Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia . Stewart immediately left the scene of the accident and returned to the pits. Jody Scheckter became infamous for causing one of the biggest accidents in Formula One history, after which there were demands that he should be banned from the sport. Francois Cevert's Fatal Crash - Watkins Glen 1973 (44 Years Ago) Humphrey The Auto Racing Fan 1989 2.35K subscribers Subscribe 1.3K 277K views 5 years ago A crash that caused Tyrrell to. When Jackie Stewart had a hard time getting around Cevert in an F2 race at Crystal Palace the same year, Stewart told his team manager Ken Tyrrell to keep an eye on the young Frenchman. Franois was not one of the many racing drivers led by their egos, he was eager to ask questions and knew exactly, but he still had much to learn. Francois Cevert driving the Tyrrell lost his life. Stewart was setting his mentee up to eventually, one day, replace him as number one on the Tyrrell team. I got home from that movie and immediately dove into the archives of the internet to see what else I could learn about these mad race car drivers from the 1970s. I wrote stories in every spare moment of time I had between assignments and packed a lunchbox full of CDs to listen to on the playground: Rob Zombie, Van Halen, Hole. Cevert was 29 years and 224 days old. The chicane was removed after the track lost its Formula One race. In the fast right-left uphill combination called "The Esses", Cevert's car was a little too far over towards the left side of the track, getting a bump from the kerbs. based on information from your browser. His favorite piece to play was Beethovens Pathtique Sonata. When practice resumed, Stewart went out on the track in his car on a personal fact-finding mission. On lap 43, Ickx set the fastest lap of the race, and the gap was down to 2.2 seconds. If I were to rewrite history in his favor, he would have won the 1974 Formula One World Championship instead of Emerson Fittipaldi, but that would be all, I think. I grew up in rural Michigan with the expectation that I would commute to the local community college, get a sensible job in a field like engineering, get married and have kids, buy the house next door to my familys, settle in for a nice, conventional life. In the fast left-right uphill combination called "The Esses"[5] Cevert's car was a little too far over towards the left side of the track, getting a bump from the kerbs. I responded by attending the Six Hours of the Glen with him and proceeding to flirt with the big group of online friends we met up to camp with. His first season in F3, at the wheel of his prize Alpine, did not go well. GREAT NEWS! Albert Franois Cevert Goldenberg (25 February 1944 - 6 October 1973) was a French racing driver who took part in the Formula One World Championship. Jacky Ickx was closing, and his Firestones were getting better as the race went on. And studies show that, when we find meaning in tragedy, were less likely to suffer long term mental distress. Especially when it comes to a sudden, unexpected death, we want to find a sense of comfort. Franois Cevert died at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York on October 6, 1973. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. We all make sense of tragedy in different ways. Whether that was the cause of Ceverts mistake, though, is unknown. Cevert died instantly of truly horrific injuries. Over the next four seasons, Cvert became the veteran Stewart's devoted protg. For months, Fittipaldi contemplated retiring from the sport altogether. There was a problem getting your location. Great expectations for Cevert, Stewart and Tyrrell were not fulfilled in 1972, Cevert finished in the points only three times, with second places in Belgium and the USA, and a fourth at his home race in France at the Clermont-Ferrand circuit. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. And I dont know if Id like that. They had three children although the youngsters were given the name Cevert to avoid the Nazi persecution of the Jews after the German . Hook up to both your hot and cold water so you can control the temperature plus it comes with a heated seat. His true passion lay in speed. 7 min ( 1994 palabras) With his new mount Cevert finally started to win races, and by the end of the season he was French Formula 3 Champion, just ahead of Jean-Pierre Jabouille. Try again later. The top global causes of death, in order of total number of lives lost, are associated with three broad topics: cardiovascular (ischaemic heart disease, stroke), respiratory (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lower respiratory infections) and neonatal conditions - which include birth asphyxia and birth trauma, neonatal sepsis and infections, The sport that day was deprived from surely a future champion. Formula 1. When he was 16, Franois Cevert began his motorsport career on two wheels, rather than four, initially racing his mother's Vespa scooter against friends, before graduating to his own Norton at the age of 19. I grew up on a steady diet of classic rock, American muscle cars, and a whole era that had been over and done with long before my parents had reached adulthood. I think maybe hed have one of those accidents that doesnt kill you but makes it impossible to keep racing at the peak of your capabilities. F1 Crash. The changes, initially inspired by Franois Ceverts accident and reaffirmed by Helmut Koiniggs, took place in 1975. Autosport. FRANCOIS CEVERT FATAL CRASH RECONSTRUCTION VIDEO USA GP 1973 pratiche WATKINS GLEN Sacha 1970 1.84K subscribers Subscribe 278 Save 38K views 1 year ago Notice Age-restricted video (requested by. I couldnt cut those roots. The crash erupted in a thick fog of debris. On Saturday morning Cevert left the track and crashed horribly. Admittedly, his special connection to Cevert pushed him to focus more on life off the track. Again, Formula One was overcast by a fatality and the grid would mourn one of the most promising drivers of the season. Cevert was willing to take risks to finish second in 1973s world championship. It was the high point of his career, helping him take third place in the 1971 Driver's Championship behind Stewart and Ronnie Peterson. There is a problem with your email/password. Tall and with looks that set many a female heart racing, Cevert made an indelible impression on all who knew him. At that time, the three-time champion was just as enthusiastic about passing his knowledge onto young drivers as about racing itself. It could very well just be me ascribing meaning to tragedy again, trying to make sense of my own existence in a wider context, trying to give it a neat and tidy narrative to wrap things up. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Jackie Stewart discovered the young Frenchman while at the Renault Elf Winfield Racing School, and kept his name in mind. In 1971, with the Tyrrell team now building their own cars, Cvert finished second in France and Germany, both times behind team leader Stewart. Try again. Verify and try again. He competed in 48 World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one win, 13 podium finishes and 89 career points.Family backgroundCevert was the son of Charles Goldenberg (1901-1985), a Parisian jeweller, and Huguette Cevert. Hes always been there, getting you where you need to go.. At the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, Scheckter was able to win the race and secure the World Championship. Francois Cevert: The Man Who Made a Name for Himself By Jeremy McMullen Francois Cevert was about to emerge from the shadow of a champion. Fran ois cevert the prince of formula one, Cause of the accident analysed by Stewart, Complete Formula One World Championship results, Third in the Formula 1 Drivers Championship 1971. Every year, they don the title of Camp Hooligan, buy up a swath of campsites lining the Boot, and distribute them (for a fee) amongst whoever calls dibs on Twitter. 1.7k members in the DeathObituaries community. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. The sky was crystal clear and stretched on for miles. Please reset your password. At the same time he registered for the Volant Shell scholarship competition, which offered the top finisher the prize of an Alpine Formula Three car. I saw someone, she told me. His father was a Russian-Jewish emigre who had been brought to France as a young boy by his parents, to escape the persecution of the Jews under the Tsarist autocracy. The U.S. Grand Prix would have marked his 100th F1 entry. Francois died on 6 October 1973 during qualifying for the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York, USA. I really didnt have an interest in sportscar racing, not to the extent that I would travel for it, but Id done it for the first time in 2017 because a friend had talked me into it on the basis of meeting the people Id been friends with online for a year. Nkter data mohou pochzet z datov poloky. I was a typical angry feminist and, as the only woman in my house, the homemaker that cooked dinner and cleaned. Cevert thought it was meant to be his day. Now thats doing your business in luxury. But Im still trying to explain how, exactly, a dead French race car driver is the person who somehow did all that for me. It was not my finest moment, but our relationship was already rocky, and part of me had decided that, if we were going to inevitably break up, I might as well speed things along. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. In, d Crawford filtrates his corpuscles will-lessly. A quick consultation to a track map, a moment to orient myself with respect to the pit lane. In 1971, with the Tyrrell team now building their own cars, Cevert finished second in France and Germany, both times behind team leader Stewart. Over the next four seasons, Cevert became the veteran Stewart's devoted protg. Hes been there for you this whole time, always out there somewhere, but today I saw him.. It may take time for me to unravel, but when I do, it can become useful to me again. The Esses you see today arent exactly the ones you would have seen back then. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. This death was the reason Jackie Stewart retired from the sport having witnessed countless deaths in his career. Peter Revson was born on February 27, 1939 and died on March 22, 1974. Jackie stopped all that and taught me how you must analyze a car, how you must think when you are driving, and the vision you must have. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. I was driving like hell and not thinking enough about what I was doing. Albert Franois Cevert Goldenberg (25 February 1944 - 6 October 1973) was a French racing driver who took part in the Formula One World Championship. 0 cemeteries found in Vaudelnay, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. The more I drive, the more I realize that [death] could happen to me; but, in fact, it would take more courage for me to give up racing than it does to go on. Reims . It has its own special kind of magic to it. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. And Im sure hed probably share some takes I dont agree with, the way Jackie Stewart has claimed that Formula One is very tolerant, actually, even when Lewis Hamilton is being punished for wearing a t-shirt demanding we remember Breonna Taylor. Then, on lap 49, the alternator on Ickx's Ferrari fell off, punching a hole in the gearbox and spilling oil all over the track! The team got an aspiring driver capable of being moulded, and stronger commitment from the French state-owned fuel company, Elf, as the teams sponsor. In A Contract with Death, he comes off as something of an asshole, demanding his girlfriends be impeccably made up before waking him in the morning with breakfast, lest a hair out of place ruin his day. I got a job. After winning the French Formula 3 Championship in 1968, Cvert joined the Tecno Formula 2 team and finished third overall in 1969, driving in the F2 class of the German Grand Prix. Add to your scrapbook. Albert Franois Cevert Goldenberg was a French racing driver who took part in the Formula One World Championship. The bright-blue-eyed Prince won his first and only victory at the U.S. Grand Prix in 1971. It is going to be a human story from 1970, when Francois came into the team, until he sadly died.' If the film is scrapped, it leaves the path clear for a second production, Weekend Of A. It was calmer that way, easier to control. Ive never known how much of it I believe, but Ive also found it helpful to spend time in a dark room, imagining my own energy. By that point, he had essentially been excommunicated from his family after his father refused to allow Franois to race while living under his roof. Stewart set about becoming something of a mentor, teaching Cevert everything he knew, refining Franoiss raw talent into something that translated directly into a smooth result on track. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Being a driver in lower categories was not a particularly well-paying job in those days. It certainly makes for a nicer story, using his to tell mine and in turn keeping both threads alive. Richard Kelley, Franois Cevert, 1973 Introduction: The tragic death of of the talented French driver Franois Cevert at age 29 was one of the epochal events in Formula One history, documented in books and in films such as 1: Life on the Limit and The Quick and the Dead. I knew I wanted to be a writer, but I didnt know what Id write about. But knowing that doesnt change the fact that looking down that section of the track was enough to make my heart skip a beat and send chills down my spine. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Better than nothing, the 16-year-old Cevert began driving scooters around the capital city with his friends. Formidable metal fencing with lush forests waiting just beyond. The rest, they say, is history. In order not to draw the authorities' notice to his continuing presence in the heavily controlled capital, Charles and Huguette's four children were all registered with her surname rather than his. In the endurance racing world, he finished second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1971. That crash was Helmuth Koinigg in 1974 (Team Surtees running the number 9) Whereas they show in the film Franois Cevert's Tyrell running the number 6 and with Elf sponsorship. The Cevert family wasnt rich, but they were well-off and comfortable in their Parisian suburb home. Stewart immediately left the scene of the accident and returned to the pits. Cevert was extensively profiled and interviewed in the Formula One documentary, The Quick and the Dead. I found closer friendships than Id had with the people Id known since preschool. F1 Drivers. There I was, 1700 miles away from home and 2000 miles deep in a motorsports road trip, and I had finally laid eyes on the place that had claimed the life of someone I hold in deep regard, someone who had passed away over four decades prior, over two decades before I was even born. I am very attached to life, I am very happy to be alive and really believe that I am one of the happiest men on earth; but I dont think I can give up racing. Franois Cevert said in an interview, in 1972. He brushed the Armco barrier on the right of the Esses and tried to correct it, but it was too late. On many occasions, Stewart would be closely followed by Cevert out on track, observing and learning from the accomplished driver. La historia de uno de los talentos perdidos ms grandes en la historia de la F1, en una poca romntica del deporte, Francois Cevert era un playboy, una personalidad muy querida en el Paddock de la F1 y por sus miles de fanticos alrededor del mundo, un cono de la F1 de los 70s. His brother-in-law, fellow driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise, believes that tragedy happens when were on the cusp of great change. Franois grew up in a castle where he was looked after by an army of servants. In order to keep the family safe, Charles GoldenbergCeverts fatherencouraged the children to take their mothers traditionally French surname while he was fighting against the Nazis during their occupation of Paris. 6, chassis number 006, engine number 66. I remember the battle was still sparking, and the big thing was to get him out of the car. Autopedia is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. After finding sponsorship for the 1968 season, Cevert traded in his Alpine for a more competitive Tecno car. Albert Franois Cevert Goldenberg (25 February 1944 6 October 1973) was a French racing driver who took part in the Formula One World Championship. cemeteries found in Vaudelnay, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Nanou and Franois set about taking their terrible open-wheel machine to as many races as they could, sleeping in cars and showering in Ceverts sisters hotel room because Jacqueline was dating one of Ceverts peers, Jean-Pierre Beltoise. A child who witnessed the 9/11 attacks later drew pictures of people leaping from the Twin Towers onto trampolines because that was how his brain had rationalized the tragedy. a racing school in Magny Cours. He just wanted to take in everything because he was coming up from Formula 2, he knew he didnt know much and he wasnt that quick to begin with (), At Tyrrell wed always made a point of sharing everything between both drivers, so he got everything that I had in the way of setup, lines, gear ratios, anything at all. Nanou was able to use her money to bolster Ceverts career. Ramirez, A Contract With Death hints, believes otherwise. In 1966 he completed a training course at the Le Mans school, before enrolling at the Magny-Cours racing school. Charles was a . Failed to remove flower. A year later, at the 1974 U.S. Grand Prix, the Viennese Helmuth Koinigg, discovered by Helmut Marko, suffered a fatal crash. I had a singular purpose. Then, on lap 49, the alternator on Ickx's Ferrari fell off, punching a hole in the gearbox and spilling oil all over the track! Even though the Frenchman started from fifth on the grid at the 1971 U.S. Grand Prix, following an action-packed race, he claimed his first and only victory in Formula One. Cevert was 29 years and 224 days old. Later owner of a F1 team, Stewart left racing a year ago in January at age 61, six months after selling. Amon drove the teams third car that race. Race Engines. Retour sur ce jour de gloire, alors qu'il aurait ft aujourd'hui ses 75 ans. He was still in his car and obviously dead. Stewart trusted the French youngster as a driver but putting him in the car was also a 2 in 1 decision. As Tyrrell began building their own cars in 1970, Stewart and team owner Ken Tyrrell decided to sign Cevert as a replacement for their other driver, Johnny Servoz-Gavin. Charles Goldenberg was a jeweler who wanted Franois to follow his own path in managing the family businessit would have been a noble career for a young man who was well-versed in the piano and smart but too pretentious and not sufficiently hard working in school, according to one of his teachers. As Cevert began to draw even with Stewart's driving abilities, the Scot was secretly planning to retire after the last race of the season in the United States. The journey there felt interminable, but when I finally stood at the corridor of barriers that now protect that wiggly bit of road, time stopped. His car crashed into the barrier in Turn 3, at the speed of approximately 200 km/h. Cause of the accident analysed by Stewart Please enter your email and password to sign in. It was the first death I have been around. Peter was 35 years old at the time of death. Franois Cevert is buried in the Cimetire de Vaudelnay in the village of Vaudelnay, Maine-et-Loire. If Franois Cevert were alive today, I dont know if Id like him. Pages in category "Franois Cevert" . Franois is widely remembered as a handsome, easy-going, courteous young man who was a fast driver and a virtuoso piano player. Franois Cevert was killed at the age of 29 during practice for the United States Grand Prix in 1973. Great expectations for Cevert, Stewart and Tyrrell were not fulfilled in 1972, Cevert finished in the points only three times, with second places in Belgium and the USA, and a fourth at his home race in France at the Clermont-Ferrand circuit. Cevert had crashed violently in the uphill Esses heading onto the back of the circuit. With the Scotsmans anticipated retirement at the end of the 1973 season, Cevert would have been promoted as the number one driver at Tyrell. Try again later. Please try again later. When he died at Watkins Glen, Francois Cevert was 29 years old. A film documentary of the time, shot minutes before the start of the fatal practice session, captures Stewart and Cevert in a spirited debate on exactly this point. After making his debut at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort in Tyrrell's second customer March-Ford, he increased his pace and closed the gap to Stewart with virtually every race. Francois Cevert, there emerge two Mexicans who forged a path but their countrymen. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? We have set your language to When Franois Cevert died, the people in his life tried to wrap up his story in a way that made the abruptness and violence of his death make sense. Charles was a Russian Jewish migr brought to France as a young boy by his parents, to escape the persecution of the Jews under the Tsarist autocracy. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. His ex-girlfriend, Nanou van Malderen, tells the story about how she went to a clairvoyant who told her she would meet him and change her life. It touched the safety barriers, spun and then crashed heavily on the other side of the track. He finished second six times, three times behind Stewart, who acknowledged that at times the Frenchman had been a very "obedient" teammate. I think about it a lot. I dont know when I first noticed the twinkling lights. The whole reason I was there. By the last race of the year, Jackie Stewart had already secured his title victory and was getting ready to race his 100th Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. The 2013 film Rush portrays a composite of Cevert's qualifying fatal accident, combining what appears to be the remains of a blue liveried 1973 Tyrrell 006 with the configuration of Helmuth Koinigg's accident while driving the Surtees TS16 in the 1974 race. Failed to report flower. Today 25 February would have been Franois Ceverts 79th birthday. More information. Franois Cevert est agora enterrado no Cemitrio Municipal de Vaudelnay, no Maine-en-Loire. Gilles Villeneuve. After an inordinately stressful week, my mother-in-law, Karen let me know that it was time. The son of Charles Goldenberg (19011985), a successful Parisian jeweler, and Huguette Cevert. My home in Michigan wasnt the kind of place that inspired coherent growth, so I tried on many different hats to see which I liked best. It was too horrifying to describe, they tell us. Colin Chapman, George Follmer, Emerson Fittipaldi, Francois Cevert, Grand Prix of Spain, Montjuic circuit, April 29, 1973. Saving up to buy motorbikes and then taking them to the race course became his all-consuming purpose in life. Franois Cevert: A contract with death Hardcover - January 1, 1975 by Jean-Claude Halle (Author) 4 ratings Hardcover $499.92 4 Used from $381.48 Text: English, French (translation) Print length 213 pages Language English Publisher William Kimber and Co. Ltd. London, UK Publication date January 1, 1975 ISBN-10 0718300440 ISBN-13 978-0718300449 Short History of Road Racing at Watkins Glen, European Formula Two Championship drivers, File:1973-05-27 Francois Cevert, Matra-Simca 670.jpg, http://forix.autosport.com/8w/tyrrell73.html, http://www.forix.com/asp/notes.asp?z=0&k=0&l=0&i=3582&c=6, http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/wat.html, Atlas F1 Bulletin Board with 3 photographs of Cevert's grave at Vaudelnay, Third in the Formula 2 Championship (1969). Astonishingly, the only driver. The 29yearold Frenchman, who won the United States Grand Prix here in 1971, crashed into a barrier 15 minutes before this morning's practice for tomorrow's Grand Prix was to have ended. His conclusion was that his preference was to take The Esses complex in fourth gear in the Tyrrell, hence he would be at the low end of the engine's rev range, making the car more tractable and less nervous (in exchange for a bit less throttle response). Something about those charming blue eyes, the fond way hes remembered, and the tragedy of wasted potential had me hooked from the very first time I heard his story. After Id paid my $25 and promptly mounted the Red, White, and Blue grandstand, I couldnt get over how blue it was. His death cast a shadow on the sports history, Stewarts third title win and a number of his fellow drivers entire career. In 1973, Francois Cevert of France hit a guard rail in practice and was killed. He competed in 47 World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one win, 13 podium finishes and 89 career points. I asked for tickets to my first race during my freshman year of college, the 2014 United States Grand Prix. He was about to make a name for himself. Team leader Jackie Stewart and Cevert disagreed about how to take it. We want to feel like it was coming, that we could have predicted it, that we can now find meaning in it. I was, simultaneously, the kid at the top of my class who ate lunch at the teachers table and the degenerate that would show up to school in a leather dress and black lipstick. As Cevert began to draw even with Stewart's driving abilities, the Scot was secretly planning to retire after the last race of the season in the United States. Formula One motor racing driver Francois Cevert enjoys some time off with a girl friend at a ski resort in Villars Sur Ollan near Montreux,. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Jacky Ickx was closing, and his Firestones were getting better as the race went on. A sua campa est coberta por um mrmore negro, encostado parede do cemitrio, onde est pendurado um baixo-relevo com a sua face. full name Albert Franois Cevert Goldenberg nationality French born February 25, 1944 hometown Paris died October 6, 1973 place of death Watkins Glen, New York, USA. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Contribute Who is Franois Cevert dating? Albert Franois Cevert Goldenberg ( 25. nora 1944 Pa - 6. jna 1973 Watkins Glen) byl francouzsk automobilov zvodnk a pilot Formule 1, kter tragicky zahynul pi Grand Prix USA 1973 . Cevert was. As for fourth gear, percentage for gear is high, it causes cushion works, and absorbs the change of impact gently. Cevert, though, preferred third gear, at the top end of the engines rev range. The son of Charles Goldenberg (19011985), a successful Parisian jeweller (became in the 1930s), and Huguette Cevert,[1] Franois Cevert was born in Paris in early 1944. Jackie Stewart was one of the last on the scene of Cevert's accident and said later "The marshals had left him in the car, because he was so clearly dead." Stewart immediately left the scene of the accident and returned to the pits. Auto Race Car Driver. He made his debut at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort in Tyrrell's second customer March-Ford. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. " (Francois) crashed violently in the uphill Esses heading onto the back of the circuit. She took me to her treatment room and laid me on the table for an hours worth of reiki treatment, a form of energy healing. When Jackie Stewart had a hard time getting around Cevert in an F2 race at Crystal Palace the same year, Stewart told his team manager Ken Tyrrell to keep an eye on the young Frenchman. Todos os Resultados de Franois Cevert na Frmula 1 He exploded on the scene as an erratic, crash-prone wild man whose desperate deeds of derring-do put himself and his peers in great danger. He was born in Paris (France) and died in Watkins Glen (New York). Wow, interesting photo angles there. [2], Cevert was the brother-in-law of Grand Prix driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise.[3]. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. In the three years prior to the German Grand Prix that year, five drivers had been killed at the wheel of F1 cars: Roger Williamson, Franois Cevert, Peter Revson, Helmuth Koinigg and Mark. So when I showed up in person on a cool July afternoon, my heart trying to pound its way through my chest, it took me a moment to adjust to a clear-cut reality. He had a temper. . At about half-distance, Cevert finally began to struggle with the same understeer that had plagued Stewart much earlier. Fighting the car as he went up the hill, he brushed the curb on the left, whipped across the track and hit the guardrail on the right. Cevert duly qualified for the final race and won. 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