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François Cévert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (708 words) |
 | In the tumultuous, tragic arena that was Formula One racing at the time, few showed more flair and promise, and no one ended his career more heartrendingly than Cévert, the son of a Paris jeweler and brother-in-law of Grand Prix driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise. |
| After making his debut at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort in Tyrrell's second customer March-Ford, he increased his pace and closed the gap to Stewart with virtually every race. |
| Cévert became only the second Frenchman to win a Grand Prix ( Maurice Trintignant won at Monaco in 1955 and 1958), and it was the high point of his career, helping him take third place in the 1971 Driver's Championship behind Stewart and Ickx. |
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| He crashed fatally in Frank's F1 de Tomaso in the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix. |
| It was a tragic fate for the highly motivated 28-year old who had stormed to second places in the 1969 Monaco and US Grands Prix driving Frank's Brabham BT26. |
| He'd raced in Formula 3 and 2 throughout much of the 1960s and briefly contested Grands Prix for the BRM team before really making his name in 1969 in the Williams Brabham. |
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