The best placed of the Matras was Jackie Stewart’s Ken Tyrrell/Matra International MS10 Ford DFV in sixth. Q11 and 14th in the race won by Jo Siffert’s Lotus 49B Ford. Jean-Pierre Beltoise lines up for the start of the July 1968 British Grand Prix aboard his Matra Sports Matra MS11 V12. David Hobbs, MS660C in 1972 (MotorSport) (MotorSport) The third member of the Le Mans team was an MS660C crewed by Jean-Pierre Jabouille and David Hobbs, DNF gearbox after 278 laps in the final hour. The MS73 circa 450bhp 3-litre V12 is a stressed member of the monocoque chassis, note the light tubular frame to support the rear bodywork, the five speed transaxle is ZF. Two of the team MS670s in the garage at Le Mans in 1972. Graham Hill’s ’72 Le Mans victory famously bagged him the Triple Crown: an F1 title, Le Mans and Indy wins, the only bloke to achieve it of course (MotorSport) Matra would get there soon enough of course, Henri Pescarolo and Graham Hill (below) won the classic race aboard an MS670 from teammate’s Francois Cevert and Howden Ganley similar car in 1972. Fourth and fifth places in 1969 was more impressive, the Jean-Pierre Beltoise (JPB) / Piers Courage MS650 Spider was a lap ahead of the Guichet/Vaccarella MS630 Coupe. A pair of DNFs for the two 2-litre BRM P56 V8 powered MS630s in 1967 wasn’t improved upon by the Johnny Servoz-Gavin/Henri Pescarolo MS630 V12s in 1968 (puncture, accident). Matra’s progression up the Le Mans results was underway. The Jean Guichet/Nino Vaccarella Matra MS630 at Le Mans in 1969, they finished fifth in the race won by the John Wyer Ford GT40 driven by Pedro Rodriguez and Lucien Bianchi. Matra Random… | pr… on Jack and Francois’ Matra… Matra Random… | pr… on It’s All Happening 3…
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