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{{Infobox racing car
| Car_name = Matra MS80
| Image = [[Image:StewartJackie19690801MatraFord.jpg|260px]]
| caption = <small>[[Jackie Stewart]] driving the MS80<br> at the [[1969 German Grand Prix]]</small>
| Category = [[Formula One]]
| WC_results_only = Y
| Constructor = [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
| Designer = [[Gérard Ducarouge]]<br> Bernard Boyer
| Predecessor = [[Matra MS10|MS10]] / [[Matra MS11|MS11]]
| Successor = [[Matra MS84|MS84]] / [[Matra MS120|MS120]]
| Team = [[Matra International]]
| Drivers = {{Flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]]<br>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| Technical ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=Matra MS80|url=http://www.statsf1.com/en/matra-ms80.aspx|website=StatsF1.com|accessdate=28 January 2015}}</ref>
| Chassis = [[Aluminium]] [[monocoque]]
| Front suspension = 
| Rear suspension = 
| Engine name = [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV]]
| Capacity = {{convert|2993|cc|cuin|1|abbr=on}}
| Configuration = V8
| Turbo/NA = NA
| Engine position = mid-engined
| Gearbox name = [[Hewland]] DG300
| Gears = 5 speed
| Weight = {{convert|540|kg|lb|1|abbr=on}}
| Tyres = [[Dunlop Rubber|Dunlop]]
| Fuel = [[Elf Aquitaine|Elf]]
| Debut = [[1969 Spanish Grand Prix]]
| Races = 10
| Wins = 5
| Cons_champ = 1 ([[1969 Formula One season|1969]])
| Drivers_champ = 1 ([[Jackie Stewart]], [[1969 Formula One season|1969]])
| Poles = 2
| Fastest_laps = 5
| Podiums = 9
}}

The '''Matra MS80''' was the fourth [[Formula One car]] produced by [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]] (following the [[Matra MS9|MS9]], [[Matra MS10|MS10]] and [[Matra MS11|MS11]]). The [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] [[Cosworth DFV|DFV]]-powered car (engine 3000 cc, estimated at around {{convert|420|bhp|kW|0|abbr=on}}) took [[Jackie Stewart]] to the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Championship]] title in [[1969 Formula One season|1969]].

==History==
The car, designed under the direction of [[Gérard Ducarouge]] and [[Bernard Boyer]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Matra MS80|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/matra-ms80.aspx|publisher=StatsF1|accessdate=23 August 2023}}</ref> was built at Matra's [[Formula One]] base at [[Vélizy-Villacoublay]] in the southwestern suburbs of [[Paris]], though the final completion with the Cosworth engine was done in the [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] workshop of [[East Horsley]] near [[Ripley, Surrey|Ripley]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.research-racing.de/tyrrell001-0.htm|title=Tyrrell Ford 001|website=www.research-racing.de|accessdate=10 November 2018}}</ref> A major change from the [[Matra MS10|MS10]] was the location of the fuel cell, which was moved from behind the driver and placed in sidepods by the driver's hips, giving the car a slight 'Coke bottle' appearance.<ref name="Brown">{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Allen|title=Matra MS80 car-by-car histories|url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/matra/ms80/|website=oldracingcars.com|accessdate=24 September 2017}}</ref> The rocker-arm front suspension was replaced by outboard springs, with a parallel link set up on the rear suspension.<ref name="Brown" /> 

Apart from [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] cars, the Matra MS80 is the only non-British built car to win the [[List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions|Formula One World Constructors' Championship]] (the [[List of Formula One constructors#Team's nationality|French-licensed]] constructor [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]], the Austrian-licensed constructor [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]] and the German-licensed constructor [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes]] built their winning cars in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]) as well as the only car built in France to help a driver win the World Drivers' Championship.

Although built by the French constructor [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]], the car was run by the British [[Matra International]] [[Privateer (motorsport)|privateer team]] of [[Ken Tyrrell]] and, as such, remains the only car not entered by a [[Factory-backed|works team]] to win the Formula One World Constructors' Championship as well as to help a driver win the World Drivers' Championship. The MS80 was one of the first F1 racing cars to be designed with "[[wing]]s" for downforce to increase high-speed tyre grip. These were originally introduced into F1 in [[1968 Formula One season|1968]]. Due to some serious racing accidents with the flimsy 1969-type high wing constructions early in the racing season, like all 1969 F1 cars the MS80 was altered to use more sturdy lowered wings, directly attached to the car's body, later on.   
    
Only two MS80s were assembled in 1969, a third monocoque was built but remained un-assembled until the [[EPAF]] company made it a complete car in 2006.

==Aftermath==
In a 2006 issue of ''[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]'' magazine, Stewart referred to the MS80 as the nicest-handling F1 car he had ever driven.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Henry |first=Alan |date=June 2006 |title=Jackie Stewart talks to Alan Henry |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-2006/28/jackie-stewart-talks-alan-henry |journal=Motor Sport |access-date=28 August 2015 }}</ref>

==Gallery==
{{Gallery
|width=160 | height=170
|align=center
|Image:Stewart at 1969 Dutch Grand Prix (6).jpg
|[[Jackie Stewart]] driving the MS80 at the [[1969 Dutch Grand Prix]]
|File:Matra Cosworth MS80 1969 3.jpg
|The MS80 being presented at the 2009 [[Goodwood Festival of Speed]]
|Image:Matra MS80.JPG
|The [[Formula 1|F1]] Matra MS80 victorious in 1969
}}

==Complete Formula One World Championship results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (results in '''bold''' indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
|-
! Year
! Entrant
! Engine
! Tyres
! Drivers
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems|Points]]
! WCC
|-
!rowspan=3| {{F1|1969}}
|rowspan=3| [[Matra International]]
|rowspan=3| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV]] <br>3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|rowspan=3| {{Dunlop}}
|
| [[1969 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1969 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1969 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1969 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1969 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1969 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1969 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1969 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1969 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1969 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1969 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
| rowspan="3" style="background:#fbffbf;"|'''66'''<sup>1</sup>
| rowspan="3" style="background:#fbffbf;"|'''1st'''
|-
| [[Jackie Stewart]]
|
| style="background:#fbffbf;"| 1
| style="background:#efcfff;"| '''''Ret'''''
| style="background:#fbffbf;"| ''1''
| style="background:#fbffbf;"| '''''1'''''
| style="background:#fbffbf;"| ''1''
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2
| style="background:#fbffbf;"| 1
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
| style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4
|-
| [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]]
| 
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| 8
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2
| 
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ''3''
| style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
| style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5
|-
!colspan="18"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|date=1994|publisher=Guinness|pages=55 and 360|isbn=0851127029}}</ref>}}}}
|}
<sup>1</sup> Includes 9 points scored using a [[Matra MS10]] and 1 point scored using a [[Matra MS84]].

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==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Matra MS80}}
* [http://www.matrasport.dk/Cars/Sports-Formula/Gallery1/index.html Pictures of the MS80]

{{Equipe Matra Sports}}
{{F1 cars 1969}}

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