The Tyrrell DG016 was a

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racing car designed by

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and Brian Lisles and raced by

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in the 1987 FIA Formula One World Championship. The DG in the car's name was a reference to the team's major sponsor,

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Overview

The DG016 was raced in two different championships: for 1987 only there was the

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Trophy for constructors of cars equipped with

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s. Tyrrell were the only team to run two cars in this category for the entire season and thus easily won this championship, finishing over 100 points ahead of

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-Calmels in second, while Palmer and Streiff finished first and second respectively in the equivalent championship for drivers, the

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Cup. The car was also reasonably successful in the main Constructors' Championship, with Palmer and Streiff managing five points finishes between them: Palmer finished fifth in

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and Streiff sixth in his home race in

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; a large attrition rate in

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enabled Streiff to finish fourth and Palmer fifth; and Palmer again benefited from attrition to finish fourth in

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. Palmer came 11th in the main Drivers' Championship with 7 points while Streiff came 15th with 4; the combined 11 points gave Tyrrell sixth in the Constructors' Championship, ahead of such

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-powered teams as Arrows and

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. The DG016's airbox/engine cover, which connected the top of the roll hoop to the rear end of the bodywork in a continuous curve, was a contrasting design to those of the other naturally-aspirated engine teams of 1987. AGS initially mounted a large air scoop on top of their car's engine cover before replacing it with a smaller inlet, while

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and

simply removed their engine covers entirely. When F1 mandated naturally-aspirated engines for 1989, the majority of teams adopted a similar design to the DG016. The DG016 was replaced for by the

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Colin Chapman Trophy (for constructors of cars equipped with naturally aspirated engines)

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