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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Formula One World Championship. The 53-lap race was won by Frenchman Jacques Laffite, driving a Talbot Ligier-Matra. Compatriot René Arnoux finished second...
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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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    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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  • Grand Prix, 1981 Austrian Grand Prix and 1981 Canadian Grand Prix). Jacques Laffite´s victory at the 1977 Swedish Grand Prix was the first Formula One victory...
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    Talbot-badged Matra V12, the JS17 was driven to two Grand Prix wins by Jacques Laffite. It was updated to JS17B specification for the 1982 season until it...
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    circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Jacques Laffite, driving the Martini. Jean-Pierre Jabouille finished second and Patrick...
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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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    Hans-Joachim Stuck was fourth in his March ahead of Clay Regazzoni, Jacques Laffite, Carlos Pace, Jody Scheckter, Jochen Mass, and Carlos Reutemann. The...
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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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    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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    grid also featured contemporary Grand Prix winners Elio de Angelis, Jacques Laffite and Alain Prost, recently-retired F1 drivers Carlos Reutemann and John...
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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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    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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    withdraw from F1 at the end of the season to concentrate on Indycars. Jacques Laffite finished second in a Ligier-Matra, with Gunnar Nilsson third in a Lotus-Ford...
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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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    a while but the four cars eventually passed him, one of which was Jacques Laffite who went on to win the race. 1982 saw a spectacular show in which five...
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    podium at the Belgian Grand Prix. He moved to Ligier in 1980 to partner Jacques Laffite, taking his maiden win in Belgium—amongst several podiums—as he finished...
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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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    Andretti won the race from pole position, ahead of Jody Scheckter and Jacques Laffite. This was the debut race of future world champion Nelson Piquet. Mario...
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    the 1977 Formula One season. The 72-lap race was won by Frenchman Jacques Laffite, driving a Ligier-Matra. This is generally considered to have been...
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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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  • Laffite may refer to: Jacques Laffite (born 1943), French racing driver Margot Laffite (born 1980), French racing driver and TV presenter Laffite Automobili...
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