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Posts Tagged ‘1971’

Posted by glennm on 09 May 2013
Surely there was never a more handsome GP driver than Francois Cevert? The tall Frenchman joined the Tyrrell March team in 1970 but, in Jackie Stewart's shadow, scored but a single Grand Prix victory before a tragic death at the 1973 USGP.
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Posted by glennm on 13 March 2013
Emerson Fittipaldi pilots the four-wheel drive Lotus 56B, fitted with a Pratt & Whitney gas turbine engine, to an 8th place finish at the 1971 Italian Grand Prix.
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Posted by glennm on 27 August 2012
Peter Gethin’s 1971 victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza was the closest ever finish with just 0.01s between 1st and 2nd (Peterson) and a staggering 0.61s covering the first five cars.
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Posted by glennm on 20 January 2012
Francois Cevert in his Tyrrell 004 at the Nurburging's Karrusell corner in 1971.
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