Tyrrell Racing

The Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor (race car maker). It was created by Ken Tyrrell. The team started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970. The team had its best success in the early 1970s. During that time, it won three drivers' championships and one constructors' championship with Jackie Stewart. The team never did as well again, but it kept winning races through the 1970s and into the early 1980s. It won its final win at Detroit in 1983. The team was bought by British American Tobacco in 1997. It finished its last season as Tyrrell in 1998.

Lower Formulae (1958 - 1967)
Tyrrell Racing was created in 1958. It used Formula Three cars for Ken Tyrrell and local stars. Tyrrell stopped being a driver in 1959. He did not think that he was good enough as a driver. He began to run a Formula Junior operation. He used the woodshed owned by his family business, Tyrrell Brothers, to do the work on the cars. During the 1960s, Tyrrell moved through the lower levels of formula racing. John Surtees and Jacky Ickx raced for their first times with his team. The team's most famous partnership was with Jackie Stewart. Stewart first signed up in 1963.  

Tyrrell ran the BRM Formula 2 operation during 1965, 1966 and 1967. During this time, Stewart was signed to the Formula One team. Tyrrell then signed a deal to run Formula 2 cars made by French company Matra.

Formula One (1968 - 1998)
1960s
With the help of Elf and Ford, Tyrrell moved to Formula One in 1968. He started as a part of Matra International. It was made up of Tyrrell's own team and the French auto maker Matra. Stewart was expected to race very well. He won several Grands Prix in the teams Matra MS10. The car's most unusual feature was the use of aviation-styled structural fuel tanks. These let the car to be around 15 kg lighter. Although it was lighter, it was still stronger than the cars it was racing against. The FIA thought that the technology was not safe. They chose to not let it be used in 1970. They said that rubber bag-tanks had to be used instead.

For the 1969 championship, the Matra team chose to not compete in Formula One. Instead of competing, Matra worked with Ken Tyrrell's 'Matra International' team. They built a new DFV powered car with structural fuel tanks, even though it would only be able to be used for a single season. Stewart won the 1969 title easily driving the new Cosworth-powered Matra MS80. Stewart's title was the first won by a French chassis. It was the only one won by a chassis built in France.The Renault F1 chassis which won the constructors' championship in 2005 and 2006 were designed and built in the United Kingdom. It was a very special event for a team and a constructor that had only entered Formula One the year before.

1970s


IN 1970, Matra merged with Simca. For the 1970 season, Tyrrell was asked by Matra to use Simca's V12 in place of the Cosworth. Simca was a subsidiary of the American company Chrysler which was competition for Ford. Stewart tested the Matra V12. He did not think it was as good as the DFV. Ford gave Tyrrell a large part of the money they needed to race. The team also got money for the French petroleum company Elf. Elf had an agreement with Renault that did not allow them to provide money to anyone who was partnered with Simca. Because of this, Ken Tyrrell had to buy a March 701 chassis as temporary solution while making his own car in secret.

Tyrrell was still sponsored by French fuel company Elf, and Tyrrell would keep the traditional French blue racing colours for most of the rest of the time the company existed. Tyrrell and Stewart ran the March-Fords throughout 1970 with mixed success. During this time, Derek Gardner worked on the first Tyrrell built Grand Prix car at the woodshed in Ockham, Surrey.

The Tyrrell 001, which looked like the MS80, was first seen in . It earned Stewart a pole position in the Canadian GP. The car had problems in all of its 3 race starts. The nearly identical Tyrrell 003 won both Drivers' and Constructors' Championships in . Stewart's had health problems dealing with a stomach ulcer in 1972 and did not race. He was well in 1973 and raced again. He finishing 1st in the Championship. On October 6, 1973, Tyrrell's other driver was killed in practice for the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. Stewart, who was to stop racing at the end of the season, and Tyrrell decided they did not want to keep racing. Without their best driver, Tyrrell were never serious World Championship contenders again.

The team did still win some races during the 1970s with Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler. Most notable of these was Scheckter's win at the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix. They finished first and second in that race using an unusual Derek Gardner designed Tyrrell P34 car. The P34 was the first (and only) successful six-wheeled F1 car. They replaced front wheels with smaller wheels mounted in banks of two on either side of the car. The design was no longer used after Goodyear refused to make the small tires needed for the car.

1980s

In 1977, the Turbo era started in Grand Prix racing. By the mid-1980s, normal (non-turbo) cars could not race as well. Without the enough money, Tyrrell was the last team with the Cosworth DFV. All other teams had changed to turbocharged engines. It was the start of two decades of bad times for Tyrrell. The last win for the classic Cosworth Ford DFV engine was by a Tyrrell car, Michele Alboreto at the 1983 Detroit Grand Prix. It was also Tyrrell's last Grand Prix win.

1990s
Tyrrell had money problems in the 1980s and 1990s. In the late 1990s, Tyrrell had problems with his health as well. In 1998 and in the face of dwindling form and ill health, he sold his team to British American Tobacco. The team became British American Racing. The last race for Tyrrell was the 1998 Japanese Grand Prix, where Ricardo Rosset failed to qualify and team-mate Toranosuke Takagi ended the race on lap 28 after a collision with Esteban Tuero's Minardi.

Complete World Championship Formula One results
Tyrrell Racing
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
 Year Chassis Engine(s) Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Points WCC  Matra MS9Matra MS10 Ford V8  RSA ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA CAN USA MEX (45*) (2nd*) Jackie Stewart Ret 4 1 3 6 1 Ret 6 17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise 5 Johnny Servoz-Gavin Ret 2 Ret Ret  Matra MS10Matra MS80Matra MS84 Ford V8  RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER ITA CAN USA MEX (66*) (1st*) Jackie Stewart 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 2 1 Ret Ret 4 Jean-Pierre Beltoise 6 3 Ret 8 2 9 12 3 4 Ret 5 Johnny Servoz-Gavin 6 NC 8  March 701Tyrrell 001 Ford V8  RSA ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA MEX 0(28**) -(3rd**) Jackie Stewart 3 1 Ret Ret 2 9 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret Johnny Servoz-Gavin Ret 5 DNQ François Cevert Ret 11 7 7 Ret 6 9 Ret Ret  Tyrrell 001Tyrrell 002Tyrrell 003 Ford V8  RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA731st Jackie Stewart 2 1 1 11 1 1 1 Ret Ret 1 5 François Cevert Ret 7 Ret Ret 2 10 2 Ret 3 6 1 Peter Revson Ret  Tyrrell 002Tyrrell 003Tyrrell 004Tyrrell 005Tyrrell 006 Ford V8  ARG RSA ESP MON BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA512nd Jackie Stewart 1 Ret Ret 4 1 2 11 7 Ret 1 1 François Cevert Ret 9 Ret NC 2 4 Ret 10 9 Ret Ret 2 Patrick Depailler NC 7  Tyrrell 005Tyrrell 006 Ford V8  ARG BRA RSA ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR NED GER AUT ITA CAN USA822nd Jackie Stewart 3 2 1 Ret 1 1 5 4 10 1 1 2 4 5 WD/DNS François Cevert 2 10 NC 2 2 4 3 2 5 2 2 Ret 5 Ret DNS Chris Amon 10 WD/DNS  Tyrrell 005Tyrrell 006Tyrrell 007 Ford V8  ARG BRA RSA ESP BEL MON SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA523rd Jody Scheckter Ret 13 8 5 3 2 1 5 4 1 2 Ret 3 Ret Ret Patrick Depailler 6 8 4 8 Ret 9 2 6 8 Ret Ret Ret 11 5 6  Tyrrell 007 Ford V8  ARG BRA RSA ESP MON BEL SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA255th Jody Scheckter 11 Ret 1 Ret 7 2 7 16 9 3 Ret 8 8 6 Patrick Depailler 5 Ret 3 Ret 5 4 12 9 6 9 9 11 7 Ret Jean-Pierre Jabouille 12 Michel Leclère Ret  Tyrrell 007Tyrrell P34 Ford V8  BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA JPN713rd Jody Scheckter 5 4 Ret Ret 4 2 1 6 2 2 Ret 5 5 4 2 Ret Patrick Depailler 2 9 3 Ret Ret 3 2 2 Ret Ret Ret 7 6 2 Ret 2  Tyrrell P34 Ford V8  ARG BRA RSA USW ESP MON BEL SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN JPN275th Ronnie Peterson Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 3 Ret 12 Ret 9 5 Ret 6 16 Ret Ret Patrick Depailler Ret Ret 3 4 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 2 3  Tyrrell 008 Ford V8  ARG BRA RSA USW MON BEL ESP SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN384th Patrick Depailler 3 Ret 2 3 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 11 Ret 5 Didier Pironi 14 6 6 Ret 5 6 12 Ret 10 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 7  Tyrrell 009 Ford V8  ARG BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA285th Didier Pironi Ret 4 Ret DSQ 6 3 Ret Ret 10 9 7 Ret 10 5 3 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ret Ret 3 6 5 11 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 Ret Ret Geoff Lees 7 Derek Daly 8  Tyrrell 009Tyrrell 010 Ford V8  ARG BRA RSA USW BEL MON FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA126th Derek Daly 4 14 Ret 8 9 Ret 11 4 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Jean-Pierre Jarier Ret 12 7 Ret 5 Ret 14 5 15 Ret 5 13 7 NC Mike Thackwell Ret DNQ  Tyrrell 010Tyrrell 011 Ford V8  USW BRA ARG SMR BEL MON ESP FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN CPL108th Eddie Cheever 5 NC Ret Ret 6 5 NC 13 4 5 DNQ Ret Ret 12 Ret Kevin Cogan DNQ Ricardo Zunino 13 13 Michele Alboreto Ret 12 Ret DNQ 16 Ret DNQ Ret 9 Ret 11 13  Tyrrell 011 Ford V8  RSA BRA USW SMR BEL MON DET CAN NED GBR FRA GER AUT SUI ITA CPL257th Slim Borgudd 16 7 10 Brian Henton Ret Ret 8 9 NC Ret 8 10 7 Ret 11 Ret 8 Michele Alboreto 7 4 4 3 Ret 10 Ret Ret 7 Ret 6 4 Ret 7 5 1  Tyrrell 011Tyrrell 012 Ford V8  BRA USW FRA SMR MON BEL DET CAN GBR GER AUT NED ITA EUR RSA127th Danny Sullivan 11 8 Ret Ret 5 12 Ret 10 14 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Michele Alboreto Ret 9 8 Ret Ret 14 1 8 13 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret  Tyrrell 012 Ford V8  BRA RSA BEL SMR FRA MON CAN DET DAL GBR GER AUT NED ITA EUR POR0DSQ Martin Brundle DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DNQ DSQ DSQ DNQ Stefan Johansson DSQ DSQ DNQ DSQ EX EX EX Stefan Bellof DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ EX DSQ EX EX EX Mike Thackwell DNQ  Tyrrell 012 Ford V8  BRA POR SMR MON CAN DET FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA BEL EUR RSA AUS49th Martin Brundle 8 Ret 9 10 12 Ret 10 DNQ Stefan Johansson 7 Stefan Bellof 6 Ret DNQ 11 4 13 11 Tyrrell 014 Renault V6 (t/c) Martin Brundle Ret 7 7 8 13 Ret 7 NC 3 10th Stefan Bellof 8 7 Ret Ivan Capelli Ret 4 Philippe Streiff Ret  Tyrrell 014Tyrrell 015 Renault V6 (t/c)  BRA ESP SMR MON BEL CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN AUT ITA POR MEX AUS117th Martin Brundle 5 Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 5 Ret 6 Ret 10 Ret 11 4 Philippe Streiff 7 Ret Ret 11 12 11 9 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret 5  Tyrrell DG016 Ford V8  BRA SMR BEL MON DET FRA GBR GER HUN AUT ITA POR ESP MEX JPN AUS11***6th*** Jonathan Palmer 10 Ret Ret 5 11 7 8 5 7 14 14 10 Ret 7 8 4 Philippe Streiff 11 8 9 Ret Ret 6 Ret 4 9 Ret 12 12 7 8 12 Ret  Tyrrell 017 Ford V8  BRA SMR MON MEX CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS58th Jonathan Palmer Ret 14 5 DNQ 6 5 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 DNQ Ret Ret 12 Ret Julian Bailey DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 9 DNQ 16 DNQ DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ  Tyrrell 017BTyrrell 018 Ford V8  BRA SMR MON MEX USA CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS165th Jonathan Palmer 7 6 9 Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret Ret 13 14 Ret 6 10 Ret DNQ Michele Alboreto 10 DNQ 5 3 Ret Ret Jean Alesi 4 Ret 10 9 5 4 Ret Ret Johnny Herbert Ret DNQ  Tyrrell 018Tyrrell 019 Ford V8  USA BRA SMR MON CAN MEX FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS165th Satoru Nakajima 6 8 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 DNS Ret 6 Ret Jean Alesi 2 7 6 2 Ret 7 Ret 8 11 Ret 8 Ret 8 RetDNS 8  Tyrrell 020 Honda V10  USA BRA SMR MON CAN MEX FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS126th Satoru Nakajima 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 12 Ret 8 Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 17 Ret Ret Stefano Modena 4 Ret Ret Ret 2 11 Ret 7 13 12 Ret Ret Ret 16 6 10  Tyrrell 020B Ilmor V10  RSA MEX BRA ESP SMR MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS86th Olivier Grouillard Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 12 11 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Andrea de Cesaris Ret 5 Ret Ret 14 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 8 6 9 4 Ret  Tyrrell 020CTyrrell 021 Yamaha V10  RSA BRA EUR SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS0NC Ukyo Katayama Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 13 Ret 10 15 14 Ret Ret Ret Andrea de Cesaris Ret Ret Ret Ret DSQ 10 Ret 15 NC Ret 11 Ret 13 12 Ret 13  Tyrrell 022 Yamaha V10  BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR JPN AUS137th Ukyo Katayama 5 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Mark Blundell Ret Ret 9 Ret 3 10 10 Ret Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret  Tyrrell 023 Yamaha V10  BRA ARG SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR PAC JPN AUS58th Ukyo Katayama Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret Gabriele Tarquini 14 Mika Salo 7 Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 15 8 Ret Ret 8 5 13 10 12 6 5  Tyrrell 024 Yamaha V10  AUS BRA ARG EUR SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN58th Ukyo Katayama 11 9 Ret DSQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 8 10 12 Ret Mika Salo 6 5 Ret DSQ Ret 5 DSQ Ret 10 7 9 Ret 7 Ret 11 Ret  Tyrrell 025 Ford V8  AUS BRA ARG SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA AUT LUX JPN  EUR210th Jos Verstappen Ret 15 Ret 10 8 11 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 13 16 Mika Salo Ret 13 8 9 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret 12  Tyrrell 026 Ford V10  AUS BRA ARG SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA LUX JPN 0NC Ricardo Rosset Ret Ret 14 Ret DNQ DNQ 8 Ret Ret 12 DNQ DNQDNS 12 Ret DNQ Toranosuke Takagi Ret Ret 12 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 9 Ret 13 14 Ret 9 16 Ret
* In 1968 and 1969 Tyrrell ran the works-supported Matra team, hence were not eligible for Constructors' Championship points themselves. Totals in brackets are those scored by Tyrrell drivers that counted toward the Matra-Ford total.
** During 1970, in addition to their own 001 car, Tyrrell ran March-built cars for which Tyrrell were not eligible for Constructors' Championship points. Points in brackets are those scored by Tyrrell drivers that counted toward March's total of 48.
***Winners of the Colin Chapman Trophy, with 169 points.

Other Tyrrell cars
Formula One World Championship results for Tyrrell cars entered by other teams.
(key)
 Year Entrant Chassis Engine(s) Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16  BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA JPN ÖASC Racing Team Tyrrell 007 Ford V8  Otto StuppacherDNS DNQ DNQ

Other websites

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Footnotes

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