Jacques Laffite

Jacques-Henri Laffite (born 21st November, 1943 in Paris, France) is a French former racing driver who most famously competed in Formula One.

Formula One

1976-: Ligier

In 1976, Laffite was signed to drive for the Ligier team in their debut season. Laffite would be the French squad's sole full season driver this season, with the other Ligier being used by various pay drivers throughout the year.

Laffite and Ligier proved their worth in the championship early on, taking consecutive podiums at the South African and US West Grands Prix. His next breakthrough would be his (and Ligier's) first win at the French Grand Prix, taking advantage of the withdrawal of the Ferrari team following the death of Niki Lauda.

For much of the season, Laffite found himself fighting for the lower points paying positions with Brabham's British driver James Hunt, though Laffite would outscore Hunt by ten points on his way to fifth in the championship.

The following season, Laffite remained at Ligier - this time joined by Belgian Jacky Ickx. By 1977, the midfield was even more competitive than before, with the Williams Racing squad joining the upper echelon of teams, meaning the fight for points was more intense than ever.

His first three Grands Prix would end in retirement, with the Frenchman having to wait for the Spanish Grand Prix for his usual pace to return - taking a third place.

Complete Career Results

Complete Formula One Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WDC
1976	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS5	Matra MS73 3.0 V12	ARG Ret	RSA 2	USW 3	ESP Ret	BEL 5	MON Ret	SOV Ret	FRA 1	GBR Ret	GER 3	AUT 5	NED Ret	ITA Ret	CAN 5	USA 5	JPN Ret		31	5th
1977	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS5B	Matra MS73 3.0 V12	ARG Ret	RSA Ret	USW Ret	ESP 3	BEL 5	MON Ret	FRA Ret	TUS 5	SOV 7	GBR 9†	NED 5	GER Ret	AUT 6	ITA 8	CAN 15	USA Ret	JPN Ret	11	10th
1978	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS5B Ligier JS7	Matra MS73 3.0 V12	ARG 14†	RSA Ret	USW 8	ESP 9	BEL 6	MON 8	SUI Ret	TUS 6	GBR Ret	FRA 7	NED 7	GER 9	AUT 7	ITA 6	CAN Ret	USA INJ		3	15th

Complete World Touring Car Masters Results

Year	Team	Car	Class																								WDC	Pts	Class	Pts
1988	Voeckler Renault	Renault 21	C																								N/A	0	19th	21
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				BAT DNQ	BAT DNQ	FUJ DNQ	FUJ DNQ	GLN 27†	GLN 26	NOR DNQ	NOR DNQ	KYA DNQ	KYA DNQ	HOC DNQ	HOC DNQ	CHA DNQ	CHA DNQ	BIR Ret	BIR 28	MNZ Ret	MNZ 29	SPA DNQ	SPA DNQ	NUR DNQ
1989	Diac Voeckler Renault	Renault 21	C																								N/A	0	24th	41
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				FUJ DNQ	FUJ DNQ	GLN DNQ	GLN DNQ	KYA DNQ	KYA DNQ	PAU DNQ	PAU DNQ	BRN 19	BRN 24	MNZ Ret	MNZ 31	CHA DNQ	CHA DNQ	BIR DNQ	BIR DNQ	SPA DNQ	SPA DNQ	NUR Ret	NUR 39	BAT Ret
1990	Diac Voeckler Renault	Renault 21	C																								65th	3	13th	86
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				FUJ DNQ	FUJ DNQ	GLN Ret	GLN 32	LAG DNQ	LAG DNQ	BRH DNQ	BRH DNQ	PAU DNQ	PAU DNQ	BRN DNQ	BRN DNQ	MNZ Ret	MNZ 29	CHA DNQ	CHA DNQ	BIR DNQ	BIR DNQ	SPA 16	SPA 22	NUR Ret	NUR 40	BAT 21†