{"id":460762,"date":"2006-04-01T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2006-04-01T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=74546"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:53","slug":"jean-behra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jean-behra\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Behra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Immediately after the Second World War, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Louis Chiron, Philippe Etancelin, and Raymond Sommer carried France\u2019s colors back into battle on the motor racing circuits of the world. But Wimille crashed his Simca-Gordini and was killed while practicing for the Grand Prix of Buenos Aires on January 28, 1949. Raymond Sommer left us in the Circuit de Cadours in an 1,100-cc Cooper on October 19, 1950. All the while, old campaigners Chiron and Etancelin were winding down their careers. So France was without a Grand Prix gladiator until 1951, when the diminutive, 30-year-old Jean Behra decided to race cars instead of motorcycles, on which he had won four French championships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unfortunately, Jean was one of those drivers who put his heart and soul into his motor racing, but did not end up with much to show for it. He started in a Maserati 4CLT San Remo and a 4.5-liter Talbot, but made his name in the sport trying desperately to drag Amed\u00e9e Gordini\u2019s technically, mechanically and financially below-par little cars to victory, which he did against all odds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content > :last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"cs-paywall\">\n<div class=\"cs-paywall__card\">\n<div class=\"cs-paywall__top\"><span class=\"cs-paywall__label\">Members only<\/span><span class=\"cs-paywall__price\">$35 <em>\/ year<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"cs-paywall__title\">Keep going. <span>This is where it gets good.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"cs-paywall__lead\">Stuttcars Membership is for people who&#x27;d rather spend an hour inside one option code than skim ten headlines. 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