Former French driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who won two of the 49 Formula One races he competed between 1975 and 1981, including Renault’s first win, died this Thursday at the age of 80, a family source said.
According to the news agency France-Presse (AFP), the family did not want to reveal the cause of the death of the former driver who won the 1979 French Grand Prix at Dijon-Prénoy with a turbo engine that he himself, also an engineer, helped develop.
Born in Paris in 1942, the engineer and racing driver won another race in 1980 in Austria, in a career that also saw him spend time with Alpine, becoming associated with Renault for his historic accomplishments.
In addition to Formula 1, where he also retired in 37 races, mainly due to mechanical problems, and took six pole positions, he was on the podium four times at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1973, 1974 , 1992 and 1993. always third.
Later, the former Formula 1 champion became the director of Ligier and headed the sports department of Peugeot, and also created his own team, Jabouille-Bouresche.
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Source: CM Jornal
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