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- A PEDIGREE OF INNOVATION
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- The new Tyrrell Yamaha 023 Formula 1 challenger announced
- today, is the latest in a long line of innovative cars from
- the Tyrrell Racing Organisation. After twenty seven years
- in Formula 1, Tyrrell has proved that dedication to high
- standards of design and engineering brings success - three
- World Drivers' Championships, two World Constructors'
- titles and 33 Grand Prix victories, so far. There are very
- few 'establishment' names in Grand Prix racing, but Tyrrell
- is one of that elite.
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- 001 - Simple and effective
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- From the very beginning of its Formula 1 operations,
- Tyrrell's design team has been an innovative force. When
- Ken Tyrrell decided it was time for his team to build its
- own chassis in 1970, he presented the job of creating 001
- to a man guaranteed to bring a fresh approach to the task
- - Derek Gardner, who had no previous car design experience.
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- A meticulously constructed 'bathtub' monocoque, the 001 was
- a simple design, weighed 100 lb less than the team's
- current (March) cars and instantly proved fast - Jackie
- Stewart claiming pole position at its first Grand Prix in
- Canada.
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- In 1971 , Stewart won in Spain (the second race), and that
- win was followed by victories in Monaco, France, Britain,
- West Germany and Canada. Teammate Francois Cevert won in
- the USA, giving Tyrrell an incredible seven victories from
- 11 races. Stewart and Tyrrell won both World Championship
- titles.
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- P34 - Winning on six wheels
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- Ken Tyrrell has long been renowned for his forthright views
- of motor racing and often his actions as well as his words
- have provided surprises, The Tyrrell P34 of 1976 (actuallly
- the team's eighth design) was outwardly the most innovative
- design of the Seventies.
-
- It was a six-wheeler, and to the surprise of many sceptics,
- it worked. Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler came home
- 1st and 2nd in the Swedish GP and the duo recorded a total
- of 10 podium places that season.
-
- The advantage of six wheels over four was at its greatest
- that year, but changes in tyre technology steadily reduced
- it and since the late '70s Tyrrell F1 cars have sported
- four wheels.
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- 018 & 019 - Aerodynamics rule...
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- In 1989 Dr Harvey Postlethwaite's agile Tyrrell 018 design
- gave aerodynamic performance the top priority, using a
- single shock absorber for the 'Monoshock' front suspension
- system to achieve an ultra-narrow needle nose for maximum
- penetration through the air.
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- It was instantly rapid, scoring a sixth place on its debut
- in San Marino, followed by a third place in Mexico, fifth
- in Monaco and the fastest race lap in Canada. In the French
- Grand Prix - Jean Alesi on his sensational F1 debut - came
- home fourth in his 'home' event.
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- The same design team (Postlethwaite and aerodynamicist
- Jean-Claude Migeot) produced the innovative Tyrrell O19
- with its revolutionary anhedral front wing. It was
- described by Autocourse annual as "the most ambitious and
- singularly innovative chassis design of 1990".
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- The 019's unique aerodynamic profile gave it downforce
- with low drag, for straight-line speed and road holding
- ability which were the envy of other teams and set the
- design trend for the early '90s.
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- At the end of the season the Tyrrell team picked up a
- prestigious award at the British Autosport Awards Ceremony
- - the Tyrrell Ford 019 was voted 1990 "Racing Car of the
- Year" by the magazine's knowledgeable readers.
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- 022 - Six-speeds and air-power...
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- An exciting chapter in the team's history began in 1993
- with an exclusive engine supply for the first time - using
- the Yamaha V-10 - and 12 months later, the forming of an
- association with Fondmetal Technologies and the return of
- Dr Harvey Postlethwaite and Jean-Claude Migeot to the
- design team.
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- There was much optimism about the new 1994 design, the
- Tyrrell-Yamaha 022, confirmed by point scores in six of the
- first 11 Grands Prix of the season, a podium place in Spain
- and top-six qualitying performances at several events.
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- Part of that re-found pace was due to the unique Tyrrell
- six-speed transverse gearbox which employed a miniature
- Yamaha air-compressor, mounted on the V-10, to power the
- sequential gear selection mechanism.
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- Unlike hydraulic systems with a finite supply of fluid, the
- Tyrrell unit couldn't suffer disabling leaks and every
- driver who has used the system has praised both its speed
- and smoothness of selection.
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