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During a qualifying lap at the Glen, Cevert’s Elf Tyrrell Ford accelerated violently into the uphill esses toward the back of the circuit when he touched a wheel on a curb and lost control.
Feb 27, 2021 · “It was right there.” To my left, the place where one of my heroes died. Photo: AFP (Getty Images) François Cevert died at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York on October 6, 1973....
Oct 7, 1973 · WATKINS GLEN, N. Y., Oct. 6—Francois Cevert, who lived as fast as he drove, was killed today on the circuit where he scored his first major victory in automobile racing.
Jan 4, 2014 · More than a decade before Alain Prost captured his first title in 1985, it was Cevert — Jackie Stewart's friend and team mate at Tyrrell — who had seemed destined to become France's first world...
Jul 7, 2014 · François Cevert: F1's Model Pupil. The debonair Frenchman learned quickly as Jackie Stewart's understudy and was perfectly placed to become an F1 team leader. At Watkins Glen 40 years ago, however, fate intervened.
Oct 7, 1974 · This was the second fatality at the Watkins Glen circuit in two years. In 1973, Francois Cevert of France hit a guard rail in practice and was killed.
Jul 7, 2014 · Team Tyrrell's Francois Cevert was killed at Watkins Glen, where he had celebrated his only Grand Prix victory in 1971.
