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Jean Behra
Jean Behra (16 February 1921 - 1 August 1959) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams.
Although he never got a victory, he managed an unquenchable thirst for motorsport, being considered a formidable competitor to the day he died. He hit the headlines when he won the non-title 1952 Reims Grand Prix . Between then and 1959 he scored many victories but in non-championship races. In 1959 he moved to Ferrari where he partnered with Tony Brooks. When he retired in the French Grand Prix at Reims after a piston failure, he was involved in a strong discussion in which he punched team manager Romolo Tavoni , and was instantly dismissed from the team. Less than a month later he crashed his Porsche RSK in the sports car race that preceded the German Grand Prix at Avus. He was thrown from his car and fatally injured against a flagpole.
Complete Formula One results
(Note: grands prix in bold denote points scoring races.)
| Yr | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Gord | SWI | IND | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | DUT | ITA | Gord | |||
| 1953 | Gord | ARG | IND | DUT | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | SWI | ITA | Gord | ||
| 1954 | Gord | ARG | IND | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | SWI | ITA | SPA | Gord | ||
| 1955 | Mase | ARG | MON | IND | BEL | DUT | GBR | ITA | Mase | ||||
| 1956 | Mase | ARG | MON | IND | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | Mase | |||
| 1957 | Mase | ARG | MON | IND | FRA | GBR | DEU | PES | ITA | Mase | |||
| 1958 | Mase | ARG | MON | DUT | IND | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | POR | ITA | MOR | BRM |
| 1959 | Ferr | MON | IND | DUT | FRA | GBR | DEU | POR | ITA | USA | Ferr |
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