France

Jean Behra

Nationality
France
 
Born
16 February 1921
Nice
Died
1 August 1959
Berlin
Lifespan
38 years 5 months 16 days
 
Le Mans debut
24 June 1950
Age: 29 years 4 months 8 days
Latest Le Mans
20 June 1959
Age: 38 years 4 months 4 days
Starts11
Wins0
Podiums1
Class wins1
Class podiums0
Laps1.298

Biography

Accident mortel sur le circuit de Berlin-Avus

Le Mans participations (11)

YearNo.TeamCarClass OverallClassStatusLapsTeammates
1950 35 Automobiles Gordini Simca Gordini T15s 1101-1500 — — Retired 50 Roger Loyer
1951 39 Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini T15s 1101-1500 — — Retired 49 Maurice Trintignant
1952 34 Automobiles Gordini Gordini T15s 2001-3000 — — Retired 136 Robert Manzon
1953 36 Automobiles Gordini Gordini T15s 2001-3000 — — Retired 83 Roberto Miéres
1953 24 Automobiles Gordini Gordini T24s 2001-3000 — — Did not start 0 Jean Lucas
1954 19 Equipe Gordini Gordini T24s 2001-3000 — — Retired 74 André Simon
1955 16 Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 300 S 2001-3000 — — Retired 239 Luigi Musso / Gino Valenzano
1956 17 Automobiles Talbot Talbot Maserati 2001-3000 — — Retired 220 Louis Rosier
1957 2 Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 450 S Spyder 3001-5000 — — Retired 28 André Simon / Juan Manuel Fangio
1958 29 (Dr Ing hcF) Porsche KG Porsche 718 RSK Spyder 1501-2000 3rd 1st Finished 290 Hans Herrmann
1959 12 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 59 S — — Retired 129 Dan Gurney
Legend: Overall = overall finishing position · Class = class position · Retired/DNF = retired · DNS = did not start · NC = not classified