{"id":495740,"date":"2016-08-01T02:09:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T02:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=33081"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:09:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:09:14","slug":"patrick-depailler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/patrick-depailler\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Depailler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When he was a kid in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Patrick Depailler\u2019s idol was French motorcycle champion and racing driver Jean Behra. The two were alike in more ways than one, as they shared a living-for-the-moment attitude that didn\u2019t always pay off. Surprisingly, though, Patrick\u2019s devil-may-care lifestyle didn\u2019t really do his motor racing career that much harm in the end. His Formula One career didn\u2019t start too well, though. Ken Tyrrell had invited him to race his team\u2019s third car in a couple of Grands Prix that year, but it didn\u2019t happen. Soon afterward, Patrick broke his leg after falling off a motorbike he was messing about on\u2014so no 1973 Formula One debut.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That might have pissed Ken off for a bit, but he still wanted Depailler to replace the late Fran\u00e7ois Cevert, who had died while practicing for the 1973 USGP at Watkins Glen, and drive for him in 1974. Cevert\u2019s death was a bitter blow, because Ken wanted him to take over from three-times F1 World Champion Jackie Stewart, who was due to retire from the sport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p: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=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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