Jean-Pierre Beltoise

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Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 26 April 1937 – 5 January 2015) was a French racing driver and motorcycle road racer, who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from Template:MGP to Template:MGP, and Formula One from Template:Ifnumber to Template:Ifnumber. Beltoise won the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix with BRM.

Beltoise competed in Formula One for Matra and BRM, finishing fifth in the 1969 World Drivers' Championship with the former. Beltoise was also a class winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1976 with Inaltéra.

Early career

Beltoise won 11 French national motorcycle road racing titles in three years.[1] He competed in international Grand Prix motorcycle racing from the 1962 to 1964 seasons in the 50, 125, 250 and 500 cc classes. His best finish was a sixth place in the 1964 50 cc World Championship.[2]

In 1964, Beltoise was racing a 1.1-litre René Bonnet sports car. His career almost ended with a huge crash in the Reims 12-hour sports car endurance race, in which he suffered a broken arm, so severely damaged that its movement was permanently restricted.[3] However, he returned in 1965 and won the Reims Formula 3 race, after which he graduated to Formula 2 for the following season.

Formula One

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In a Matra car during practice for the 1968 German Grand Prix.
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Beltoise at the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix.

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 1967 Beltoise competed in three Grands Prix with a Formula Two Matra MS7 1.6 litre Cosworth, and finished seventh at both Watkins Glen and Mexico City.[4] He also won the 1967 Buenos Aires Grand Prix, which was not part of the World Championship calendar. In 1968, Beltoise began the season again with an F2 car but from the second race onward had Formula One machinery and finished second in the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix. In 1969, he was placed in Ken Tyrrell's Matra team, whilst the works V12 engine was developed[3] driving alongside Jackie Stewart, and finished second in the French grand Prix. Beltoise returned to the works Matra team for both 1970 and 1971. In 1971, racing in the Matra sports car team, he was involved in the accident in which Ignazio Giunti died during the 1000 km Buenos Aires, and his international racing license was suspended, although he was allowed to compete while on appeal.

For 1972, Beltoise 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, he won a non-championship race in the end of the F1 season, at Brands Hatch, thus marking the last two victories of the 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

Beltoise later did most of the testing for the Ligier F1 team, although a proposed Formula One drive for 1976 went instead to Jacques Laffite[3] and he thereafter turned his attention to touring car racing in France, twice winning the French title 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 was also a regular ice racer. His two sons, Anthony and Julien, are both race drivers.

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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
1962 250cc Moto Morini ESP FRA
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IOM NED BEL GER ULS DDR NAT ARG 2 20th 0
1963 50cc Kreidler ESP GER FRA
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
IOM NED BEL
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
FIN ARG JPN 3 11th 0
125cc Bultaco ESP GER FRA IOM NED BEL
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ULS DDR FIN NAT ARG JPN 1 20th 0
1964 50cc Kreidler USA
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ESP FRA
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
IOM NED BEL GER FIN JPN 6 6th 0
125cc Bultaco USA
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ESP FRA
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IOM NED GER DDR ULS FIN NAT JPN 4 13th 0

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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1963 Template:Flagicon Automobiles René Bonnet Template:Flagicon Claude Bobrowski René Bonnet Aérodjet LM6 P
3.0
269 11th 4th
1964 Template:Flagicon Société Automobiles René Bonnet Template:Flagicon Gérard Laureau René Bonnet Aérodjet P
3.0
54 DNF DNF
1966 Template:Flagicon Matra Sports SARL Template:Flagicon Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra M620 P
2.0
112 DNF DNF
1967 Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra Sports Template:Flagicon Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra MS630 P
2.0
155 DNF DNF
1969 Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra Elf Template:Flagicon Piers Courage Matra MS650 P
3.0
368 4th 2nd
1970 Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra-Simca Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo Matra-Simca MS660 P
3.0
79 DNF DNF
1971 Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra-Simca Template:Flagicon Chris Amon Matra-Simca MS660 P
3.0
263 DNF DNF
1972 Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra-Simca Template:Flagicon Chris Amon Matra-Simca MS670 S
3.0
1 DNF DNF
1973 Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra-Simca Shell Template:Flagicon François Cevert Matra-Simca MS670B S
3.0
157 DNF DNF
1974 Template:Flagicon Equipe Gitanes Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jarier Matra-Simca MS680 S
3.0
104 DNF DNF
1975 Template:Flagicon Gitanes Automobiles Ligier Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier JS2-Ford Cosworth S
3.0
36 DNF DNF
1976 Template:Flagicon Inaltéra Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo Inaltéra LM-Ford Cosworth GTP 305 8th 1st
1977 Template:Flagicon Inaltéra Template:Flagicon Al Holbert InaltéraLM77-Ford Cosworth S
+2.0
275 13th 5th
1979 Template:Flagicon ITT Oceanic Jean Rondeau Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo Rondeau M379-Ford Cosworth S
+2.0
279 10th 2nd
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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 <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
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NÜR
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HOC TUL
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JAR
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ZAN
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PER
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BRH
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VAL
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JAR
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ZAN
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PER
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HOC VAL
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1st 48
Template:F2 Matra Sports Matra MS7 Ford THR
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HOC
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NÜR
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JAR
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TUL
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PER
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VAL NC 0
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PER
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Motul-Rondel Racing Brabham BT38 PAL
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Écurie Elf Alpine A367 BMW ROU
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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)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />WDCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
1966 Matra Sports Matra MS5 (F2) Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4 MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER
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ITA USA MEX NC 0
1967 Matra Sports Matra MS5 (F2) Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 RSA MON
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NED BEL FRA GBR GER CAN ITA NC 0
Matra MS7 (F2) USA
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MEX
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1968 Matra Sports Matra MS7 (F2) Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 RSA
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
9th 11
Matra International Matra MS10 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ESP
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Matra Sports Matra MS11 Matra MS9 3.0 V12 MON
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BEL
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NED
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
FRA
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GBR
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GER
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ITA
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAN
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USA
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MEX
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1969 Matra International Matra MS10 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
5th 21
Matra MS80 ESP
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MON
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NED
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
FRA
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GER
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ITA
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CAN
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
USA
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MEX
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Matra MS84 GBR
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1970 Equipe Matra Elf Matra-Simca MS120 Matra MS12 3.0 V12 RSA
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ESP
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MON
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BEL
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NED
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
FRA
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GBR
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GER
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AUT
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ITA
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CAN
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
USA
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MEX
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
9th 16
1971 Equipe Matra Sports Matra-Simca MS120B Matra MS71 3.0 V12 RSA ESP
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MON
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NED
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
FRA
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GBR
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GER AUT ITA CAN
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USA
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
22nd 1
1972 Marlboro BRM BRM P160B BRM P142 3.0 V12 ARG RSA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ESP
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MON
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BEL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
FRA
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
11th 9
BRM P160C GBR
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GER
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
AUT
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRM P180 ITA
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAN
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USA
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1973 Marlboro BRM BRM P160D BRM P142 3.0 V12 ARG
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRA
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RSA
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10th 9
BRM P160E ESP
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BEL
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MON
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SWE
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FRA
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GBR
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NED
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GER
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AUT
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ITA
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CAN
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USA
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1974 Team BRM BRM P160E BRM P142 3.0 V12 ARG
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BRA
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
13th 10
BRM P201 BRM P200 3.0 V12 RSA
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ESP
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BEL
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MON
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SWE
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NED
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FRA
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GBR
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
GER
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AUT
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ITA
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CAN
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USA
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Notes
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^1 – In the 1969 German Grand Prix, Beltoise was classified 12th on the circuit but was the 6th Formula One car behind six Formula 2 cars, 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
1967 Matra Sports Matra MS5 (F2) Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 ROC
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SPC INT SYR OUL
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Matra MS7 (F2) ESP
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1970 Equipe Matra Elf Matra-Simca MS120 Matra MS12 3.0 V12 ROC
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
INT OUL
1971 Equipe Matra Sports Matra-Simca MS120B Matra MS71 3.0 V12 ARG ROC QUE SPR INT
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RIN OUL VIC
1972 Marlboro BRM BRM P160B BRM P142 3.0 V12 ROC
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRA
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
INT
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
OUL REP
BRM P180 VIC
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1973 Marlboro BRM BRM P160D BRM P142 3.0 V12 ROC
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
INT
1974 Team BRM BRM P160E BRM P142 3.0 V12 PRE
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROC INT
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References

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Sporting positions
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Champion

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Race Winner

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Champion

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Champion

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