Johnny Servoz-Gavin

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Georges-Francis "Johnny" Servoz-Gavin (18 January 1942 – 29 May 2006)[1] was a French motor racing driver in both sportscars and single seaters.

He participated in 13 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix between 1967 and 1970, qualifying in all but one. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of nine championship points. He drove for the Tyrrell Formula One team, mainly as Jackie Stewart's teammate.

Early life

Servoz-Gavin was born in Grenoble, a city in the foothills of the Alps. As a teenager he worked as a ski instructor, during which time he became known as "Johnny".[1]

Career

Lower formulae

Servoz-Gavin's early work included developing sports cars for Matra.[2] After initially competing in rallying, Servoz-Gavin moved to single-seater racing. He had previously attended the racing drivers' school at the Magny-Cours circuit in the centre of France, (from which he was "thrown out")[3] and in 1965 entered the French Formula Three Championship in a private Brabham BT18.[2] By the late 1960s, Servoz-Gavin was a rising star, following in the footsteps of Jacky Ickx and Jean-Pierre Beltoise. He became French Formula Three Champion in 1966 driving a works Matra MS5, and in 1969 he won the European Formula Two Championship.[1]

Formula One

His Formula Three racing performances won Servoz-Gavin the attention of Matra, resulting in his moving into Formula One.[2] His best season was 1968, particularly the 1968 Italian Grand Prix in which he finished second and scored six points, driving a Matra. He also impressed at the Monaco Grand Prix, entering as Jackie Stewart's stand-in, starting from the front row of the grid,[1] and leading from Graham Hill at the start, until his race ended early after clipping a barrier and breaking a driveshaft in a similar incident to the one that resulted in the death of Lorenzo Bandini in the Monaco Grand Prix the previous year.[1] Next year, he also scored a sixth place in the 1969 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park, which secured him a place in history as the only driver ever to score a world championship point with a four-wheel-driven Formula One car, the Matra MS84.[3]

Servoz-Gavin suffered an eye injury in an off-road event in the winter of 1969–70, and had been worrying that his eyesight had been damaged.[1] Driving a March 701, for the Tyrrell[3] team he finished fifth (yet last) in the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama. Then after hitting a barrier again, and failing to qualify for the 1970 Monaco Grand Prix he decided to retire.[1] Servoz-Gavin felt that the risks inherent in Formula One and racing in general were not worthwhile but the problems with his vision may have influenced his decision.[3]

Other motorsport interests

In 1969, Servoz-Gavin participated in Matra endurance events, co-driving with Pedro Rodríguez.[2]

Later life

A man of good looks and high society, he was among a number of Formula One drivers rumoured to be the unknown driver in Claude Lelouch's 1977 short footage film C'était un rendez-vous, although Lelouch claimed to have driven the car himself.[4][5]

After his racing career was over, Servoz-Gavin lived on a houseboat and suffered serious burns when a gas bottle exploded on his boat in 1982.[4] He died in May 2006 as the result of a pulmonary embolism, following a period of ill health. He was 64 years old.[2]

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1966 Template:Flagicon Matra Sports SARL Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra MS620-BRM P
2.0 		112 DNF DNF
1967 Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra Sports Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra MS630-BRM P
2.0 		155 DNF DNF
1968 Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra Sports Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo Matra MS630 P
3.0 		283 DNF DNF
1969 Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra Elf Template:Flagicon Herbert Müller Matra MS630 P
3.0 		158 DNF DNF
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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 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
Template:F2 Matra Sports Matra MS5 Ford SNE SIL NÜR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOC TUL
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JAR
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ZAN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PER
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH 6th 15
Matra MS7 VAL
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Template:F2 Matra Sports Matra MS7 Ford HOC THR JAR PAL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TUL ZAN PER HOC VAL NC 0
Template:F2 Matra International Matra MS7 Ford THR
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOC
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NÜR
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JAR
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TUL PER
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		VAL
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1st 37

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />WDCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
1967 Matra Sports Matra MS5 (F2) Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 RSA MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NED BEL FRA GBR GER CAN ITA USA MEX NC 0
1968 Matra International Matra MS10 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA ESP MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL NED ITA
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA MEX
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		13th 6
Cooper Car Company Cooper T86B BRM P101 3.0 V12 FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR GER
1969 Matra International Matra MS7 (F2) Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA 17th 1
Matra MS84 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 CAN
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA
NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEX
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1970 Tyrrell Racing Organisation March 701 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ESP
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA MEX 20th 2
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References

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Champion
1966 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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Champion
1969 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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