Johnny Servoz-Gavin

Former F1 driver
Name = Johnny Servoz-Gavin
Nationality = flagicon|France French
Years = F1|1967-F1|1970
Team(s) = Matra, Cooper, Tyrrell
Races = 13 (12 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 1
Points = 9
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race = 1967 Monaco Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race = 1970 Monaco Grand Prix

Georges-Francis "Johnny" Servoz-Gavin (born 18 January 1942 in Grenoble, France - died on 29 May 2006 at the same place) was a motor racing driver in both sportscars and single seaters.

Johnny was a rising star, becoming French Formula Three Champion in 1966 and the European Formula 2 Champion in 1969, following in the footsteps of Jacky Ickx and Jean-Pierre Beltoise.

Servoz-Gavin participated in 13 Formula One World Championship Grand Prix between 1967 and 1970, failing to qualify in one. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 9 championship points. He drove for the Tyrrell F1 team, mainly as Jackie Stewart's teammate.

His best F1 year was 1968 and namely the 1968 Italian Grand Prix in which he finished second and scored six points, driving a Matra. He also impressed at the Monaco Grand Prix, leading from Graham Hill at the start, until his race ended early with suspension failure. Next year, he also scored with a sixth in the 1969 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park, which secured him a place in history as the only driver ever to score a WC point with a four-wheel-driven F1 car, the Matra MS84 4WD.

Driving a March, he finished fifth (yet last) in the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama. After failing to qualify for the 1970 Monaco Grand Prix he retired. Officially, Servoz-Gavin suffered an eye injury in an off-road event in the winter of 1969-70, and although it originally appeared that his eyesight was recovering, his eyesight deteriorated through the 1970 season, to the extent that he no longer felt safe in F1.

A man of good looks and high society, he was one of several French racing drivers incorrectly rumoured to be the unknown driver in Claude Lelouch's infamous 1977 short footage film "C'était un rendez-vous".

Johnny Servoz-Gavin died in May 2006 as the result of a pulmonary embolism, following a period of ill health. He was 64 years old.

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