Driver Jean Behra

Victory in motorsport depends on three factors: the skill and daring of the conductor, the resistance of the vehicle and the sponsorship of luck. All three must work together for the pilot to start in the final sample. While each item may overwork to compensate for a deficiency in the other in the final analysis, a perfect blend needed to create the desired victory with Lady Luck an important role in the game. However, for reasons unknown to mere mortals, there are some drivers that Lady Luck has refused to comply. Driver Mario Andretti once said: "Everything comes to those who wait, but a cat." And for the driver Jean Behra, Lady Luck is a feline. Behra was born February 16, 1921 in Nice, France. In 1938, he began his career with the racing bike. However, World War II intervened and put his career on hold during the period. After the war he returned to racing in Moto Guzzi and has won four championships in France. Then in 1950 started racing cars. At the end of that year, he was offered a position in the Gordini team. Then, in 1952 the gap powerful Ferrari factory to earn the title of Grand Prix de Reims. In November of that year entered the Pan American road race in Oaxaca, Mexico Gordini guide only. He won the initial stage, covering 533 kilometers at an average speed of 143 km / h. And the second day, went back to the head, until a spin on a curve and plunged down an embankment twenty-five meters rock. 1953 and 1954 Behra were also unlucky, as they not only scored points in the championship, but had trouble finishing some races. Thus, in 1955 Behra Gordini left and signed with the Maserati. But he could not win the Mercedes team, with Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss. He did finish first in three league games, not Pau, Bordeaux and Bari. And in 1957, won the 12 Hours of Sebring collaborated with Fangio. He began the 1958 season with high hopes of driving BRM, but again was plagued with mechanical problems. Then at the Goodwood Easter Monday race Behra experienced brake failure and led into a concrete wall. He escaped being ejected from the car and, although wounded managed to walk. Behra then moved to Ferrari, but mechanical problems later. In 1959 he lost the lead because of engine trouble and then again at the Grand Prix of Reims, a piston failure. This was only the French can handle Tavoni accused of unfair treatment at Ferrari. The discussion ended with shots fired that Tavoni Behra. A month later during the race Avus Grand Prix, Germany, and Behra lost control and hit a concrete pole. That was thrown into the air and hit a flagpole. Behra was buried in his hometown of Nice. He was loved by his fans for their "go-for-broke" style of leadership in the face of mechanical problems and respected by the other competitors. Fellow driver Juan Manuel Fangio Behra characterized as "very brave". While for three thousand citizens and fans along with the whole community attended his funeral Racing Enzo Ferrari did not participate in the masses, or sent condolences.