Learn something new every day. Ferrari 312T6

There are also pictures of an eight wheelers Ferrari (four separate front wheels ala Tyrrell and four separate ones on the rear) but that was a hoax, set up by Ferrari mechanics.
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looks like a buncha tanks and duallys racing

 

I'm guessing this was only a temporary mod for a test and after they saw that it was pointless they restored the car back to original.

I believe there was also a 6 wheel Williams.

 

Yes, but the williams had the extra wheels in the back, unlike the Tyrrel. The are miniatures in 1/43 acale from both cars, Mattel has the Ferrari and Minichamps has the williams.

 

It seems there have been quite a few 6 wheeled cars over the years:

http://effjuan.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/six-wheels-on-my-wagon/

(And the 8 wheeled Ferrari at the bottom was a Factory hoax made by placing the extra wheels and wings carefully up against a static car on a race track to make it look real)

 

I bet this would have been far better at preventing cars behind from passing rather than offering any real improvement to lap time!

 

agreed. that's why the ford f-350 has 4 in the rear