Tyrrell Racing Organisation

Location: Ockham, England
Years in F1: 1970 - 1998
Team championships: 1971
Drivers Championships: 1973 1971
Grand Prix victories: 23
Races started: 430
Pole positions: 13

Tyrrell team history

Ken Tyrrell started as a racing driver before founding the team and was responsible for giving Jackie Stewart his break into F1. Success came early to the team, wining the constructors and drivers championship in 1971 and Jackie Stewart the drivers championship again in 1973. After this the team failed to maintain the same level of competitiveness, despite such innovative ideas as as the 6 wheeled car. The team was sold in 1998 to BAT, to become the BAR team.
Key personnel: Mike Gascoyne, Harvey Postlethwaite

Previous seasons

1998

Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Riccardo Rosset 20th 0 points
Toranosuke Takagi 21st 0 points

1997

Position: 10
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Jos Verstappen NC 0 points
Mika Salo 16th 2 points

1996

Position: 8
Points: 5
Race wins: 0
Mika Salo 13th 5 points
Ukyo Katayama 0 points

1995

Position: 10
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Mika Salo 15th 5 points
Ukyo Katayama 16th 2 points

1994

Position: 8
Points: 5
Race wins: 0
Mark Blundell 12th 8 points
Ukyo Katayama 17th 5 points

1993

Position: 10
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Andrea de Cesaris 15th 5 points
Ukyo Katayama 16th 2 points

1992

Position: 8
Points: 5
Race wins: 0
Andrea de Cesaris 9th 8 points
Olivier Grouillard 17th 5 points

1991

Position: 10
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Stefano Modena 8th 10 points
Satoru Nakajima 15th 2 points

1990

Position: 8
Points: 5
Race wins: 0
Jean Alesi 9th 13 points
Satoru Nakajima 15th 3 points

1989

Position: 10
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Jean Alesi 9th 8 points
Michele Alboreto 13th 6 points

1988

Position: 8
Points: 5
Race wins: 0
Johnathan Palmer 14th 5 points
Julian Bailey 15th 3 points

1987

Position: 6
Points: 11
Race wins: 0
Johnathan Palmer 11th 7 points
Philippe Streiff 15th 4 points

1986

Position: 7
Points: 11
Race wins: 0
Martin Brundle 11th 8 points
Philippe Streiff 14th 3 points

1985

Position: 9
Points: 4
Race wins: 0
Martin Brundle NC 0 points
Stefan Bellof 16th 4 points

1984

Position: DSQ
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Martin Brundle DSQs
Stefan Bellof DSQ
The team was involved in controversy over the fuel and weight of the cars that was not helped by being the only team running non-turbo powered engines.

1983

Position: 7
Points: 12
Race wins: 1
Michele Alboreto 12th 10 points
Danny Sullivan 17th 2 points
The Detroit GP was the last F1 race win for the team and also the last race win for the Ford DVF engine as most teams had moved to turbo engines.

1982

Position: 7
Points: 25
Race wins: 1
Michele Alboreto 8th 25 points
Brian Henton NC 0 points

1981

Position: 8
Points: 10
Race wins: 0
Eddie Cheever 12th 10 points
Michele Alboreto NC 0 points

1980

Position: 6
Points: 12
Race wins: 0
Derek Daly 12th 6 points
Jean-Pierre Jarier 13th 6 points

1979

Position: 5
Points: 28
Race wins: 0
Didier Pironi 10th 14 points
Jean-Pierre Jarier 11th 14 points
From this season onwards the team failed to regain its earlier success mainly due to a lack of sponsorship and underfunding.

1978

Position: 4
Points: 38
Race wins: 1
Patrick Depallier 5th 34 points
Didier Pironi 15th 7 points
Although the team finished 4th in the constructors championship it was an inconsistent season.

1977

Position: 5
Points: 27
Race wins: 0
Patrick Depallier 8th 20 points
Ronnie Peterson 14th 7 points
This season had a problem with non-finishes, with both cars only finishing three races. The team ran the six wheeled P34 this season.

1976

Position: 3
Points: 71
Race wins: 1
Jody Scheckter 3rd 49 points
Patrick Depallier 4th 39 points
This was a good consistent season with 11 podium finishes. The team ran the six wheeled P34 this season.

1975

Position: 5
Points: 25
Race wins: 1
Jody Scheckter 7th 20 points
Patrick Depallier 9th 12 points
This was a less successful season with only 4 podium finishes.

1974

Position: 3
Points: 52
Race wins: 2
Jody Scheckter 3rd 45 points
Patrick Depallier 9th 14 points
Jody Scheckter had a good consistent season taking him to 3rd in the drivers championship.

1973

Position: 2
Points: 82
Race wins: 5
Jackie Stewart 1st 71 points
Francoise Cevert 4th 47 points
This was a consistent season with their cars finishing on the podium in 11 races. Jackie Stewart won his third drivers championship this season.

1972

Position: 2
Points: 51
Race wins: 4
Jackie Stewart 2nd 45 points
Francoise Cevert 6th 15 points
This was another good season with several podium finishes.

1971

Position: 1
Points: 73
Race wins: 7
Jackie Stewart 1st 62 points
Francoise Cevert 3rd 26 points
Their first full season in F1 was their best season winning the constructors championship wining 7 out of the 11 races in the season. This was Jackie Stewart's second drivers championship.

1970

Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Jackie Stewart 5th 25 points
Francoise Cevert 22nd 1 point
Tyrrell only entered the final three races as a constructor