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    The Matra-Simca MS650 is a Group 6 prototype race car introduced in 1969 for the International Championship for Makes. The MS650 replaced the previous...
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  • MS120 Matra MS120B Matra MS120C Matra MS120D Matra MS610 Matra MS620 Matra MS630 Matra-Simca MS630 Matra-Simca MS630/650 Matra MS640 Matra-Simca MS650 Matra-Simca...
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    initially designated as the Matra M630, but when Simca sponsored Matra in 1969, it was renamed as the Matra-Simca MS630. For 1967, Matra decided to use a 1.9-litre...
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    International Championship for Makes. The MS660 replaced the previous Matra-Simca MS650. The team entered three cars for the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Jean-Pierre...
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    Cevert was his second-place finish at the 24 hours of Le Mans, driving a Matra-Simca 670 with New Zealand's Howden Ganley. In 1973, the Tyrrell team was back...
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    Matra 640, bearing a resemblance to his Panhard CD designs but with the Matra 3-litre V12 engine. Not ready in time for the March test weekend, Matra...
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    narrowest margin the previous year. All Porsche's main challengers (Ferrari, Matra, Alfa Romeo) were beaten in the first half of the race. Porsche's dominance...
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    Applications: Matra MS11 Matra-Simca MS630 Matra MS640 Matra MS650 The MS12 engine was the result of a significant redesign of Matra's V12 engine. A single-cylinder...
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    Attwood Ferrari 412P P 5.0 208 DNF DNF 1969 Equipe Matra – Elf Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Simca MS650 P 3.0 368 4th 2nd 1970 Autodelta S.P.A. Andrea de...
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    field cars with V-8 Ford Cosworth engines, rather than the French-built Matra V-12 engines of 1978. Depailler led the first 10 laps before his engine...
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    of Le Mans from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, driving for Alpine, Matra, Sauber, and Peugeot and collecting four third-place overall finishes in...
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  • for Makes Porsche 917K, 917L & 908/03 Ferrari 512S Alfa Romeo T33/3 Matra-Simca MS650 Chevrolet Corvette International Cup for GT Cars Porsche 911S, Porsche...
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    the season he drove at the age of 44. Brabham also drove for the works Matra team during the 1970 World Sportscar Championship season and won the final...
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    Class Laps Pos. Class pos. 1970 Équipe Matra-Simca Jean-Pierre Jabouille Patrick Depailler Matra-Simca MS650 P 3.0 70 DNF DNF 1973 SpA Ferrari SEFAC...
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    Jean-Pierre Beltoise (category Matra Formula One drivers)
    the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix with BRM. Beltoise competed in Formula One for Matra and BRM, finishing fifth in the 1969 World Drivers' Championship with the...
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  • 0L Flat-8 573 + 151 Laps 10 P 3.0 33 Equipe Matra-Simca François Cevert Jack Brabham Matra-Simca MS650 Matra 3.0L V12 565 + 159 Laps 11 GT +2.0 89 Cliff...
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    Porsche 1.9L Flat-6 201 12 P 3.0 51 Equipe Matra-Simca Jack Brabham Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Simca MS650 Matra 3.0L V12 201 13 S 5.0 3 Scuderia Filipinetti...
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    5 P 3.0 36 Equipe Matra-Simca Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jack Brabham Matra-Simca MS650 Matra 3.0L V12 169 6 P 3.0 37 Equipe Matra-Simca Henri Pescarolo Johnny...
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    Henri Pescarolo Équipe Matra - Elf Matra-Simca MS650. 3 h 27 min 23 s 000 1970 Jack Brabham François Cevert Matra Sports Matra-Simca MS660. 5 h 49 min 41...
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    Elford, Ickx, Rodriguez and the rest of the field, which included works Matra and Alfa Romeo prototypes, running in the 3-liter class. There was an accident...
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    917 Spyder 1971 1000 km of Paris Group 6 2:40.100 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra MS650 1969 1000 km of Paris Group 3 2:45.100 Jackie Stewart Ferrari 250 LM...
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