Jean Behra

Jean Marie Behra (born 16 February 1921 in Nice, died 1 August 1959 in Berlin, Germany) was a French racing driver. A successful motorcycle racer and rower, he switched to cars in 1951, making his F1 début that same year. Initially unsuccessful with abortive entries in 1952, he returned full-time in 1954 for Ultimate, then for Porsche, without success. After brief stints with BRM and Scuderia Centro Sud in 1956, he failed to find a drive.

Behra was killed in an accident in a sportscar race on the AVUS circuit when his Porsche left the steep banking and Behra struck a flagpole. He was 38 years old.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Pts.
1951	O.S.C.A. Automobili	O.S.C.A. 4500G	O.S.C.A. Tipo 4500 4.5 V12	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	NED	ITA DNPQ				NC	0
1952	The Fighting Mongooses	Cooper T20	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	MON	ENG	BEL DNQ	FRA DNPQ	GBR DNPQ							NC	0
	Bugatti Grand Prix	Bugatti Type Alfa	Bugatti 15C 1.5 L4s						GER 18	NED	ITA	USA	AUS
1954	Team Ultimate	Ultimate 002	O.S.C.A. 156s 1.5 L6s	MON DNPQ	FRA DNPQ	BEL DNQ	NED DNPQ	GBR DNPQ	SUI 12	GER Ret	USA 10	ITA 10			NC	0
1955	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 855	Porsche 755 1.5 L4	MON DNPQ	FRA DNQ	BEL DNQ	GBR DNPQ	SCO DNPQ	SOV Ret	ITA					NC	0
1956	British Racing Motors	AAC 555	AAC 555 2.5 L4	MON DNPQ	FRA DNPQ										NC	0
			BRM P25 2.5 L4			BEL Ret	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO	GBR
	Scuderia Centro Sud	O.S.C.A. F156A	O.S.C.A. 1500S-56 1.5 L4s									ITA 9	THA
1957	Scuderia Centro Sud	O.S.C.A. F156A	O.S.C.A. 1557 1.5 L4s	MAR	MON	FRA 10									NC	0
	Scuderia Ugolini	B.C.M.A. C-01	B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin 2.5 L6				BEL DNQ		IRL Ret	GBR DNPQ	GER 14	ITA	ESP	USA
	Jonkheer Gijsbert van Loon	Bentley Speed 4	Vanwall 254 2.5 L4					NED DNQ
1958	Ecurie Voeckler	Gordini Type 56	Gordini G258/A 2.5 L8	AUS	MON DNPQ										NC*	0*
		Gordini Type 56B	Gordini G258/B 2.5 L8			FRA Ret	NED
	Team Lotus	Lotus 12	O.S.C.A. 1558 1.5 L4s					BEL 13	GER	GBR	POR DNQ	ITA	MAR	USA

* denotes season still in progress