Tyrrell Racing Organisation

Tyrrell Racing Organisation
Constructor information
Nationality	GBR
Years active	1958–1998
Founder	Ken Tyrrell
Notable staff	Derek Gardner Mike Gascoyne Harvey Postlethwaite Maurice Philippe
Notable drivers	Jackie Stewart François Cevert Peter Revson Jody Scheckter Patrick Depailler Ronnie Peterson Didier Pironi Michele Alboreto Martin Brundle Stefan Bellof Jean Alesi Ukyo Katayama Mika Salo
Formula One World Championship career
Seasons active	1968–1998
Races entered	430
Wins	23
Pole positions	14
Fastest laps	20
Points	621
Constructor titles	1 (1971)
Driver titles	2 (1971, 1973)
First race	1970 Canadian Grand Prix
Last race	1998 Japanese Grand Prix
First win	1971 Spanish Grand Prix
Last win	1983 Detroit Grand Prix
Notes	The information above refers to Tyrrell as a constructor. For statistics as an entrant, see the notes.

Tyrrell Racing Organisation was a British Formula One constructor and two-time World Constructors' Champions. The team was founded, lead and named after Ken Tyrrell.

First entering F1 as an entrant in 1968 with the Matra team, the Tyrrell-Matra combination won both titles in 1969 (with Jackie Stewart) before splitting in 1970. Tyrrell won both titles in 1971, again with Stewart, and Stewart was World Champion once again in 1973.

However, after that title, Stewart retired, and with the death of François Cevert at the end of 1973, the team was never to win a title again, and began a slow decline after the creation of the famous six-wheeled P34, which raced in 1976 and 1977. The team took their final win, courtesy of Michele Alboreto, at the 1983 Detroit Grand Prix.

1984 was a disaster after the team was accused of using illegal tactics to run their cars underweight during races. Tyrrell was excluded from the 1984 championship, despite being able to refute all of the charges. Financial troubles constantly underlined their performance, often punching well above their financial might until the early 1990s, before the team was taken over in 1998 by British American Tobacco, who renamed the team British American Racing (BAR) for 1999.

BAR themselves were bought out by Honda, who raced in F1 for the first time since 1968 in 2006, winning a race in their first season. Honda left the sport after the 2008 season, and the team became Brawn GP in 2009, in which the team won both titles. At the end of the season, Mercedes bought out Brawn and hence the current Mercedes team has Tyrrell origins.

Due the way the permanent car number system worked, and Tyrrell's lack of world titles, Tyrrell held the numbers 3 and 4 from the system's inception in 1974 to the end of 1995.

Formula One Record

Team Names

Years	Name
1968–1969	Matra International
1970	Tyrrell Racing Organisation
1971–1978	Elf Team Tyrrell
1979	Team Tyrrell
1979–1980	Candy Team Tyrrell
1981	Tyrrell Racing Team
1982	Team Tyrrell
1983	Benetton Tyrrell Team
1984–1985	Tyrrell Racing Organisation
1986–1987	Data General Team Tyrrell
1988–1990	Tyrrell Racing Organisation
1991	Braun Tyrrell Honda
1992–1994	Tyrrell Racing Organisation
1995	Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha
1996	Tyrrell Yamaha
1997	PIAA Tyrrell Ford
1998	PIAA Tyrrell Racing

F1 Summary

Note: Formula Two is highlighted in light blue.

Year	Entrant	Engine	Tyre	Drivers	Rounds	WCC Pts	WCC Pos	Test drivers	Report
1966	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	BRM L4 1.0	F	Hubert Hahne	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	Report
		Ford Cosworth SCA L4 1.0		Jacky Ickx	6
1967	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Ford Cosworth FVA L4 1.6	D	Jacky Ickx	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	Report
1968	Matra International	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	D	Jackie Stewart	1, 4-12	N/A	N/A	N/A	Report
				Jean-Pierre Beltoise	2
				Johnny Servoz-Gavin	3, 9-10, 12
1969	Matra International	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	D	Jackie Stewart	All	N/A	N/A	N/A	Report
				Jean-Pierre Beltoise	All
				Johnny Servoz-Gavin	9-11
		Ford Cosworth FVA L4 1.6	D	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	7
1970	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	D	Jackie Stewart	All	0	NC		Report
				Johnny Servoz-Gavin	1–3
				François Cevert	5–13
1971	Elf Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Jackie Stewart	All	73	1st		Report
				François Cevert	All
				Peter Revson	11
1972	Elf Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Jackie Stewart	1–5, 7–12	51	2nd		Report
				François Cevert	All
				Patrick Depailler	6, 12
1973	Elf Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Jackie Stewart	All	82	2nd		Report
				François Cevert	All
				Chris Amon	14–15
1974	Elf Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Jody Scheckter	All	52	3rd		Report
				Patrick Depailler	All
1975	Elf Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Jody Scheckter	All	25	5th		Report
				Patrick Depailler	All
				Jean-Pierre Jabouille	9
				Michel Leclère	14
1976	Elf Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Jody Scheckter	All	71	3rd		Report
				Patrick Depailler	All
1977	Elf Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Ronnie Peterson	All	27	5th		Report
				Patrick Depailler	All
1978	Elf Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Patrick Depailler	All	38	4th		Report
				Didier Pironi	All
1979	Team Tyrrell Candy Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Didier Pironi	All	28	5th		Report
				Jean-Pierre Jarier	1–9, 12–15
				Geoff Lees	10, 14–15
				Derek Daly	11
1980	Candy Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Derek Daly	All	12	6th		Report
				Jean-Pierre Jarier	All
				Geoff Lees	13–14
1981	Tyrrell Racing Team	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	M A	Eddie Cheever	All	10	8th		Report
				Kevin Cogan	1
				Ricardo Zunino	2–3
				Michele Alboreto	4–15
1982	Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Slim Borgudd	1–3	25	7th		Report
				Brian Henton	4–16
				Michele Alboreto	All
1983	Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0	G	Danny Sullivan	All	12	7th		Report
				Michele Alboreto	All
1984	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Ford Cosworth DFY V8 3.0	G	Martin Brundle	1–9	0	DSQ		Report
				Stefan Johansson	10–13
				Stefan Bellof	1–10, 12–13
				Mike Thackwell	11
1985	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Ford Cosworth DFY V8 3.0 Renault EF4B V6t 1.5	G	Martin Brundle	All	4 3	9th 10th		Report
				Stefan Johansson	1
				Stefan Bellof	2–11
				Ivan Capelli	14, 16
				Philippe Streiff	15
1986	Data General Team Tyrrell	Renault EF4B V6t 1.5	G	Martin Brundle	All	11	7th		Report
				Philippe Streiff	All
1987	Data General Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFZ V8 3.5	G	Jonathan Palmer	All	11	6th		Report
				Philippe Streiff	All
1988	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Ford Cosworth DFZ V8 3.5	G	Jonathan Palmer	All	5	8th		Report
				Julian Bailey	All
1989	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Ford Cosworth DFR V8 3.5	G	Jonathan Palmer	All	16	5th		Report
				Michele Alboreto	1–6
				Jean Alesi	7–10, 12, 14–16
				Johnny Herbert	11, 13
1990	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Ford Cosworth DFZ V8 3.5	P	Satoru Nakajima	All	16	5th		Report
				Jean Alesi	All
1991	Braun Tyrrell Honda	Honda RA101E V10 3.5	P	Satoru Nakajima	All	12	6th		Report
				Stefano Modena	All
1992	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Ilmor 2175A V10 3.5	G	Olivier Grouillard	All	8	6th		Report
				Andrea de Cesaris	All
1993	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Yamaha OX10A V10 3.5	G	Ukyo Katayama	All	0	NC		Report
				Andrea de Cesaris	All
1994	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Yamaha OX10B V10 3.5	G	Ukyo Katayama	All	13	7th		Report
				Mark Blundell	All
1995	Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha	Yamaha OX10C V10 3.5	G	Ukyo Katayama	All	5	8th		Report
				Gabriele Tarquini	14
				Mika Salo	All
1996	Tyrrell Yamaha	Yamaha OX11A V10 3.5	G	Ukyo Katayama	All	5	8th		Report
				Mika Salo	All
1997	PIAA Tyrrell Ford	Ford ED4 V8 3.0 Ford ED5 V8 3.0	G	Jos Verstappen	All	2	10th		Report
				Mika Salo	All
1998	PIAA Tyrrell Ford	Ford JD Zetec-R V10 3.0	G	Ricardo Rosset	All	0	NC		Report
				Tora Takagi	All

List of race wins

Win Number	Event	Driver	Notes

Statistics

Entries	430
Starts	428
Pole Positions	14
Front Row Starts	33
Race Wins	23
Podiums	70
Fastest laps	20
Points	621
Laps Raced	39327
Distance Raced	182915.508 km (113658 mi)
Races Led	38
Laps Led	1493
Distance Led	6737.363 km (4186 mi)

Complete Formula One Results

Main article: Tyrrell Racing Organisation/Results

Tyrrell Driver Grand Prix Count

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Name	Duration	Grand Prix Starts
Patrick Depailler	1972, 1974-1978	80
Ukyo Katayama	1993-1996	64
Mika Salo	1995-1997	50
Jackie Stewart	1970-1973	49

External links

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