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 Jackie Stewart, Matra MS80 Ford with Ken Tyrrell
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The wheeler-dealer moves that secured Tyrrell and Stewart’s F1 union

Tyrrell broke into Formula 1 with a powerful merger of Matra chassis and Ford-Cosworth engine, allied to the sublime skills of Jackie Stewart. As MAURICE HAMILTON reveals, it was a successful combination

Ken Tyrrell’s presence at the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix had not been deemed significant enough to warrant a mention in the news and gossip columns of Autosport – perhaps no surprise when the magazine’s esteemed founding editor and race reporter was proudly pictured formally and enthusiastically opening a new press bar sponsored by Heineken. 

There was no hint in print – not that the secretive Tyrrell would have given anything away – of Ken’s embryonic plan to start his own F1 team; an ambition fired by the stunning debut at Zandvoort of the Ford-Cosworth DFV engine in the back of Jim Clark’s winning Lotus 49.

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