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Monaco GP winner Jean-Pierre Beltoise dies at 77

Sutton Images Enlarge French F1 driver and Monaco Grand Prix winner Jean-Pierre Beltoise has died at the age of 77 after suffering two strokes. A veteran of 87 grands prix between 1967 and 1974, Beltoise was a talented driver who made the transition from a successful motorcycling career to race cars at the age of 26. A nasty accident at Reims a year later broke his limbs in 16 places and resulted in him permanently losing some mobility in his left arm. Nevertheless, he was back on track a year later in 1965 and took the Formula 3 title for French team Matra. He made his grand prix debut in 1966, winning the Formula 2 class at the German Grand Prix, and first competed in a Formula One car...
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