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Peterson returned to the pits and Team Lotus boss Peter Warr asked him about Cevert's crash. Peterson's response was "I have never seen anything like it". He was later interviewed about the crash in 1975 in SVT, the
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parked his car shortly thereafter and immediately got out without speaking. He later called Cevert's death "ne of the saddest of my career." Because of Cevert's death, Tyrrell withdrew its entry for this GP, and
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hit the oil and spun into the barrier, bending his front suspension. Hulme was standing beside the track when Cevert came by and also slid off and hit the barrier, but he kept going, now 29 seconds in the lead! Cevert coasted home, taking both hands off the wheel to wave as he crossed the line."
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Stewart and Cevert in a spirited debate on exactly this point. Another accident occurred at the same circuit a year later in the 1974 USA Grand Prix when another young Formula One driver,
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Firestones were getting better as the race went on. On lap 43, Ickx set the fastest lap of the race, and the gap was down to 2.2 seconds. 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!
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terrible sight of Cevert's body when he found him lying scattered in pieces of the wreckage. Peterson was still visibly shaken when talking about the accident and he also said that Cevert was his closest friend in F1.
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3427:1944 births
3252:Formula One
3032:Tim Densham
3006:Ken Tyrrell
2416:Co-drivers
1379:fastest lap
1333:John Coombs
1303:Simca Shell
1226:Formula One
1195:Simca Shell
1130:John Coombs
1053:Formula One
979:Formula One
877:Formula One
846:Formula One
708:Tyrrell 006
581:and in the
535:Denny Hulme
460:Formula One
449:Ken Tyrrell
437:Formula One
429:Formula Two
403:Magny-Cours
319:Formula One
277:Best finish
191:First entry
87:Nationality
79:Formula One
3421:Categories
3166:Jean Alesi
2795:27 January
2746:Niki Lauda
2730:27 January
2664:27 January
2641:References
530:Jacky Ickx
292:Class wins
221:Last entry
47:1944-02-25
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2993:Personnel
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650:Vaudelnay
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487:Zandvoort
201:First win
2896:Champion
2841:Archived
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2629:See also
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2293:Entrant
1393:Chassis
1390:Entrant
761:Podiums
331:Parisian
211:Last win
56:, France
3075:Drivers
2999:Founder
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2299:Engine
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2055:Tyrrell
1980:Tyrrell
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1706:Tyrrell
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743:Series
740:Season
716:Surtees
675:chicane
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579:Belgium
569:at the
550:won at
539:McLaren
514:Germany
478:Tyrrell
401:at the
395:Le Mans
155:Podiums
127:Entries
121:Tyrrell
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2531:S 3.0
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1089:Can-Am
755:Poles
749:Races
587:France
552:Monaco
510:France
407:Alpine
387:Norton
372:Career
351:Poland
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98:French
3337:DG016
2900:1968
2569:Shell
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2510:Shell
2507:Simca
2434:Class
2425:Laps
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2410:Year
2328:1971
2290:Year
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1564:March
1463:Tecno
1447:Pts.
1387:Year
1271:Simca
1222:1973
1049:1972
975:1971
904:22nd
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807:1969
772:1968
752:Wins
746:Team
690:Films
609:Death
599:Matra
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3226:1971
3206:1973
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2666:2016
2599:DNF
2596:DNF
2593:157
2550:1973
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2491:1972
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2443:1970
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2429:Pos.
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2278:bold
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2200:4th
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2042:1973
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1453:1969
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2274:key
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2192:USA
2187:Ret
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2169:Ret
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