Shadow DN5

Shadow DN5
	Tom Pryce at the 1975 Race of Champions
Category	Formula One
Constructor	Shadow Racing Cars
Designer(s)	Tony Southgate
Predecessor	DN3
Successor	DN7 / DN8
Technical specifications [1]
Chassis	Aluminium monocoque
Axle track	Front: 1,499 mm (59.0 in); Rear: 1,575 mm (62.0 in)
Wheelbase	2,667 mm (105.0 in)
Engine	Cosworth DFV NA
Transmission	Hewland TL 200 5-speed manual
Weight	589 kg (1,299 lb)
Fuel	UOP
Tyres	Goodyear
Competition history
Notable entrants	Shadow Racing Cars
Notable drivers	Jean-Pierre Jarier ; Tom Pryce
Debut	1975 Argentine Grand Prix
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0

Last updated July 09, 2020

The Shadow DN5 was a Formula One car used by the Shadow team during the 1975 Formula One season. Updated to a 'B' specification, it was used through the 1976 Formula One season and for the first two races of the following season. It was qualified on pole position three times, and twice achieved a fastest lap in a race. Its best finish in a race was third (twice), both times driven by Tom Pryce.

Development

The Shadow DN5 was designed by Tony Southgate. A development of the previous year's DN3, the DN5 was more aerodynamically refined^[2] and had its weight distribution rearranged. It was updated into a 'B' specification for the following season, prior to which Universal Oil Products, the team's major sponsor, withdrew its financial support.^[3]

Racing history

1975

The DN5 proved to be a fast car, which qualified well several times. In fact, for the first race of the season, the Argentine Grand Prix, Jarier, the team leader qualified the DN5 on pole.^[2] However, on race day, the car failed to complete the warmup lap due to a crown wheel and pinion failure in the gearbox.^[2] Jarier took pole again for the following Brazilian Grand Prix, but retired on lap 32, having led for most of the race (and achieving fastest lap). Ultimately, the poor reliability of the car (and some driver induced errors) meant that Jarier finished only two races during the season.^[2] The best of these was fourth at the Spanish Grand Prix, for which he was awarded half points due to the race being stopped as a result of a bad crash. He also switched to a Matra V12 powered DN7 for two races towards the end of the season.^[3]

An updated version of the previous year's DN3 was driven by Tom Pryce for the first two races of the year before he switched to the DN5. Pryce fared better than Jarier with the DN5 and managed several finishes; he finished sixth three times, finished fourth in Germany and third in Austria. He had qualified on pole for the British Grand Prix, but like Jarier in Brazil, retired from the lead in the race itself.^[4]

1976

The DN5 was updated into a 'B' specification for the 1976 Formula One season.^[3] However, while the reliability of the DN5B was much improved from its parent, it was not as competitive, at least during the latter part of the year. Jarier qualified his DN5B third on the grid in the Brazilian Grand Prix and ran second for much of the race before crashing. This left Pryce to take third place, the best result for the team during the year. While both drivers regularly finished in the top ten, there was only one other finish in the points for the DN5B, this being Pryce's fourth place in the British Grand Prix.^[5] From the Dutch Grand Prix, Pryce switched to Shadow's new car, the Shadow DN8,^[6] while Jarier continued with the old car.^[5]

1977

The DN5B continued into the 1977 Formula One season, driven by Shadow's new driver, Renzo Zorzi, in the two first races of the year. While he retired from the Argentine Grand Prix, Zorzi scored an attrition assisted sixth place in the last race for the DN5B, the Brazilian Grand Prix.^[5]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant(s)	Chassis	Engine(s)	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WCC
1975	UOP Shadow Racing Cars	DN5	Ford V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA				9.5	6th
					Jean-Pierre Jarier	DNS	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret			Ret
					Tom Pryce			9	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	4	3	6	NC
1976	Shadow Racing Cars	DN5B	Ford V8	G		BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN		10*	8th
					Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	9	8	12	12	9	11	Ret	10	19	18	10	10
					Tom Pryce	3	7	Ret	8	10	7	9	8	4	8	Ret
1977	Shadow Racing Cars	DN5B	Ford V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	23°	7th
					Renzo Zorzi	Ret	6
					Tom Pryce		Ret

* 3 points scored in 1976 were with the DN8
° 22 points scored in 1977 were with the DN8

Notes

↑ Stats F1. "Shadow DN5" . Retrieved 23 November 2012.
1 2 3 4 Bissett, Mark. "Shadow DN7 Matra". primotipo.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
1 2 3 Nye, 1986, pp. 233–234
↑ Hodges, 2001, p. 208
1 2 3 Stats F1. "Shadow DN5B" . Retrieved 23 November 2012.
↑ Stats F1. "Shadow DN8" . Retrieved 23 November 2012.

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References

Nye, Doug (1985). Autocourse History of the Grand Prix Car 1966 – 1985. Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom: Hazelton Publishing. ISBN 0905138376.
Hodges, David (2001). A – Z of Grand Prix Cars. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press. ISBN 1861263392.

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[1] Stats F1. "Shadow DN5" . Retrieved 23 November 2012.

[Bissett-2] 1 2 3 4 Bissett, Mark. "Shadow DN7 Matra". primotipo.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

[Nye-3] 1 2 3 Nye, 1986, pp. 233–234

[Hodges-4] Hodges, 2001, p. 208

[StatsF1-5] 1 2 3 Stats F1. "Shadow DN5B" . Retrieved 23 November 2012.

[6] Stats F1. "Shadow DN8" . Retrieved 23 November 2012.