He was a talented Formula Three graduate from the late 1960s, who then graduated to Formula Two and then to Formula One in 1971.
He raced on one occasion, at the 1971 Canadian Grand Prix, for the works March team Beuttler"s best result was a seventh place in the 1973 Spanish Grand Prix. Beuttler retired from racing the following year and eventually moved to the United States, where he died of complications resulting from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in 1988, in Los Angeles, aged 48.
As of 2016 he is the only known gay F1 driver.
Beuttler was also the brother-in-law of politician Alan Clark.
