The Tyrrell 006 was a
Formula One
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car designed and built by the
Tyrrell Racing Organisation. It was introduced towards the end of . In the hands of
Jackie Stewart
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it won the
Drivers' Championship for the Formula One season, Stewart's third and final title. The car was first raced at the
1972 Canadian Grand Prix
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with Stewart's teammate and protégé
François Cevert
Albert François Cevert Goldenberg (25 February 1944 – 6 October 1973) was a French racing driver who took part in the Formula One World Championship. He competed in 48 World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one win, 13 podium finishes and 8 ...
at the wheel. The 006 was a very slightly reworked version of the preceding
Tyrrell 005 car, but in contrast it was the first Tyrrell-built models to be replicated, the number 006 becoming a model- rather than chassis-number; previous Tyrrells were one-off constructions. In total there were three Tyrrell 006 chassis built: 006; 006/2; and 006/3. The 006 model was gradually phased out in the early part of the
1974 Formula One season
The 1974 Formula One season was the 28th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1974 World Championship of F1 DriversResults of 1974 FIA International Championships, 1975 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 88–89 and the 1974 I ...
as Tyrrell constructed the succeeding Tyrrell 007.
Competition history
![Tyrrell 006 leads Trojan T103](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Tyrrell_006_leads_Trojan_T103.jpg)
006 was built for Cevert to replace chassis
002 002, 0O2, O02, OO2, or 002 may refer to:
Fiction
*002, fictional British 00 Agent
*''002 Operazione Luna'',
*1965 Italian film
*Zero Two, a ''Darling in the Franxx'' character
Airports
*0O2, Baker Airport
*O02, Nervino Airport
Astronomy
*1996 ...
, while the existing 005 was retained by Stewart for the final races of 1972. Stewart continued to use 005 for the first two races of 1973 while 006/2 was in construction and took 006 to the model's first win, at the
1973 South African Grand Prix. On the completion of 006/2, 005 was reduced to testing duties and was often seen in practice sessions adorned with experimental and copy-cat parts. The drivers retained their respective chassis for the majority of the remaining 1973 races, Stewart scoring five victories on his way to the Drivers' Championship title. Cevert also took several
podium
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finishes, but the season was closely fought and Tyrrell (82 points) were beaten to the
Constructors' title by
Lotus (92pts). Cevert damaged 006 in a collision during the Canadian Grand Prix, and a new chassis, 006/3 was built up for his use in the following race. It was in 006/3's only ever appearance that Cevert was fatally injured, when he crashed during practice for the final race of the season: the
1973 United States Grand Prix. After Cevert's accident a devastated Stewart drove 006/2 around the
Watkins Glen circuit once more, in an attempt to understand what had happened to Cevert,
parked the car and then walked away from Formula One.
The surviving 006/2 was used for the early races of the
1974 Formula One season
The 1974 Formula One season was the 28th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1974 World Championship of F1 DriversResults of 1974 FIA International Championships, 1975 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 88–89 and the 1974 I ...
.
Jody Scheckter
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drove it in
Argentina
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,
Brazil
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and
South Africa
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and
Patrick Depailler
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used 006/2 as a fall-back after qualifying breakdowns in
Spain
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,
Monaco
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and
France
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. After France, Tyrrell retired the 006 model in favour of the newer 007.
Survivors
![Tyrrell 006 Donington](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Tyrrell_006_Donington.jpg)
Tyrrell 006/3 was written off and subsequently scrapped following Cevert's fatal accident in the car.
The original chassis, 006, was retained by Tyrrell for many years, but was eventually sold off in 1985. Since then it has spent time in multiple private collections, and was regularly raced in historic competitions during the late 2000s by John Delane.
After its retirement from active competition,
Tom Wheatcroft
Frederick Bernard "Tom" Wheatcroft (8 May 1922 – 31 October 2009) was an English businessman and car collector. He made his fortune through building and construction, and was known for resurrecting the Donington Park motor racing circuit and ...
bought 006/2 and displayed it in his
Donington Grand Prix Exhibition for many years. Stewart subsequently bought 006/2 from the Wheatcroft estate, and he has driven it on a number of occasions, particularly at the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend and Goodwood Festival of Speed, both times in 2010.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(
key)(results in bold indicate pole position, results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
1 0 points were scored using the Tyrrell 006; all 51 points were scored using the
Tyrrell 002,
Tyrrell 003
The Tyrrell 003 is a Formula One (F1) racing car which was designed by Tyrrell's chief designer, Derek Gardner and used in the and F1 seasons. It was driven by Jackie Stewart to the 1971 World Drivers' Championship.
The 003 was effectivel ...
,
Tyrrell 004 and
Tyrrell 005
2 76 points were scored using the Tyrrell 006; the other 6 points were scored using the
Tyrrell 005
3 0 points were scored using the Tyrrell 006; all 52 points were scored using the
Tyrrell 005 and
Tyrrell 007
The Tyrrell 007 is a Formula One racing car, designed by Tyrrell's Chief Designer, Derek Gardner. It was used in the , , and Formula One seasons.
Development
Ken Tyrrell, owner of Tyrrell Racing needed two new drivers for because Jackie Stew ...
References
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