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Wednesday 23 December 2020

1967 Matra MS5

 I took this photograph at the Donington Park Museum in September 2014.

It's the Matra MS5 with which Jacky Ickx won the 1967 European Formula 2 Championship and has a 1,598cc Ford Cosworth FVA engine. The board at the side of the car reads as follows:

'MATRA MS-05 1967

In the mid 1960’s Matra enjoyed considerable success in Formula 3 and Formula 2 racing with (especially) its MS5 monocoque-based car, winning the French and European Championships.

In 1967 Jacky Ickx famously amazed the Formula 1 establishment by clocking in the 3rd fastest qualifying time of 8.14” on the German Nürburgring track, in the 1600cc MS5 Formula 2, which was allowed to enter alongside the 3000cc Formula 1 cars. In the race he failed to finish due to a broken suspension.

This car has been restored to a race condition by Hall and Hall, and is owned by a private collector who has loaned the car to Donington Collection.'


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