Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A tsakiyar shekarun 1960, Matra ya sami gagarumar nasara a gasar Formula 3 da F2, musamman tare da motar MS5 mai amfani da monocoque, ta lashe gasar zakarun Faransa da Turai. A cikin, Jacky Ickx ya ba da mamaki ga tsarin F1 ta hanyar aikawa da lokaci na uku mafi sauri na 8: 14 "a Nürburgring na Jamus
a cikin 1600cc Matra MS7 F2, wanda aka yarda ya shiga tare da 3000cc F1 cars. A tseren, ya kasa gamawa saboda karyewar dakatarwa.