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In the race, he failed to finish due to a broken suspension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatra entered Formula One in 1968 when Jackie Stewart was a serious contender, winning several Grands Prix in the Tyrrell-run Matra MS10 which competed alongside the works team.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatra CEO Jean-Luc Lagardère made a strategic decision for the 1969 championship: the Matra works team would not compete in Formula One. Matra would instead focus its efforts on Ken Tyrrell's privateer team (renamed Matra International) and build a new DFV powered car with structural fuel tanks, even though it would only be eligible for a single season. The decision was even more radical given that Matra was seeking a partnership with Simca, which would preclude using Ford-branded engines for the following year. Stewart won the 1969 title easily with the new Cosworth-powered Matra MS80, which was designed by Gérard Ducarouge and Bernard Boyer, and corrected most of the weaknesses of the MS10. It was a spectacular achievement from a constructor that had only entered Formula One the previous year. France became only the third country (after the United Kingdom and Italy) to have produced a winning constructor, and Matra became the only constructor to have won the Constructors' Championship without running its own works team.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eActivity:\u003c\/b\u003e 1966 - 1972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrand Prix:\u003c\/b\u003e 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eConstructor Championships:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrivers Championships:\u003c\/b\u003e 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictories:\u003c\/b\u003e 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePole Positions:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFastest Laps:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChampionship Points:\u003c\/b\u003e 163\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"matra-ms120d-1972-f1-season-unisex-sweatshirt","title":"MATRA MS120D - 1972 F1 SEASON - Unisex Sweatshirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sturdy and warm sweatshirt bound to keep you warm in the colder months. 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