Over a period of years, VR’s Mike Jiggle and Ed McDonough have had the opportunity to interview French racing driver Jean-Pierre Beltosie who died recently at his summer home in Senegal, at age 77, following a stroke. They have pulled their interviews together in this tribute to the French driver who had a varied and remarkable career. I want to start by asking you some questions about Pedro Rodriguez, who I believe you got to know quite well, and I understand…

Driiving up from 18th on the grid, Beltoise turned the race’s fastest lap while guiding his Matra MS11 into 2nd place in Zandvoort’s 1968 Dutch GP.