Death and Honours
Pace was killed in a light aircraft accident in early 1977, which occurred days after the deaths of fellow F1 driver Tom Pryce and marshal Jansen Van Vuuren in the 1977 South African Grand Prix. The Interlagos track, the scene of his only F1 win in 1975, was renamed Autódromo José Carlos Pace in his honour. Pace is buried in Cemitério do Araça, São Paulo.
In the 1977 motorsport film Bobby Deerfield, the eponymous title character is represented by Pace in the racing scenes.
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