Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (born June 3, 1937 in Caen ) is a former French racing driver and two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Career
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud was a very popular driver in France in the 1980s, mainly due to his two overall victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1978 and 1980.
The Frenchman began his racing career in 1964 after attending several racing schools , when he entered the French Formula 3 championship with the help of Shell sponsorship money . In 1965 he got a works contract with Matra and finished second in the championship behind his team mate Jean-Pierre Beltoise on a Matra MS5 . Jaussaud stayed with Matra until the end of 1966. In 1970 he won the French Formula 3 championship on a Tecno .
In 1971 Jaussaud switched to Formula 2 . He drove a March 712 for Team Shell Arnold and moved to Brabham in 1972 . In the championship he only had to admit defeat to former British motorcycle world champion Mike Hailwood at the end of the season . Despite good contacts, Jaussaud did not make it into a Formula 1 cockpit , and since he saw no point in other seasons in Formula 2, he ended his monoposto career and only drove sports car races.
In 1976 he became a works driver at Renault Alpine . In 1978 he and Didier Pironi won the Le Mans 24-hour race - a great triumph that was also noticed outside of the motorsport scene in France and made the two drivers national heroes. In 1979 he became French touring car champion and in 1980 won Le Mans for the second time with Jean Rondeau . In 1992 Jaussaud ended his racing career and became a racing instructor. For many years he ran a racing driver's school in Langrune-sur-Mer , which is now run by his son
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1966 |
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Matra MS620 |
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failure | Oil pump | |
1967 |
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Matra MS630 |
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failure | suspension | |
1973 |
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Matra MS670B |
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Rank 3 | ||
1974 |
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Matra MS670B |
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failure | Engine failure |
1975 |
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Gulf GR8 |
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Rank 3 | ||
1976 |
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Inaltera LM |
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Rank 21 | |
1977 |
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Alpine A442 |
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failure | Engine failure | |
1978 |
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Alpine A442B |
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Overall victory | ||
1979 |
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Ford M10 |
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failure | accident |
1980 |
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Rondeau M379B |
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Overall victory | ||
1981 |
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Rondeau M379C |
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failure | Chassis broken | |
1982 |
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Rondeau M382C |
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failure | Engine failure | |
1983 |
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Rondeau M482 |
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failure | Oil leak |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
literature
- Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .
Web links
- Image: Jean-Pierre Jaussaud 2008 in Le Mans
- Image: Jean-Pierre Jaussaud in the Renault-Alpine A442B, the winning car of the 1978 Le Mans 24 Hours
- Jean-Pierre Jaussaud at Racing Sports Cars
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jaussaud, Jean-Pierre |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Caen |