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Jean-Pierre Beltoise 1968

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Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise (born April 26, 1937 in Paris, France) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver who raced for the Matra and BRM teams.Beltoise won 11 national motorcycle titles in three years. He competed in international Grand Prix motorcycle racing from the 1962 to 1964 seasons in the 50, 125 and 250 cc classes. His best finish was a sixth place in the 1964 50 cc World Championship.In 1963 he was racing a 1.1-litre Rene Bonnet sports car. His career almost ended with a huge crash in the Reims 12-hour sports car race, in which he suffered a broken arm. Beltoise raced to a win in the 1965 Reims Formula 3 race, after which he graduated to Formula 2 for the following season.He had good seasons in 1966 and 1967 and entered Formula 1 in a V12-engined Matra, and scored a great second place in the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix. In 1969 he was recruited by Ken Tyrrell to the Matra team, driving alongside Jackie Stewart, finishing second in the 1969 French Grand Prix. In 1971, racing in the Matra sports car team, he was involved in the accident which killed Ignazio Giunti in Buenos Aires, and his international racing license was suspended for some time. In 1972 he joined the BRM team and won what turned out to be BRM's final Formula One victory at the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix under heavy rain. He finally retired from Formula 1 at the end of the 1974 season.He later did most of the testing for the Ligier F1 team and later turned his attention to touring car racing in France and won the French title twice for BMW before entering rallycross in an Alpine-Renault with which he won the French title. In 1981 he returned to touring cars and raced for Peugeot throughout the 1980s. He is also a regular ice racer. He has two sons who are both race drivers.In fiction, Beltoise frequently appeared in the Michel Vaillant series of comic books, amongst others being part of the winning Vaillante Le Mans team.

Channel: Sports
Uploaded: October 25, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Author: depamelli

Length: 01:30
Rating: 4.50
Views: 6768

Tags: Beltoise  Elford  Lagadere  Moss  Rindt  Schlesser  Stewart  Surtees  

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heuerautavia (July 31, 2008 at 2:38 pm)
I think there were: on 0:54, Stirling Moss - 0:57, Jackie Ickx - 1:11, Henry Pescarolo - 1:14, John Surtees
gaylestephen (July 10, 2008 at 9:49 pm)
Now for those in the cars:Man with greying hair: don't know; the charmer blowing a kiss: Graham Hill; man in sunglasses: Pedro Rodruiguez; man waving at scene 1.19 Jean-Pierre Beltoise; cheery-looking guy waving at scene 1.23: Piers Courage; miserable looking so-snd-so at 1.25: Vic Elford & and at end of clip, Jo Schlesser.Would anyone let me know who i've missed or whether I've got any names wrong. i also wonder if any of them could compete against Lewis Hamilton today.
gaylestephen (July 10, 2008 at 9:42 pm)
I may not have been born when this footage was shot, but I learnt the history from when i watched f1 every sunday with my dad, so for u older generation heres who i recognise:At start: Jean-Pierre Beltoise with his wife,1st man in red shirt: don't know; 2nd red shirt man w/ Beltoise: jo schlesser; Man on bicycle: Francois Cevert; Man in cricket shirt: Jackie Stewart; man in black shirt: Jochen Rindt; man in white with thumbs up: dont recognise; man pulling tongues: don't recognise. cont
Flyanglo (July 10, 2008 at 1:56 pm)
His name is Vic Elford
depamelli (December 24, 2007 at 12:14 pm)
Vic Elfort
gaylestephen (December 23, 2007 at 11:29 pm)
Who's the miserable-looking driver in scenes 01:24 and 01:25? He could've done with a bit of cheering up whereas all the other drivers looked happy.
sab4480 (November 1, 2007 at 9:36 pm)
Thank you for the JP Beltoise video! It brings back wonderful memories of my 1968F3 and F2 season driving for Frank Williams.Piers Courage and Jackie Ickx were such goodfriends. Sam Brown

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