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	8W - Who? - Jean Behra
		Jean Alesi's Sicilian blood was ever present during the 201 Grands Prix he contested whereas the ultra-competitive Behra, an ex-biker brought up in the motor racing hard school, was once described as "combatif, audacieux, brave en course plein de panache, il est aussi impulsif." Which pretty much sums up Jean Behra.
		Although as a Ferrarista Jean Alesi was never known for censuring his own feelings towards the team or the car, his soft and friendly demeanour made his outspoken nature more tolerable, and himself even more loved with the fans.
		Jean's sportscar season made up for it, for with Porsche he won the French and German sportscar championships and co-drove with Stirling Moss to finished a superb third to harry the Ferraris at Buenos Aires.
	8w.forix.com /behra.html (1419 words)

	Jean Behra - Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
		Jean Behra captured the imagination of his French compatriot for his giant- killing performances behind the wheel of an underpowered four-cylinder Gordini in the early 1950s.
		Behra was running away with the British Grand Prix at Aintree, arguably his finest drive of all, when his Maserati's clutch exploded and victory was delivered into the lap of the Vanwall team.
		Behra believed himself to be the team leader, but Brooks's winning pedigree asserted itself, a situation hardly helped by the Commendatore's continuing unwillingness to nominate a number one driver, an irksome habit which inevitably caused intra-team friction.
	www.gpracing.net192.com /drivers/careers/49.cfm (855 words)

	F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Jean Behra
		These were frustrating times because the Simcas were under-powered and unreliable but in 1952 at the Grand Prix of Reims, Behra hit the headlines when he took on and beat the Ferrari factory team.
		Behra stayed with Gordini for two more seasons of frustration but then finally signed for Maserati for 1955.
		When Moss switched to Vanwall for 1957 Behra thought he would get number one status but then Fangio appeared and once again Behra had to be the bridesmaid as Fangio swept to the World Championship.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-behjea.html (476 words)

	Welcome to the web site of the Maserati Club
		Jean was definitely having more success in sportscar racing in '56 and he continued this theme with a towering performance in the Rome GP at Castelfusano in October, winning both the 2000cc race in a 200SI, and the main competition in a 300S.
		Jean Behra had spent a very busy year in 1956, racing at venues all over the world from January to December, and at the same time achieving fine results in spite of having to be number two to Moss.
		Behra's '58 season with BRM was certainly not his best, partly because of the poorly performing and unreliable P25, and arguably because Jean lost some of his mettle after a bad crash at the Easter Monday meeting at Goodwood when his car hit a wall at 70mph after the brakes had failed.
	www.maseraticlub.co.uk /trident74-axaz.htm (4381 words)

	F1OnBoard.com :: View topic - Jean Behra
		Behra escaped serious injury, and in hospital he was counting his lucky stars, as a rock wall saved him from falling into the nearby stream.
		However in most of his non-championship appearances that year in his new Maserati 250F, Behra was able to show the world he was a driver to be reckoned with and not to mention he was driving with only one ear after he lost one in a crash in the TT race that year.
		Behra had entered himself in the Grand Prix in his Collotti-built Porsche RSK based single seater 'Behra Special Porsche' as well as running in the support Sports car race in his usual Spyder RSK Porsche, so he could prove a point to Tavoni.
	www.f1onboard.com /viewtopic.php?t=8254 (2260 words)

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		Behra rose to prominence with some giant-killing performances at the wheel of an underpowered four-cylinder Gordini in the early 1950s.
		He was a man who nursed a genuine and unquenchable passion for his chosen sport and, although he never managed to score a Grand Prix victory, was rightly regarded as a formidable competitor to the day he died.
		Behra initially hit the headlines when he won the non-title 1952 Reims Grand Prix but it was his exploits in a works Maserati between 1956 and 58.
	www.f1technical.net /intof1/History/Drivers/b-behra.html (228 words)

	Fisher Model and Pattern: 2402 '58 Center Steer RSK F.2 Jean Behra
		Fisher Model and Pattern: 2402 '58 Center Steer RSK F.2 Jean Behra
		A delightful model of one of the most successful of the 718/RSK series cars.
		The kit makes up into the No. 14 car raced byJean Behra to victory at Rheims in 1958.
	fishermodels.com /store/item/blfd/Model_Kits/2402_58_Center_Steer_RSK_F_2_Jean_Behra.html (140 words)

	ARA Model Review: 1957 MASERATI 250F FORMULA ONE #1 (Fangio at Nurburgring)
		Behra ran fourth for the first nine laps but slipped to sixth, on the lead lap, at the finish.
		Jean Behra competed in six 1957 World Championship races for the works Maserati team, posting one runnerup and one fifth-place finish for a total of two point-paying finishes.
		Only Behra contested each of the six nonchampionship races entered by the works Maserati team and he won three and was runnerup in two, with one mechanical retirement, for an average finish of 3.83 from an average start of 2.83 with two poles, one Fast Lap, and 383 of 446 laps completed, or 85.87%.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/date/19980713/news014481.html (4049 words)

	Maserati North America - Maserati Monthly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For the first race, the Argentine Grand Prix, three of the new cars were driven by Fangio, Stirling Moss and Jean Behra, while older versions were raced by Harry Schell, Carlos Menditeguy and Jo Bonnier.
		In the race Fangio was eventually forced to retire with a rare engine problem, while Behra went out while leading with just 21 of the 90 laps remaining.
		Behra was third, with the two Maseratis sandwiching the Ferrari of Mike Hawthorn.
	www1.maseratiamerica.com /maseratimonthly/MM_200602_03.aspx?Print=1 (1118 words)

	History of Monaco Grand Prix Monte Carlo F1 Hotels & Monaco GP tickets - Grand Prix Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Behra eventually joined in and it was the Frenchman who finally emerged ahead.
		Tony Brooks held the pole position in a Vanwall with Jean Behra in a BRM and Jack Brabham in a Cooper in the front row.
		Behra was able to hold the lead for twenty laps before Moss with his Model 51 Cooper caught up.
	www.gptours.com /new/history.php/id/7051/decade/1950 (2691 words)

	Juan Manuel Fangio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Fangio quickly passed Jean Behra to re-gain the spot, only to spin back to 5th.
		Fangio repassed Behra and began closing on Moss, whose car was misfiring and sounding worse by the lap.
		Behra tried to close on Fangio, but after a spin, seemed to settle on 2nd.
	myautoworld.com /racing/drivers/drivers-fangio/drivers-fangio.html (980 words)

	Driven Excerpt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Maserati 250F driven by Jean Behra powerslides out of "Gazometre" or "gas works" corner.
		Behra had raced for several years with the French team of Gordini but moved to Maserati in 1955.
		Notice the sand bags, which provide more protection to the light pole than to car and driver, and the curb, which is very unfriendly to a sliding race car.
	www.chroniclebooks.com /Chronicle/excerpt/0811828514-e1.html (118 words)

	F1empire.com - Historic Drivers: Jean Behra
		Although Jean never managed to win a sanctioned Formula 1 event, he was always considered a formidable competitor and contender.
		Jean's career did have its fair share of accidents, including the one sustained in the 1956 season while competing for the Tourist Trophy which cost him one of his ears.
		Even more tragic was the accident he had during the supporting race for the German Grand Prix at the very unpopular
	www.f1empire.com /history/drivers/0behra.htm (171 words)

	Jean Behra [Archive] - 10 Tenths Motorsport
		No real reason for this post, except I was looking at an old magazine article by Nigel Roebuck on his hero, and I found a passage that I thought was too good not to share.
		Someone once asked Jean Behra how he kept his spirits up when mechanical failure kept robbing him of races.
		It's an exciting book reflecting his inside view of 25 famous Formula 1 drivers including one chapter dedicated to the unforgettable Jean Behra.
	www.ten-tenths.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-2482.html (232 words)

	Behra, Jean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Behra, Jean (F) b 16/2/1921 (Nice) - d 1/8/1959 (Berlin)
		Engine failure in French GP for Ferrari caused excessive frustration for Behra, who got involved in scuffle with team manager Tavoni.
		He crashed, and hit a flag pole on being flung from car.
	www.silhouet.com /motorsport/drivers/behra.html (320 words)

	Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
		Even before Porsche got around to developing a single seater machine the respected French driver Jean Behra commissioned Valerio Colotti - of gearbox fame - to design him a machine based on RSK components.
		Before Jean could drive the car he was killed in a sports car race at the 1959 German Grand Prix.
		In the hands of the American driver Fred Gamble it was never competitive which is a sad ending to the name of Behra.
	www.gpracing.net192.com /teams/32.cfm (115 words)

	TajMaGaraj.Excessive Personal Transportation & Automotive Necessities
		The book states that is was "Jean Behra's 550 Spyder".
		The story from earlier owners over the years had been that Jean Behra had supposedly owned the 550.
		This may have been as a result of the name "Jean Behra"and the Spyder, which are both painted on the blower housing.
	www.tajmagaraj.com /Museum/550spyder_perrin.php (1387 words)

	1955 Monaco Grand Prix - WOI Encyclopedia Italia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Car #34: Jean Behra (42 laps) and Cesare Perdisa (57 laps).
		Car #40: Cesare Perdisa (40 laps) and Jean Behra (46 laps).
		Mercedes driver Hans Herrmann injured himself in practice and was replaced by Andre Simon.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/1955_Monaco_Grand_Prix (545 words)

	GRAND PRIX OF MONACO 1956 Automotive Racing Poster Print - Jean Behra, Maserati - Vintage Black & White Photography ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		As France's Jean Behra flies past a classic Cointreau Liqueur ad on his way to a third-place finish in the race, you can feel the energy, and see the danger of the open-wheeled, open-cockpit cars that, ultimately, cost Behra his life just three years later in a crash at Avus.
		All posters are shipped in a strong mail-safe tube, and are protected by a no-hassle satisfaction guarantee.
		All images contained on this site are property of their respective rights holders, and may not be copied or reproduced without expressed written consent.
	www.sportsposterwarehouse.com /warehouse/monaco56-02ny.htm (199 words)

	Vintage 1959 photo of Tony Brooks on Ferrari 246, Sebring GP of the USA
		This is the same car in which Luigi Musso had his fatal accident during the French Grand Prix held at Reims on July 6, 1958.
		The car was raced extensively during the 1958, 1959 and 1960 seasons and was raced by the above mentioned Luigi Musso and further by Wolfgang von Trips, Phil Hill, Jean Behra (amongst others a win at the Aintree 200, 1959), Cliff Allison, Olivier Gendebien, Froilan Gonzales and of course Tony brooks.
		The car was broken up at the end of the 1960 season but somewhere during the 1960's Sir Anthony Bamford of the UK acquired the engine from the factory.
	www.ferraristuff.com /en-us/p_478.html (243 words)

	2007 Formula 1 Tickets - F1 Grand Prix Tickets to all the Formula 1 races in the 2007 Formula One season
		The Magny-Cours circuit, formerly known as the Circuit Jean Behra, was completely reprofiled in 1989 having been taken over by the Conseil General de Nièvre.
		It was built originally in 1959 by Jean Bernigaud and the first race took place in 1961.
		Since 1991, it has been the venue for the French Grand Prix and has rapidly become the centre for many famous names in the French motorsport industry, including the Ligier F1 team...
	www.newsonf1.com /tickets (2075 words)

	pitpass - the latest, hottest F1 & A1GP news
		In the mid-eighties, an initiative by President Mitterand saw the Circuit Jean Behra near Nevers updated and modernised to become the Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours.
		The circuit had begun life as a small kart track, started by Magny-Cours' mayor, Jean Bernigaud.
		The kart circuit grew into a proper track which was inaugurated on May 1, 1961; ten years later, it was lengthened from two kilometers to 3.85 kms.
	www.pitpass.com /src/circuits/magnycours.php (600 words)

	SimRacing MZ > Jean Behra 71 - 71 club - 81
		SimRacing MZ > Jean Behra 71 - 71 club - 81
		Full Version: Jean Behra 71 - 71 club - 81
		The Behra set of tracks look so simple, yet contain real challenge, especially the two corners which finish the lap, need to be tidy through there, very easy to go in too hot and blow it all.
	gplmz.bcsims.com /lofiversion/index.php?t907.html (324 words)

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