Watson • Wietzes • Wilds • Wisell
Cars	Amon AF101 • Brabham BT42 • Brabham BT44 • BRM P160E • BRM P201 • Ensign N174 • Ferrari 312B3-74 • Hesketh 308 • Iso-Marlboro FW • Lola T370 • Lotus 72E • Lotus 76 • Lyncar 006 • Maki F101 • March 731 • March 741 • McLaren M23 • Parnelli VPJ4 • Penske PC1 • Shadow DN1 • Shadow DN3 • Surtees TS16 • Token RJ02 • Trojan T103 • Tyrrell 004 • Tyrrell 005 • Tyrrell 006 • Tyrrell 007
Tyres	Firestone • Goodyear
Races	Argentina • Brazil • South Africa • Spain • Belgium • Monaco • Sweden • Netherlands • France • Britain • Germany • Austria • Italy • Canada • United States
Non-championship Races	Presidente Medici • Race of Champions • International Trophy
See also	1973 Formula One Season • 1975 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	1975 Formula One Season
Constructors	Brabham • BRM • Ensign • Ferrari • Fittipaldi • Hesketh • Hill • Lola • Lotus • Lyncar • Maki • March • McLaren • Parnelli • Penske • Shadow • Surtees • Tyrrell • Williams
Engines	BRM • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Matra
Drivers	Andretti • Ashley • Brambilla • Brise • Charlton • Crawford • Depailler • Donohue • Ertl • Evans • E. Fittipaldi • W. Fittipaldi • Fushida • Henton • Hill • Hunt • Ickx • Jabouille • Jarier • Jones • Keizan • Laffite • Lauda • Leclère • van Lennep • Lombardi • Magee • Mass • Merzario • Migault • Morgan • Nicholson • Pace • Palm • Peterson • Pryce • Regazzoni • Reutemann • I. Scheckter • J. Scheckter • Schuppan • Stommelen • Stuck • Trimmer • Tunmer • Vonlanthen • Watson • Wilds • Wunderink • Zorzi
Cars	Brabham BT44 • BRM P201 • Ensign N174 • Ensign N175 • Ferrari 312B3-74 • Ferrari 312T • Fittipaldi FD01 • Fittipaldi FD02 • Fittipaldi FD03 • Hesketh 308 • Hesketh 308B • Hesketh 308C • Hill GH1 • Lola T370 • Lola T371 • Lotus 72E • Lyncar 006 • Maki F101C • March 741 • March 751 • McLaren M23 • Parnelli VPJ4 • Penske PC1 • Shadow DN3 • Shadow DN5 • Shadow DN7 • Surtees TS16 • Tyrrell 007 • Williams FW • Williams FW04
Tyres	Firestone • Goodyear
Races	Argentina • Brazil • South Africa • Spain • Monaco • Belgium • Sweden • Netherlands • France • Britain • Germany • Austria • Italy • United States
Non-championship Races	Race of Champions • International Trophy • Swiss GP
See also	1974 Formula One Season • 1976 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	Team Penske
Founder Roger Penske
Notable Personnel Geoff Ferris
Drivers Mark Donohue · John Watson
Cars PC1 · PC3 · PC4

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[1] Perkins, Chris (21 February 2018). "Roger Penske's Nearly Forgotten American F1 Team". Road & Track. https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a28236/penske-f1-history/. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

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