Constructor · France · Velizy
Matra
An aerospace company that won the title at its third attempt, run in 1969 by Ken Tyrrell with Ford power. Its first championship entries were the Formula Two cars admitted to the 1966 German Grand Prix.
Bleu de FranceFrance's international racing colour, under the convention that painted a car for the country that entered it until sponsor liveries took over around 1968. Not this team's own livery.
- Seasons
- 1966–19727 seasons
- Entries
- 121
- Wins
- 9
- Podiums
- 21
- Poles
- 4
- Drivers
- 8
- Constructors' titles
- 11969
- Drivers' titles
- 1
Wins by season
Every season entered, winless ones included, so a drought is visible as a gap. A shared drive counts once, to the car.
The numbers behind this chart, Wins by season
| Season | Wins | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 0 | 4 |
| 1967 | 0 | 6 |
| 1968 | 3 | 29 |
| 1969 | 6 | 27 |
| 1970 | 0 | 26 |
| 1971 | 0 | 17 |
| 1972 | 0 | 12 |
Season by season
| Season | Entries | Drivers | Wins | Podiums | Poles | Best | Points scored | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | P3 | 12 | 8 |
| 1971 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | P3 | 10 | 7 |
| 1970 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P3 | 24 | 7 |
| 1969 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | P1 | 85 | 1 |
| 1968 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | P1 | 53 | 3 |
| 1967 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | 0 | — |
| 1966 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | 0 | — |
Every win
Cars built
| Chassis | Years | Engine | Power (bhp) | Races | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS5 | 1966–1967 | Ford Cosworth FVA, Ford Cosworth SCA, or BRM P80 | — | 2 | 0 |
| MS7 | 1967–1969 | Ford Cosworth FVA L4 | — | 3 | 0 |
| MS10 | 1968–1969 | Ford Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| MS11 | 1968 | Matra MS9 | — | 10 | 0 |
| MS9 | 1968 | Ford Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| MS80 | 1969 | Ford Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| MS84 | 1969 | Ford Cosworth DFV | — | 0 | 0 |
| MS120 | 1970 | Matra | — | 13 | 0 |
| MS120B | 1971 | Matra | — | 10 | 0 |
| MS120C | 1972 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| MS120D | 1972 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Photographs
From Wikimedia Commons, each shown with the photographer and licence its terms require.
A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
2 more photographs
Where this comes from
- Full name
- Matra Sports
- Country
- France
- Base
- Velizy, France
- Wins
- 9 derived · 9 published
- Poles
- 4 derived · 4 published
- Confidence
- high