• company founded Matra Automobiles during the 1960s and made the Matra brand famous through the production of a range of racing cars and sports cars. Its car...
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  • Matra MS1 Matra MS2 Matra MS5 Matra MS6 Matra MS7 Matra MS9 Matra MS10 Matra MS11 Matra MS80 Matra MS84 Matra MS120 Matra MS120B Matra MS120C Matra MS120D...
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    The Djet is a French sports car designed and sold by René Bonnet (1962–1964) and then Matra (1965-1967). It was the world's first rear mid-engined production...
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    The Matra Sports V12 engine is an automotive internal combustion engine for sports car endurance racing and Formula One. It won the 24 Hours of Le Mans...
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    The Matra M530 is a sports car created and built by the French engineering group Matra that was in production from 1967 to 1973. In 1965 Matra's CEO Jean-Luc...
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    The Matra Murena is a mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car that was produced from 1980 through 1983 by the French engineering group Matra. The factory...
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    The Matra Bagheera is a sports car built by the automotive division of the French engineering group Matra from 1973 to 1980, in cooperation with automaker...
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    Jean-Pierre Beltoise (category Matra Formula One drivers)
    Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver who raced for the Matra and BRM teams. He competed in 88 Grands Prix achieving a single victory...
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    MS120 was later developed to become the Matra MS120B, Matra MS120C and Matra MS120D. The car was built at Matra's Formula One base at Vélizy-Villacoublay...
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  • and weaponry. Matra or MATRA may also refer to: Equipe Matra Sports, Matra's sports car division, former Formula One constructor Mátra, a mountain range...
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    Henri Pescarolo (category Matra Formula One drivers)
    in the Matra Formula 3 team for 1966, but the car was not ready until mid-season. However, in 1967 he won the European Championship with Matra and was...
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  • Johnny Servoz-Gavin (category Matra Formula One drivers)
    known as "Johnny". Servoz-Gavin's early work included developing sports cars for Matra. After initially competing in rallying, Servoz-Gavin moved to single-seater...
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  • and Gordini took part in 33, from 1952 to 1956. Matra Sports supplied V12 engines to Formula One Matra from 1968 to 1972, Shadow in 1975, and Ligier from...
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    performance in the 1967 season, and persuaded Matra to build a car to take this engine. In the end, Matra Sports would run the V12-engined MS11 as a works...
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    The Matra MS7 was a Formula Two racing car built by Matra, which occasionally raced in Formula One as well between 1967 and 1969. While only modestly...
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    Alpine, having several disjointed runs in Formula Two and sports cars. In 1973, he co-drove a Matra to 3rd at the Le Mans 24 Hours, and repeated this feat...
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    only finished twice. Hill's main rivals were Jackie Stewart at Tyrrell Matra and 1967 champion Denny Hulme at McLaren. The 1968 season turned out to...
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    Archived from the original on 17 July 2006. Retrieved 18 November 2020. "Matra Sports SARL". GrandPrix.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020....
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  • The Matra MS620 (sometimes referred to as the M620) was a Group 6 sports prototype built by Matra in 1966, and was the second such car built by the company...
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    The Matra MS640 is a sports prototype race car, designed, developed, and built by the French manufacturer Matra in 1969. Two examples of this car were...
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    superminis and economy cars, designed by the engineer Georges Martin (V12 Matra Sports engine designer). In spite of its common name, the engine actually predates...
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    programme, Matra had plans to compete in Formula 1 with a car powered by their own Matra Sports V12 engine. However, Ken Tyrrell, who had run Matras in his...
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  • constructor and racing team Equipe Matra Sports. He designed the Matra MS80 car which, entered by the British privateer Matra International team of Ken Tyrrell...
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    neither Alfa Romeo nor Dino showed, Porsche's main opposition would be from Matra. Their new MS630 still used the 2-litre BRM engine, but it was built to...
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    ISBN 978-2-914920-00-1 – via Open Library. Hurel, François (2004). Matra au Mans [Matra at Le Mans] (in French). Nîmes, Gard: Editions du Palmier. ISBN 978-2-914920-31-5...
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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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    Formula One season Drivers' Champion: Jackie Stewart Constructors' Champion: Matra-Ford Previous 1968 Next 1970 Races by country Races by venue The 1969 Formula...
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    finish was French driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise in eighth driving a Matra Sports entered Matra MS5. The race also saw the death of British driver John Taylor...
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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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  • Jet (section Sports teams)
    applications Jets, a form of upper-atmospheric lightning Matra Djet (Matra Sports Jet), a French sports car Access Database Engine, a Microsoft database engine...
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