1978 Tyrrell-Cosworth 008

Offered by Bonhams | Monaco | May 2024

The Tyrrell Racing Organisation – one of the great F1 team names – finished fourth in the constructor’s championship in 1978, their 13th season in F1. They used the 008 for the entire season, which was the first season after their famous six-wheeler.

The cars were powered by a 3.0-liter Cosworth DFV V8, which this car retains. The competition history for this chassis, 008/03, includes:

1978 South African Grand Prix – 2nd (with Patrick
1978 Monaco Grand Prix – 1st (with Depailler)
1978 Belgian Grand Prix – 17th, DNF (with Depailler)
1978 Spanish Grand Prix – 20th, DNF (with Depailler)
1978 Swedish Grand Prix – 19th, DNF (with Depailler)
1978 French Grand Prix – 24th, DNF (with Depailler)
1978 British Grand Prix – 4th (with Depailler)
1978 German Grand Prix – 24th, DNF (with Depailler)
1978 Austrian Grand Prix – 2nd (with Depailler)
1978 Dutch Grand Prix – 23rd, DNF (with Depailler)
1978 United States Grand Prix – 22nd, DNF (with Depailler)
1978 Canadian Grand Prix – 5th (with Depailler)

The car was also involved in the start of the race crash at the 1978 Italian Grand Prix. Depailler would move to a back up car for the restart of the race.

It was later used in privateer racing around the U.K. and then became part of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason’s collection. It is a Monaco winner and has a pre-sale estimate of $1,170,000-$1,500,000. More info can be found here.