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Matra

  • Engine manufacturer
  • 1968–1982
  • 3 teams

Counted per race, not per car: an engine that powered four cars in one race was in one race. A win means that a car with this engine won – it was not necessarily a works team.

Season by season

17 1968: 10 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins 1970: 13 starts, 3 podiums, 0 wins 1971: 10 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins 1972: 12 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins 1975: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1976: 16 starts, 3 podiums, 0 wins 1977: 17 starts, 2 podiums, 1 wins 1978: 16 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins 1981: 15 starts, 7 podiums, 2 wins 1982: 15 starts, 4 podiums, 0 wins 19681970197219761978198217 1968: 10 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins 1970: 13 starts, 3 podiums, 0 wins 1971: 10 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins 1972: 12 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins 1975: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1976: 16 starts, 3 podiums, 0 wins 1977: 17 starts, 2 podiums, 1 wins 1978: 16 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins 1981: 15 starts, 7 podiums, 2 wins 1982: 15 starts, 4 podiums, 0 wins 1968197219761982
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.
Show the figures as a table
Matra, season by season
SeasonStartsWinsPodiumsChampionship
1968101–
1970133–
1971101–
1972121–
19752–
1976163–
19771712–
1978162–
19811527–
1982154–

Teams that used it

3 teams. A customer engine makes its supplier part of several teams' histories at once.

TeamPeriodRacesWins
Ligier1976–1982793
Matra1968–197245
Shadow19752

The engines

Every specification that raced, with the teams that used it.

EngineYearsCapacityLayoutTeams
Matra MS9 3.0 V1219683 lV12, naturally aspiratedMatra
Matra MS12 3.0 V1219703 lV12, naturally aspiratedMatra
Matra MS71 3.0 V1219713 lV12, naturally aspiratedMatra
Matra MS72 3.0 V1219723 lV12, naturally aspiratedMatra
Matra MS73 3.0 V121975–19763 lV12, naturally aspiratedShadow, Ligier
Matra MS76 3.0 V121977–19783 lV12, naturally aspiratedLigier
Matra MS78 3.0 V1219783 lV12, naturally aspiratedLigier
Matra MS81 3.0 V121981–19823 lV12, naturally aspiratedLigier

Drivers who won with it