Great Read: Jackie Stewart's first title-winning F1 car – mercurial Matra

F1's ultimate one-hit wonder? | View in browser FROM OUR ARCHIVE, MARCH 2008 | KEITH HOWARD Great Read: Matra MS80 – Jackie Stewart's first title-winning F1 car Jackie Stewart won the Spanish GP on this day in 1969 – the first for the Matra MS80. It was the car that, along with Cosworth power and Stewart, led the French marque to glory before its F1 dream turned sour – as Keith Howard explains in today's Great Read         Colin Chapman's privileged access to the Ford-Cosworth DFV ended at the close of the Formula 1 race season in 1967. What followed we now regard as the DFV era, but ironically one of the early adopters of Keith Duckworth's engine for 1968, and the first to beat Lotus to the championship with it in '69, had no intention of using it for any longer than necessary... READ MORE PHOTO: BERNARD CAHIER/GETTY IMAGES SPORTS CARS | GARY WATKINS Battle for Le Mans 2023: why Ferrari can challenge Toyota for the win              Though it was another Toyota 1-2 at WEC's Spa-Francorchamps round, all the signs are there that Ferrari can mount a fight against the Japanese marque at Le Mans READ MORE F1 | TONY DODGINS Let the best F1 driver win: force them to rotate teams every race              The 2023 Azerbaijan sprint saw another idea fail to galvanise F1 excitement – is it time for radical change, forcing drivers to race for every team in a single season? READ MORE SHOP PROMOTION Bestsellers: Motor Sport shop François Cevert 1973 | Replica Formula 1 Helmet | Tyrrell F1 Tyrrell | The Story of The Tyrrell Racing Organisation | Signed Jackie Stewart - Tyrrell 006 - 1972 | lithographic print | signed Sir Jackie Stewart Twice around the clock | Le Mans 100th Anniversary | Motor Sport Magazine | Collectors' Edition classic-official-tyrrell-002-racing-car-t-shirt-large Jackie Stewart - Tyrrell - 1969 | replica helmet | signed Jackie Stewart | 1/2 scale Share this newsletter: Stay up to date  Update your preferences to select the content you wish to receive.   UPDATE NOW  Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy. Motor Sport magazine, 18-20 Rosemont Road, London, NW3 6NE Company no. 05471049, Vat no. 871 544 60