Maurice Trintignant died

[classicsincamera]

Maurice TRINTIGNANT "Pétoulet" died this morning 1h 30' a.m. in France in its property of "Mas d'Arnaud" Vergèze Gard, aged 87 years.

(30 Oct 1917 - 13 Feb 2005)

84 F-1 GP's entries - 81 GPs driven - 2 wins

He also won the 1954 LE Mans battle with codriver Jose Froilan Gonzales at the wheel of a Ferrari.

He leaves Lorette, his wife and Morgan her son.

RIP Maurice

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[Eric Mc]

Read this the other day over on Atlas F1.

Another "old timer" gone.

How many are left who won Grand Prix races in front engined cars now? I can only think of Stirling Moss, Phill Hill, Tony Brooks and Froilan Gonzales.

[Eric Mc]

Did he?

I know he was ill back in 2000 because he was supposed to be a special guest at the last Coys Festival at Silverstone but couldn't make the journey from Argentina.

[ettore]

I thought Gonzales was still going?

[richb]

Eric Mc said:

How many are left who won Grand Prix races in front engined cars now? I can only think of Stirling Moss, Phill Hill, Tony Brooks and Froilan Gonzales.

Jack Brabham raced a Maserati at the Brtish GP in 1956 but didn't win. Rich...

[Eric Mc]

That doesn't count.

I was sure Gonzales was still with us too.

[richb]

Eric Mc said:

That doesn't count.

I was simply pointing out that he is alive and raced a front engined car.

[FourWheelDrift]

Frolian Gonzales is still alive.

[ettore]

There are several front engined race winners remaining (Salvadori et al) but I`m also struggling to think of any other Grand Prix winners still with us.

Bit sad really.

[Eric Mc]

There are quite a few drivers around who raced front engined cars - some even in F1 sanctioned events. Paul Frere has already been mentioned. Dan Gurney drove for Ferrari in 1960 - in both sports and F1 cars. Cliff Allison also drove front engined Ferraris.

What I was curious about was the number of surviving drivers who had actually won Grand Prix races in a front engined car. I think my list as suggested is probably all that there are now.

[classicsincamera]

FourWheelDrift said:

Frolian Gonzales is still alive.

sorry quys - I was wrong !!!

Froilan Gonzalez is still alive and currently quite well. I mixed it up.... his son died in December 2003.

Sorry again. I have deleted my first posting to wipe out my error !