Jean-Pierre Jaussaud

Jean-Pierre Jaussaud 2009

Alpine A442B ; Winning car in the 1978 Le Mans 24-hour race

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
1966	Matra Sports Srl.	Matra MS620	Henri Pescarolo		failure	Oil pump
1967	Equipe Matra Sports	Matra MS630	Henri Pescarolo		failure	suspension
1973	Equipe Matra Simca Shell	Matra MS670B	Jean-Pierre Jabouille		Rank 3
1974	Equipe Gitanes	Matra MS670B	Bob Wollek	José Dolhem	failure	Engine failure
1975	Gulf Research Racing Co.	Gulf GR8	Vern Schuppan		Rank 3
1976	Inaltera	Inaltera LM	Jean Rondeau	Christine Beckers	Rank 21
1977	Renault Sport	Alpine A442	Patrick Tambay		failure	Engine failure
1978	Renault Sport	Alpine A442B	Didier Pironi		Overall victory
1979	Grand Touring Cars Inc.	Ford M10	Vern Schuppan	David Hobbs	failure	accident
1980	Jean Rondeau ITT Le Point	Rondeau M379B	Jean Rondeau		Overall victory
1981	Otis Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M379C	Jean Rondeau		failure	Chassis broken
1982	Automobiles Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M382C	Henri Pescarolo		failure	Engine failure
1983	Ford Concessionaires France	Rondeau M482	Philippe Streiff		failure	Oil leak

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1966	Matra	Matra MS620	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
					DNF				DNF
1967	Matra	Matra MS630	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
									DNF
1973	Matra	Matra MS670	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
										3
1974	Ligier Matra	Ligier JS2 Matra MS670	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
						13	DNF	DNF
1975	Sociéte ROC	Lola T292	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
						19th
1976	ROC	Chevron B36	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
															7th
1977	ROC	Chevron B36 Chevron B31	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
					DNF								3
1978	Alpine	Alpine A442	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
										1
1979	Grand Touring Cars Elvia	Ford M10 Triumph Dolomite	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
											DNF				DNF
1980	Jean Rondeau Team Willeme	Rondeau M379 Ford Capri	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
											1			11
1981	Jean Rondeau Eminence RT	Rondeau M379 Ford Capri	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
										DNF				DNF
1982	Automobiles Rondeau	Rondeau M382	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
						DNF	8th
1983	Ford France Cheetah Car	Rondeau M482 Cheetah G603	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	FUJ	KYA
						DNF	DNF
1987	Noël del Bello	Clean C8	JAR	JER	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
										DNF

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

Commons : Jean-Pierre Jaussaud  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 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

1. ↑ About Jaussaud events