Friday 25th February 1944
Born on this day, Francois Cevert, French F3 Champion (1968), who in 1971 became only the second Frenchman to win a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix (Maurice Trintignant won at Monaco in 1955 and 1958) after clinching the US Grand Prix title for Tyrell, and received 50,000 U.S. dollars as award.