François Migault

François Migault

Nation:	France
Automobile world championship
First start:	1972 Austrian Grand Prix
Last start:	Belgian Grand Prix 1975
Constructors
1972  Connew Racing Team  1974  BRM  1975  Hill  1975  Frank Williams Racing Cars
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 13 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

François Migault (born December 4, 1944 in Le Mans ; † January 29, 2012 ) was a French racing driver . From 1972 to 1975 he took part in a total of 13 Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Career

In 1970 and 1971 Migault started in the French Formula 3 championship for Team Tecno , but did not achieve a victory.

Migault made his first appearance in Formula 1 in 1972 in the British team Connew . His only start to the season was at the British Grand Prix , which was also the only race for the non-competitive racing team from Greater London .

After an unsuccessful year in the Formula 2 at the French team pygmée he contested the 1974 season except for a few race again in Formula 1 for the traditional racing team BRM Again could Migault not achieve championship points and had to settle for 14th place in the Grand Prix satisfied by France as the best season and at the same time Formula 1 result of his career.

In 1975 he contested two races for Graham Hills Team Embassy Hill , but not classified in the final result. Before his Formula 1 career was finally over, Migault was registered at the French Grand Prix for Frank Williams Racing Cars and qualified for 24th place on the grid. However, he was unable to start the race due to engine problems during practice.

In 1976 Migault switched back to Formula 2 for the Italian team Osella , his best result of the season was sixth place at the BARC 200 , which gave him a championship point and 17th place overall.

From 1972 to 2002, Migault competed 24 times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , his best results being second in 1976 and third in 1974 and 1981.

statistics

Formula 1 results

year	team	chassis	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	WM	Points
1972	Darnvall Connew Racing Team	Connew PC1	Cosworth V8	ARG	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR DNS	GER	AUT DNF	ITA	CAN	United States				-	0
1974	Team Motul BRM	BRM P160E	BRM V12	ARG DNF	BRA 16	RSA 15	ESP DNF	BEL 16	MON DNF	SWE		FRA 14	GBR DNF	GER DNQ	AUT				38.	0
		BRM P201									NED DNF					ITA DNF	CAN	United States
1975	Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	Hill GH1	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP NC	MON	BEL DNF	SWE	NED								-	0
	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Williams FW03										FRA DNS	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	United States

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1972	Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	Daniel Rouveyran		failure	Clutch damage
1973	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	Luigi Chinetti Jr.		Rank 13
1974	Equipe Gitanes	Matra-Simca MS670C	Jean-Pierre Jabouille		Rank 3
1975	Automobiles Ligier	Ligier JS2	Henri Pescarolo		failure	Tire damage
1976	Grand Touring Cars Inc.	Mirage GR8	Jean-Louis Lafosse		Rank 2
1977	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	Lucien Guitteny		Rank 16
1978	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	Lucien Guitteny		Rank 16
1979	Alain de Cadenet	De Cadenet LM	Alain de Cadenet		failure	Gearbox damage
1980	Alain de Cadenet	De Cadenet LM	Alain de Cadenet		Rank 7
1981	Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M379	Gordon Spice		Rank 3
1982	Automobiles Rondeau	Rondeau M382	Gordon Spice	Xavier Lapeyre	failure	Engine failure
1983	Peer Racing	Ford C100	Dave Kennedy	Martin Birrane	failure	no fuel pressure
1984	John Bartlett Racing	Lola T610	Steve Kempton	François Sérvanin	failure	accident
1986	WM Secateva	WM P85	Jean-Daniel Raulet	Michel Pignard	failure	Engine failure
1987	WM Secateva	WM P86	Jean-Daniel Raulet	Pascal Pessiot	failure	Engine failure
1988	Courage Compétition	Cougar C22	Paul Belmondo	Ukyo Katayama	failure	accident
1990	Automobiles Louis Descartes	ALD C289	Gérard Tremblay	Jacques Heuclin	failure	drive shaft
1991	Courage Compétiton	Cougar C26S	Jean-Daniel Raulet	Lionel Robert	Rank 11
1993	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962CK6	Andy Evans	Tomás Saldaña	Rank 13
1994	Rent a Car Racing Team	Dodge Viper R / T10	Philippe Gache	Denis Morin	not classified
1995	Team Marcos	Marcos LM600	Chris Marsh	David Leslie	not classified
1998	Pilot racing	Ferrari 333SP	Michel Ferté	Pascal Fabre	failure	Gearbox damage
2001	S&R Rowan Racing Ltd.	Pilbeam MP84	Warren Carway	Martin O'Connell	failure	accident
2002	Kondō Racing	Dome S101	Masahiko Kondo	Ian McKellar	failure	malfunction

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1992	Tom Milner Racing	Spice SE89P	Hugh Fuller	Wayne Taylor	David Tennyson	failure	differential
1993	David Tennyson Racing Spice USA	Spice SE92P	Hugh Fuller	Steve Fossett	David Tennyson	Rank 11

Web links

Commons : François Migault  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Formula 1 statistics on chicanef1.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Le pilote François Migault est mort