Equipe Matra Sports
{{short description|Racing team owned by Matra}}
{{refimprove|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox former F1 team
|name = Equipe Matra Sports
|logo = File:Matra Sports.gif
|caption =
|Base = Vélizy-Villacoublay, Paris, France
|Founders = Jean-Luc Lagardère
Marcel Chassagny
|Staff = Gérard Ducarouge
Ken Tyrrell
Bernard Boyer
|Drivers = Johnny Servoz-Gavin
Henri Pescarolo
Jackie Stewart
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Chris Amon
|Principal = Jean-Luc Lagardère
|Debut = 1967 Monaco Grand Prix
|Races = 61
|Engines = Ford, Matra
|Cons_champ = 1 ({{F1|1969}})
|Drivers_champ = 1 ({{F1|1969}})
|Wins = 9
|Podiums = 21
|Points = 163
|Poles = 4
|Fastest_laps = 12
|Last race = {{nowrap|1972 United States Grand Prix}}
}}
{{Infobox F1 engine manufacturer
| name = Matra
| logo =
| official_name =
| base =
| founders =
| staff =
| debut = 1968 Monaco Grand Prix
| final_race = 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix
| races = 126 (125 starts)
| chassis = Matra, Shadow, Ligier
| cons_champ = 0
| drivers_champ = 0
| wins = 3
| podiums = 24
| points = 173
| poles = 4
| fastest_laps = 5
}}
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 Division Automobile), was formed in 1965 and based at Champagne-sur-Seine (1965–1967), Romorantin-Lanthenay (1967–1969) and Vélizy-Villacoublay (1969–1979). In 1979 the team was taken over by Peugeot and renamed as Automobiles Talbot.{{cite web|url=http://www.allcarindex.com/main-index/car-make-details/France-Matra/|title=Matra (France)|work=allcarindex.com|access-date=26 December 2016}}
Motorsports history
In the mid-1960s, Matra enjoyed considerable success in Formula 3 and F2 racing, particularly with the MS5 monocoque-based car, winning the French and European championships. In {{f1|1967}}, Jacky Ickx surprised the F1 establishment by posting the third-fastest qualifying time of 8:14" at the German Nürburgring in his 1600cc Matra MS7 F2, which was allowed to enter alongside the 3000cc F1 cars. In the race, he failed to finish due to a broken suspension.{{cite book|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|author=Steve Small|page=196|ISBN=0851127029}}
File:StewartJackie19690801MatraFord.jpg in {{F1|1969}} with the Matra MS80-Ford at the Nürburgring. The car wears the Bleu de France, the national racing colour of France.]]
File:Matra MS 84 (1969).jpg pictured with the Matra MS84 at the Nürburgring]]
File:1973-05-27 Francois Cevert, Matra-Simca 670.jpg driving the Matra MS670 Group 5 Sports Car in the 1973 1000 km Nürburgring race.]]
Matra entered Formula One in {{f1|1968}} when Jackie Stewart was a serious contender, winning several Grands Prix in the Tyrrell-run Matra MS10 which competed alongside the works team.
The F1 team was established at Vélizy-Villacoublay in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France.{{cite web|url=http://www.f1technical.net/f1db/teams/78|title=Equipe Matra - F1technical.net|work=f1technical.net|access-date=26 December 2016}} The car's most innovative feature was the use of aviation-inspired structural fuel tanks. These allowed the chassis to be around {{convert|15|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} lighter, while still being stronger than its competitors. The FIA considered the technology to be unsafe and decided to ban it for {{f1|1970}}.
Matra CEO Jean-Luc Lagardère made a strategic decision for the {{f1|1969}} championship: the Matra works team would not compete in Formula One. Matra would instead focus its efforts on Ken Tyrrell's privateer team (renamed Matra International) and build a new Ford Cosworth DFV-powered car with structural fuel tanks, even though it would only be eligible for a single season. The decision was even more radical given that Matra was seeking a partnership with Simca, which would preclude using Ford-branded engines for the following year. Stewart won the 1969 title easily with the new Cosworth-powered Matra MS80 car, which was designed by Gérard Ducarouge and Bernard Boyer,{{cite web|title=Matra MS80|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/matra-ms80.aspx|publisher=StatsF1|accessdate=23 August 2023}} and corrected most of the weaknesses of the MS10 car.
The 1969 World Drivers' and Constructors' Championship titles were the first titles won by a French constructor, and still remain the only titles won by a car built in FranceJackie Stewart´s Matra MS80 was built in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France. Fernando Alonso's Renault R25 and Renault R26 were built in Enstone, UK. as well as a car entered by a privateer team. It was a spectacular achievement from a constructor that had only entered Formula One the previous year. France became only the third country (after the United Kingdom and Italy) to have produced a winning constructor, and Matra became the only constructor to have won the Constructors' Championship without running its own works team.
Like Cosworth, Lotus and McLaren, Matra experimented with four wheel drive during the 1969 season. Johnny Servoz-Gavin became the one and only driver to score a point with a 4WD car, finishing sixth with the Matra MS84 at the Canadian Grand Prix. The MS84, along with Brabham's BT26A, was one of the last spaceframe cars to compete in Formula One.
For {{f1|1970}} following the agreement with Simca, Matra asked Tyrrell to use their Matra Sports V12 engine rather than the Cosworth. Stewart got to test Matra's V12, but since a large part of the Tyrrell budget was provided by Ford, and another significant sponsor was French state-owned petroleum company Elf, which had an agreement with Renault that precluded supporting a Simca partner, the partnership between Matra and Tyrrell ended.
Matra V12s powered the Shadow DN7 car in two races of the {{f1|1975}} season and then cars built and entered by the Ligier Formula 1 team from {{f1|1976}}–{{f1|1978}}, and again (under the name Talbot Ligier){{cite web|url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Hockenheim-1981-08-02e.jpg|title=1981 German Grand Prix Entry list}} from {{f1|1981}}-{{f1|1982}}, winning three races (the 1977 Swedish Grand Prix, 1981 Austrian Grand Prix and 1981 Canadian Grand Prix). Jacques Laffite´s victory at the 1977 Swedish Grand Prix was the first Formula One victory for a French-licensed teamJackie Stewart achieved victory at the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix with a French Matra MS10 car, but the car was entered by the British privateer team Matra International. and a French engine, as well as the first all-French victory in the Formula One World Championship.Team, car, engine and driver were French. The gearbox was British (Hewland) and the tyres American (Goodyear). Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Renault achieved victory at the 1979 French Grand Prix with an all-Renault car and Michelin tyres.
The company was also successful in endurance racing with cars powered by their V12 engine. The sportscar racing team was based at first at Vélizy-Villacoublay and then moved to Le Castellet, near Marseille, France.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/con-matra.html|title=Constructors: Matra Sports SARL|work=grandprix.com|access-date=26 December 2016}}
The Matra MS670 car won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1972, 1973, and 1974. It also delivered the World Championship for Makes (in the category of sports prototypes) to Matra in both 1973 and 1974 seasons.
Racing models
- Matra MS1
- Matra MS2
- Matra MS5
- Matra MS6
- Matra MS7
- Matra MS9
- Matra MS10
- Matra MS11
- Matra MS80
- Matra MS84
- Matra MS120
- Matra MS120B
- Matra MS120C
- Matra MS120D
- Matra MS610
- Matra MS620
- Matra MS630
- Matra-Simca MS630
- Matra-Simca MS630/650
- Matra MS640
- Matra-Simca MS650
- Matra-Simca MS660
- Matra-Simca MS660C
- Matra-Simca MS670
- Matra-Simca MS670B
- Matra-Simca MS670C
- Matra-Simca MS680
Successes
Image:Matra MS80.JPG Matra MS80 victorious in {{F1|1969}}]]
- 334 races, all categories, spanning 10 years
- 124 victories, 104 lap records
- 1 Formula One World Drivers' Championship (1969, Jackie Stewart, MS80)
- 1 Formula One World Constructors' Championship (1969, Matra-Elf International)
- 5 French Formula Two Championships (1966–1967–1968–1969–1970)
- 3 European Formula Two Championships (1967–1968–1969)
- 3 French Formula Three Championships (1965–1966–1967)
- 2 World Championship for Makes (1973–1974)
- 3 victories at 24 Hours of Le Mans (1972–1973–1974)
- 2 victories at Tour de France Automobile (1970–1971)
File:Matra MS11 (3).jpg in a Matra MS11 F1, {{F1|1968}}]]
File:Matra MS120-02.jpg's Matra MS120B used in the 1971 Argentine Grand Prix]]
Complete Formula One World Championship results
=As a constructor=
(key)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |
| Year
! Entrants ! Chassis ! Engine ! Tyres ! Drivers ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! Points ! WCC |
|---|
| rowspan=5| {{F1|1966}}
|colspan=5| | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | CAN | ITA | USA | MEX | | | |rowspan=5 {{N/A}} |rowspan=5 {{N/A}} |
| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Matra Sports
|rowspan="4"| MS5 |rowspan="3"| Ford Straight-4 |rowspan="4"| {{Dunlop}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Beltoise | | | | | | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | | | | | | | |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jo Schlesser
| | | | | | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 | | | | | | |
| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tyrrell Racing Organisation
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Jacky Ickx | | | | | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | |
| BRM Straight-4
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRG}} Hubert Hahne | | | | | | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | | | | | | | |
| rowspan=5| {{F1|1967}}
|colspan=5| | RSA | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | CAN | ITA | USA | MEX | | !rowspan=5| 0 !rowspan=5| - |
| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Matra Sports
|rowspan="4"| Ford Straight-4 |rowspan="2"| {{Dunlop}} {{Goodyear}} |align="left"| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|FRA}} Johnny Servoz-Gavin}} | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | | | | | |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Beltoise
| | style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNQ | | | | | | | | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | | |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Ecurie Ford-France
|rowspan="2"| MS5 |rowspan="2"| {{Dunlop}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jo Schlesser | | | | | | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | |
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tyrrell Racing Organisation
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Jacky Ickx | | | | | | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | |
| rowspan=7| {{F1|1968}}
|colspan=5| | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | !rowspan="3"| 8 !rowspan="3"| 9th{{efn|name=WCC|In the 1968 Constructors' Championship, Matra-Ford finished 3rd (45 points), Matra(-Matra) finished 9th (8 points)}} |
| rowspan="3"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Matra Sports
|rowspan="2"| MS11 |rowspan="2"| Matra V12 |rowspan="3"| {{Dunlop}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Pescarolo | | | | | | | | | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:white;"| DNS | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Beltoise
| | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| {{F1 race position|2|f}} | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |
| MS7
| style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | rowspan="4" style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 45 | rowspan="4" style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd{{efn|name=WCC}} |
| rowspan="3"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Matra International
|rowspan="3"| Ford Cosworth DFV |rowspan="3"| {{Dunlop}} | | style="background:#dfffdf;"| {{F1 race position|5|f}} | | | | | | | | | | | |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} Jackie Stewart
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#ffffbf;"| {{F1 race position|1|f}} | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#ffffbf;"| {{F1 race position|1|f}} | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Johnny Servoz-Gavin
| | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |
| rowspan=6| {{F1|1969}}
|colspan=5| | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | | | rowspan="6" style="background:#ffffbf;"|66 | rowspan="6" style="background:#ffffbf;"|1st |
| rowspan="4"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Matra International
|rowspan="3"| Ford Cosworth DFV |rowspan="5"| {{Dunlop}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} Jackie Stewart | style="background:#ffffbf;"| {{F1 race position|1|f}} | style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 | style="background:#efcfff;"| {{F1 race position|Ret|p|f}} | style="background:#ffffbf;"| {{F1 race position|1|f}} | style="background:#ffffbf;"| {{F1 race position|1|p|f}} | style="background:#ffffbf;"| {{F1 race position|1|f}} | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 | style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | | |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Beltoise
| style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 12 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| {{F1 race position|3|f}} | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | | |
| rowspan="2" align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Johnny Servoz-Gavin
| | | | | | | | | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| NC | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | | |
| rowspan="2"| MS7
|rowspan="2"| Ford Straight-4 | | | | | | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Matra Sports
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Pescarolo | | | | | | | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 5 | | | | | | |
| rowspan=3| {{F1|1970}}
|colspan=5| | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX !rowspan="3"| 23 !rowspan="3"| 6th |
| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Equipe Matra Elf
|rowspan="2"| MS120 |rowspan="2"| Matra V12 |rowspan="2"| {{Goodyear}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Beltoise | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 13 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Pescarolo
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 |
| rowspan=3| {{F1|1971}}
|colspan=5| | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | | !rowspan="3"| 9 !rowspan="3"| 7th |
| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Equipe Matra Sports
|rowspan="2"| MS120B |rowspan="2"| Matra V12 |rowspan="2"| {{Goodyear}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Beltoise | | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | | | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | | |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|NZL}} Chris Amon
| style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | style="background:#dfffdf;"| {{F1 race position|6|p}} | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 | | |
| rowspan=2| {{F1|1972}}
|colspan=5| | ARG | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | !rowspan="2"| 12 !rowspan="2"| 8th |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Equipe Matra Sports
| Matra V12 | {{Goodyear}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|NZL}} Chris Amon | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 15 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| {{F1 race position|6|f}} | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| {{F1 race position|3|p|f}} | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 15 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 15 | |
=As an engine supplier=
(key)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |
| Year
! Entrants ! Chassis ! Engine ! Tyres ! Drivers ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! Points ! WCC |
|---|
| rowspan=2| {{F1|1975}}
|colspan=5| | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | USA | | | !rowspan=2| 0 !rowspan=2| - |
| {{flagicon|USA}} UOP Shadow
| Matra V12 | {{Goodyear}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Jean-Pierre Jarier | | | | | | | | | | | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | |
| rowspan=2| {{F1|1976}}
|colspan=5| | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | USA | JPN | !rowspan="2"| 20 !rowspan="2"| 6th |
| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Ligier Gitanes
| Matra V12 | {{Goodyear}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Jacques Laffite | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 | style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| DSQ | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| {{F1 race position|3|p}} | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{F1 race position|7|f}} | |
| rowspan=3| {{F1|1977}}
|colspan=5| | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | USA | CAN | JPN !rowspan="3"| 18 !rowspan="3"| 8th |
| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Ligier Gitanes
|rowspan=2| Ligier JS7 |rowspan=2| Matra V12 |rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Jacques Laffite | style="background:#cfcfff;"| NC | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{F1 race position|7|f}} | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Jean-Pierre Jarier
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |
| rowspan=2| {{F1|1978}}
|colspan=5| | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | MON | BEL | ESP | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | USA | CAN | !rowspan="2"| 19 !rowspan="2"| 6th |
| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Ligier Gitanes
| Matra V12 | {{Goodyear}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Jacques Laffite | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 16 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |
| rowspan=5| {{F1|1981}}
|colspan=5| | USW | BRA | ARG | SMR | BEL | MON | ESP | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | CPL | | !rowspan="5"| 44 !rowspan="5"| 4th |
| rowspan=4| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Equipe Talbot Gitanes
|rowspan=4| Ligier JS17 |rowspan=4| Matra V12 |rowspan=4| {{Michelin}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Jarier | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Jean-Pierre Jabouille
| | | style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNQ | style="background:#cfcfff;"| NC | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNQ | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | | | | | | | | | |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Patrick Tambay
| | | | | | | | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Jacques Laffite
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| {{F1 race position|2|p}} | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#ffffbf;"| {{F1 race position|1|f}} | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | | |
| rowspan=3| {{F1|1982}}
|colspan=5| | RSA | BRA | USW | SMR | BEL | MON | DET | CAN | NED | GBR | FRA | GER | AUT | SUI | ITA | CPL | !rowspan="3"| 20 !rowspan="3"| 8th |
| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Equipe Talbot Gitanes
|rowspan=2| Ligier JS17 |rowspan=2| Matra V12 |rowspan=2| {{Michelin}} |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Cheever | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | WD | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 | style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNQ | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 16 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Jacques Laffite
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | WD | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | |
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References
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External links
- http://www.matrasport.dk/
- http://www.epaf.fr Restoration & rebuild of Matra competition cars
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