• Jean-Louis Gabriel Lafosse (15 March 1941 – 13 June 1981) was a French racing driver. He was most closely associated with the 24 Hours of Le Mans race...
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    cars finished on the podium, but the race was marred by the death of Jean-Louis Lafosse, driving one of the five M379s entered in the event. It achieved one...
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    Bell in their Gulf GR-8, finishing just a lap ahead of the Ligier of Jean-Louis Lafosse and Guy Chasseuil. It was the first victory for an all-British car...
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    fatal high-speed accidents on the Mulsanne Straight in the 1980s. Jean-Louis Lafosse was killed in 1981, and Jo Gartner in 1986; in 1984 a French track...
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    in his WM-Peugeot, killing a marshal. In the same race, Frenchman Jean-Louis Lafosse was also killed on the Mulsanne Straight when his Rondeau suffered...
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    margin. Second was the Mirage of French drivers François Migault and Jean-Louis Lafosse – the same car that had finished third the year before. Alain de Cadenet’s...
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    serious accidents on the Mulsanne Straight killing French driver Jean-Louis Lafosse and a track marshal. These events saw the first deployment at Le Mans...
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    However, this was overshadowed by the death of Rondeau team driver Jean-Louis Lafosse in the early hours of the race after crashing out on the Hunaudieres...
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  • 2014-07-09. "Jim Ladd Jr". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 2014-07-09. "Jean-Louis Lafosse". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 2014-07-09. "Hans Laine". Motorsport...
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    Manfred Schurti/Hans Heyer in one and John Fitzpatrick/Harald Grohs/Jean-Louis Lafosse in the other. Alongside these premier teams were four other entries:...
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    Filipinetti dying in May from a heart attack, a car was entered for Jean-Louis Lafosse and Hughes de Fierlandt. An ex-Bonnier Lola was also run by former...
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    for speed, was clocked by radar travelling at 407 km/h (253 mph). Jean-Louis Lafosse and Jo Gartner would ultimately suffer from fatal high speed accidents...
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    512S S 5.0 36 DNF DNF 1973 Équipe Gitanes Baron Hughes de Fierlandt Jean-Louis Lafosse Lola T282-Ford Cosworth S 3.0 164 DNF DNF 1974 Gulf Research Racing...
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    1973 United States Grand Prix. Jean-Pierre Beltoise, iconic Matra driver, won the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix for BRM. Jean Alesi is the only French driver...
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    Porsche 935/79 IMSA GTX 154 DNF DNF 1980 Kremer Racing Team Malardeau Jean-Louis Lafosse Danny Ongais Porsche 935-K3/80 Gr.5 SP 2.0+ 89 DNF DNF 1981 Porsche...
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  • JS2-Ford Cosworth S 3.0 146 DNF DNF 1976 Grand Touring Cars Inc. Jean-Louis Lafosse Mirage GR8-Ford Cosworth S 3.0 338 2nd 2nd 1977 North American Racing...
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    bought 4 cars and 60 crew. Aerodynamic long-tail versions were prepared for Jean-Pierre Beltoise/Chris Amon and François Cevert/Howden Ganley while Henri...
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  • 6–8 Brun Motorsport Walter Brun 1–3, 5–6, 8 Ecurie Automobile Arvor Jean-Louis Lafosse 1–5, 7–8 Eggenberger Motorsport Helmut Kelleners All Franz Konrad...
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    race historians and authors of the official yearbooks, Christian Moity and Jean-Marc Teissedre. Marius Mestivier was the first race fatality, occurring only...
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    Charles de La Fosse (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl də la fos]; or Lafosse; 15 June 1636 – 13 December 1716) was a French painter born in Paris. He was one...
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    consumption rules introduced for the race in the wake of the oil crisis. Jean-Louis Lafosse and François Migault both finished second in the 1976 24 Hours of...
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    Jean "Jeannot" Ragnotti (born 29 August 1945 in Pernes-les-Fontaines, Vaucluse), is a French former rally driver for Renault in the World Rally Championship...
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    Laps Pos. Class Pos. 1980 Kremer Racing Team Malardeau Ted Field Jean-Louis Lafosse Porsche 935-K3/80 Gr.5 SP 2.0+ 89 DNF DNF 1982 Kremer Racing Interscope...
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    the car for the meeting, an entry was provisionally received for Jean-Louis Lafosse, but reject by the organizers, leaving the team to tend the No.31...
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    with Jean-Louis Lafosse while Anne-Charlotte Verney moved up from Group 4 to race with Xavier Lapeyre and acclaimed French actor-comedian Jean-Louis Trintignant...
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    sense of déjà vu for the French team. The sister Renault Alpine A442B of Jean-Pierre Jaussaud and Didier Pironi inherited the lead, with a 7-lap margin...
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    paired with Jean-Pierre Jarier and American Sam Posey teamed up with Michel Leclère. Jarier was a late substitute for Jean-Louis Lafosse who had not arrived...
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  • of participation at the Dutch GP. Manfred Mohr, Andy Sutcliffe and Jean-Louis Lafosse were also contacted with the perspective of taking part to the German...
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  • Pace 2-4, 8 Patrick Dal Bo 2-4, 6-11, 13-14 Lian Duarté 2-4, 7-9 Jean-Louis Lafosse 13 Leda Engineering Allan McCall Team Tui Leda-Tui-Ford AM29 BH2 Ford...
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    935/77A Gr.5 19 DNF DNF 1979 Gelo Sportswear International Harald Grohs Jean-Louis Lafosse Porsche 935/77A Gr.5 +2.0 196 DNF DNF 1980 Dick Barbour Brian Redman...
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