Tyrrell 006

The Tyrrell 006 was a Formula One car designed and built by the Tyrrell Racing Organisation. It was introduced towards the end of 1972. In the hands of Jackie Stewart it won the Drivers' Championship for the 1973 Formula One season, Stewart's third and final title. The car was first raced at the 1972 Canadian Grand Prix with Stewart's team-mate and protégé François Cevert 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 chassis 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 models built: 006; 006/2; and 006/3. The 006 model was gradually phased out in the early part of the 1974 Formula One season as Tyrrell constructed the succeeding Tyrrell 007.

A Tyrrell 006, driven by John Delane, at the 2007 Silverstone Classic meeting, July 2007.

006 was built for Cevert to replace damaged chassis, 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 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,^[1] parked the car and then walked away from Formula One. Stewart personally owns 006/2, he has driven it in on a number of occasions, particularly at the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend and Goodwood Festival of Speed, both times in 2010.

Jackie Stewart's final Grand Prix car, Tyrrell 006/2, resting on a carpet of Royal Stewart tartan in the Donington Grand Prix Collection.

The surviving 006/2 was used for the early races of the 1974 Formula One season. Jody Scheckter drove it in Argentina, Brazil and South Africa and Patrick Depailler used 006/2 as a fall-back after qualifying breakdowns in Spain, Monaco and France. After France, Tyrrell retired the 006 model in favour of the newer 007.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)(results in bold indicate pole position, results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points	WCC
1972	Elf Team Tyrrell		ARG	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA				73	2nd
1972	Elf Team Tyrrell	François Cevert											Ret	2				73	2nd
1973	Elf Team Tyrrell		ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	82	2nd
		Jackie Stewart			1	Ret	1	1	5	4	10	1	1	2	4	5	DNS
		François Cevert	2	10		2	2	4	3	2	5	2	2	Ret	5	Ret	DNS
1974	Elf Team Tyrrell		ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	52	3rd
		Jody Scheckter	Ret	13	8
		Patrick Depailler				8		9			8

References

↑ Stewart, Jackie (2007). Winning Is Not Enough: The Autobiography. Headline. p. 495. ISBN 978-0-7553-1537-6.

Tyrrell Racing

Founder: Ken Tyrrell

Personnel: Derek Gardner; Maurice Philippe; Harvey Postlethwaite

World Champions: Jackie Stewart

Other notable drivers: Michele Alboreto; Jean Alesi; François Cevert; Patrick Depailler; Ronnie Peterson; Jody Scheckter

Drivers' titles: 1971; 1973

Constructors' titles: 1971

Formula One cars: 001; 002; 003; 004; 005; 006; 007; P34; 008; 009; 010; 011; 012; 014; 015; DG016; 017; 017B; 018; 019; 020; 020B; 020C; 021; 022; 023; 024; 025; 026

Cars that competed in the 1972 Formula One season

Brabham BT33 Brabham BT34 Brabham BT37 BRM P153/P153B BRM P160B/P160C BRM P180 Connew PC1 Eifelland 21 Ferrari 312B2 Lotus 72D March 711 March 721/721G/721X Matra MS120C/MS120D McLaren M19A/M19C Politoys FX3 Surtees TS9/TS9B Surtees TS14 Tecno PA123 Tyrrell 002 Tyrrell 003 Tyrrell 004 Tyrrell 005 Tyrrell 006

Cars that competed in the 1973 Formula One season

Brabham BT37 Brabham BT42 BRM P160C/P160D/P160E Ensign N173 Ferrari 312B2 Ferrari 312B3 Iso-Marlboro FX3B Iso-Marlboro IR Lotus 72D/72E March 721G March 731 McLaren M19A/M19C McLaren M23 Shadow DN1 Surtees TS9B Surtees TS14A Tecno PA123B Tecno E731 Tyrrell 004 Tyrrell 005 Tyrrell 006

Cars that competed in the 1974 Formula One season

Amon AF101 Brabham BT42 Brabham BT44 BRM P160E BRM P201 Ensign N174 Ferrari 312B3-74 Hesketh 308 Iso-Marlboro FW Lola T370 Lotus 72E Lotus 76 Lyncar L006 Maki F101B March 731 March 741 McLaren M23 Parnelli VPJ4 Penske PC1 Shadow DN1 Shadow DN3 Surtees TS16 Token RJ02 Trojan T103 Tyrrell 004 Tyrrell 005 Tyrrell 006 Tyrrell 007

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