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Friday, 15 December 2006 |
Former Grand Prix driver Gianclaudio "Clay" Regazzoni killed
Former Swiss Grand Prix driver Gianclaudio "Clay" Regazzoni has been died in a road accident, Italian police have said.
Gianclaudio Regazzoni, 67, a former Ferrari driver, was killed in a collision with a lorry on a motorway near Parma.
Gianclaudio Regazzoni won five of his 132 Grands Prix in an 11-year career, but sadly this was finished when he became paralysed from the waist down due to a crash at Long Beach in 1980.
Gianclaudio Regazzoni spent five years at Ferrari and was second in the '74 championship and he will also be remembered for giving the Williams team their first Grand Prix win, at Silverstone in 1979.
Team owner Frank Williams said in tribute to Gianclaudio Regazzoni: "He was a gentleman and always a pleasure to have with us in the team. (Co-owner) Patrick (Head) and I and other team members will always remember him."
Gianclaudio Regazzoni was famous for his bushy moustache and easy-going personality and he made his Formula One debut for the Italian team in the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix, in which he finished fourth, which instantly established him as one of the sport's most promising drivers.
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