Jean-Pierre Beltoise

Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise (Template: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:F1 to Template:F1. 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 Template:24hLM with Inaltéra.

Early career

Beltoise won 11 French national motorcycle road racing titles in three years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Jean Pierre Beltoise career statistics at MotoGP.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name ="ReferenceA">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.

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.<ref name ="ReferenceB">Template:Cite book</ref> However, it was his only Grand Prix that season.<ref name ="ReferenceB"/> 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.<ref name ="ReferenceB"/> 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<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> 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 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<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> 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.

In fiction, Beltoise frequently appeared in the Michel Vaillant series of comic books, amongst others being part of the winning Vaillante Le Mans team.

Death

Beltoise died at his holiday home in Dakar, Senegal, on 5 January 2015, aged 77, following two strokes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 Template:Small	IOM	NED	BEL	GER	ULS	DDR	NAT	ARG			2	20th	0
1963	50cc	Kreidler	ESP	GER	FRA Template:Small	IOM	NED	BEL Template:Small			FIN		ARG	JPN	3	11th	0
	125cc	Bultaco	ESP	GER	FRA	IOM	NED	BEL Template:Small	ULS	DDR	FIN	NAT	ARG	JPN	1	20th	0
1964	50cc	Kreidler	USA Template:Small	ESP	FRA Template:Small	IOM	NED	BEL	GER		FIN		JPN		6	6th	0
	125cc	Bultaco	USA Template:Small	ESP	FRA Template:Small	IOM	NED	GER	DDR	ULS	FIN	NAT	JPN		4	13th	0

<ref name="Jean Pierre Beltoise career statistics at MotoGP.com"/>

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F2	Matra Sports	Matra MS5	Ford	SNE Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	HOC	TUL Template:Tooltip	JAR Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	PER Template:Tooltip	BRH Template:Small	VAL Template:Small								3rd	27
Template:F2	Matra Sports	Matra MS7	Ford	HOC Template:Small	THR Template:Tooltip	JAR Template:Small	PAL	TUL Template:Tooltip	ZAN Template:Small	PER Template:Small	HOC	VAL Template:Small									1st	48
Template:F2	Matra Sports	Matra MS7	Ford	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	JAR Template:Small	TUL Template:Small	PER Template:Small	VAL											NC	0‡
Template:F2	Constructions Mécaniques Pygmée	Pygmée MDB15	Ford	THR	HOC	BAR Template:Small	ROU Template:Tooltip	PER Template:Small	TUL	IMO	HOC Template:Small										NC	0
Template:F2	Constructions Mécaniques Pygmée	Pygmée MDB16	Ford	HOC	THR	NÜR	JAR Template:Small	PAL	ROU Template:Small	MAN	TUL										NC	0
	GTE Racing Cars	Lotus 69										ALB Template:Small	VAL	VAL
Template:F2	Shell-Arnold Team	March 722	Ford	MAL	THR	HOC	PAU Template:Small														NC	0
	Motul-Rondel Racing	Brabham BT38						PAL Template:Small	HOC	ROU Template:Small	ÖST	IMO	MAN	PER	SAL	ALB	HOC
Template:F2	STP March Racing Team	March 732	BMW	MAL Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	THR Template:Tooltip	NÜR	PAU Template:Small	KIN	NIV	HOC	ROU	MNZ	MAN	KAR	PER	SAL	NOR	ALB Template:Small	VAL	20th	4
Template:F2	Écurie Elf	Alpine A367	BMW	BAR	HOC Template:Small	PAU	SAL	HOC	MUG	KAR	PER	HOC	VAL								NC	0
Template:F2	Racing Organisation Course	Chevron B29	Chrysler	EST	THR	HOC	NÜR	PAU Template:Small	HOC	SAL						NOG Template:Small	VAL				NC	0
	Écurie Elf	Alpine A367	BMW								ROU Template:Small	MUG	PER	SIL	ZOL
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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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1966	Matra Sports	Matra MS5 (F2)	Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER Template:Small	ITA	USA	MEX							NC	0
1967	Matra Sports	Matra MS5 (F2)	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	RSA	MON Template:Small	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	CAN	ITA							NC	0
		Matra MS7 (F2)											USA Template:Small	MEX Template:Small
1968	Matra Sports	Matra MS7 (F2)	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	RSA Template:Small															9th	11
	Matra International	Matra MS10	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		ESP Template:Small
	Matra Sports	Matra MS11	Matra MS9 3.0 V12			MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	NED Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	MEX Template:Small
1969	Matra International	Matra MS10	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA Template:Small															5th	21
		Matra MS80			ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	NED Template:Small	FRA Template:Small		GER Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	MEX Template:Small
		Matra MS84							GBR Template:Small
1970	Equipe Matra Elf	Matra-Simca MS120	Matra MS12 3.0 V12	RSA Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	NED Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	MEX Template:Small			9th	16
1971	Equipe Matra Sports	Matra-Simca MS120B	Matra MS71 3.0 V12	RSA	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	NED Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small					22nd	1
1972	Marlboro BRM	BRM P160B	BRM P142 3.0 V12	ARG	RSA Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	FRA Template:Small										11th	9
		BRM P160C								GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small
		BRM P180											ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small
1973	Marlboro BRM	BRM P160D	BRM P142 3.0 V12	ARG Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	RSA Template:Small													10th	9
		BRM P160E					ESP Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	SWE Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	NED Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small
1974	Team BRM	BRM P160E	BRM P142 3.0 V12	ARG Template:Small	BRA Template:Small														13th	10
		BRM P201	BRM P200 3.0 V12			RSA Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	SWE Template:Small	NED Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small
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Notes

• Template:Note – 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 Template:Small	SPC	INT	SYR	OUL Template:Small
		Matra MS7 (F2)							ESP Template:Small
1970	Equipe Matra Elf	Matra-Simca MS120	Matra MS12 3.0 V12	ROC Template:Small	INT	OUL
1971	Equipe Matra Sports	Matra-Simca MS120B	Matra MS71 3.0 V12	ARG	ROC	QUE	SPR	INT Template:Small	RIN	OUL	VIC
1972	Marlboro BRM	BRM P160B	BRM P142 3.0 V12	ROC Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	INT Template:Small	OUL	REP
		BRM P180							VIC Template:Small
1973	Marlboro BRM	BRM P160D	BRM P142 3.0 V12	ROC Template:Small	INT
1974	Team BRM	BRM P160E	BRM P142 3.0 V12	PRE Template:Small	ROC	INT
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