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Jean Behra - The man with the checkered helmet
©KlemantaskiCollection Only the older generation will recall French motor racing star Jean Behra who took part in 52 F1 world championship events in the 1950s with the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams, and who sadly died on this day in 1959. He's pictured above at the 1957 non-championship Morocco Grand Prix, flanked by Rob Walker on his left and his lightweight Maserat 250F on his right. A three-time French motorbike champion before transferring to F1, Behra finished on the podium on nine occasions but never managed to win a Grand Prix, making him possibly the fastest driver - along with Chris Amon - never to score an F1 victory. Famous for being sacked by Ferrari when...
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