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Former F1 racer Jean-Pierre Beltoise dies

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix winner, has died at the age of 77. French newspaper L'Equipe reports that Beltoise passed away in Senegal after suffering two strokes over the New Year period. Beltoise had been in Dakar on holiday when he fell ill, with the Frenchman dying on Monday. Beltoise started 86 grands prix, racing for both Matra and BRM and taking his only F1 victory for the latter in heavy rain in Monaco. Born in Boulogne Billancourt in Paris in 1937, Beltoise began racing motorbikes in the late 1950s and in 1961 took the French national 250cc title, one of 11 national championships he won. Beltoise also entered a number of international Grand Prix motorcycle...
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