Tyrrell Racing

Tyrrell *as a Formula One chassis constructor*
Formula One World Championship career
Entrants	Tyrrell Racing,; several minor teams and privateers
First entry	1970 Canadian Grand Prix
Last entry	1998 Japanese Grand Prix
Races entered	432 entries (430 starts)
Race victories	23
Constructors' Championships	1 (1971)
Drivers'; Championships	2 (1971, 1973)
Pole positions	14
Fastest laps	20

Tyrrell
Full name	Tyrrell Racing Organisation
Base	Ockham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Founder(s)	Ken Tyrrell
Noted staff	Derek Gardner; Mike Gascoyne; Tim Densham; Harvey Postlethwaite
Noted drivers	Patrick Depailler; Jean Alesi; Didier Pironi; Jody Scheckter; Jackie Stewart; Andrea de Cesaris; François Cevert; Stefan Bellof; Ronnie Peterson; Derek Daly; Jos Verstappen; Martin Brundle; Jonathan Palmer; Michele Alboreto; Mika Salo
Next name	British American Racing
Formula One World Championship career
First entry	1968 South African Grand Prix
Races entered	465 entries (463 starts)
Constructors	Matra; March; Tyrrell
Constructors'; Championships	1 (1971)
Drivers'; Championships	3 (1969, 1971, 1973)
Race victories	33
Pole positions	19
Fastest laps	27
Final entry	1998 Japanese Grand Prix

The Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell (1924–2001) which started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three Drivers' Championships and one Constructors' Championship with Jackie Stewart. The team never reached such heights again, although it continued to win races through the 1970s and into the early 1980s, taking the final win for the Ford Cosworth DFV engine at the 1983 Detroit Grand Prix. The team was bought by British American Tobacco in 1997 and completed its final season as Tyrrell in the 1998 Formula One season. Tyrrell's legacy continues in Formula One as the Mercedes-AMG F1 team, who is Tyrrell's descendant through various sales and rebrandings via BAR, Honda, and Brawn GP.

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