{"id":494205,"date":"2015-01-01T12:01:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.sportscardigest.com\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:24:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:24:22","slug":"francois-guiter-1928-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/francois-guiter-1928-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Fran\u00e7ois Guiter (1928-2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/francoisOBT-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-666977 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/francoisOBT-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/francoisOBT-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/francoisOBT-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/francoisOBT-1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/francoisOBT-1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>The man who, as marketing manager for the fledgling French petroleum company Elf, effectively engineered the Pilote Elf program that generated the influx of French drivers into Formula One that began in the late \u201960s, Fran\u00e7ois Guiter, has died at the age of 86.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although as a youth he served with the French Resistance during World War II, then later worked with legendary deep-sea diver Jacques Cousteau, perhaps Guiter\u2019s most remarkable trait was his apparent aversion to self-promotion. He retired from Elf in 1989, but continued to work as a consultant for the program he created, but which Elf eventually let slip away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those who benefitted from his support included Fran\u00e7ois Cevert, Patrick Depailler, Jacques Laffite, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Rene Arnoux, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Patrick Tambay and Alain Prost, the latter, of course, becoming France\u2019s first, and so far only, World Champion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guiter was also responsible for Elf\u2019s sponsorship of Ken Tyrrell\u2019s Grand Prix team, with which Sir Jackie Stewart won three World Championships, as well as the company\u2019s backing of both French aerospace firm Matra and automaker Renault in their F1 and long-distance racing efforts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To his family and his many friends in the racing community, Vintage Racecar extends its sincerest sympathies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man who, as marketing manager for the fledgling French petroleum company Elf, effectively engineered the Pilote Elf program that generated the influx of French drivers into Formula One that began in the late \u201960s, Fran\u00e7ois Guiter, has died at the age of 86. 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