Phillip van Osten 18/03/2019 at 13:3318/03/2019 at 11:32 ©TheCahierArchive On this day in 1977, Carlos Pace was killed in a light aircraft accident near Sao Paulo when the Brabham driver and fellow racer Marivaldo Fernandes crashed on their way back to the city from the latter's farm. Pace had won just a single Grand Prix at the time of his tragic death, his home race at Interlagos in 1975. But the poor statistics belie the talent of a man who was a big favourite at the time of Brabham boss Bernie Ecclestone "He was beautiful guy," once said the former F1 supremo and team owner. "A really, really wonderful guy, and really underrated. He was serious as a racing driver, but I...
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