High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Hesketh 308 and its derived sister model the 308B were Formula One racing cars designed by Harvey Postlethwaite for Hesketh Racing to compete in the 1974 and 1975 World Championships. The 308 replaced the ageing March 731 chassis that the team had been using since coming into Formula 1 the previous season, and was loosely based on the March design. It was powered by the Ford-Cosworth DFV and featured innovative rubber springs as opposed to coil springs and wishbones when the car was first launched. When these were discovered to give a lack of feel to the driver, they were replaced by a standard suspension set-up. Originally, Lord Hesketh had plans to fund and have built a V12 engine to accompany the car, but this never came to pass, and the DFV V8 was used exclusively. Four chassis were built over the three seasons the car competed, with two for James Hunt specifically. James Hunt loathed car testing, but the team did not have a test driver, so Hunt was forced to work on setting the car up alone. His efforts were worth the time however.

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