Tyrrell 002
{{Short description|Formula One racing car}}
{{Racing car
| Car_name = Tyrrell 002
| Image = File:1971Tyrrel-Cosworth002 Goodwood, 2009.JPG
| Caption = Tyrrell 002 at Goodwood in 2009
| Category = Formula One
| WC_results_only = Y
| Constructor = Tyrrell Racing Organisation
| Designer = Derek Gardner
| Predecessor = 001
| Successor = 003
| Team = Elf Team Tyrrell
| Drivers = {{flagicon|FRA}} François Cevert
| Chassis = Aluminium monocoque
| Front suspension = Double wishbones, coil springs
| Rear suspension = Double wishbones, coil springs
| Engine name = Ford-Cosworth DFV,
| Capacity = {{convert|2993|cc|cuin|1|abbr=on}},
| Configuration = 90° V8,
| Turbo/NA = Naturally aspirated,
| Engine position = mid-mounted,
| Gearbox name = Hewland FG400
| Gears = 5-speed
| Type = manual
| Differential =
| Fuel = Elf
| Tyres = Goodyear
| Debut =
| Races = 21
| Wins = 1
| Cons_champ = 1 ({{F1|1971}})
| Drivers_champ = 0
| Poles = 0
| Fastest_laps = 1
}}
The Tyrrell 002 is a Formula One racing car which was designed for the {{f1|1971}} and {{f1|1972}} Formula One seasons by Tyrrell's Chief Designer, Derek Gardner. It was essentially the same design as the Tyrrell 001, but incorporated some detail changes, and 002 (and 003 and 004) were built with longer monocoques, as François Cevert was taller than Jackie Stewart.
Competition history
=1971=
François Cevert drove every race of the {{f1|1971}} season in the 002. The first race for the 002 was the 1971 South African Grand Prix when Cevert retired through accident.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr198.html |title=Grand Prix results, South African GP 1971 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} The Spanish Grand Prix saw the Frenchman finish outside the points in 7th.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr199.html |title=Grand Prix results, Spanish GP 1971 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} Cevert retired with a further two accidents at the Monaco and Dutch Grands Prix.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr200.html |title=Grand Prix results, Monaco GP 1971 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr201.html |title=Grand Prix results, Dutch GP 1971 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} The French Grand Prix saw the Frenchman at his home race finish 2nd to team-mate Jackie Stewart,{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr202.html |title=Grand Prix results, French GP 1971 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} The British Grand Prix saw Cevert 10th.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr203.html |title=Grand Prix results, British GP 1971 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} The German Grand Prix saw the Frenchman finish 2nd to Stewart.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr204.html |title=Grand Prix results, German GP 1971 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} An engine failure for the Frenchman at the Austrian Grand Prix.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr205.html |title=Grand Prix results, Austrian GP 1971 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} The Italian Grand Prix saw Cevert finish third in the closest finish ever with Peter Gethin, Ronnie Peterson, Mike Hailwood and Howden Ganley.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr206.html |title=Grand Prix results, Italian GP 1971 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} The Canadian Grand Prix saw the race stopped after 64 laps due to the weather and Cevert finished 6th.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr207.html |title=Grand Prix results, Canadian GP 1971 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} The United States Grand Prix saw Cevert's only win when Stewart's tyres began to go off and the gap closed. The Scot realised that Cevert's Goodyears were holding up much better in the heat, and when Cevert closed up right behind him, he waved him by on lap 14. Denny Hulme, in third place, was now struggling with a terrible vibration in his tyres and was passed, first by Jacky Ickx, then Clay Regazzoni and Jo Siffert. By the time Ickx could get around Stewart on lap 17, Cevert's lead was 5.7 seconds. At about half-distance, Cevert began to struggle with the same understeer that had plagued Stewart much earlier. Ickx was closing, and his Firestones were getting better as the race went on. On lap 43, the Belgian set the fastest lap of the race, and the gap was down to 2.2 seconds. Then, on lap 49, the Ferrari's alternator fell off, punching a hole in the gearbox and spilling oil all over the track. Hulme hit the oil and spun into the barrier, bending his front suspension. He was standing beside the track when Cevert came by and also hit the barrier, but kept going, now 29 seconds in the lead. Cevert coasted home, taking both hands off the wheel to wave as he crossed the line. After taking the chequered flag, Cevert gave a nod to his teammate. "I feel pretty good with a $50,000 win. I followed Stewart in the beginning and was flagged on ahead. Jackie Stewart is a very sensible driver and a very good teacher. He let me go through." While it was the first race on the expanded Watkins Glen track, it was Cevert's first and only victory- at the circuit where he would be killed at 2 years later.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr208.html |title=Grand Prix results, United States GP 1971 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}}
=1972=
Cevert had a bad start to the {{f1|1972}} season with a gearbox failure in the Argentine Grand Prix,{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr209.html |title=Grand Prix results, Argentine GP 1972 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} The Frenchman finished 9th in the South African Grand Prix.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr210.html |title=Grand Prix results, South African GP 1972 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} An ignition failure in the Spanish Grand Prix{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr211.html |title=Grand Prix results, Spanish GP 1972 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} and not classified in the Monaco Grand Prix put the Frenchman at a low.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr212.html |title=Grand Prix results, Monaco GP 1972 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} Tyrrell only entered Cevert for the Belgian Grand Prix as Jackie Stewart was suffering from a stomach ulcer, Cervert finished 2nd to Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr213.html |title=Grand Prix results, Belgian GP 1972 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} Cevert drove and crashed the new Tyrrell 006 in practice for his home race, The French Grand Prix. He was forced to drive the 002 and finished 4th.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr214.html |title=Grand Prix results, French GP 1972 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} The Frenchman spun off at the British Grand Prix but Ronnie Peterson's March suffered an engine failure with less than two laps to go, and crashed into the parked cars of Cevert's Tyrrell and Graham Hill's Brabham.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr215.html |title=Grand Prix results, British GP 1972 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} Cevert finished 10th in the German Grand Prix{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr216.html |title=Grand Prix results, German GP 1972 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} and 9th in the Austrian Grand Prix.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr217.html |title=Grand Prix results, Austrian GP 1972 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} The Italian Grand Prix{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr218.html |title=Grand Prix results, Italian GP 1972 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |website=grandprix.com}} saw Cevert's engine fail and it was the 002's final race as it was replaced by the Tyrrell 006 for the Canadian Grand Prix.
=Historic racing=
The car was later used to win the 2011 Historic Formula One Championship.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)(results in bold indicate pole position, results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" |
| Year
! Entrant ! Driver ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! Points ! WCC |
|---|
| rowspan=2| 1971
| rowspan=2| Elf Team Tyrrell | | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | | rowspan="2" style="background:#fbffbf;"|731 | rowspan="2" style="background:#fbffbf;"|1st |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} François Cevert
|style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 | |
| rowspan=2| 1972
| rowspan=2| Elf Team Tyrrell | | ARG | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | rowspan="2" style="background:#dfdfdf;"|512 | rowspan="2" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} François Cevert
|style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NC |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 |style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret | | |
| colspan="24"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|date=1994|publisher=Guinness|page=100|isbn=0851127029}}}}}} |
1 13 points were scored using the Tyrrell 002; the other 60 points were scored using the Tyrrell 001 and Tyrrell 003
2 6 points were scored using the Tyrrell 002; the other 45 points were scored using the Tyrrell 003, Tyrrell 004 and Tyrrell 005