Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Paris, France | 26 April 1937||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 January 2015 Dakar, Senegal | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Formula One World Championship career | |
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Active years | 1967–1974 |
Teams | Matra, BRM |
Entries | 88 (86 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 8 |
Career points | 77 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 4 |
First entry | 1967 Monaco Grand Prix |
First win | 1972 Monaco Grand Prix |
Last win | 1972 Monaco Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1974 United States Grand Prix |
Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃.pjɛʁ bɛl.twaz]; 26 April 1937 – 5 January 2015) was a French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver who raced for the Matra and BRM teams. He competed in 88 Grands Prix achieving a single victory, at the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix, and a total of eight podium finishes.
Early career
Beltoise won 11 French national motorcycle
In 1964 he was racing a 1.1-litre
Formula One
In 1966, Beltoise drove in the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in a Formula Two (F2) one litre Matra MS5-Cosworth. He finished one lap down but won the F2 class.[4] However, it was his only Grand Prix that season.[4] In
Because of his suspension as race driver, Matra signed Chris Amon[3] as team driver for 1971 which left Beltoise without a seat in F1 for the season. For 1972, he moved to the BRM team and won what turned out to be his only and BRM's final championship-qualifying Formula One victory at the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix in heavy rain. In that same year, Jean-Pierre won a non-championship race in the end of the F1 season, at Brands Hatch, thus marking the last two victories of BRM make in Formula One. He spent three seasons with BRM, and finally retired from Formula 1 at the end of the 1974 season.
Later career
He later did most of the testing for the
In fiction, Beltoise frequently appeared in the
Death
Beltoise died at his holiday home in Dakar, Senegal, on 5 January 2015, aged 77, following two strokes.[5]
Racing record
Motorcycle Grand Prix results
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1962 | 250cc | Moto Morini | ESP | FRA 5 |
IOM | NED | BEL | GER | ULS | DDR | NAT | ARG
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2 | 20th | 0 | ||
1963 | 50cc | Kreidler | ESP | GER | FRA 5 |
IOM | NED | BEL 6 |
FIN | ARG
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JPN | 3 | 11th | 0 | |||
125cc | Bultaco | ESP | GER | FRA | IOM | NED | BEL 6 |
ULS | DDR | FIN | NAT | ARG
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JPN | 1 | 20th | 0 | |
1964 | 50cc | Kreidler | USA 5 |
ESP | FRA 3 |
IOM | NED | BEL | GER | FIN | JPN | 6 | 6th | 0 | |||
125cc | Bultaco | USA 5 |
ESP | FRA 5 |
IOM | NED | GER | DDR | ULS | FIN | NAT | JPN | 4 | 13th | 0 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1963 | Automobiles René Bonnet | Claude Bobrowski | René Bonnet Aérodjet LM6 | P 3.0 |
269 | 11th | 4th |
1964 | Société Automobiles René Bonnet | Gérard Laureau | René Bonnet Aérodjet | P 3.0 |
54 | DNF | DNF |
1966 | Matra Sports SARL | Johnny Servoz-Gavin | Matra M620 | P 2.0 |
112 | DNF | DNF |
1967 | Equipe Matra Sports | Johnny Servoz-Gavin | Matra MS630 | P 2.0 |
155 | DNF | DNF |
1969 | Equipe Matra Elf | Piers Courage | Matra MS650 | P 3.0 |
368 | 4th | 2nd |
1970 | Equipe Matra-Simca | Henri Pescarolo | Matra-Simca MS660 | P 3.0 |
79 | DNF | DNF |
1971 | Equipe Matra-Simca | Chris Amon | Matra-Simca MS660 | P 3.0 |
263 | DNF | DNF |
1972 | Equipe Matra-Simca | Chris Amon | Matra-Simca MS670 | S 3.0 |
1 | DNF | DNF |
1973 | Shell
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François Cevert | Matra-Simca MS670B | S 3.0 |
157 | DNF | DNF |
1974 | Equipe Gitanes | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Matra-Simca MS680 | S 3.0 |
104 | DNF | DNF |
1975 | Gitanes Automobiles Ligier | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier JS2-Ford Cosworth | S 3.0 |
36 | DNF | DNF |
1976 | Inaltera | Henri Pescarolo | Inaltera LM-Ford Cosworth | GTP | 305 | 8th | 1st |
1977 | Inaltera | Al Holbert | Inaltera LM77-Ford Cosworth | S +2.0 |
275 | 13th | 5th |
1979 | ITT Oceanic Jean Rondeau | Henri Pescarolo | Rondeau M379-Ford Cosworth | S +2.0 |
279 | 10th | 2nd |
Source:[6]
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Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos. | Pts |
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1967 | Matra Sports | Matra MS5 | Ford | SNE Ret |
SIL Ret |
NÜR 10 |
HOC | TUL 3 |
JAR Ret |
ZAN 4 |
PER 2 |
BRH DNS |
VAL 2 |
3rd | 27 | |||||||
1968 | Matra Sports | Matra MS7 | Ford | HOC 1 |
THR 2 |
JAR 1 |
PAL
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TUL 2 |
ZAN 1 |
PER NC |
HOC | VAL 4 |
1st | 48 | ||||||||
1969 | Matra Sports | Matra MS7 | Ford | THR 3 |
HOC 1 |
NÜR 3 |
JAR 2 |
TUL 4 |
PER Ret |
VAL
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NC | 0‡ | ||||||||||
1970 | Constructions Mécaniques Pygmée | Pygmée MDB15 | Ford | THR | HOC | BAR Ret |
ROU DNQ |
PER Ret |
TUL | IMO
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HOC Ret |
NC | 0 | |||||||||
1971 | Constructions Mécaniques Pygmée | Pygmée MDB16 | Ford | HOC | THR | NÜR | JAR DNS |
PAL
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ROU Ret |
MAN | TUL | NC | 0 | |||||||||
GTE Racing Cars | Lotus 69 | ALB DNQ |
VAL
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VAL
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1972 | Shell-Arnold Team
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March 722 | Ford | MAL | THR | HOC | PAU Ret |
NC | 0 | |||||||||||||
Motul-Rondel Racing | Brabham BT38 | PAL 6 |
HOC | ROU Ret |
ÖST
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IMO
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MAN | PER | SAL | ALB | HOC | |||||||||||
1973 | STP March Racing Team | March 732 | BMW | MAL Ret |
HOC Ret |
THR DNQ |
NÜR | PAU NC |
KIN | NIV | HOC | ROU | MNZ
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MAN | KAR | PER | SAL | NOR | ALB 3 |
VAL
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20th | 4 |
1974 | Écurie Elf
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Alpine A367 | BMW | BAR | HOC NC |
PAU | SAL | HOC | MUG | KAR | PER | HOC | VAL
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NC | 0 | |||||||
1975 | Racing Organisation Course | Chevron B29 | Chrysler | EST
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THR | HOC | NÜR | PAU NC |
HOC | SAL | NOG NC |
VAL
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NC | 0 | ||||||||
Écurie Elf
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Alpine A367 | BMW | ROU Ret |
MUG | PER | SIL | ZOL
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Source:[7]
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‡ Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key) (races in italics indicate fastest lap)
- Notes
- Formula 2cars, thus scoring one World Championship point.
Non-Championship Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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1967 | Matra Sports | Matra MS5 (F2) | L4
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ROC Ret |
SPC | INT | SYR | OUL 5 |
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Matra MS7 (F2) | ESP 10 |
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1970 | Equipe Matra Elf | Matra-Simca MS120 | Matra MS12 3.0 V12 | ROC DNS |
INT | OUL | |||||
1971 | Equipe Matra Sports | Matra-Simca MS120B | Matra MS71 3.0 V12 | ARG | ROC | QUE | SPR | INT Ret |
RIN | OUL | VIC |
1972 | Marlboro BRM
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BRM P160B
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BRM P142 3.0 V12
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ROC 6 |
BRA DNS |
INT 2 |
OUL | REP | |||
BRM P180
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VIC 1 |
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1973 | Marlboro BRM
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BRM P160D
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BRM P142 3.0 V12
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ROC 6 |
INT | ||||||
1974 | Team BRM
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BRM P160E
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BRM P142 3.0 V12
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PRE 8 |
ROC | INT | |||||
Source:[7]
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References
- ^ "Drivers: Jean-Pierre Beltoise". grandprix.com. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ a b Jean Pierre Beltoise career statistics at MotoGP.com
- ^ ISBN 0851127029.
- ^ ISBN 0851127029.
- ^ "Jean-Pierre Beltoise, ex-F1 driver and 1972 Monaco GP winner, dies". Autosport.com. Haymarket. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "All Results of Jean-Pierre Beltoise". RacingSportCars. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Jean-Pierre Beltoise – Biography". MotorSportMagazine. Retrieved January 20, 2019.