The Tyrrell 001 is a

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which was designed by

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's chief designer, Derek Gardner and used at the end of the

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and the beginning of the

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. The car competed in five Grands Prix, retiring on four occasions and achieving one second-place finish.

Development

When

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, the team's owner, became disenchanted with the poor performance of

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chassis during the season, he decided he would design and build his own car. He employed Derek Gardner to design it in secret at his own house. Tyrrell had run Matra chassis in 1969, but Matra's acquisition by Chrysler made continuing to use the preferred Ford

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engines with the Matra chassis impractical. The project, codenamed "SP" which meant "Special Project" cost Tyrrell over £22,000 of his own money.

Racing history

1970

The resulting car made its debut at

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at a non-championship race but retired; the car was introduced too late in the season to make any difference in the championship; it competed in the final three rounds of the season in North America.

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took pole in the

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but retired with axle failure while leading, Stewart led again in the

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when the car suffered an oil leak. The

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was delayed due to the large crowd of 200,000 proving difficult to control, almost forcing the cancellation of the race. They were crammed in front of the guard-rails, sat at the trackside and ran across the track itself. Despite impassioned appeals from Stewart and local hero Pedro Rodríguez they still remained troublesome. Stewart had suspension failure caused by running over a

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1971

Stewart took pole in the

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but finished 2nd to

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, Stewart raced the

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for the remainder of the season.

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drove the 001's final race in the

but retired with clutch failure.

Gallery

Tyrrell 001 2008 Silverstone Classic.jpg, Tyrrell 001 at the 2008

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Complete Formula One World Championship results

( key)(results in bold indicate pole position ^† 6 points were scored using the Tyrrell 001; the other 67 points were scored using the

Tyrrell 002 The Tyrrell 002 is a Formula One racing car which was designed for the and 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

References

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