Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I mau tonu a Matra ki a Jean-Pierre Beltoise o Parani, a ka uru atu a Chris Amon o Niu Tireni ki a Matra ma te whakamahi i te putanga whakaritenga Matra MS120B mo te tau 1971. I raru a Beltoise i muri i te 1971 1000 km Buenos Aires; e whakataetae ana mo te roopu motuka hākinakina a Matra; i uru ia ki te aitua i mate ai a Ignazio Giunti, a ka whakamutua te raihana whakataetae a-ao a Beltoise mo etahi wa. I wikitoria a Amon i te Non-Championship Argentine Grand Prix ka mutu te tuarima i te rauna tuatahi i te waa 1971 i te Grand Prix o Awherika ki te Tonga. I hoki mai a Beltoise mo te Spanish Grand Prix ka mutu te tuaono, ka mutu a Amon i te tuatoru. Ko te Monaco Grand Prix he whakataetae kino me te mutu o nga rereketanga rereke. I te Grand Prix o Netherlands i kite a Beltoise i te iwa me te Amon i te reti i muri i tana hurihanga. I muri mai ko te French Grand Prix ko te whakataetae a Matra me Beltoise, me Amon te tuarima me Beltoise te tuawhitu. I muri mai, ko te British Grand Prix i kite i a Beltoise i te tuawhitu me te Amon e reti ana me te ngoikoretanga o te miihini. I te Tiamana Grand Prix i kite a Matra i te whakauru noa ki Amon ka mutu na te aitua. I ngaro a Matra i te Grand Prix Austrian engari i uru ki te Grand Prix Itari
, i uru mai ai a Matra ki Amon ano i riro i a ia te pou, ka whakama ki a Ferrari i to raatau waahi kaainga, ka mutu te tuaono. I muri mai i te Canadian Grand Prix ka kite a Beltoise i te hokinga mai engari ka mutu me te aitua, a ka mutu a Amon i te tekau. Ko te whakataetae whakamutunga o te tau 1971 ko te United States Grand Prix me Beltoise tuawaru me Amon 12th.