José Carlos Pace
Pace at the 1974 British Grand Prix
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| Born |
6 October 1944 São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Died | 18 March 1977 (aged 32) Mairiporã, Brazil |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Brazilian |
| Active years | 1972 – 1977 |
| Teams | Williams, Surtees, Brabham |
| Entries | 73 (72 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 6 |
| Career points | 58 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 5 |
| First entry | 1972 South African Grand Prix |
| First win | 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1977 South African Grand Prix |
José Carlos Pace (October 6, 1944 in São Paulo – March 18, 1977 in Mairiporã, São Paulo) was a racing driver from Brazil. He participated in 73 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on March 4, 1972. He won one race, achieved six podiums, and scored a total of 58 championship points. He also secured one pole position.
Pace was a contemporary of the Fittipaldi brothers, Wilson and Emerson, and began racing in Brazil in the late 1960s. He travelled to Europe in 1970 and competed in British Formula 3, winning the Forward Trust championship in a Lotus car. In 1971 he moved up to Formula Two with Frank Williams, but did not score any points from six races. Nevertheless, he moved up to Formula One in 1972, competing with a Williams-entered March. He scored points on two occasions and finished eighteenth in the Drivers' Championship. His best result came at the non-championship Victory Race, in which he finished in second position. He also competed in some further F2 and Can-Am races.
For 1973, Pace moved to the Surtees team and improved to eleventh place in the championship after scoring a fourth place in Germany and his first championship podium finish with third in Austria. He also set the fastest lap in both of these events. He also competed in three F2 races for Surtees, but his main racing activities outside F1 were in the World Sportscar Championship, in which he drove for the works Ferrari team. Sharing a 312PB with Arturo Merzario, the duo finished second at the Nürburgring and at Le Mans (after starting in pole position for the latter event), and third at Watkins Glen.
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