Tyrrell 007
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| Constructor: |
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| Designer: | Derek Gardner | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Tyrrell 006 | ||||||||
| Successor: | Tyrrell P34 | ||||||||
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| Chassis: | Aluminum monocoque | ||||||||
| Engine: | Cosworth DFV | ||||||||
| Length: | 4355 mm | ||||||||
| Height: | 1203 mm | ||||||||
| Wheelbase: | 2593 mm | ||||||||
| Weight: | 625 kg | ||||||||
| Tires: | Goodyear | ||||||||
| Petrol: | Eleven | ||||||||
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| Driver: |
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| First start: | 1974 Spanish Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | US Grand Prix West 1976 | ||||||||
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| World Cup points: | - | ||||||||
| Podiums: | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps: | k. A. / tba | ||||||||
The Tyrrell 007 was a Formula 1 racing car that was developed by Tyrrell and used at the factory in the 1974 and 1975 Formula 1 seasons and in the first races in 1976 . In addition, numerous private drivers drove a 007.
technology
The 007 was a development by Derek Gardner , who had already designed the previous models 005 and 006 . With the 007, Gardner returned to a slimmer front end, the front wings were much flatter than on the previous models. The side pods were also narrower, which gave the car elegant lines. In 1974 four chassis were built that had suspensions with torsion bars and internal front brakes. The two vehicles rebuilt in 1975 had suspensions with struts and external brakes. The engine was the proven V8 from Cosworth .
Racing history: The 007 in the works team
Since the first chassis were finished very late, the two new works drivers - Jackie Stewart had ended his career at the end of 1973 and François Cevert had a fatal accident during the final training for the US Grand Prix in 1973 - Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler had to compete in the first races of 1974 still contest with the previous models. The 007 made its racing debut at the Spanish Grand Prix in Jarama , with Jody Scheckter at the wheel, while Depailler still had to make do with the 006. Scheckter finished fifth in the race, two laps behind the winner Niki Lauda in a Ferrari 312B2 . From the Belgian Grand Prix , Depailler was also able to use the 007. In the fourth use, the first victory follows. Patrick Depailler had already achieved pole position during training for the Swedish Grand Prix ; Scheckter then won the race ahead of Depailler. At the British Grand Prix there was the second victory, again brought out by Jody Scheckter. However, he benefited from a puncture of the dominant leader Niki Lauda, who had to pit two laps before the end to change his tires. Two races before the end of the championship was the South Africans only one point behind the Swiss Ferrari pilots Clay Regazzoni in the championship and still had a good chance Formula 1 world champion to be. However, failures due to technical defects at the races in Canada and the USA destroyed this possibility. Scheckter finished the world championship in third place in the overall standings, his teammate Depailler finished ninth. In the design competition, Tyrrell came third with 52 points.
The 1975 season was marked by the superiority of Ferrari. Niki Lauda dominated the championship with the Ferrari 312T . For Tyrrell there was only one win of the season with the 007. Jody Schecker won his home race in South Africa . Overall, the season was unsuccessful for Tyrrell. In the constructors' cup, Tyrrell slipped into fifth place behind Ferrari, Brabham , McLaren and the small private team Hesketh . Ken Tyrrell therefore decided to take a radical step and had the six-wheel P34 developed for the 1976 season . The original type designation was continued in 1978 with the Tyrrell 008 .
Racing history: private drivers with the Tyrrell 007
The 007 chassis were sold to private drivers. Between 1975 and 1977 they appeared at various world championship races, but did not score any championship points in the hands of private drivers.
1975
For the South African Grand Prix, the Lexington Racing team registered a Tyrrell 007 manufactured last year for Ian Scheckter , Jody Scheckter's brother, who drove a 007 for the factory team in the same race. Jody Scheckter qualified for third place on the grid in the factory 007, while Ian only achieved starting position 17 in the private 007. While Jody won the race, Ian dropped out after 55 laps due to an accident.
1976
In the 1976 Formula 1 season , private Tyrrell 007s were reported by South African, Italian, Austrian and Japanese teams.
- At the beginning of the season, the Scheckter brothers met again at the Grand Prix of South Africa . Jody Scheckter again moved a factory 007, and Ian drove the private, now two-year-old 007 for Lexington Racing . In qualifying there were less than three tenths of a second between the two; Jody finished 12th and Ian 16th on the grid. Jody Scheckter finished fourth, while Ian dropped out on the first lap after colliding with Michel Leclère's factory Williams .
- The Scuderia Gulf Rondini team reported a 007 for Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi at the Grand Prix in Germany , Austria , the Netherlands and Italy . Apart from the race on the Circuit Zandvoort , Pesenti-Rossi was able to qualify regularly and crossed the finish line outside of the points.
- The ÖASC Racing Team reported a 007 for Otto Stuppacher at the Grand Prix of Canada and the USA East . Stuppacher already failed to qualify.
- At the Japanese Grand Prix , the Japanese Heros Racing team reported a 007 for Kazuyoshi Hoshino . The Japanese qualified 21st, but retired on lap 27 after a tire failure.
1977
The last entry of a private Tyrrell in the Formula 1 World Championship was made on the occasion of the Japanese Grand Prix by the Japanese team Meiritsu Racing . The Japanese Kunimitsu Takahashi qualified 22nd with a 007 and finished the race in ninth place. The car he used was the same car that Hoshino had driven a year earlier.
literature
- Adriano Cimarosti: The Century of Racing. Cars, tracks and pilots. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-01848-9 .
- David Hodges: Racing cars from A – Z after 1945. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 .
- David Hodges: A – Z of Grand Prix Cars. Crowood Press, Marlborough 2001, ISBN 1-86126-339-2 (English).
- Pierre Ménard: La Grande Encyclopédie de la Formule 1st 2nd edition. Chronosports, St. Sulpice 2000, ISBN 2-940125-45-7 (French).
Web links
- Information about the Tyrrell 007
- Technical information on 007 accessed on April 22, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report on the 35th anniversary of François Cevert's death ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 5th place in the debut race
- ↑ First race win in Anderstorp
- ↑ Scheckter wins Great Britain
- ↑ Scheckter wins in South Africa
