Tyrrell 005

Tyrrell 005

Tyrrell 005
Constructor:	Tyrrell
Designer:	Derek Gardner
Predecessor:	Tyrrell 002 Tyrrell 003 Tyrrell 004
Successor:	Tyrrell 007
Technical specifications
Chassis:	Aluminum monocoque
Engine:	Cosworth DFR V8
Wheelbase:	2386 mm
Weight:	560 kg
Tires:	Goodyear
statistics
Driver:	Jackie Stewart François Cevert Chris Amon      Patrick Depailler
First start:	1972 Austrian Grand Prix
Last start:	1974 South African Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 11 2 - -
World Cup points:	32
Podiums:	4th
Leadership laps:	-
Status: end of season 1974

The Tyrrell 005 is a racing car of the former British Formula 1 team Tyrrell , which was created as a one-off and was used in eleven world championship races in 1972 , 1973 and 1974 . It was identical to the 006 , which Tyrrell produced in a series of three and with which Jackie Stewart won the 1973 drivers' championship.

History of origin

The Tyrrell Racing Organization had competed in Formula Junior , Formula 3 and Formula 2 since the 1950s . After team founder Ken Tyrrell had temporarily headed the Formula 2 and Formula 1 works teams of Cooper in the 1960s , he brought his own racing team to Formula 1 in 1968. In the first two years, Tyrrell was a pure customer team, the chassis from Matra combined with engines from Cosworth . When Matra made the further chassis delivery to Tyrrell dependent on the use of French engines for the 1970 season, Ken Tyrrell ended the relationship with Matra. Since no other competitive customer chassis were available, he decided to build his own racing car. After a short transition period with chassis from March , the first prototype, the Tyrrell 001, was ready for use in August 1970. The car, designed by Derek Gardner in great secrecy, was fast, but had numerous teething problems. Based on the 001 model family was created in 1970 Tyrrell 002 / 003 / 004 , whose members are regarded 001 as further developed and improved versions of. Stewart's 003 was the dominant car of the 1971 season : with it he won the drivers 'championship in 1971, and Tyrrell became constructors' champions in the same year.

The Tyrrell works team contested all world championship races with the model family 002/003/004 until late summer 1972. There were still individual victories, but the Tyrrell cars dating back to 1970 had now lost their dominant position. The 1972 season was instead determined by the Lotus 72 , with which Emerson Fittipaldi became world champion. Since January 1972, Derek Gardner has been working on a successor to the 002/003/004 model family. The first example of the next generation of Tyrrell was the 005, which was tested for the first time in June 1972 and debuted in training for the French Grand Prix .

nomenclature

Initially, the designation of the Tyrrell models referred to individual chassis numbers, not to series. The 002, 003 and 004, which were technically identical, were therefore each unique pieces. The 005 was Tyrrell's last car to have this nomenclature applied. With the 006, Tyrrell changed the system to the extent that technically identical vehicles were given a uniform designation. While the 005 was a one-off, three copies of the 006 were made, which are designated as 006/1, 006/2 and 006/3 for further differentiation. However, since the 005 itself was technically and externally the same as the three 006 copies, the 005 and 006 models are usually combined into a family. Together they are considered Tyrrell's second series.

construction

High air scoop, smooth car sides: Tyrrell 005

The Tyrrell 005 was tailored for Jackie Stewart. According to his preferences, the car is smaller and more manageable than the 002/003/004. The wheelbase was shortened by more than 5 cm. The aluminum monocoque was redesigned. It was wider than its predecessor and had deep side cuts to give the driver more freedom of movement in the elbow area. The monocoque was shaped like a wedge; so far it followed the specifications of the Lotus 72. The cockpit cladding towered high above the side pods; Critics called the design a "command tower". As in the previous models, the water coolers were located in the nose of the vehicle, but Gardner relocated the oil cooler to the center of the vehicle to improve weight distribution. There was a large air scoop above the engine, which ended flush with the cockpit or engine cover and merged with the rear spoiler with a fin. The suspension consisted of triangular wishbones made from one piece. In the first few months, Tyrrell experimented with internal disc brakes. However, they caused strong vibrations, so that the 005 was equipped with external brakes in most races.

As in previous years, Tyrrell used Cosworth's eight-cylinder naturally aspirated engine with a displacement of 3.0 liters (type DFV) as the drive; the gearbox again came from Hewland .

Painting

Like all previous Tyrrell vehicles, the 005 was painted dark blue. The car had stickers from Tyrrell's main sponsor Elf, as well as from Ford and tire supplier Goodyear .

Test drives

The 005 was completed in early June 1972. François Cevert undertook the first test drives in Silverstone , in the summer of 1972 Vern Schuppan carried out further extensive test drives, the purpose of which was to eliminate the vibrations criticized by both drivers.

Races

Unlike the team's previous vehicles, the 005 was not exclusively assigned to any driver. Both Tyrrell's top drivers Jackie Stewart and François Cevert received the car for a number of races. When Tyrrell later launched the 006 series, the 005 was used at times as a replacement car or as an emergency vehicle for a third factory driver who was now required.

1972

The Tyrrell 005 made its debut at the French Grand Prix with François Cevert. He drove the fastest lap of the race with him in Friday practice, but then damaged him so badly in an accident after a driving error that the car could not be used in the race. Instead, Cevert contested his home race in the old 002. At the subsequent British Grand Prix , Stewart received the repaired 005. He put it back on the fourth-fastest training lap. Then a suspension part came loose, causing Stewart to lose control of the vehicle and again severely damaging the 005. Stewart contested the race with the 003; he finished second.

For the remainder of the season, the Tyrrell 005 was reported for Jackie Stewart. The car made its first race appearance in August at the Austrian Grand Prix . Stewart finished seventh here. A failure in Italy was followed by two victories at the Canadian and US Grand Prix .

1973

In the 1973 season, Jackie Stewart drove the first two world championship races in the 005, while Cevert was already using the first chassis from the 006. Stewart finished third in Argentina and came second in Brazil . During training for the subsequent race in South Africa , his 005 had an accident caused by a defective brake cable. The left side of the 005 was severely damaged. Because the team did not have a replacement vehicle with them, the car had to be repaired in the pits. This also included the installation of a new braking system. Stewart took over Ceverts Tyrrell 006/1 for the race and brought the car to first place. Cevert contested the South African Grand Prix in the repaired 005 but gave up after 66 of 79 laps and was not classified. In the following races, Stewart started in the newly built 006/2, while Cevert took over his 006/1 again. The 005 became a reserve car during this time. It was only used in training for the British Grand Prix .

For the overseas races in Canada and the USA at the end of the season, Tyrrell signed the non-contracted racing driver Chris Amon as the third works driver . Amon received the 005 for both races. In Mosport , Canada , he qualified as the slowest of the three Tyrrell pilots for 11th place on the grid. He finished the race three laps behind in 10th place. In the subsequent race at Watkins Glen Amon reached 13th on the grid, but he did not take part in the race. François Cevert had a fatal accident with his new 006/3 during training. Ken Tyrrell initially wanted his drivers to take part in the race regardless of the accident; Jackie Stewart's wife Helen, however, caused him to withdraw the two remaining cars.

Stewart won the drivers' championship for the third time in 1973. He scored most of his 71 points in 006, but the two podium finishes at the start of the season, which were achieved with the 005, contributed 15 points to the overall result.

1974

For the opening races of the 1974 season , the 005 went three times to Tyrrell's new driver Patrick Depailler , who two years earlier had already contested two races in 004 for the British team. Depailler crossed the finish line in all races with the 005, twice in the points. Here he was fourth. Depailler then took over the 006/2 used by Jackie Stewart in 1973 before receiving the newly built Tyrrell 007 at the Belgian Grand Prix .

There were no other uses of the 005. The car was not sold to an independent customer team.

Results

driver	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	Points	rank
Automobile World Championship 1972																51	2
F. Cevert						PO
J. Stewart							PO		7th	DNF	1	1
1973 Automobile World Championship																82	2
F. Cevert			NC						PO
J. Stewart	3	2							PO
C. Amon														10	DNS
Automobile World Championship 1974																52	3
P. Depailler	6th	8th	4th

literature

• Adriano Cimarosti: The Century of Racing . 1st edition. Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-01848-9 .
• David Hodges: A – Z of Grand Prix Cars 1906–2001 , 2001 (Crowood Press), ISBN 1-86126-339-2 (English)
• David Hodges: Racing Cars from A – Z after 1945 , Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-613-01477-7
• Mike Lawrence: March, The Rise and Fall of a Motor Racing Legend . MRP, Orpington 2001, ISBN 1-899870-54-7 .
• Pierre Ménard: La Grande Encyclopédie de la Formule 1 , 2nd edition, St. Sulpice, 2000, ISBN 2-940125-45-7 (French)
• Doug Nye: The Big Book of Formula 1 Racing Cars. The three-liter formula from 1966 . Publishing house Rudolf Müller, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-481-29851-X .

Web links

Commons : Tyrrell 005  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Racing history of the Tyrrell 005 on the website www.oldracingcars.com

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Tyrrell 001 on the website www.research-racing.de (accessed on November 3, 2017).
2. ↑ Doug Nye: The Big Book of Formula 1 Racing Cars. The three-liter formula from 1966 . Verlagsgesellschaft Rudolf Müller, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-481-29851-X , p. 53.
3. ↑ Adriano Cimarosti: The century of racing , S. 226th
4. ^ Rob Widdows: The best kept secrets ... , Motorsport Magazine, Issue 9/2008, p. 73.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} David Hodges: Racing cars from A – Z after 1945 , Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 , p. 253.
6. ↑ Doug Nye: The Big Book of Formula 1 Racing Cars. The three-liter formula from 1966 . Verlagsgesellschaft Rudolf Müller, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-481-29851-X , p. 57.
7. ↑ Model history of the Tyrrell 005 and 006 on the website www.oldracingcars.com (accessed on November 3, 2017).
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Doug Nye: The big book of Formula 1 racing cars. The three-liter formula from 1966 . Verlagsgesellschaft Rudolf Müller, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-481-29851-X , p. 56.
9. ↑ Doug Nye: The Big Book of Formula 1 Racing Cars. The three-liter formula from 1966 . Verlagsgesellschaft Rudolf Müller, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-481-29851-X , S: 59.
10. ↑ Jacqueline Cevert-Beltoise, Johnny Rives: François Cevert - Pilote de Legende. L'Autodrome Éditions, Saint-Cloud 2013, ISBN 978-2-910434-33-5 , p. 203.