 albert franÃ§ois cevert goldenberg (february 25, 1944, in paris, france â october 6, 1973, at watkins glen, new york, united states) was a french racing driver who took part in the formula one world championship. ==family background== the son of charles goldenberg (1901â1985), a successful parisian jeweller (became in the 1930s), and huguette cevert,huguette's photo franÃ§ois cevert was born in paris in early 1944. his father was a russian jewish emigre who had been brought to france as a young boy by his parents, to escape the persecution of the jews under the tsarist autocracy. during world war ii, with france occupied by the nazis, as a registered jew charles goldenberg joined the french resistance to avoid forced deportation to poland. in order not to draw the authorities' notice to his continuing presence in the heavily controlled capital, charles and huguette's four children were all registered with her surname rather than his. some years after the liberation of france, cevert's father wanted to rename his children goldenberg, but the family objected as by now they had become known as cevert.cooper, a. 1998. a date with destiny? motor sport, lxxiv/11 (november 1998), 66â73 cevert was the brother-in-law of grand prix driver jean-pierre beltoise. == career == ===early time=== when he was 16, franÃ§ois cevert began his motorsport career on two wheels, rather than four, initially racing his mother's vespa scooter against friends, before graduating to his own norton at the age of 19. after completing his national service, cevert switched his attention to cars. in 1966 he completed a training course at the le mans school, before enrolling at the [[circu
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