# Beat Fehr

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{{short description|Swiss racing driver}}
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| name              = Beat Fehr
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| nationality       = Swiss
| birth_date        = 21 June 1943
| birth_place       = [Wallisellen](/source/Wallisellen), Switzerland
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1967|6|18|1943|6|21|df=y}}
| death_place       = [Caserta](/source/Caserta), Italy
| last_series       = [Formula 3](/source/Formula_3)
| years_active      = 1963–1967
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'''Claude Beat Fehr''' (21 June 1943 – 18 June 1967) was a Swiss racing driver.

==Biography==
Fehr was born in [Wallisellen](/source/Wallisellen). He started racing in 1963, and raced several marques, including [Alfa Romeo](/source/Alfa_Romeo_in_motorsport), [Cooper](/source/Cooper_Car_Company), and [De Tomaso](/source/De_Tomaso), before buying a [Brabham](/source/Brabham) from fellow driver Jürg Dubler.

Fehr was killed in an Italian [Formula Three](/source/Formula_Three) race at [Caserta](/source/Caserta), the '''XVIII Coppa d'Oro Pasquale Amato''', the same race that claimed the lives of ["Geki" Russo](/source/Geki_(driver)) and Giuseppe<ref>[http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,8/articleid,0115_01_1967_0157_0008_6720364/ La Stampa, July 5 1967, p. 8] archiviolastampa.it</ref> "Tiger" Perdomi. Fehr collided with the similar Brabham of Andrea Saltari and although neither driver was hurt, Fehr's car was left blocking the track. The next driver, Franco Foresti, skidded on oil from the accident and crashed, prompting Fehr to get out of his car and run down the track to warn oncoming drivers.<ref name="MM">{{cite web|url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=1138 |title=Motorsport Memorial – Beat Fehr |accessdate=6 April 2013 |publisher=Motorsport Memorial}}</ref>

The next car along was the [Matra](/source/Equipe_Matra_Sports) of "Geki" Russo, who crashed into the wrecked cars lying on the track, before striking a concrete wall. Russo was thrown out of his car and died immediately. The exact details are not clear, but Fehr was either struck by Russo, or by one of the next group of drivers to arrive at the scene. Corrado Manfredini, "Tiger" Perdomi, [Massimo Natili](/source/Massimo_Natili), Manfred Mohr and Jürg Dubler, among others, all crashed at the same point. Perdomi was trapped in his car for some time before rescue teams arrived, and he was eventually extricated by his own pit crew. He died in hospital eight days later.<ref name="MM" />

Fehr was posthumously awarded with a Letter of Congratulations from the International Fairplay Committee for his actions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairplayinternational.org/cifp/fair-play-award-winners/2010/08/09/20 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130704011249/http://www.fairplayinternational.org/cifp/fair-play-award-winners/2010/08/09/20 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 July 2013 |title=Fair Play Award Winners – Beat Fehr |accessdate=6 April 2013 |publisher=International Fair Play Committee }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.imca-slotracing.com/1967-PART3.htm "The Ultimate Price for Speed", Autosport]
* "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995

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Category:1943 births
Category:1967 deaths
Category:Swiss racing drivers
Category:Racing drivers who died while racing
Category:Sport deaths in Italy
Category:People from Bülach District

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