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Name: Jean-Pierre Beltoise  
   
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Date of Birth: 26th April 1937
   
Place of Birth: Paris, France
   
Profession: Racing driver
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Nationality French
Active years 1967 - 1974
Team(s) Matra, Tyrrell, BRM
Race starts 87
Championships 0
Wins 1
Podium finishes 8
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 4
First Grand Prix 1967 Monaco Grand Prix
First win 1972 Monaco Grand Prix
Last win 1972 Monaco Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix 1974 United States Grand Prix
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Jean-Pierre Beltoise (born 26 April 1937 in Paris, France) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Matra and BRM teams.

Before his F1 career he won 11 national motorcycle titles in three years. 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 getting a great second place in the Dutch Grand Prix. In 1969 he was recruited by Ken Tyrrell to the Matra team, driving alongside Jackie Stewart, finishing second in the French Grand Prix. In 1971, racing in the Matra sportscar 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 the 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.

Complete Formula One results

(Note: grands prix in bold denote race victories.)

Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Team
1967 Matr SAF MON DUT BEL FRA GBR DEU CAN ITA USA MEX         Matr
1968 Matr SAF SPA MON BEL DUT FRA GBR DEU ITA CAN USA MEX       Matr
1969 Matr SAF SPA MON DUT FRA GBR DEU ITA CAN USA MEX         Matr
1970 Matr SAF SPA MON BEL DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA MEX     Matr
1971 Matr SAF SPA MON DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA         Matr
1972 BRM ARG SAF SPA MON BEL FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA       BRM
1973 BRM ARG BRA SAF SPA BEL MON SWE FRA GBR DUT DEU AUT ITA CAN USA BRM
1974 BRM ARG BRA SAF SPA BEL MON SWE DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA BRM

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