• 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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    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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  • 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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    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. Beltoise returned to the works Matra team for both 1970 and 1971. In 1971, racing in the Matra sports car team, he was involved in the accident...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    driven for Frank Williams' team, but they attracted Henri Pescarolo from Matra. Williams also switched from a De Tomaso chassis to a March. Andrea de Adamich...
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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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  • 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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    Chris Amon (category Matra Formula One drivers)
    several further podiums with March in 1970 before a two-year stint with Matra. Amon then made sporadic appearances for Tecno and Tyrrell in his 1973 campaign...
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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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  • 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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  • Formula One sponsorship liveries (category Sports sponsorships)
    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • Gitanes (section Sports cars)
    with the Équipe Ligier team. Following the acquisition of the Matra Formula One team's assets, Ligier entered Formula One in 1976 with a Matra V12-powered...
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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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    The Matra-Simca MS660 is a Group 6 prototype race car introduced in 1969 for the International Championship for Makes. The MS660 replaced the previous...
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