1975 Tyrrell 007

007/6racingUnited Kingdom

Engine: Ford-Cosworth DFV V8

Tyrrell 007/6 is a Formula 1 chassis built for the 1975 season, driven by Jody Scheckter in the latter half of that year and into 1976. Designed by Derek Gardner and powered by a Ford-Cosworth DFV, it scored a podium at the chaotic 1975 British Grand Prix at Silverstone and a championship point at the United States Grand Prix. After privateer use by Otto Stuppacher and a remarkable exhibition appearance behind the Iron Curtain in 1979, the car was eventually reacquired by Scheckter himself in 1997.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Sold €702,500 (≈ $773K)
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
1975 → 1976Factory delivery
Tyrrell Formula 1 Team
partial documentation
Works team car raced by Jody Scheckter across the 1975 and part of the 1976 season, later retained as a spare before disposal.
1976 →Private sale
Otto Stuppacher
partial documentation
Austrian privateer who acquired the car from Tyrrell and attempted qualification at three late-1976 Grands Prix without success.
→ 1997Acquisition unknown
Ivan Scotti
partial documentation
Described as a well-known collector; owned the car in the period between Jauslin and Scheckter's re-acquisition.
1997 →Private sale
Jody Scheckter
partial documentation
The car's original period driver purchased it back in 1997 and retained it in his personal collection, presenting it in correct period livery.
Date unknownAcquisition unknown
Ruedi Jauslin
partial documentation
Swiss national who campaigned the car at hillclimb and exhibition events in Czechoslovakia and France, notably after the Stuppacher period.

Competition

1975Formula 1 World Championship
1975 French Grand Prix
Driver: Jody Scheckter9th
Debut outing for chassis 007/6; Scheckter brought the car home in ninth place.
1975Formula 1 World Championship
1975 British Grand Prix
Driver: Jody Scheckter3rd
A chaotic rain-interrupted race at Silverstone; Scheckter made multiple tyre changes and went off at Club corner before the contest was halted, with results taken from lap 55.
1975Formula 1 World Championship
1975 United States Grand Prix
Driver: Jody Scheckter6th
Season-closing points finish, earning a single World Championship point.
1976
1976 International Trophy
Driver: Jody Scheckter3rd
Non-championship event held at Silverstone; car's first outing of the 1976 season with Scheckter.
1976Formula 1 World Championship
1976 Spanish Grand Prix
Driver: Jody Scheckter
Final race start for Scheckter in this chassis before it was relegated to spare-car duties through to August.
1976Formula 1 World Championship
1976 Italian Grand Prix
Driver: Otto StuppacherDNQ
Austrian privateer failed to pre-qualify the car for the event.
1976Formula 1 World Championship
1976 Canadian Grand Prix
Driver: Otto StuppacherDNQ
Second of three unsuccessful qualification attempts by Stuppacher.
1976Formula 1 World Championship
1976 United States Grand Prix
Driver: Otto StuppacherDNQ
Final Formula 1 appearance for chassis 007/6; again failed to qualify under Stuppacher.
1979
1979 Ecce Homo Hillclimb
Driver: Ruedi Jauslin
Exhibition run at Šternberk, Czechoslovakia — reportedly one of the very few F1 cars to appear behind the Iron Curtain, drawing enormous crowds.
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Côte de Bourbach-le-Haut Hillclimb
Driver: Ruedi Jauslin
Jauslin also ran the car at this French hillclimb venue; date unspecified in the source.

Maintenance & restoration

No maintenance or restoration records.

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