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Behra was a little like Chris Amon in that his main Formula 1 wins were in non-championship races. For example
1952 Reims GP (Formula 2 like all major GPs that year) Gordini - he beat the 'invincible' Ferraris leading to suggestions that he might have had a 2.5 litre engine
1954 Pau GP Gordini
1954 Circuit of Cadours Gordini
1955 Pau GP Maserati
1955 Bordeaux GP Maserati
1957 Pau GP Maserati - making it 3 in a row as there was no 1956 GP
1957 Caen GP BRM - the first win for the P25 and the first real international win for a BRM (the V16's wins in were in glorified club races)
1957 International Trophy BRM
1957 Modena GP Maserati
1957 Morocco GP Maserati - beating a full Formula 1 field including Fangio in a Maserati, Vanwall and Ferrari
1959 Aiontree 200 Ferrari
And in sports cars
1956 Nurburgring 1000km Maserati
1957 Sebring 12hrs Maserati 450s - the only international win for the car
In the 1955 Tourist Trophy he crashed his Maserati and lost an ear. He wore a plasticone after that. According to Nigel Roebuck, he would remove it in crowded restaurants and somehow there would suddenly be a vacant table.
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