F1 and Le Mans 24 Hours podium finisher Philippe Streiff has died at the age of 67 Full story ⬇️
The Frenchman earned a good reputation in junior categories by winning the 1981 French Formula 3 championship for the Motul Nogaro team and also taking fourth that year in the European series.
Towards the end of the following season he was picked up Ligier, which had lost faith with Andrea de Cesaris. Proving competitive Streiff ended the 1985 campaign with the best result of his career as he took third place in the season finale in Australia. Streiff was retained for the following season but he would not race at all after suffering a terrible accident in pre-season testing at Jacarepagua in Brazil, which resulted in the roll hoop of his car breaking.He stayed close to motor racing though, famously organising the Masters Karting Paris Bercy karting races that several contemporary F1 drivers – including Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost – competed in during the early 1990s.
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