Patrick Nève
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 Belgium
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| First start: | Belgian Grand Prix 1976 | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1977 Canadian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1976 RAM Racing and Ensign Racing 1977 Williams Grand Prix Engineering |
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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Patrick Marie Ghislain Pierre Simon Stanislas Nève de Mévergnies (born October 13, 1949 in Liège ; † March 13, 2017 there ) was a Belgian racing driver .
Career
Patrick Nève was an instructor at the Jim Russell Driving School and came into contact with motorsport. The work in the racing driving school also provided the first financial leeway to advance his career. In 1974 he won the championship title in the STP Formula Ford Championship on a Lola T340 .
In 1975 Nève switched to Formula 3 and experienced a Formula 1 test day at Brabham thanks to strong performances . He made his racing debut in Formula 1 at the 1976 Belgian Grand Prix for RAM Racing with a Brabham BT44B ; However, Nève dropped out in the race.
In 1977 he was the first official driver to drive a full season for the then completely underfunded Williams team. Williams used a March 761 in 1977 , with which Nève came closest to scoring seventh at the Italian Grand Prix . Parallel to Formula 1, Nève also contested a few races for the Formula 2 European Championship. In the race at Silverstone he was even in the lead for a short time.
After Frank Williams did not renew his contract in 1978 and a Formula 2 commitment with the Willi Kauhsen Racing Team was broken, Nève withdrew step by step from racing and only rarely drove touring car races for BMW, sports car races for March and was a test driver at various Teams.
statistics
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1980 |
 March Racing Team
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BMW M1 |
 Manfred Winkelhock
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Michael Korten
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failure | accident |
| 1982 |
March Racing Team
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March 82G |
 Eje Elgh
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 Jeff Wood
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failure | Electrics |
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mathias Brunner: Patrick Nève dead: Williams pioneer only became 67. In: Speedweek . March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nève, Patrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nève de Mévergnies, Patrick Marie Ghislain Pierre Simon Stanislas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liege , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 2017 |
| Place of death | Liege , Belgium |