The production in question was to center around three-time F1 champion Jackie Stewart and his teammate Francois Cevert, and was to be directed by … After his friend François Cevert was killed in the '73 USGP, Polanski finally had enough of F1, he couldn't take the carnage anymore. Francois and Nanou worked all hours in mundane jobs to pay for his tuition. Cevert was often found irresistible, especially by women. After 'Rush', a film on F1 safety hits the screens Umstände des tödlichen Unfalls von Francois Cevert (Tyrrell) beim Training zum GP der USA in Watkins Glen 1973. Overall view of guardrail collision that killed Francois Cevert (6 Overall view of guardrail collision that killed Francois Cevert (6) as Jody Scheckter motioning: pin. Extract from DC's book where he talks about his 2000 plane crash Edit: Here's a couple of photo's of the plane in case anyone hasn't seen: pin. Those eyes, that gaze glimpsed through the visor slit of a 1970s helmet, are still haunting in the Formula 1 documentary ‘1; Life on the Limit’ due to be released in selected British cinemas in January and then further afield. In Malaysia, Sir Jackie Stewart told Tony Dodgins about a movie that will focus on his career at Tyrrell alongside the late Francois Cevert. Later, Cevert switched to the Winfield school at Magny-Cours, where the enticement was the Volant Shell scholarship, and the prize of an Alpine Formula 3 car. A gruesome fatal crash seen at the Glen in '73 is, in effect, a composite of that year's Francois Cevert crash, and a similar one Helmuth Koinigg … Many years later he re-editted the movie and added an epilogue of him and Stewart looking back at the Good/Bad Old Days. Francois Cevert had the most piercing blue eyes, the presence of a movie star and a Gallic charm that melted hearts wherever he went. François Cevert died at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York on October 6, 1973. THE sister of tragic racing legend Francois Cevert has told how she believes ... producers are set to shoot a movie about Cevert’s close relationship with Sir Jackie and his wife Helen. The son of a well‐to‐do Paris jeweler, he had the looks of a movie star—dark hair, blue eyes with long eyelashes. The carnage scenes and Polanski's words in the epilogue (chapter 17) hit pretty hard. FRANCOIS CEVERT RUSH MOVIE - The South African Grand Prix podium, where Lauda stood at the is a different design to that in reality.