{"id":12970,"date":"2015-08-01T02:13:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T09:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=12970"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:03:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:03:25","slug":"teddy-pilette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/teddy-pilette\/","title":{"rendered":"Teddy Pilette"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Teddy Pilette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Belgian racing driver Teddy Pilette is a third-generation racer of the Pilette motor racing family. His grandfather, Theodore, famously took part in the 1913 Indy 500 where, driving a small-engined\u00a0Mercedes, he finished\u00a05th. His father, Andr\u00e9, took to the track too, and participated in 14 Grands Prix between 1951 and 1964, scoring two World Championship points. Teddy\u2019s racing career started in go karts, and\u00a0continued\u00a0in Formula Junior\u00a0with the world famous Jim Russell Racing School. After a spell with Carlo\u00a0Abarth\u00a0in\u00a0Italy,\u00a0he joined Rudi van der Straten\u2019s Racing Team VDS\u00a0famously winning two F5000 European titles. He drove for\u00a0Brabham\u00a0and BRM in the F1 World Championship and\u00a0later drove\u00a0in the Aurora AFX series. One of his major feats was winning the 1978 Spa 24 Hours, the\u00a0last time on the long\u00a0circuit,\u00a0in\u00a0a Ford Capri. European Editor Mike Jiggle took the opportunity to talk with Pilette about the highs and lows of his long and varied career, which continues to this day as Vice-Chairman of the F1 Grand Prix Drivers\u2019 Club (formerly Club Internationale des Anciens Pilotes de Grand Prix F1).<\/i><\/p>\n

Teddy, you are possibly one of the only drivers to have taken part in the three major F5000 series held in Europe, America and Australia?\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n