Jean-Pierre Beltoise

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Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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Formula One career
Nationality	French
Years	1967 - 1974

Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise (born 26 April 1937 in Paris, France) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver who raced for the Matra and BRM teams. François Cevert was his brother-in-law (his wife's brother).

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 endurance 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.

In a Matra car during practice for the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring in August 1968

He had good seasons in 1966 and 1967 and entered Formula 1 in a V12-engined Matra, winning the 1967 Buenos Aires Grand Prix and scoring 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 afterwards 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 is also a regular ice racer. He has two sons, Anthony and Julien, 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.

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 5	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	GER -	ULS -	DDR -	NAT -	ARG -			2	20th	0
1963	50cc	Kreidler	ESP -	GER -	FRA 5	IOM -	NED -	BEL 6			FIN -		ARG -	JPN -	3	11th	0
	125cc	Bultaco	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL 6	ULS -	DDR -	FIN -	NAT -	ARG -	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

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Yr	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Points
1966	Matra Sports	Matra MS5 (F2)	Cosworth Straight-4	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER 8	ITA	USA	MEX							NC	0
1967	Matra Sports	Matra MS7 (F2)	Cosworth Straight-4	RSA	MON DNQ	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	CAN	ITA	USA 7	MEX 7					NC	0
1968	Matra Sports	Matra MS7 (F2)	Cosworth Straight-4	RSA 6															9th	11
	Matra International	Matra MS10	Cosworth V8		ESP 5
	Matra Sports	Matra MS11	Matra V12			MON Ret	BEL 8	NED 2	FRA 9	GBR Ret	GER Ret	ITA 5	CAN Ret	USA Ret	MEX Ret
1969	Matra International	Matra MS10	Cosworth V8	RSA 6															5th	21
		Matra MS80			ESP 3	MON Ret	NED 8	FRA 2		GER 12*	ITA 3	CAN 4	USA Ret	MEX 5
		Matra MS84							GBR 9
1970	Equipe Matra Elf	Matra-Simca MS120	Matra V12	RSA 4	ESP Ret	MON Ret	BEL 3	NED 5	FRA 13	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT 6	ITA 3	CAN 8	USA Ret	MEX 5			9th	16
1971	Equipe Matra Sports	Matra-Simca MS120B	Matra V12	RSA	ESP 6	MON Ret	NED 9	FRA 7	GBR 7	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN Ret	USA 8					22nd	1
1972	Marlboro BRM	BRM P160B	BRM V12	ARG	RSA Ret	ESP Ret	MON 1	BEL Ret	FRA 15										11th	9
		BRM P160C								GBR 11	GER 9	AUT 8
		BRM P180											ITA 8	CAN Ret	USA Ret
1973	Marlboro BRM	BRM P160D	BRM V12	ARG Ret	BRA Ret	RSA Ret													10th	9
		BRM P160E					ESP 5	BEL Ret	MON Ret	SWE Ret	FRA 11	GBR Ret	NED 5	GER Ret	AUT 5	ITA 13	CAN 4	USA 9
1974	Team Motul BRM	BRM P160E	BRM V12	ARG 5	BRA 10														13th	10
		BRM P201				RSA 2	ESP Ret	BEL 5	MON Ret	SWE Ret	NED Ret	FRA 10	GBR 12	GER Ret	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	CAN NC	USA DNQ

• 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.

References

Preceded by: None

French Formula Three Champion 1965

Succeeded by: Johnny Servoz-Gavin

Preceded by: Peter Revson

Monaco Formula Three Race Winner 1966

Succeeded by: Henri Pescarolo

Preceded by: Jacky Ickx

European Formula Two Champion 1968

Succeeded by: Johnny Servoz-Gavin

Preceded by: None

French Touring Car Champion 1976-1977

Succeeded by: Lucien Guitteny

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