Tyrrell Racing facts for kids

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

Jackie Stewart and Tyrrell won their first championship with the French Matra chassis.

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. It was a very special event for a team and a constructor that had only entered Formula One the year before.

1970s

Tyrrell's first F1 car, the 001, being demonstrated at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler - arguably one of the most radical F1 cars ever to have raced.

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 1970. 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 1971. 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

The Tyrrell 012 (pictured at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed) raced from 1983 to 1985.

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
1968	Matra MS9 Matra MS10	Ford V8	D		RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX						(45*)	(2nd*)
				Jackie Stewart	Ret			4	1	3	6	1	Ret	6	1	7
				Jean-Pierre Beltoise		5
				Johnny Servoz-Gavin			Ret						2	Ret		Ret
1969	Matra MS10 Matra MS80 Matra MS84	Ford V8	D		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
1970	March 701 Tyrrell 001	Ford V8	D		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
1971	Tyrrell 001 Tyrrell 002 Tyrrell 003	Ford V8	G		RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA							73	1st
				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
1972	Tyrrell 002 Tyrrell 003 Tyrrell 004 Tyrrell 005 Tyrrell 006	Ford V8	G		ARG	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA						51	2nd
				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
1973	Tyrrell 005 Tyrrell 006	Ford V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA			82	2nd
				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
1974	Tyrrell 005 Tyrrell 006 Tyrrell 007	Ford V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA			52	3rd
				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
1975	Tyrrell 007	Ford V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA				25	5th
				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
1976	Tyrrell 007 Tyrrell P34	Ford V8	G		BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN		71	3rd
				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
1977	Tyrrell P34	Ford V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	27	5th
				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
1978	Tyrrell 008	Ford V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	MON	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN		38	4th
				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
1979	Tyrrell 009	Ford V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA			28	5th
				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
1980	Tyrrell 009 Tyrrell 010	Ford V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA				12	6th
				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
1981	Tyrrell 010 Tyrrell 011	Ford V8	M A		USW	BRA	ARG	SMR	BEL	MON	ESP	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	CPL			10	8th
				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
1982	Tyrrell 011	Ford V8	G		RSA	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL	MON	DET	CAN	NED	GBR	FRA	GER	AUT	SUI	ITA	CPL		25	7th
				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
1983	Tyrrell 011 Tyrrell 012	Ford V8	G		BRA	USW	FRA	SMR	MON	BEL	DET	CAN	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	RSA			12	7th
				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
1984	Tyrrell 012	Ford V8	G		BRA	RSA	BEL	SMR	FRA	MON	CAN	DET	DAL	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	POR		0	DSQ
				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
1985	Tyrrell 012	Ford V8	G		BRA	POR	SMR	MON	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	BEL	EUR	RSA	AUS		4	9th
				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
1986	Tyrrell 014 Tyrrell 015	Renault V6 (t/c)	G		BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS		11	7th
				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
1987	Tyrrell DG016	Ford V8	G		BRA	SMR	BEL	MON	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS		11***	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
1988	Tyrrell 017	Ford V8	G		BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		5	8th
				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
1989	Tyrrell 017B Tyrrell 018	Ford V8	G		BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		16	5th
				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
1990	Tyrrell 018 Tyrrell 019	Ford V8	P		USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		16	5th
				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	Ret	DNS	8
1991	Tyrrell 020	Honda V10	P		USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		12	6th
				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
1992	Tyrrell 020B	Ilmor V10	G		RSA	MEX	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	AUS		8	6th
				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
1993	Tyrrell 020C Tyrrell 021	Yamaha V10	G		RSA	BRA	EUR	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	AUS		0	NC
				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
1994	Tyrrell 022	Yamaha V10	G		BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS		13	7th
				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
1995	Tyrrell 023	Yamaha V10	G		BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	PAC	JPN	AUS	5	8th
				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
1996	Tyrrell 024	Yamaha V10	G		AUS	BRA	ARG	EUR	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN		5	8th
				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
1997	Tyrrell 025	Ford V8	G		AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	AUT	LUX	JPN	EUR	2	10th
				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
1998	Tyrrell 026	Ford V10	G		AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	LUX	JPN		0	NC
				Ricardo Rosset	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	8	Ret	Ret	12	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	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
1976						BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN
	ÖASC Racing Team	Tyrrell 007	Ford V8	G	Otto Stuppacher													DNS	DNQ	DNQ

Images for kids

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  Mika Salo driving for Tyrrell at the 1995 British Grand Prix.