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Jean Behra – Behra The Brave
Jean Behra never won a Formula One race, but that statistic does a tremendous disservice to the Frenchman's abundant talent. Born in Nice in 1921, Behra was plagued by many horrific crashes throughout his racing career. A more cautious driver may have decided to ply his trade in a safer environment after some of these crashes but Behra, shaking every one of them off, seemed almost completely fearless. The incident that was to leave its biggest mark on Behra's life was the one he suffered at the Dundrod TT in Northern Ireland in 1955. Racing in the RAC Tourist Trophy, Jean overturned his Maserati on a banking, resulting in his goggles slicing his ear off. Jean was given a plastic...
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