Behra-Porsche
Sign in to saveBehra-Porsche was a Formula One constructor which entered four World Championship Grands Prix across the 1959 and 1960 seasons. The constructor started - and finished - two races, both in the 1960 season, but scored no championship points in the process.
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- F1 constructor.entrants
- Jean BehraCamoradi International
- F1 constructor.debut
- 1959 Monaco Grand Prix
- F1 constructor.final_race
- 1960 Italian Grand Prix
- F1 constructor.races
- 4 (2 starts)
- F1 constructor.wins
- 0
- F1 constructor.cons_champ
- 0
- F1 constructor.drivers_champ
- 0
- F1 constructor.poles
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- F1 constructor.fastest_laps
- 0
- F1 constructor.name
- Behra-Porsche
- F1 constructor.base
- France
- F1 constructor.founders
- Jean Behra
- F1 constructor.engines
- Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4
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Behra-Porsche was a Formula One constructor which entered four World Championship Grands Prix across the 1959 and 1960 seasons. The constructor started - and finished - two races, both in the 1960 season, but scored no championship points in the process.
Jean Behra was a French racing driver, who by the end of the 1950s was a stalwart of the Formula One paddock. He had achieved success earlier in the decade with the Maserati team, but was contracted to Ferrari for the 1959 season. Despite his obligations to Ferrari, Behra commissioned Porsche to build a Formula 2 single-seater car, taking componentry from the Porsche 718 'RSK'. The chassis for the car had already been designed by former Maserati engineer Valerio Colotti, who subsequently adapted it so that components from the 718 RSK could be used. The vehicle was named the 'Behra-Porsche' and painted in the Bleu de France colour of the Frenchman's homeland.
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