Matra Pictorial Story: Sports Prototypes

[Matra et Alpine]

The cars and story of the climb to Le Mans 1-2-3 :D

[Matra et Alpine]

M610
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[Matra et Alpine]

M620 BRM - Jaussaud + Servoz-Gavin

[Matra et Alpine]

M620 BRM - Rees + Servoz-Gavin

[Matra et Alpine]

M620 BRM - Beltoise + Servoz-Gavin

[Matra et Alpine]

M620 BRM - Schlesser + Rees , Jaussaud + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

M620 BRM Schlesser

[Matra et Alpine]

M620 Jaussaud + Pescarolo , Beltoise + Servoz-Gavin

[Matra et Alpine]

M620 BRM - Beltoise

[Matra et Alpine]

M620 BRM drawing

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 BRM Jaussaud + Weber

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 BRM - Servoz-Gavin + Beltoise , Jaussaud + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 BRM - Jaussaud + Pescarolo

[spi-ti-tout]

Me likey last car :)

[d-quik]

how did they eventually get superceded?

and why dont they look like the typical ugly lemans cars

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 FORD - Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 Ford - Pescarolo + Beltoise

[Matra et Alpine]

M530 Ford - Pescarolo + Beltoise

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 - Pescarolo + Mieusset

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 - Servoz-Gavin + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 Servoz-Gavin + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 - Servoz-Gavin + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 - Servoz-Gavin + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 - Servoz-Gavin

[derekthetree]

re: post #22 pic #1

going so fast it blew the cameraman over :D

nice looking cars

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 Ford - Servoz-Gavin

[Matra et Alpine]

Matra M630 - Servoz-Gavin

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 - Beltoise + Servoz-Gavin
M630 Ford - Servoz-Gavin
M630 - Servoz-Gavin

[Matra et Alpine]

M630 BRM - unknown test

[Matra et Alpine]

M640 - Servoz-Gavin + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Servoz-Gavin + Guichet

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Servoz-Gavin + Guichet

[Matra et Alpine]

MS640 - test (unsuccesful!!!)

[Matra et Alpine]

MS630-650 Servoz-Gavin

(not sure which and there were hybrids as they tried to recover from the loss of the 640)

[Matra et Alpine]

MS630 - Guichet + Vaccarella

[Matra et Alpine]

MS630 - Guichet + Vaccarella
MS650 - Courage + Beltoise

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Courage + Beltoise

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Courage + Beltoise
MS630-650 - Servoz-Gavin + Muller

[Matra et Alpine]

MS630-650 - Servoz-Gavin + Muller
MS630-650 - Galli + Widows

[Matra et Alpine]

MS630-650 - Galli + Widows

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Servoz-Gavin + Rodriguez

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Servoz-Gavin + Rodriguez

[d-quik]

omfg u guys, matra isnt even that good ;)

[Matra et Alpine]

Poster
M650 - Beltoise + Pescarolo , Rodriguez + Redman

[Matra et Alpine]

omfg u guys, matra isnt even that good ;)
What an idiot !
Yeah like only companies you've heard of in the last 2 yeas since you became a teenager count do they ?
Matra were world leaders in racing.
You should try a little thing called EDUCATION before speaking again you dummy !!!!!

You are the official wearer of the DUNCE OF THE WEEK hat :D

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Rodriguez

[Matra et Alpine]

M650...

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Brabham + Cevert

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Beltoise + Pescarolo

[Zytek_Fan]

Excellent pics Peter! :D

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Pescarolo + Sevoz-Gavin
MS650 - Cevert + Gurney

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Cevert + Gurney

[Zytek_Fan]

I have some pics of the Matra MS670 on my comp somewhere... :D

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Brabham + Beltoise

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Brabham + Beltoise , Pescarolo + Servoz-Gavin

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 Beltoise + Brabham , Pescarolo + Sevoz-Gavin

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Jaboulille + Depailler

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Beltoise + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Cevert + Brabham

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Beltoise + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Beltoise + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Brabham + Cevert

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Beltoise + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Pescarolo + Jabouille , Beltoise + Depailler

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 drawing
MS660 test (unknown)

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Beltoise + Jabouille

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Beltoise + Amon

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Beltoise + Amon

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Amon

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Amon + Beltoise

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Amon + Beltoise

[Matra et Alpine]

MS650 - Larrousse + Pescarolo , Fiorentino + Gelin

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Cevert

[Matra et Alpine]

Group Shots
MS670 - Beltoise + Amon

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670 - Cevert + Ganley

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670 - Cevert + Ganley

( sixth one I have filed wrongly it's clearly #15 Hill+Pescarolo )

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670 - Cevert + Ganley

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670 - Hill + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670 - Hill + Pescarolo

[Matra et Alpine]

MS660 - Jabouille + Hobbs

[Matra et Alpine]

M670B - Beltoise + Cevert

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Cevert + Beltoise , Pescarolo + Larrrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Pescarolo + Larrrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

Group
MS670B - Cevert + Beltoise

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Cevert + Beltoise , Pescarolo + Larrouse

[Matra et Alpine]

Group
MS670B - Pescarolo + Larrouse, Cevert + Beltoise

[Matra et Alpine]

Group
MS670B - Amon + Hill

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

Group
MS670B - Beltoise + Cevert , Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Larrousse + Beltoise

[Matra et Alpine]

Group
MS670B - Beltoise + Cevert

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Pescarolo + Larrousse , Wolleck + Depailer , Jabouille + Jaussaud

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Beltoise + Cevert , Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Beltoise + Cevert , Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

Group
M670C Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670C - Ickx + Jarier

[Matra et Alpine]

Group
MS670C - Beltoise + Jarier , Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670C - Beltoise + Jarier , Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

M670C Beltoise + Larrousse

[d-quik]

What an idiot !
Yeah like only companies you've heard of in the last 2 yeas since you became a teenager count do they ?
Matra were world leaders in racing.
You should try a little thing called EDUCATION before speaking again you dummy !!!!!lol wow just the explosive result i was expecting

[Matra et Alpine]

lol wow just the explosive result i was expecting
congratulations then.

You STILL have to wear the DUNCE cap for a week tho' !!

[d-quik]

DAMMIT! :mad:

[Type 59]

Fantastique, thousand thanks Matra et Alpine !!!!

[henk4]

for those wondering where it is, here are some scans about the Matra 640. The car was destroyed during testing and a replica was made one or two years ago. The scans are from L'Automobile Historique, and excellent magazine. The replica was shown during Retromobile 2005.

[RacingManiac]

As Speed Merchant(highly recommanded viewing) said about Matra and 1971 Le Mans, an Aerospace company that goes car racing as a hobby......

[Matra et Alpine]

As Speed Merchant(highly recommanded viewing) said about Matra and 1971 Le Mans, an Aerospace company that goes car racing as a hobby......
ROFLMAO

Typical badly researched cr@p :) What channel/country produced that ???

Matra Automobiles were entirely seperate division to Matra Aviation and were located at Romarantin. They were different subusidiaries of the Matra group. To suggest that that it was a hobby demonstrates NO understanding of the history of the comapny, the cars or French pride :D

It would be like sayiing that the GT40 racing at Le Mans was a hobby for Ford Aerospace :D

Is "speedchannel" on teh Fox network by any chance -- right after FoxNews ????? :)

[RacingManiac]

Speed Merchant is a documentary film from 1972 documenting the Sportscar season of Mario Andretti and Vic Elford, it was actually Elford who said that(being a race car driver you can't expect him to know that). It was a very good doc in that it was shown from 2 very different perspectives. From Andretti who was racing the all conquering 312PB and a career on the rise to Elford who was racing the Alfa and a mind set on retirement as he has grown tired to racing compounded by a bad season.

Dassault(sp?) would be going racing for hobby no? They were responsible for the aero testing on the 91-93 Peugeot 905 that won Le Mans twice....

[Matra et Alpine]

Dassault(sp?) would be going racing for hobby no? They were responsible for the aero testing on the 91-93 Peugeot 905 that won Le Mans twice....
Yeah same as that.
Any sensible company looked to aeronautical expertise for assistance.
Matra Datavison developed highly advanced CFD and FEA software for it's day used in the aero and car design. ( They are now part of IBM ) I wouldn't have been surprised if Dassault used those packages :D as they were developed for the French industry.

[Matra et Alpine]

Group

[Matra et Alpine]

MS680 - Beltoise + Jarier

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Jaussaud + Wolleck

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670B - Jabouille + Migault

[Matra et Alpine]

Group
MS670C - Pescarolo + Larrousse , Beltoise + Jarier

[Matra et Alpine]

Group
MS670C - Beltoise + Jarier , Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670C - Beltoise + Jarier , Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670C - Beltoise + Jarier , Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

MS670C - Beltoise + Jarier , Pescarolo + Larrousse

[Matra et Alpine]

Drawing
M670 magazine scans ( have higher res if anyone wants )

[Matra et Alpine]

In December 1974, Matra withdrew from motorsport, as their objective was to win - not to stay on top; (quoting Jean Luc Legardère). and besides, it was then exactly 10 years since they entered motorsports, where they declared that they would invest 10 years to win the World Championship - which they did; - in fact they obtained some 125 victories - one Formula One championship, World Championship in the endurance races, and 3 consecutive wins at "Le Mans" - the race over all races in France !!