G.P. win to Pironi
NZPA-Reuter | Zolder, Belgium; Didier Pironi, of France,; destroyed his rivals to win; the Belgian Grand Prixl motor race at Zolder, Belgium, yesterday. The 28-year-old Ligier driver led throughout the 72lap race and deservedly recorded the first Formula One championship triumph of his career. Pironi burst ahead of the
I Williams of Alan Jones at the start and kept the Australian in second place throughout. ,| Jones’s team-mate. Carlos ißeutemann, of Argentina, finished third, a long way adrift of the leading pair, while the Frenchman, Rene Arnoux, snatched fourth position in his Renault after overtaking the Tyrrell of his compatriot, Jean-Pierre Jar* i rier, on the last lap.
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