Tribute to François Cevert

[FotoGrandPrix]

BRAVOOO!!!

[currentresident41061]

Fantastic choice of images and music.

[bidibi83]

A magnificent work about a legend!

[froback]

@Hannuff have you any docucumentrys or videos with him in? or where i can find a dvd of him thanks

[rocktenniscat]

Can someone tell me the name of the song and the musician/band?  It's a lovely song.

[benmes1]

@rocktenniscat The song is from the band DIRE STRAITS, song is called BROTHERS OF ARMS

[rocktenniscat]

We always had copies of Paris Match in our French class. I saw Cevert's photo on the cover, and nearly fainted - that beautiful smile! I knew nothing about him, but was determined to read his story and spent hours translating each word with a French/English dictionary. He died soon after and I was heartbroken as only a 16 year old girl can be. RIP Francois.

[Czikes]

Great Video! NICE JOB!!! 5 * ! FAVORITES! :D

[deaktom]

Rest In Peace Francois

[amandamojo]

Francois seemed a really nice person, and from what I have watched on The tube and old footage on DVDs a brilliant driver. I was 16 days old when he died at Watkins Glen so I never actually saw him race. I read "A Contract With Death while I was in hospital in June. I found it a "Fantastique" read and thought I would recommend it to fans. I think this tribute video is excellent. Well done Hannuff!!! Love the song.:-)

[alexrj2]

a lot of talent. i agree with you a real pilot, the best that france has ever produced. his death is still a mistery.he died in misterious conditions a time that many conflicts were happening. his death looks like Senna death's.

young, talentous etc horrible death beheaded

[Camerameister]

There's no mystery. The circumstances of his death are well known. As for the gory details, I don't know why people have to get so wrapped up in this stuff. It just makes the whole idea of a tribute look disingenuous. We don't need to know that.

[alexrj2]

because those things exist my dear. and dont agree with you, we continue to make a tribute to him but not accepting his death conditions.

[Camerameister]

Fine but spare the unnecessary gore. It gives too much credence to the argument that people go to motor sport to see accidents.

[Camerameister]

Nothing wrong with making a tribute. Just make sure it really is a tribute and not an excuse to remind people of the gory details. I don't want to hear about how his head fell off. I remember these people for what they achieved and not how gruesome their death was. The way people constantly harp on about it is just perverted.

[alexrj2]

you seems to not know about him. the way he dead was part of his life. it's not a gory detail, it was what happened. by his death lot of pilots could in the past and today be safer then before

[Camerameister]

I know plenty about him because I remember him but I'm not about to get all morbid about it.

[kennysbitches]

@Camerameister his head didnt fall off.

[Camerameister]

@kennysbitches Yeah, I know. I was just having a bit of a shot at some of the insincere tribute posts which say "R.I.P." and then go into all the unnecessarily gory detail. I don't believe those posts are anything more than disingenuous. I was speaking metaphorically.

[BluebirdintheSky]

@alexrj2 What mystery is there about his death? He crashed and sustained unsurvivable injuries. There is no mystery about Senna's death either. A splinter from his helmet entered his eye and pierced his brain. Something that the authorities said they would work to avoid after Tom Pryce's death from cerebral injuries caused by helmet shrapnel 17 years earlier.

[Nomad110371]

A fine young man, gone long before his time. Rest in peace François.

[stadioazteca]

Watkins Glen was a very dangerous track...if you can get hold of copy read Niki Lauda's "the Art and Science of Grand Prix Driving". He describes just how dangerous this track was in the 70s...the bumps from the kerbs were potentially lethal and they played a massive role in Cevert's crash

[sigke]

Non semplici piloti...ma eroi!

[Evil13666]

Great tribute, and a driver that had great potential and wonder what he could have achieved. 5 stars for great work again.

[FrancoisCevertFan]

"I have never seen anything like it". " The mess...it was just awful, parts of Francois were still there". " It was just so horrendous". " I was physically sick". Jackie Stewart

[jbcranberry]

Tragedy struck at its fullest. It should not have happened. Not to such people as him.

[Camerameister]

Why should it happen to anyone?

[jbcranberry]

I don't wish it to happen to anyone. But remember racing style of Jody Scheckter, for example. You could then say he might have called it upon himself. Not FC.

[Camerameister]

No, I don't think even Cevert would have agreed with you on that. It was a one car crash. His attitude was that you get into a racing car and you accept the risk. He said so. To that end, they are all equal. It doesn't matter how it happens. It matters that it happens.

I liked Cevert too but he was human.

[jbcranberry]

What you said doesn't contradict what I had said. I don't mean to argue with you I just feel that he, being a gentleman and considerate driver, shouldn't have gone like that.

[Camerameister]

That last reply was aimed at the Stewart quote from FrancoisCevertFan. You are easier to debate with. I get tired of disingenuous posts that say "Fred crashed into a fence and his head got chopped off and bits were strewn everywhere. R.I.P." R.I.P.? Yeah sure. After we've satiated our blood lust.

Anyway, I know you (jbcranberry) didn't say that but we probably won't agree.

[Camerameister]

I don't need to know this.

[Clueso456]

well done

[Pinxejas]

Moving. Great music choice. He was so young!

[crtzff]

So why did this accident happen?Was it mechanical faliure or driver error or something else?Or mabye a combination of them?

[DLFerrariFan]

error/conditions. It was rather cold that day, and there was some damp spots on the track. Add that in with cold tires (it was his 2nd lap) and it was very likely to happen unless he slowed down greatly going through the chicane. The F1 cars if the early 70's had very little downforce to assist with grip, so that didn't help either.

[WicKedM3]

He hit the curb on the right side, The Glen at the time had very dangerous curbs and this caused him to hit the barrier on the right and spin to the left.

Another contributing factor was the car being very jumpy through that section of the track due to its short wheel base. Jackie Stewart used to drive through those esses in 5th gear to counteract the jumpiness. Cevert however preferred 4th gear and thus he was in a higher RPM range which would have made the car a bit jumpier.

RIP François :(

[jbcranberry]

According to the book I just finished (My contract with death), his brother-in-law is convinced that it could not have been Francois's error. He suspects a couple of minor technical difficulties that could have added up and made the car sverve out of its supposed route... (please take into consideration I am no automobile expert - just transcribing here what I learned from the book).

[SennaTeamRacing]

just one wins in Tyrell!

[arturfigueira]

My mom always talked about this driver...and she loved so much this tribut!!! thank u hannuf..great video

[ms670b]

Merci pour cet hommage émouvant à un pilote qui, par bien des aspects, rayonnait très au-delà du sport qu'il pratiquait. Son physique avenant, ses talents de pianiste, son charisme naturel font de lui un homme à part. Merci de ne pas avoir omis de signaler que François Cevert menait une activité parallèle à la F1 en Sport prototypes chez Matra. La belle MS670 bleue longue queue à parements jaunes s'est illustrée au Mans en 1972, c'est vrai.

[Troylito]

maybe the most handsome Frenchman to drive F1, but not the most talented. That would have to go to Alain Prost, or to Jean Pierre Wimille.

[jbcranberry]

we do not know if he was the most talented - got killed way ahead of his time... although Alain Prost was the World Champion. Who is the other one? The name is totally unknown to me.

[vince065us]

J.P.Wimille was a pre-war racer who won Le Mans,and several grand-prix,but was killed in a race before the modern F1 era.Francois should've been a world champion.

[jbcranberry]

thank you, vince... I haven't known that name at all - now I do. But FC will remain my most favorite one (cannot help it..:-)

[dextersno1fan]

ooh mine too

[leonardoosmoze]

he is the championchip in 1973

[jbcranberry]

Hannuff, you did a great job. If I had not been crying before, this would definitely get me. Thanks a lot, God bless you!

[gnarkillkicksass]

whoa i was just reading about Cervert in a magazine listening to Brothers in Arms live in stockholm and thought what a great song it was for him and stewart. i then youtubed him and almost fell off my seat when i heard the song! great tribute to a great man.

[celidirj]

SAUDADES

[musikela]

un grand merci à toi hannuff pour cette émouvante vidéo sur françois.

[odannyboj]

Those of you wishing to scrap over details are totally missing the point of Francois, his team, and that time, and why we will always cherish their memory.

[musikela]

mon coeur saigne lorsque je revois ces images ,ton sourire ,tes yeux magnifiques,tu es et tu resteras mon éternel champion

[zulhelmy88]

He's great..Albert Francois Cevert Goldenberg.. R.I.P. Prince Of Speed..

[Guimengo]

Happy 64th birthday, R.I.P.

:(

[OhDubya]

Hannuf...

You are so nice at what you do..

Been a little teary all morning...

In a nice way...

I love racing and heroes of it...like I know you do...

OW

[vaudelnay]

je n'ai pas u l'honneur de connaitre françois mais mon pére la bien connu il ont été a l'école enssemble  sa maison d'enfance se trouve juste enface de ché moi j'ai bien connu sa mére . cette viédo est tré belle sa fait plaisir de voir que qelque perssonene l'on pa oublier il reste dans le pensse de tou le monde dans notre village il est partir trop vite . repose en pai pour nous tu ai le champion

[fzr2]

Very fast, film star looks, classically trained pianist with charisma to spare. Compare him to a modern 'product' like Hamilton! F1 needs more Ceverts, Petersons and Hunts and less clones who churn out the old "thank the sponsors, the package was real good..." yawnfest! Having said that it was good to see Sebastian Vettel totally flummox Louise Goodman on ITV when she asked him what his race strategy was and he answered "To have fun, that's why we do this isn't it?" Good man!

[McLarenMercedes]

I apologize if my comments offend fans of Cevert. I wasn't even born when he died and only saw him race in documentaries about drivers and formula 1 seasons. But I don't see him as one of the greats of the 70's.

But most women think Cevert might have been the best looking race driver ever. He had an affair with Brigitte Bardot,says rumours...

[fzr2]

Not one of the Seventies greats? Possibly, but definitely a race winner in '74 don't you think? And say the Tyrell was a dog, maybe at the end of '75 when Emmo left McLaren he could have ended up there instead of Hunt, who knows what could have happened?

[Rosssmith21]

fzr2, he might not be one of the seventies greats, but in my mind, he DEFINITELY wouldve been. But wouldve Cevert have left Tyrrell, such a family team?

[fzr2]

Just been reading Stewarts biography where he reveals that before Watkins Glen '73 Cevert had told him that Ferrari wanted to sign him (Cevert) for '74, but Stewart couldn't tell him that he was retiring at seasons end and should stay with Tyrell. Don't know if he could have dragged Ferrari out of the doldrums like Lauda did but wouldn't it have been great to see Francois in a Ferrari?

[McLarenMercedes]

Had Jean Alesi died in 1990,they would have said he would have been a multiple champion considered how brilliantly he drove the Tyrrell in 1989,1990. Ronnie Peterson was lightning quick but he could have won the title in 1973 but didn't. They all praise Gilles Villeneuve but Scheckter beat him fair and square in 1979.

[fzr2]

But if Scheckter had died in '78 would he still be talked about like Alesi, Peterson or Villeneuve?

[grandemello]

Sheckter didn't beat Villeneuve: simply, Gilles respected the rules in the team, like Cevert did with Stewart.

[McLarenMercedes]

No disrespect to Cevert but dead drivers tend to get a lot more praise than they deserve. Sure Cevert was talented but he only won 1 race,driving a very competitive Tyrrell in 71-72-73. In fact Stewart missed some races in 72 because of his ulcer but did Cevert win them? Felipe Massa has won 5 races,all from pole in a superior Ferrari,but few see him as a great driver. Who says Cevert would have done better than Scheckter in 1974?

[grandemello]

No way to compare Massa with Cevert. At first cause actually the number of GP is DOUBLE than those on the 70s, then today to win a race a good car is more important than being good race driver. Massa with Ferrari won 5 GP, but the same Massa with a ToroRosso would have won ZERO GP

[Rosssmith21]

Cevert was killed before his prime. In fact, Jackie Stewart himself has said that Cevert was a "very obedient" teammate and quick enough to beat him, but didnt because Stewart was his mentor. Same for Peterson in '78 who was a "good" teammate to Andretti. And the Ferrari's in '82 and '83 were lightning quick, but both world class drivers who drove them (Pironi and Villeneuve) had their career's cut short.

[grandemello]

Touching... and with the right song. As about: what's name of song and singer?

[fzr2]

The song is "Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits taken from the album of the same name.

[Zen404]

Cevert, truly a legend and the 1974 world champion without a doubt. RIP my friend, we miss you :(

[moikana2007]

inolvidable dulce francois, te llevo en mi corazón desde hace 35 años, vivirás en el hasta mi final, un príncipe de la fórmula 1

[NICOPATOFU]

É realmente emocionante ,embora não tenha visto ele correr mas a beleza dele sempre me facinou,uma pena ele estar morto.

[sissarj]

Saudade...Meu ídolo na adolescência, hoje continua sendo, adorei poder rever momentos que ficaram em minha lembrança por todos estes anos. Obrigada por compartilhar conosco este vídeo.

[sissarj]

Olha é com lágrimas nos olhos e o coração partido que assisti a esta homenagem a François Cevert, meu ídolo em minha adolescência... Hoje continua sendo. Obrigada por compartilhar este vídeo conosco.

[BlueFox284]

Man, if only had he of lived on. . . raced through the entire decade. . . imagine Cevert banging wheels with Villenuve @ the French GP in '79. . .

[rockfest27]

another great formula one driver gone forever

rest in peace along side gilles villanueve,ricardo palleti,roland ratzenberger,and ayrton senna.

[boelin]

François, 34 years gone today.

[Ziltoid667]

I loved that shot of him going around the banking at the nurburgring.

[Mr911Carrera]

Very nice there is a dvd/vhs tape called " The Quick And The Dead"With lots of Cevert in it .Thanks very nice video Francois left us far to soon

[evelinrm]

R.I.P.

[DrefCd]

...Bravo à celle qui a laissé son message d'amour (nichthauser) et si elle l'a réellement cotoyé....

il le mérite....

[5starsnitskymatch]

Cevert is a DF1DILF.

[brattsveen]

Very good and informative clip. Thanx!

[SHOTGUNNER]

Wonderfull.Nicely done.Nicely mixed

[nichthauser]

À toi, mon héros, pour ta beauté, ta jeunesse et ta volonté de fer. Mon amour, pour toujours

[xausfan11]

fantaastic tribute to an awesome driver very sadly missed. once again thank you x

[gwelarmor]

Bel hommage à ce grand champion français.Cette vidéo est excellente avec une musique adaptée.Emouvant.

[michaeljac82]

Cevert was very fortunate to be raised at Tyrell in a crucial time in their history: a great leader & father figure: Ken, a greater front runner & teacher: Jacky and a great car: 72 73 74, not to take anything from his talent, he was very fast a good qualifier even if results didnt always show because of inexperience and unreliable 70's racing. At Watkins he was maybe pushing too hard in the desire to stamp his presence on the next season when Jacky would retire and he would be no 1 at Tyrell

[maxime130]

Thank you for these rare videos of cevert. It was the most charismatic Driver of F1... He is left far too early, as Gilles Villeneuve. Thank you françois for all that you made..

[baylissimo21]

very good video!!! thanks to pilots like Cevert, gilles villeneuve,ronnie peterson, jim clark, Rindt ,Nuvolari, Ayrton Senna!!!!!!! Kings of emotions!!!

[ballistic76]

Great tribute video!

[beatrizzze]

thank you very much hannuff for bringing back the memory of this great driver with a fascinating charisma.Also thank you to CevertTyrell for her interesting comments and for the openness she`s talking about her memories.I think she has a lot of interesting things to tell .The question of her age is not important.

[rdkent1]

Well, my point is that she does not get simple facts straight (such as Cevert's age). How, then, can I trust her memories? Perhaps I'm being too blunt, but I am a serious student of F1 and getting facts right matters to me. Anyway, very nice tribute to man who died before he could fulfill his potential.

[CevertTyrell]

I do get facts straight. I dont like to tell me real age. That is all. THis is still one of the best Francois tributes Ive seen. Its very tasteful and clean. Ive seen one or two that arent and are most definatly not for the younger veiwer or a true fan who like myself isnt morbid. Cevert Fans would be pleased with this effort. And for the fact of being around racing along time. I too are a serious Student of F1 and its History. That we have in common rdkent1.

[CevertTyrell]

Thankyou beatrizze. Much appreciated. I try my best to fill in gabs of knowledge where I can. Often my mind falls off the track but my love as always is for F1 History and its Drivers. Who too often Gallantly gave their lives for the sport.

[cihturbo]

Alain Prost had more chances whit his life as Cevert in F1. But Alain is perhabs a good French driver, but Cevert is Cult...that's the different.

[driverfilms]

what is the music in the back ground?

[Hannuff]

"Brothers In Arms" by Dire Straits.

[javeljaveljavel]

Sorry but i do not agree with you when you write at the beginning of you video that ''CEVERT was the most talented FRENCH Formula1 driver''.

In FRANCE, most of people would say you that ALAIN PROST was the best FRENCH driver of FORMULA1.

[Hannuff]

There is a difference between most talented and most successful, I'm not quite sure if you understood that.

In my opinion CevertTyrrel hadn't simply given the true age on his profile, this is not a problem.He isn'nt an imposer, I believe him.

[javeljaveljavel]

Right, but i'm still not convinced that CEVERT was the most talented FRENCH F1 driver(as you wrote).

I had a look to his pilot ranking in 1970-1971-1972-1973 and for me, it's quite difficult to believe he was so talented with such bad performances...

But that's your opinion and I do respect it (nice tribute video anyway)

[javeljaveljavel]

By the way, if you're interested, i found an another video of CEVERT (and other pilots) on this web link: f1tributes.free. fr/tributes1.htm (Warning: no w w w. at the begining of this adress)

[Hannuff]

Thx for the informations.

From 1970 up to 73 Cevert's job was to support Stewart.

In 1973 he was capable of running with Stewart at almost every race and he finished second position 6 times.The plan was to make him worldchampion in 1974.

But I agree with you the best french F1 driver was Alain Prost "Le Grand Professor" :P

[cihturbo]

Thanks @ javeljaveljavel for the Cevert and other F1-pilots weblink.

[javeljaveljavel]

You're welcome

[CevertTyrell]

Im not an imposter . i never give out my real age. I was a F1 Photographer in the 70's. And I am actually 64 yrs old. Only 1yr younger than Francois would now be. Actually Im only 14mths younger than him. I was born in April,1945 NC Born and Bred. Now a Semi Retird Music Tutor and often still on occasion as a Photographer. I was lucky enough to become friends with both Francois and Jackie. As for me being a he.....Well actually I am a she. My name is Christine Montirieres.

[rdkent1]

Cevert

Cevert would be 63 this year. If you were born in 1945, you are 62 years old.

[CevertTyrell]

Like I said I dont give out my real age only age close to it. But as youve givenout my age I dont mind. But Im like I said no imposter. I have several photo's with myself and Francois and Sir Jackie taken by my then Fiancee who used to do photography too.

[YZippy]

Nice job. Love the part at 3:39 with Cevert and Revson. Godspeed......two of my heroes.

[Hannuff]

Yes, it's also very sad that Revson died 5 month after Cevert testing at Kyalami.

[dutchpony351]

Great tribute Cevert was one of the best f1 drivers in the 70's I know there are more pictures of his accident I remember seeing these pictures in a Dutch Paper on October 8th 1973. I am still looking for those pictures.

And I agree with Darkestdevon. You showed a picture from John Delane in his Cevert Tyrrell-Ford 002 taken on Mt Tremblant. I am glad there are more Francois Cevert fans out there! Does anyone out there have more Cevert material available, or any Cevert collectors?

[Hannuff]

You are right,the picture isn't showing Cevert. I noticed that a few days after the video was posted.

thx for your comments.

[Guimengo]

Thanks for this video, François is one of my absolute favorites of F1, I'd say he's only behind Ayrton Senna.

[CevertTyrell]

He was sadly Instantly killed. and It was the TRACK MARSHALs who left him not the ambulance People. The Ambulance people later after practice came along and took Francois away only because the SICKO Track Marshals told them not to bother because He was so very clearly dead. I spoke to Francois only 1 hr before that practise. He was happy and excited about the coming race. He thought for sure he'd win at the Glen. And he actually liked that dreadful track.

[Hannuff]

It's very interesting that you knew him when he was alive.Were you a member of the Tyrrel team? Or did you have another function at F1 during the 70ths?

I've another question, the age(32) showing at your channel can't be right or?

[javeljaveljavel]

Bullshit! How could have you talked to him 1 hour before he died if you're only 32 according to your profile? That's impossible! You're an impostor

[darkestdevon]

Great vid but image at 1.50 is a modern pic with driver wearing same helmet colour during an historic 'race'.

[Hannuff]

Good to know that Francois Cevert is not forgotten.

thx for the comments.

[CevertTyrell]

Thankyou for this lovely video Hannuff. I knew Francois quite well when he was alive. And this great tribute is very much a great Memorial to him.

[culbuteur3]

I'im going to put flowers on his coffin soon ( 300km west of Paris in VAUDELNAY )..he was gifted , fast and handsome and could have become the 1st french driver to be worlf champion..thanx

[Hannuff]

thx for your comments.

Yes, Cevert died instantly of massive injuries inflicted by the barrier.

Jackie Stewart said later:"They(the ambulance) had left him, because he was so clearly dead."

It was a tragedy. =/

[Wackenmob]

nice work,was he instantly killed?

[maxschierstinkt]

5 Stars, as goos as the other videos, dont know what i should say...

[Formel1Freak]

Another really great video of our Formula1Freak Hannuff, CONGRATULATION! I´ll wait for your next impressing video.

[EintrachtPoldi]

Geniales Video über François Cevert!

Vorher kannte ich ihn noch gar nicht!