Matra MS11
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The Matra MS11 was a Formula 1 racing car, developed and built by Matra in 1968.
Parallel to the Matra MS10 , which was built for the Tyrrell Racing Organization, Matra developed a second Formula 1 racing car in 1968 , which was to accommodate the in-house 12-cylinder engine. The MS11, also known as Matra-Matra , was used by the Matra factory team in 1968.
The 60-degree, 12-cylinder engine developed just under 390 hp and thus had less power than the 8-cylinder units from Cosworth that were installed in the MS10. The six exhaust pipes, however, produced a merciless noise and made the MS11 the loudest bolide of the 1968 Formula 1 racing car generation. Since the motor on the MS11 was not a load-bearing part, edge profiles were built in as reinforcements behind the cockpit. That added weight and with the 12-cylinder engine in the rear, the MS11 was a lot heavier than the MS10.
The first race for the MS11 was the Monaco Grand Prix in 1968. While Johnny Servoz-Gavin , Tyrrell regular driver Jackie Stewart, who was “borrowed” from Tyrrell, did not compete in the Belgian Grand Prix after a serious accident - the race with the MS10 even briefly led, Jean-Pierre Beltoise soon had to park the MS11 with a major engine failure. Beltoise achieved the best place for the MS11 with second place in the race in the Netherlands behind Stewart, who drove the Tyrrell MS10. In the slipstream race in Monza there was still a fifth place, again with Beltoise at the wheel. The second works driver Henri Pescarolo did not make it into the points during the whole season. At the end of 1968, Matra's factory activities were discontinued for a year and the field was left to Ken Tyrrell , who won the Drivers 'and Constructors' World Championship with the MS80 .
literature
- José Rosinski: Matra. La Saga 1965-1982. ETAI, Boulogne 1997, ISBN 2-7268-8301-X .
