▁team ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁with ▁two ▁third - place ▁finish es ▁for ▁the ▁former , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁never ▁able ▁to ▁challenge ▁the ▁Pe uge ots , ▁J agu ars , ▁and ▁Sa uber ▁Mer cedes ▁for ▁the ▁top ▁spot . ▁ ▁Formula ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁The ▁D F V ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁engine ▁for ▁which ▁the ▁Formula ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁series ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁and ▁thus ▁it ▁won ▁every ▁race ▁that ▁year . ▁The ▁D F V ▁and ▁its ▁variants ▁continued ▁racing ▁in ▁F 3 0 0 0 ▁for ▁a ▁de cade , ▁Pedro ▁Lam y ▁taking ▁the ▁last ▁win ▁for ▁a ▁D F V ▁in ▁top - class ▁mot ors port , ▁at ▁P au ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁its ▁ 6 5 th ▁F 3 0 0 0 ▁win ▁in ▁ 1 2 3 ▁races . ▁ ▁Vari ants ▁ ▁D F W ▁The ▁first ▁variant ▁produced ▁from ▁the ▁D F V ▁was ▁a ▁reduced - cap acity ▁unit ▁for ▁the ▁Australia ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand - based ▁Tas man ▁Series ▁races ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 8 – 6 9 . ▁The ▁changes ▁between ▁the ▁D F V ▁and ▁D F W ▁specification ▁were ▁limited ▁to ▁a ▁reduced ▁stroke , ▁taking ▁capacity ▁to ▁ 2 4 9 1   cc ▁and ▁reducing ▁power ▁output ▁to ▁~ 3 6 0   b hp . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁smallest ▁capacity ▁variant ▁of ▁the ▁D F