In
1969,
Ken
Tyrreli's
Tyrrell
RacingOrganization
wonits
firstWorld ChampionshipwithJackieStewart
at
thé
wheel
ofa
Matra
MS80.
With
thé
Matracontractrunning
out
thé
same
year,Tyrrell
décidée1
to
create
hisown
team
for
thé
1970
season.
While
starting
thé
seasonwith
a
March
701
châssis,Tyrrell
secretly
hired
Derek
Gardner-who
had
developed
thé
fourwheeldrive
System
for
thé
Matra
MS84-to
design
a
châssis
ofhis
own.
Gardner's
first
F1
machine
thus
became
thé
Tyrrell
001,whichshowedpotential
in
thé
nands
of
JackieStewart.
For
1971,
thé
car
was
furtherimproved into
thé
Tyrrell
002and
003.
002
and003are
basically
thé
samecar.
The
biggestdifférenceswith
001area 1.5
incries
longer
wheelbase
anda 4.5
incries
longer
monocoque
to
provide
a
cockpitspacious
enough
for
FrançoisCevert
to fit his
tall
frame.
In
what
was to
become
a
characteristic
Gardnerdesign
feature,
thé
rear
endof
thé
aluminummonocoqueadopted
a
360-degree
roll
hoop
providing
mounting
points
for
both
thé
engine
and
thé
rearsuspension
Developed
in
thé
windtunnel
of
thé
University
of
Surrey,
001
's
aerodynamic designconcept
adopted
a
fiât
front
end
with
wings
extending
on
bothsides
of
thé
radiator
air
intake
which
was
nicknarned
"hamrnerhead."
Slightlydifférentfiberglass
cockpit
cowls
were
made
to
accommodate
thé
différence
în
size
and
build
between JackieStewart
and
FrançoisCevert,
In
search
of
further
improvedaerodynamicperformance,Gardnerreturned
to
thé
University
of
Surrey
for
renewed
tests
in
thé
wind
tunnel.
The
resuit
was
thé
"sports
car"nosewhich
not
only
reduced
thé
dragcreated
by
thé
front
tires,
but
also
helped
reduce
thé
front
lift
created
by
thé
rotatingfronttires.
The
designshapealso
had
thé
addedbenefit
of
creatingfrontdownforce.
This
nose
was
firstseen
on003
aï
thé
pré-raceinspection
for
thé
Grand
Prix
of
thé
Netherlands.
Itwas
nextseen
at
thé
French
Grand
Prix,
tentativeiy
fitted
to
Stewart's
003and
Cevert's002,whichwent
ontoa
one-two
finish
in
thé
race.
The
added
speed
in
thé
straights
being
oneof
thé
mostobviousadvantages,this"sportscar"nosebecamestandardfromthen
on.
Châssis
002was
madeavailablefrom
thé
start
of
thé
season
as
FrançoisCevert'scar.WhileStewartwent
on
drive
châssis
003
to
thé
title
of
WorldChampion,Ceverttooksecond
place
in
thé
French
and
GermanGrand
Prix,
third
place
in
Italy
and
sixth
place
in
Canadabeforescoring
his
firstvictory
at
thé
last
Grand
Prix
of
thé
season
in
thé
UnitedStates,thushelping
bring
Team
Tyrrell
thé
Constructor'stitle.
002
was
againcampaigned
in
thé
1972season
as
FrançoisCevert'scar.
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