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A win is a win , regardless of circumstances. Otherwise , it is down the rabbit hole of 'best car' , ''cheating' , team orders ' , 'lucky tyre choice' and so on. I will confess I had completely forgotten that Depailler won Monaco, but I would rate him higher than Panis or Beltoise , fine drivers though they both were .
The theory about Beltoise is that Monaco saw him really able to show his talents because it was wet and he didn't need the arm strength that he would have required in a dry race- he had badly injured his arm in an accident years before. Who knows? All I do know is that in any contest to win the prize for the most Gallic looking racing driver he'd have won every time.
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