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1964 FERRARI 158 AND BRM P261, GERMAN GRAND PRIX, NURBURGRING, GERMANY

Jim Clark continued to perform well in the early part of the 1964 season with the Lotus 25 but despite achieving 5 pole positions, leading most laps and 3 wins, engine problems with the new Lotus 33 relegated him to third place in the final reckoning. John Surtees took just a single pole position and won 2 races in the Ferrari 158 and narrowly took the Drivers and Constructors Championships from Graham Hill in the BRM P261, who also had one pole and 2 victories. On present day rules, without cancelled points, the titles would have belonged to Graham Hill and BRM. The artwork depicts John Surtees in the Ferrari 158 (No 7) leading from Graham Hill's BRM P261 (No 3).

The first special is autographed by BOB BONDURANT who started racing in Triumphs and Corvettes on the West Coast of the USA. His big break came with a Class win at Denver in Carroll Shelby's extremely powerful AC Cobra. In 1964 he signed for the Shelby team to compete in the distance events; his best result was winning the GT Class in the Le Mans 24-Hour Race with Dan Gurney,. A hectic 1965 season, driving the Cobra, Ford GTs as well as participating in F2 and F3 races, culminated in driving F1 for Ferrari in place of the injured John Surtees at the US GP and for Reg Parnell, driving the Lotus 33 in the Mexican GP. Bob Bondurant stayed with Formula 1 for 1966, competing in 5 races in the BRM P261 and 3 races for Dan Gurney in the Eagle T1G. He achieved a commendable fourth place in the Monaco GP on his first competitive drive in the BRM P261. In parallel with his F1 racing, he competed with sports cars, bringing a Porsche home in fourth place at the Nurburging 1000 kms event. A bad accident at Watkins Glen in 1967 prevented him racing for a while but he made a successful comeback with 2 seasons of Can Am racing in 1970 & 71. He retired to run his own high performance driving school. 

The second special cover is signed by DAVID HOBBS who started racing in the early 1960s with Lotus and Jaguar sports cars, migrating through Formula Junior and Formula 2 to the Lola T70 in 1965. His first Formula 1 race was in the BRM P261 when he finished third in the 1966 Syracuse GP. In 1967, he drove F2 cars for Team Surtees as well as participating in Formula 1 events (2 x BRM P261 & Lola T100); finishing well but without points. He established himself in the top league of sports car drivers in 1968 by winning the Monza 1000 km Race in a Ford GT40. Further Formula 1 race drives were achieved in 1968 (1 x Honda RA301), 1971 (McLaren M19A - standing in for Mark Donohue) and 1972 (McLaren M23 - substituting for Mike Hailwood). David Hobbs is noted for the variety of drives he has undertaken in a 30-year career in motor sport: Formula 1 & 2, endurance, Can-Am, F5000, touring cars and IMSA. The highlight of his career was winning the 1983 Trans-Am Series Championship in the Chevrolet Camero. Once retired as a driver, he concentrated on a career as a TV commentator for CBS in the USA. 

The extra special version has been signed by JOHN SURTEES MBE who needs no introduction. Born the son of a motor cycle racer, John Surtees is famous as the only World Champion on two wheels and four. He was 500cc Motor Cycle World Champion in 1956 & 58-60 and 350cc Champion 1958-60, initially riding Nortons then switching to MV Augusta in the mid-1950s. Surtees started his F1 career in 1960, driving the Lotus-Climax 18, finishing runner up in his second race. For 1961 he drove the Cooper-Climax T53 gaining points but no podium finishes and in 1962 he gained five good results for Lola. From 1963 to early 1966, Surtees drove for Ferrari, winning the 1963 German GP in the 156, the German and Italian GPs in the 158 (his Championship year) and the 1966 Belgian GP in the 312. He returned to Cooper for remaining 7 races of the 1966 season, winning the Mexican GP in the Maserati-engined T81. In 1967 he achieved his sixth F1 win driving the Honda RA300 in the Italian GP; he continued with Honda for 1968, gaining 2 podium finishes. A year with BRM yielded 6 points in 1969. In 1966, Surtees founded his own racing company; although successful in F5000 and Formula 2, Grand Prix victories eluded the company; Surtees drove his own car in F1 from 1970 to his retirement in 1972.

 

Australian FRANK GARDNER who concentrated on racing cars after winning 23 out of 24 races in his Jaguar C-type to become the New South Wales Sports Car Champion in 1956/7, has signed the extra special cover. He came to UK to compete as a driver but had to start off as a mechanic rather, working initially for Aston Martin and later for the newly formed Jack Brabham Team. He drove the Brabham in a few non-F1 races during 1962 but turned down the chance of a Brabham seat for 1963, electing to join Ian Walker for a most successful sports and Formula Junior programme. Now well established, he raced for John Willment Automobiles (JWA) in F2 with associated sports and saloon car drives. In 1964 he raced in Formula 1 entering just one race in the JWA Brabham BT10. A fuller season followed with 7 races in the Brabham BT11, yielding 3 non-point scoring finishes. In 1967, he was second to Jackie Ickx in the European F2 championship, driving in a Lola and was runner up in the Tasman Series, along with Jackie Stewart and Jack Brabham. Gardner failed to qualify for the 1968 Italian GP in the rather dated Bernard White Racing BRM P261 but by this time he had re-established himself in saloon and sports car racing. He was the UK Saloon Car Champion 3 times: in 1968 with the Ford Escort; 1970 the Ford Mustang and 1971 in the Chevrolet Camero. He was simultaneously contesting F5000 in the works Lola, taking championship titles in 1971 and 72. He returned to Australia to race in the national sports sedan races, taking the Championship in 1976 and 77. Frank Gardner was a most formidable driver who would have achieved great success in F1, given competitive machinery.

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1965 LOTUS 33, BRM P261, FERRARI 158, SILVERSTONE, UK

In 1965, Jim Clark took 6 pole positions and won 6 races against Graham Hill's 4 poles and 2 victories, he also led for over half the laps in the season. Having sorted out the problems from its debut in 1964, the Lotus 33 was clearly dominant, enabling Clark to achieve his second Drivers Championship title and give Lotus the Constructors trophy. Although Hill and Stewart both scored well for BRM, they were denied the Constructors title on the discounted points system. The Honda RA272 won the last race of the season, driven by Richie Ginther; this was Honda's first F1 victory. The Ross Wardle artwork depicts Jim Clark in the Lotus-Climax 33, leading the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, with Graham Hill's BRM P261 and John Surtees in his Ferrari 158. It is rare to see so many F1 Champions in the same picture.

The first special is signed by NEVILLE LEDERLE who was a South African with a great deal of potential; he started racing a Lotus in 1961 and performed well. In 1962, in his very first F1 race, he came sixth in the South African Grand Prix at East London, driving a Lotus 21. This early success prevented him from scoring points in formula junior or national races abroad. He dominated the home racing scene in 1963, winning 9 races in his Lotus. A broken leg from an accident practising for the Rand 9-hour race caused him to miss the entire 1964 season. He came back to race in 1965 and attempted to qualify for the 1965 South African GP but his Lotus 21 was no longer competitive against the Lotus 33s and BRM P261s. Business commitments brought about an early end to his career. With a competitive car and good sponsorship he would have achieved, without doubt, much greater success. 

NINO VACARELLA has signed the second special; he was a Sicilian lawyer who competed in four F1 races in the early 1960s, driving the De Tomaso F1 003, Porsche 718, Lotus 24 and Ferrari 158. However, he was far better known for his tremendous success in sports car racing. In 1964 he won 2 major races for Ferrari: the Le Mans 24-hour race co-driving with Guichet and the Nurburgring 1000 km with Scarfiotti. He was adored by local supporters for winning the Targa Florio on 3 occasions. His first win was in 1965, driving for Ferrari with Bandini; the other wins were for Alfa Romeo, 1971 with Hezemans and 1975 Merzario. He also won the Sebring 12-hour race with Mario Andretti. 

The extra special is signed by RICHARD ATTWOOD who was a Jaguar apprentice who raced a Triumph TR3 in 1960, before competing in Formula Junior races for Midland Racing Partnership (MRP) in the 1962 & 63 seasons. He won the 1963 Grovewood Award, having won the Monaco FJ race in a Lola-Ford. Continuing with MRP, he upgraded to F2 for the 1964 season, winning the Vienna GP at Aspen and being runner up 4 times. In his first year of F1 he gained 2 points for Reg Parnell, driving the Lotus 25, he also won the Rome F2 race at Vallelunga and the Rand 9-hour sports car race at Kyalami. Driving for BRM in the 1966 Tasman Series, he won the Gold Leaf Trophy at Levin and repeated his win at Kyalami. In 1968 he was enlisted by BRM to replace Mike Spence who had tragically died at Indianapolis; his first outing achieved a stunning second place and fastest lap in the Monaco GP. His F1 career ended in 1969, with points for drives in a Lotus 49B and a Brabham BT30. Winning the 1970 Le Mans 24-hour race with Hans Herrmann in a Porsche 917 was a major achievement; he also drove the Gulf / Wyer Porsche to victory with Roderiguez in the 1971 Osterreichring 1000 Km race.

 

The extra special version TONY RUDD who turned the fortunes of BRM (British Racing Motors) team with his design for the V8-engined P57 that Graham Hill drove with great success in 1962 and 1963. In 1962 the combination of Hill and the P57 resulted in winning the Glover International Trophy races and the F1 Drivers and Constructors titles with wins in The Netherlands, german, Italian, South African Grand Prix. 1963 was another good year for the P57 with wins at Monaco and Watkins Glen for Hill who tied with team mate Richie Ginther for second place in the drivers’ points and together achieved second place for BRM as a constructor. In 196, Rudd designed the P261 which won four races for Graham Hill and two for Jackie Stewart between 1964-66. Hill was unlucky not to take the Drivers’ Championship in 1964 and BRM were equally unfortunate not to win the Constructors’ title. BRM was the best car again in 1965 but the points system denied them the prize yet again. The new 3-litre F1 began in 1966 and BRM introduced the H16 engine and in 1968 the V12, although the new cars scored points, the P57 and P261 remained the most successful cars Rudd designed. In 1969, he left BRM to join Lotus as their Engineering Director and was responsible for the twin-cam and new 16v 2-litre 907 engine. Tony Rudd continued his links with F1 as Team Principle for various teams between 1970-73.

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1966 BRABHAM-REPCO BT19 AND COOPER-CLIMAX T81, NURBURGRING, GERMANY

The introduction of 3-litre V-8 engines disturbed the dominance of Lotus, giving Jack Brabham the opportunity to take his third Drivers Championship in the BT19 model bearing his own name. A consistent spell with 3 pole positions and 4 consecutive wins gave Brabham a clear lead in both championships. Denny Hulme in the Brabham BT20 came fourth in the championship with 18 points but Jack Brabham had scored so highly that Hulmes points were not needed to count towards the Constructors trophy. John Surtees won 2 races in the Ferrari 312 before changing to the Cooper and gaining a further victory; however, he could only manage second place in a turbulent season. The artwork depicts Jack Brabham in his own Brabham Repco BT19, closely chasd by John Surtees in a Cooper-Climax T81 at the German Grand Prix in the Nurburgring.

The first special is signed by JOHN LOVE who came to England in 1961 to race Ken Tyrrell's Formula Junior Cooper. He drove works Mini-Coopers in 1962, achieving great success as the British Touring Car Champion; he also raced F2 but his season was ended prematurely when he broke an arm in an accident at Albi. Business interests caused him to return home and he won the first of his six South African Championships in 1964. His F1 career was rather unusual, comprising 9 South African GPs (3 x East London and 6 x Kyalami). From 1962 to 67, he raced as a private entrant and raced for Team Gunston thereafter. In 1967 he achieved his most notable success, almost winning the race in his Cooper -Climax T79 but finishing second after a very late fuel stop. As well as single seat drives, John Love raced sports cars in the Springbok Series during the late sixties and early seventies. 

ALAN REES has signed the second special; he was a very good Formula Junior Driver who drove for the works Lotus team in 1962, until a crash in a Lotus 23 sports car at the Nurburgring 1000 kms brought his season to an end. For 1963 he joined the Roy Winkelmann team, driving numerous races in F2 Brabham cars, often out racing stars such as Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt. His brief connection with F1 as a driver, involved racing F2 cars against stronger opponents; he raced: a Brabham-Cosworth BT18 in the 1966 German GP, a works Cooper-Maserati T81 in the 1967 British GP and a Brabham- Cosworth BT23 in the 1967 German GP. He retired from competitive driving at the end of the 1968 season to concentrate on team management. He was one of the founder members of March (1969), Team Manager for the Shadow Team and an Arrows founder member (1977).

The legendary Sir JACK BRABHAM has signed the extra special covers; he had early successes in Australian midget racing, winning 4 successive titles (1948-51); he then changed to hill-climbs, taking the championship in 1953. He came to England in 1955, to advance his career in Europe and became involved with Cooper F1, F2 and sports car racing. The rear-engined Cooper's came about as a direct result of Jack Brabham's involvement. His successes with Cooper were all achieved in Climax powered cars: he won 2 races in the T51 to take the 1959 Championship and 5 consecutive races in the T53 to repeat the feat in 1960. He continued with Cooper in 1961, but introduced his own cars late in the 1962 season; he had no wins as a driver in the Climax powered cars but Dan Gurney won him 2 races as a manufacturer. In 1966, driving the Repco-engined BT19, Jack Brabham had 4 consecutive wins to earn him a third Championship title and the Constructors trophy. 1967 was another dominant year for the Brabham team with Denny Hulme taking the drivers title and 2 wins by Jack Brabham in the BT24 helping to win a second constructors title. His final F1 win was in 1970 when he drove the BT33 to victory in the South African GP at Kyalami.

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1967 BRABHAM-REPCO BT24s, FERRARI 312, NURBURGRING, GERMANY

Brabham continued to build on its initial success in the 1967 season with the proven BT19 & 20 models staring the season and the new BT24 taking over. Denny Hulme and Jack Brabham each won 2 races but Hulme took the Drivers title by 5 points; the Brabham team easily won the Contructors championship. Despite the Lotus 49 taking a staggering 9 pole positions with its new Cosworth engine, and even with Jim Clark winning 4 races, he could only manage third place in the championship. Dan Gurney drove his own Eagle T1G to the company's one and only victory and John Surtees in the RA300 gained Honda's second win. The Ferrari 312 in the hands of Chris Amon achieved 4 podium finishes to gain him equal fourth place in the championship. The 1967 cover shows the 2 Brabham cars at the German Grand Prix with Chris Amon's Ferrari in third place. 

The first special cover is signed by JONATHAN WILLIAMS who had an amazing start to his motor racing career, with many successful drives in European Formula 3 for the 1965 and 1966 seasons. He had a meteoric rise to F1 when recruited from the De Sanctis F3 Team to join Ferrari in 1967. He competed in a single F1 race driving the Ferrari 312 and finished in a creditable eighth place. He also raced F2, CanAm and sports cars for Ferrari but his stay with the company was short. He then participated in a Formula 1 project for Abarth before racing in Formula 2. His major career win was for his namesake Frank Williams when he won the 1968 Lottery Race at Monza. He raced the Williams Team Serenissima and privateer sports cars before retiring in the early 1970s. 

The second special envelope is signed by RON TAURANAC a designer who built his first racing car in Australia in 1946 together with his brother Austin; they were called Ralts, from the initials of their names. They raced their cars against the young Jack Brabham. In 1960 he was invited to join the Brabham garage in UK and started designing the MRD Formula Junior car. In 1961, Jack Brabham left Cooper and developed his own business as a constructor / driver in all the major formulae. The peak of the Brabham success was in 1966 & 67, when the team won both Drivers' and Constructors' F1 Championships back to back. The company was sold to Bernie Ecclestone in 1972 and Tauranac designed the Trojan F5000 car and help develop the early Williams cars. In 1974 he designed the Ralt RT1 to race in Formula 2, 3 & Atlantic; the car won the inaugural European F3 Championship 

The third special cover has been autographed by the famous New Zealand driver CHRIS AMON who started racing a Maserati 250F when just 18; he impressed Reg Parnell so much that he enlisted him into his F1 team in 1963 when he was only 19 years old. He drove the Lola well in the first season and scored points with the Lotus 25 in 1964. He had lean F1 seasons in 1965 / 66, driving Lotus and Brabham and Cooper F1 cars but won at Le Mans with Bruce McLaren in a Ford GT40. He drove for Ferrari from 1967 to 1969 and achieved 6 podium places. He also won the 1967 Daytona 24-hour and Monza 1000 km races for Ferrari and encouraged them to enter the Tasman Cup Series, winning 2 races in 1968 and taking the championship in 1969. For 1970 he raced for March and scored a creditable 23 points in F1 and winning the International Trophy at Silverstone. Two years with Matra followed; he scored points in both years and won the non-championship Argentine GP. From 1973-76 he raced F1 for Techno, Tyrrell, his own Amon cars, BRM and Ensign achieving the occasional placing. He is one of the highest points scorers in F1 never lucky enough to have won a championship race

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1968 LOTUS-COSWORTH 49s & McLAREN-COSWORTH M7A, MEXICAN GRAND PRIX, MEXICO CITY

Having won the first race of the 1968 season, the racing fraternity was shocked by the death of Jim Clark in a minor F2 event at Hockenheim. Graham Hill carried the banner for Lotus in the Gold Leaf sponsored 49 model, first appearing in Spain. Hill gained 2 of the 5 Lotus pole positions in the season and won 3 races en route to his second Drivers Championship title. Jackie Stewart, in the Matra MS10, led for most laps and also won 3 races, came runner up in the drivers table with Denny Hulme in the Braham M7A third. Lotus won the Constructors trophy with the combined efforts of Hulme and Bruce McLaren achieving second place for McLaren. It was the year that Cosworth started to dominate the Formula 1 scene with the 3 leading constructors using their DFV engines. The artwork features the Gold Leaf Lotus 49s of Graham Hill and Jackie Oliver, sandwiching Bruce Mclaren in his M7A at Mexico City. 

The first special is signed by BILL BRACK who was a leading driver in Canada from the mid 60s to the late 70s; his first major achievement was becoming the Eastern Canada Touring Champion, driving a Mini Cooper 'S'. He then concentrated on Formula B Series racing a Lotus 41 to become the Eastern Canada Champion. He took part in 3 GPs, all in his homeland: in 1968 he drove the Gold Leaf Lotus 49B (similar to that featured on the envelope) at St Jovite. In 1969 and 1972 he competed in 3-litre BRMs (P138 and P180 respectively). He gained two second and one third places in the Canadian Driving Championships in the 1969 - 72 period, driving Lotus 38 and 70 F5000 cars. He was the 1973 Formula Atlantic Champion racing a Lotus-Ford in the inaugural year of the series and was champion again in 1974 with a Chevron-Ford. Additionally he was the Canadian Driving Champion in 3 consecutive years from 1973-75. Bill Brack broke the ground for Jacques Villeneuve Snr and his legendary brother Gilles. 

MIKE COSTIN has signed the second special; he undertook an engineering apprenticeship with De Havilland Aircraft Company and became a licensed aircraft engineer in 1950. He continued working for De Havilland as a design draftsman until 1955 but started working part-time for Lotus Engineering in 1953. He was Technical Director for Lotus from 1956 until 1962, when he took up an appointment with Cosworth; he became Chairman in 1988 and retired in 1990. *

The third special is signed by KEITH DUCKWORTH who worked as a transmission development engineer for Lotus from 1957-58; he founded Cosworth Engineering in 1958, along with Mike Costin. He was Chairman and Chief Engineer for the Company until 1988 and retired from management of the firm in 1989. *

(*Covers signed by MIKE COSTIN and KEITH DUCKWORTH include details of all the Formula 1 World Championship wins achieved by Cosworth power. No less than 154 victories with the DFV engine and 13 wins with DFY, HB & Zetec-R engines. Cosworth was the force behind 13 Drivers' Champions and 10 Constructors' Champions. Appropriately Mike COStin and Keith DuckWORTH have signed a Lotus cover the manufacturer with whom they achieved 47 victories.)

We have just completed a 1968 extra special cover signed by JACKIE OLIVER who started racing with a Marcos in 1963 and started to be recognised in 1965, driving a Lotus Elan. His performance was acknowledged with a season of Formula 3, in 1966. A major breakthrough came in 1967 with his first Formula 1 race in the German GP at the Nurburgring where he finished a highly commendable fifth place in his Lotus 48. Further success came in 1968 when he finished third in the Mexican GP driving a Lotus 49B (featured on the envelope). He raced for BRM in 1969 and 70, scoring points in both seasons but he achieved far greater success in endurance racing. He teamed up with Jacky Ickx in the Gulf Wyer Ford to win the Sebring 12-hour and Le Mans 24-hour races. For 1971 and 72 he competed in a few F1 races for McLaren, whilst driving in Can-Am. He also continued endurance racing, winning the 1971 Daytona 24-hour and Monza 1000 kms races with Porsche. In 1973, he had a full season of F1 driving fior the newly formed Shadow team; his best result was in the Canadin GP, finishing third in the DN1. For 1974, he concentrated solely on Can-Am and was rewarded by winning the championship. Two seasons of US F5000 racing followed before driving his last F1 race at Anderstorp, Sweden in the Shadow DN8. In 1977, Jackie Oliver and Alan Rees set up Arrows; he was involved in managing the team until the late 1990s. He was recently appointed a director of the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC).

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1969 2 x MATRA MS80s & BRABHAM BT26A, CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE

 

1969 was a very good year for Jackie Stewart who completely dominated the season in the Cosworth engined Matra MS80. Having won the first race in the MS10, he gained 5 further victories in the MS80 to win the title outright. Although Stewart only gained 2 pole positions, compared with 5 by the Lotus 49B and 4 by the Brabham BT26A, he led for almost half the total laps in the season. Jackie Ickx won 2 races in the Brabham to come runner up in the championship and Bruce McLaren was third in his M7A. The artwork portrays two Matras driven by Jackie Stewart and Jean-Pierre Beltoise leading the French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand. Matra is the only French constructor to have won F1 titles.

The first special is signed by JACKIE PRETORIUS who was a successful driver in his native South Africa during the 1960s, driving a locally built Serrurier LDS-Climax in national events. In 1965 he entered his LDS-Alfa Romeo for the F1 Grand Prix at East London but did not qualify. Competing in a Lotus, he finished ninth in the 1966 non-championship South African Grand Prix. He competed three times in the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami: 1968 in a Brabham-Climax BT11; 1971 in a Brabham-Cosworth BT26A and 1973 in a Williams-Cosworth FX3B. He enjoyed some success with Serrurier backed Lola single-seat and sports cars in the 1968-70 period. His best season was 1971 when he won championship races at Killarney and Natal in the Team Gunston Brabham BT26A. He finished racing with his ex-Motul Brabham BT38, competing at local events.

A second special is signed by HENRI PESCAROLO; he started racing in a Lotus 7 in 1965 and was recruited by Matra in 1966 as a member of their F3 team. He quickly proved his talent in the Matra by becoming the 1967 European F3 Champion with wins at Barcelona, Monaco, Rouen and Zandvoort. In 1968, he upgraded to F2 with Matra, winning at Albi and competing in Formula 1, driving the MS11. A serious crash at Le Mans in 1969 halted his progress but he recovered by the end of the season to come fifth in the German GP and win the Paris 1000 kms at Montlhery. In 1970 he gained his first F1 podium finish driving the Matra-Simca MS120 to third place at the Monaco GP. His F1 career continued until 1976, driving for March, Politoys, Williams, BRM and Surtees, however, it was in sports cars that he became renown. Between 1972-74 he won 11 major World Sports Car Championship (WSCC) races with Matra-Simca, including three consecutive Le Mans victories. In 1975, he drove sports cars for Alfa Romeo, winning at Spa, Osterreichring and Watkins Glen. He continued racing into the 1980s, winning at Monza in 1982 and taking his fourth Le Mans victory in 1984. This amazing driver won the 1991 Daytona 24-hour race in a Porsche and carried on participating at Le Mans when he was over fifty..

The extra special is signed by JEAN-PIERRE BELTOISE who between 1961-64, won 11 French motor cycle championships, before making his racing car debut at Le Mans in 1963, winning the index of performance. After a badly breaking his arm in a very nasty accident at Reims in 1964, he returned the circuit the following year to win an F3 race, the first ever win for Matra. Further successes with Matra followed with 2 F3 wins in Europe and 4 in the Argentine Temporada Series before taking the manufacturer to the 1968 European F2 title; a tremendous feat for the first year at this level. 1968 was also his first full season of F1 with Matra, scoring a creditable 11 points. In 1969, he raced as No 2 to Jackie Stewart in Ken Tyrrell's Matra F1 Team scoring 21 points and helping gain the Constructors Championship. He continued with Matra until the end of 1971, scoring in each season. On joining BRM, he achieved the company's last victory and his best F1 result by winning the rain soaked 1972 Monaco in the P160B. After a further 2 seasons scoring points with BRM, he retired from F1 with a commendable total of 77 points and 4 fastest laps. In 1974 he won 4 sports car races for and helped take the title for Matra-Simca, co-driving with his fellow countryman Jean-Pierre Jarrier. He was involved with Ligier and Inaltera sports car projects before finishing his career with successes in French touring cars.