MotorsportMemorabilia 1969 Grand Prix commemorative cover signed Jean-Pierre Beltoise

1969 was a very good year for Jackie Stewart who completely dominated the season in the Cosworth engined Matra MS80. Having won the first race in the MS10, he gained 5 further victories in the MS80 to win the title outright. Although Stewart only gained 2 pole positions, compared with 5 by the Lotus 49B and 4 by the Brabham BT26A, he led for almost half the total laps in the season. Jackie Ickx won 2 races in the Brabham to come runner up in the championship and Bruce McLaren was third in his M7A. The artwork portrays two Matras driven by Jackie Stewart and Jean-Pierre Beltoise leading the French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand. Matra is the only French constructor to have won F1 titles. 

The extra special is signed by JEAN-PIERRE BELTOISE who between 1961-64, won 11 French motor cycle championships, before making his racing car debut at Le Mans in 1963, winning the index of performance. After a badly breaking his arm in a very nasty accident at Reims in 1964, he returned the circuit the following year to win an F3 race, the first ever win for Matra. Further successes with Matra followed with 2 F3 wins in Europe and 4 in the Argentine Temporada Series before taking the manufacturer to the 1968 European F2 title; a tremendous feat for the first year at this level. 1968 was also his first full season of F1 with Matra, scoring a creditable 11 points. In 1969, he raced as No 2 to Jackie Stewart in Ken Tyrrell's Matra F1 Team scoring 21 points and helping gain the Constructors Championship. He continued with Matra until the end of 1971, scoring in each season. On joining BRM, he achieved the company's last victory and his best F1 result by winning the rain soaked 1972 Monaco in the P160B. After a further 2 seasons scoring points with BRM, he retired from F1 with a commendable total of 77 points and 4 fastest laps. In 1974 he won 4 sports car races for and helped take the title for Matra-Simca, co-driving with his fellow countryman Jean-Pierre Jarrier. He was involved with Ligier and Inaltera sports car projects before finishing his career with successes in French touring cars.

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