[1] Behra partnered Georges Houel in the 1954 Giro d'Italia, a road rally held over 10 days and 5,763 km (3,581 mi).

He entered two rounds of the 1957 World Sportscar Championship alongside Léon Coulibeuf, racing a Maserati 200S at Le Mans and Sverige but retiring from both; in the latter, he was pushed into a ditch by a spinning competitor.

[8][9][10] The same year, he drove with Christian Boulan to 22nd overall (4th in class) in the 12 Hours of Reims and was co-driver to Paco Godia in the Tour de France, taking 7th overall.

[13][14] For the 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans, the North American Racing Team entered brothers Pedro and Ricardo Rodríguez in a Ferrari 500 TR.

[15][16] Behra and Pedro Rodríguez outlasted NART's other two entries but retired in the twelfth hour with a holed radiator.

[20] Behra won his class alongside Pierre Marx at the Trophée d'Auvergne, a three-hour race at the Circuit de Charade,[21] placed sixth with Stuart Lewis-Evans in the Tour de France,[22] and capped off the season with another class win at the Coupes du Salon.

While still a Ferrari driver, Jean entered one of his Porsches to the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix with Maria Teresa de Filippis at the wheel and José as a reserve entrant.

[39][40] Behra was co-driver to Jean-François Piot in the 1969 Alpine Rally, but necessitated the pair's retirement when he fell ill during the event.

The season came undone when Schlesser was killed during the 1968 French Grand Prix, upon which Ligier immediately retired as a driver and focused on building cars.