Tyrrell – Francois Cevert – 1973 – Replica helmet with display case

1973 François Cevert (used look) helmet in display caseFrançois Cevert was a very talented French racing driver who took part in the F1 in the seventies. He competed in 48 World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one win, 13 podium finishes and 89 career points. His racing carreer started with motorcycles until he switched to cars, In 1968 he won the French Formula 3 Championship, a year later Cevert joined the works Tecno Formula Two team in 1969 and finished third overall. When Johnny Servoz-Gavin suddenly retired from the Tyrrell Formula One team three races into the 1970 season, Tyrrell asked Cevert to be his number two driver, alongside defending World Champion Stewart. The junior driver to Jackie Stewart on the Elf Tyrrell Ford team, Cevert was one of the most charismatic competitors on the grid. Over the next four seasons, Cevert became Stewart's devoted protégé and friend.Until 6 of october 1973, in a qualifying lap at the Watkins Glen, Cevert’s Elf Tyrrell Ford had a out of balance moment, and it touched with one wheel on a curb, Cevert could not correct it and lost control of his car fatally crashing it, François Cevert died at the age of 29.The... lees verder bij Catawiki