• The Matra Company's racing team, under the names of Matra Sports, Equipe Matra Elf and Equipe Matra Sports (after a takeover by Simca in 1969 as Matra-Simca...
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  • leading to the creation of Equipe Matra Sports, which entered the French Formula 3 during 1965. Throughout the mid-1960s, Matra enjoyed considerable success...
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    The Matra Sports V12 engine is a family of automotive internal combustion engines built for Formula One (F1) and sports car endurance racing. Cars powered...
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  • constructor and racing team Equipe Matra Sports. He designed the Matra MS80 car which, entered by the British privateer Matra International team of Ken...
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    agreement with Simca, Matra asked Tyrrell to use their Matra Sports V12 engine rather than the Cosworth. Jackie Stewart got to test the Matra V12, but since...
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  • and weaponry. Matra or MATRA may also refer to: Equipe Matra Sports, Matra's sports car division, former Formula One constructor Mátra, a mountain range...
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    Championship for Makes, Matra scored no points during the year. For 1968, Matra decided to use their 3.0-litre Matra Sports V12 engine. The MS630 only...
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    Jean-Pierre Beltoise (category Matra Formula One drivers)
    Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver who raced for the Matra and BRM teams. He competed in 88 Grands Prix achieving a single victory...
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    had the second and Klass/Sutcliffe the third. The other P4 was run by the Equipe Nationale Belge for Willy Mairesse/”Beurlys”. There were also three updated...
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  • Johnny Servoz-Gavin (category Matra Formula One drivers)
    known as "Johnny". Servoz-Gavin's early work included developing sports cars for Matra. After initially competing in rallying, Servoz-Gavin moved to single-seater...
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    Équipe Ligier (French: [e.kip li.ʒje]) is a motorsport team, best known for its Formula One team that operated from 1976 to 1996. The team was founded...
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    Championship. BRM hired Reine Wisell from Lotus and Jean-Pierre Beltoise from Matra. The team had lost Jo Siffert when he died during the 1971 World Championship...
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    Henri Pescarolo (category Matra Formula One drivers)
    in the Matra Formula 3 team for 1966, but the car was not ready until mid-season. However, in 1967 he won the European Championship with Matra and was...
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    customer March car after Matra refused to allow Stewart's boss Ken Tyrrell to put a Ford-Cosworth DFV V8 in their car in place of Matra's own V12. Tyrrell was...
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    Chris Amon (category Matra Formula One drivers)
    had decided to move to another relatively new team, Matra. In 1971, Amon, now driving for the Matra factory team, once again scored a pre-season victory...
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    where he had been admitted. Roby Weber [fr] 9 April, 1967 Matra MS630 [it] - BRM Equipe Matra Sports Mulsanne Straight Practice During the closing period of...
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    The Matra-Simca MS670 was a Group 5 prototype race car introduced in 1972 for the World Championship for Makes. The MS670 replaced the previous Matra-Simca...
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    Prix), all Matra F1 cars entered by both the French works team Equipe Matra Sports (1967-1968 and 1970-1972) and the British privateer team Matra International...
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  • limited success in the sports-racing field Ligier turned his attention to Formula 1 when he bought the assets of Equipe Matra Sports. With the experienced...
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  • Stiller French Formula Three Championship Johnny Servoz-Gavin Team: Equipe Matra Sports Italian Formula Three Championship Tino Brambilla Team: Scuderia...
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  • Formula Three Les Leston British Formula Three Championship Harry Stiller French Formula Three Championship Henri Pescarolo Team: Equipe Matra Sports...
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  • Italian Formula Three Championship Andrea de Adamich Team: Jolly Club French Formula Three Championship Jean-Pierre Beltoise Team: Equipe Matra Sports...
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  • and Gordini took part in 33, from 1952 to 1956. Matra Sports supplied V12 engines to Formula One Matra from 1968 to 1972, Shadow in 1975, and Ligier from...
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  • the rest of the night. Servoz-Gavin bought the Matra in with the windscreen-wiper faulty again. The Matra crew could not access the motor and were considering...
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    1971 Questor Grand Prix (category 1971 in sports in California)
    Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 001-Cosworth 1:41.257 2 10 Chris Amon Equipe Matra Sports Matra MS120B 1:41.275 +0.018 3 4 Jacky Ickx Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC...
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    François Cevert (category Sports deaths in New York (state))
    Cevert was his second-place finish at the 24 hours of Le Mans, driving a Matra-Simca 670 with New Zealand's Howden Ganley. In 1973, the Tyrrell team was...
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  • Championship races in total. Only once (the Matra International team in 1969) a privateer team helped a constructor (Matra) to win the World Constructors' Championship...
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    Alpine, having several disjointed runs in Formula Two and sports cars. In 1973, he co-drove a Matra to 3rd at the Le Mans 24 Hours, and repeated this feat...
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    The Matra-Simca MS650 is a Group 6 prototype race car introduced in 1969 for the International Championship for Makes. The MS650 replaced the previous...
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    race, the French team Matra gave up its Formula 1 development (leaving it to Ken Tyrrell's Matra International) to focus on its sports-car program. Aerodynamic...
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