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| Constructor = [[Walter Wolf Racing]] |
| Constructor = [[Walter Wolf Racing]] |
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| Designer = [[Harvey Postlethwaite]] |
| Designer = [[Harvey Postlethwaite]] |
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| Predecessor = [[Wolf WR6|Wolf WR6]] |
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| Successor = [[Wolf WR8|Wolf WR8]] |
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| Team = [[Walter Wolf Racing]] |
| Team = [[Walter Wolf Racing]] |
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| Drivers = {{flagicon|GBR}} [[James Hunt]]<br/>{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Keke Rosberg]] |
| Drivers = {{flagicon|GBR}} [[James Hunt]]<br/>{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Keke Rosberg]] |
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 Keke Rosberg with his Wolf WR7 at Imola in 1979 | |||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||
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| Constructor | Walter Wolf Racing | ||||||||
| Designer(s) | Harvey Postlethwaite | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Wolf WR6 | ||||||||
| Successor | Wolf WR8 | ||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||
| Chassis | Aluminium monocoque, with engine as a fully stressed member. | ||||||||
| Engine | Ford Cosworth DFV 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in) 90° V8, naturally aspirated, mid-mounted. | ||||||||
| Transmission | Hewland TL 200 5-speed manual gearbox, with Borg & Beck clutch. | ||||||||
| Tyres | Goodyear | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants | Walter Wolf Racing | ||||||||
| Notable drivers |  James Hunt Keke Rosberg | ||||||||
| Debut | 1979 Argentine Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| n.b. Unless otherwise stated, all data refer to Formula One World Championship Grands Prix only. | |||||||||
The Wolf WR7 was a Formula One car for selected races of the 1979 season. Their drivers were 1976 champion James Hunt and Keke Rosberg. The engine was a Ford Cosworth DFV.
The car was designed by Harvey Postlethwaite, previously responsible for the Hesketh 308 in which James Hunt won his first race. Hunt briefly drove the WR7 for the Wolf team in 1979, before walking out of Formula One after the 1979 Monaco Grand Prix. Keke Rosberg took over his drive for the remainder of the season.
At the end of the 1979 Formula One season, Walter Wolf, owner of the team, pulled out of Formula One and sold the assets of his organisation to Wilson and Emerson Fittipaldi for the use of their Fittipaldi Automotive team. The WR7 cars were raced as Fittipaldi F7s in the early part of the 1980 Formula One season by Emerson Fittipaldi and Rosberg.
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