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Category | Formula One | ||||||||
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Constructor | Pacific Grand Prix | ||||||||
Designer(s) | Frank Coppuck (Chief Designer) Dave Watson (Head of Aerodynamics) | ||||||||
Predecessor | PR01 | ||||||||
Technical specifications | |||||||||
Suspension (front) | Push rod | ||||||||
Suspension (rear) | Push rod | ||||||||
Engine | Ford-Cosworth EDC1, 2999cc, 75-degree V8, naturally-aspirated | ||||||||
Transmission | Pacific 6-speed semi-automatic longitudinal | ||||||||
Power | 630 hp @ 13,200 rpm [1] | ||||||||
Fuel | Elf | ||||||||
Tyres | Goodyear | ||||||||
Competition history | |||||||||
Notable entrants | Ursus Pacific Grand Prix | ||||||||
Notable drivers | 16. Bertrand Gachot 16. Giovanni Lavaggi 16. Jean-Denis Delétraz 17. Andrea Montermini TD. Oliver Gavin | ||||||||
Debut | 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last event | 1995 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
The Pacific PR02 was a Formula One car designed by Frank Coppuck for use by the Pacific team in the 1995 Formula One World Championship. The car was powered by a 3-litre Ford EDC V8 engine. The number 17 car was driven by Andrea Montermini, and the number 16 car was driven by team shareholder Bertrand Gachot, and later pay drivers Giovanni Lavaggi and Jean-Denis Delétraz, before Gachot returned. The team's test driver was Oliver Gavin. The team did not have a main sponsor.
While the car's performance was an improvement over its predecessor, the PR02 suffered from poor reliability, finishing seven times in thirty-four starts. Out of these seven times, it finished last on two occasions and was not classified on another two occasions.
The team finished last in the Constructors' Championship, with no points, and withdrew from Formula One at the end of 1995.
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Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points | WCC |
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1995 | Pacific Racing | Ford ED V8 | G | BRA | ARG | SMR | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | EUR | PAC | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | |
Bertrand Gachot | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 8 | ||||||||||||
Giovanni Lavaggi | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||
Jean-Denis Delétraz | Ret | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Andrea Montermini | 9 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DSQ | Ret | NC | Ret | 8 | 12 | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret |
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