Jean-Pierre Beltoise

Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise (; 26 April 1937 – 5 January 2015) was a French racing driver and motorcycle road racer, who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from to , and Formula One from to . 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 with Inaltéra.

Early career Beltoise won 11 French national motorcycle road racing titles in three years. 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.

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. 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 In a Matra car during practice for the 1968 German 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. However, it was his only Grand Prix that season.

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 IOM NED BEL GER ULS DDR NAT ARG 2 20th 01963 50cc Kreidler ESP GER FRA IOM NED BEL FIN ARG JPN 3 11th 0 125cc Bultaco ESP GER FRA IOM NED BEL ULS DDR FIN NAT ARG JPN 1 20th 0 1964 50cc Kreidler USA ESP FRA IOM NED BEL GER FIN JPN 6 6th 0 125cc Bultaco USA ESP FRA IOM NED GER DDR ULS FIN NAT JPN 4 13th 0

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 Pts Matra Sports Matra MS5 Ford SNE SIL NÜR HOC TUL JAR ZAN PER BRH VAL 3rd 27 Matra Sports Matra MS7 Ford HOC THR JAR PAL TUL ZAN PER HOC VAL 1st 48 Matra Sports Matra MS7 Ford THR HOC NÜR JAR TUL PER VAL NC 0 Constructions Mécaniques Pygmée Pygmée MDB15 Ford THR HOC BAR ROU PER TUL IMO HOC NC 0 Constructions Mécaniques Pygmée Pygmée MDB16 Ford HOC THR NÜR JAR PAL ROU MAN TUL NC 0 GTE Racing Cars Lotus 69 ALB VAL VAL Shell-Arnold Team March 722 Ford MAL THR HOC PAU NC 0 Motul-Rondel Racing Brabham BT38 PAL HOC ROU ÖST IMO MAN PER SAL ALB HOC STP March Racing Team March 732 BMW MAL HOC THR NÜR PAU KIN NIV HOC ROU MNZ MAN KAR PER SAL NOR ALB VAL 20th 4 Écurie Elf Alpine A367 BMW BAR HOC PAU SAL HOC MUG KAR PER HOC VAL NC 0 Racing Organisation Course Chevron B29 Chrysler EST THR HOC NÜR PAU HOC SAL NOG VAL NC 0 Écurie Elf Alpine A367 BMW ROU MUG PER SIL ZOL Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points

Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) (races in italics indicate fastest lap)