He was aged forty-one at the time of his Grand Prix debut and forty-six when he died, several days after crashing during testing for the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Tiña corenta e un anos no momento do seu debut no Grand Prix e corenta e seis cando morreu, varios días despois de sufrir un accidente durante as probas para as 24 Horas de Le Mans de 1966.