 Jackie Stewart's Tyrrell 001 being demonstrated at the 2008Goodwood Festival of Speed. | |||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||
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| Constructor | Tyrrell Racing Organisation | ||||||||
| Designer | Derek Gardner | ||||||||
| Successor | 002 | ||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||
| Chassis | Aluminiummonocoque | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Double wishbones, coil springs | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Double wishbones, coil springs | ||||||||
| Engine | Ford-Cosworth DFV, 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in), 90°V8,Naturally aspirated,mid-mounted, | ||||||||
| Transmission | Hewland FG400 5-speedmanual | ||||||||
| Fuel | Elf | ||||||||
| Tyres | Dunlop (1970) Goodyear (1971) | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants | ElfTeam Tyrrell | ||||||||
| Notable drivers |  Jackie Stewart Peter Revson | ||||||||
| Debut | 1970 Canadian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 1(1971) | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 1(1971) | ||||||||
Unless otherwise stated, all data refer to Formula One World Championship Grands Prix only. | |||||||||
TheTyrrell 001 is aFormula Oneracing car which was designed byTyrrell Racing's chief designer,Derek Gardner and used at the end of the1970 and the beginning of the1971 Formula One season. The car competed in five Grands Prix, retiring on four occasions and achieving one second-place finish.
WhenKen Tyrrell, the team's owner, became disenchanted with the poor performance ofMarch chassis during the1970 season, he decided he would design and build his own car. He employed Derek Gardner to design it in secret at his own house.[1] Tyrrell had run Matra chassis in 1969, but Matra's acquisition by Chrysler made continuing to use the preferred FordCosworth DFV engines with the Matra chassis impractical.[2] The project, codenamed "SP" which meant "Special Project" cost Tyrrell over £22,000 of his own money.
The resulting car made its debut atOulton Park at a non-championship race but retired; the car was introduced too late in the season to make any difference in the championship; it competed in the final three rounds of the season in North America.Jackie Stewart took pole in theCanadian Grand Prix but retired with axle failure while leading,[3][4] Stewart led again in theUnited States Grand Prix when the car suffered an oil leak.[3][5] TheMexican Grand Prix was delayed due to the large crowd of 200,000 proving difficult to control, almost forcing the cancellation of the race. They were crammed in front of the guard-rails, sat at the trackside and ran across the track itself. Despite impassioned appeals from Stewart and local heroPedro Rodríguez they still remained troublesome. Stewart had suspension failure caused by running over adog.[3][6]
Stewart took pole in theSouth African Grand Prix but finished 2nd toMario Andretti'sFerrari,[3][7] Stewart raced theTyrrell 003 for the remainder of the season.Peter Revson drove the 001's final race in theUnited States Grand Prix but retired with clutch failure.[8][9]
(key)(results inbold indicate pole position
| Year | Entrant | Tyres | Driver | Grands Prix | Points | WCC | ||||||||||||
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| RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | ||||||
| 1970 | ElfTeam Tyrrell | D | Jackie Stewart | PO | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | - | |||||||||
| 1971 | ElfTeam Tyrrell | G | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | 73† | 1st | |||
| Jackie Stewart | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peter Revson | Ret | |||||||||||||||||
† 6 points were scored using the Tyrrell 001; the other 67 points were scored using theTyrrell 002 andTyrrell 003
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