The Penske PC1 was the first Formula One car built by Penske Racing, the team later called Team Penske. Geoff Ferris designed it at the former McRae Cars works in Poole, Dorset, which Roger Penske bought in 1973 to run a British Formula One operation. It was an aluminium monocoque powered by a Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0-litre V8 with a Hewland gearbox. Mark Donohue drove it at the 1974 Canadian Grand Prix and again through the early part of 1975, and John Watson drove a spare PC1 to ninth place at the 1975 United States Grand Prix. In all it started 12 Grands Prix and scored points only in 1975, mainly through a fifth place in Sweden. The team swapped to a customer March 751 and Donohue was fatally injured in that March at the Austrian Grand Prix. The PC3 replaced the PC1 for 1976.
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The Penske PC1 was a Formula One racing car developed and raced by Penske Racing
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Penske purchased the facilities of small racing car manufacturer McRae Cars Ltd in Poole, Dorset in the UK
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The PC1 made its debut at the 1974 Canadian Grand Prix
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The Penske PC1 was a Formula One racing car
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The PC1 was retired after the French Grand Prix
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Penske purchased the facilities of small racing car manufacturer McRae Cars Ltd in Poole, Dorset in the UK
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The Penske PC1 was a Formula One racing car developed and raced by Penske Racing
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