Jacques-Henri Laffite (French pronunciation: [ʒak ɑ̃.ʁi la.fit]; born 21 November 1943) is a French former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed...
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two cars with Patrick Depailler being hired from Tyrrell to partner Jacques Laffite. The team gave up with the old Matra engine and ran Cosworths instead...
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the French company's assets and start a Formula 1 team. They hired Jacques Laffite from Williams. After a dismal 1975 season with Lotus, Jacky Ickx moved...
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hired François Hesnault from Equipe Ligier, where ex-Williams driver Jacques Laffite took his seat. Teo Fabi had driven 12 races for Brabham in 1984, but...
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crashed, and Carlos Reutemann took the lead and won from Frenchman Jacques Laffite in a Ligier-Ford/Cosworth and Piquet in a Brabham. The Spanish Grand...
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His car proceeded to the end of the straight where it collided with Jacques Laffite's Ligier. There was further tragedy as Carlos Pace lost his life in...
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able to see out the season. At the start of the British Grand Prix, Jacques Laffite was involved in a multi-car pile-up. He broke both legs and it ended...
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a Matra V12-powered car, and won the 1977 Swedish Grand Prix with Jacques Laffite. This is generally considered to have been the first all-French victory...
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Surer (Ensign) and Jacques Laffite (Talbot Ligier). On lap 35 Watson spun as the rain increased and so Surer moved to fifth with Laffite sixth. Surer's remarkable...
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produced little in the way of results. After three non-qualifications, Jacques Laffite was brought in to partner Merzario and performances gradually improved...
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305.505 kilometres (189.832 mi). The race was won by Jacques Laffite driving a Ligier. Laffite won by three seconds over Carlos Reutemann driving a Williams...
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discovered motorsport in 1995, at Le Mans, where she saw her father Jacques Laffite racing in real life for the first time. In 2011, she hosted the Dimanche...
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signed Eddie Cheever from Ligier. Meanwhile, the other Ligier driver, Jacques Laffite, had moved to Williams. So the French team had to find a new driver...
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Williams were not expected to do as well as they did.[citation needed] Jacques Laffite rejoined the team, having started his F1 career with Frank Williams...
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from 1986 and he retired after several years of poor performance. Jacques Laffite, who developed Ligier race cars, won six races and finished fourth...
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engine by qualifying sixth and finishing in fifth place while teammate Jacques Laffite started 10th (after failing to qualify the old car at the previous...
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Laffite X-Road is the fruit of the partnership of several companies. Laffite Supercars, founded by Bruno Laffite, the nephew of racing driver Jacques...
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Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford, with teammate Ronnie Peterson second and Jacques Laffite third in a Ligier-Matra. Once again the new Lotus 79 demonstrated its...
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hot fuel began to leak into his cockpit. Frenchman Jacques Laffite and Lauda passed Pryce. Laffite finished second which was a milestone for Briton Frank...
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and veering back onto the track. It then hit Jacques Laffite's Ligier, sending both Pryce and Laffite head-on into the barriers. Jansen van Vuuren's...
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overall in the Constructor's Championship. The car also gave its driver Jacques Laffite and Ligier their first ever pole position at the 1976 Italian Grand...
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ahead of Jacques Laffite's Ligier. Peterson, on the new tyres, was much quicker and could pass them both in the closing stages, and Laffite attempted...
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Clay Regazzoni finished the race in second position and polesitter Jacques Laffite completed the podium for Ligier. This was the last time Ferrari entered...
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1977–1982 1978 Canadian Grand Prix 1981 Spanish Grand Prix France Jacques Laffite 6 1974–1986 1977 Swedish Grand Prix 1981 Canadian Grand Prix Italy...
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the McLaren, the Lotuses of Carlos Reutemann and Mario Andretti, and Jacques Laffite in the Ligier. The Ferraris disappointed, with championship leader...
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Depailler came in 2nd to his victorious teammate, Jacques Laffite, in the 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix. Laffite was more than 5 seconds ahead at the end of the...
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the spot. The race was restarted, and the blue Ligiers of Frenchmen Jacques Laffite and Patrick Depailler lead much of the proceedings, but the wily Reutemann...
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the second McLaren, Hans Joachim Stuck in the remaining Brabham and Jacques Laffite in the only Ligier. This was the Formula One World Championship debut...
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finished in second at the opening race in Brazil. Rosberg's new teammate, Jacques Laffite, came 14th in the Drivers' Championship with five points. The team...
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performance. The new Williams appeared partway into the 1975 season. While Jacques Laffite liked it, Arturo Merzario did not rate the car at all, preferring to...
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