Competition car
UnregisteredEngine no.

EF15 501- Well-documented history, transferred directly to Renault by Philippe Streiff
- Fitted with a type EF15 Renault V6 turbo engine (incomplete)
- Attractively presented
 
At the start of the 1980s, while turbocharged engines gradually took hold in Formula 1, Tyrrell – which had made its mark in 1968 when it enabled Jackie Stewart and his Matra to win the F1 World Championship – was the last team to remain faithful to the naturally-aspirated Ford V8.

Until, that is, the Austrian Grand Prix on 19 August 1984, at which neither of Tyrrell’s drivers, Stefan Johansson and Stefan Bellof, managed to qualify.

The English team had to move with the times and therefore signed an agreement with Renault for the supply of a V6 turbo.

This was fitted to the Tyrrell 014, which took over from the naturally-aspirated Tyrrell 012 during the 1985 season and allowed the British team to remain competitive.

This was in turn replaced during the 1986 season by t...