Jean-Pierre Beltoise

Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Beltoise at the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix
Born
Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise

(1937-04-26)26 April 1937
Paris, France
Died5 January 2015(2015-01-05) (aged 77)
Dakar, Senegal
Spouse
Jacqueline Cevert
(m. 1968)
Children2, including Anthony
RelativesFrançois Cevert (brother-in-law)
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years19621964
First race1962 250cc French Grand Prix
Last race1964 50cc French Grand Prix
Team(s)Morini, Kreidler, Bultaco
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
8 0 1 0 0 16
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityFrance French
Active years19661974
TeamsMatra, BRM
Entries88 (86 starts)
Championships0
Wins1
Podiums8
Career points77
Pole positions0
Fastest laps4
First entry1966 German Grand Prix
First win1972 Monaco Grand Prix
Last win1972 Monaco Grand Prix
Last entry1974 United States Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years19631964, 19661967, 19691977, 1979
TeamsBonnet, Matra, Ligier, Inaltéra, Rondeau
Best finish4th (1969)
Class wins1 (1976)

Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃.pjɛʁ bɛl.twaz]; 26 April 1937 – 5 January 2015) was a French racing driver and motorcycle road racer, who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1962 to 1964 and in Formula One from 1966 to 1974. 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 1976 with Inaltéra.