The Matra Company's racing team, under the names of Matra Sports, Equipe Matra Elf and Equipe Matra Sports, was formed in 1965 and based at Champagne-sur-Seine (1965–1967), Romorantin-Lanthenay (1967–1969) and Vélizy-Villacoublay (1969–1979). In 1979 the team was taken over by Peugeot and renamed as Automobiles Talbot.
Jackie Stewart in 1969 with the Matra MS80-Ford at the Nürburgring. The car wears the Bleu de France, the national racing colour of France.
Jackie Stewart pictured with the Matra MS84 at the Nürburgring
François Cevert driving the Matra MS670 Group 5 Sports Car in the 1973 1000 km Nürburgring race.
The F1 Matra MS80 victorious in 1969
Matra was a major French industrial conglomerate. Its business activities covered a wide range of industries, notably aerospace, defence, automotive, motorsports, transport and telecommunications.
Matra 530
Matra Bagheera
Matra 530 at OFK exhibition, Koenigsbrunn (Germany), 2006