Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Jabouille in 2012
Born	(1942-10-01) 1 October 1942 (age 74) Paris, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1974 - 1975, 1977 - 1981
Teams	Williams, Surtees, Tyrrell, Renault, Ligier
Entries	55 (49 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	2
Podiums	2
Career points	21
Pole positions	6
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1974 French Grand Prix
First win	1979 French Grand Prix
Last win	1980 Austrian Grand Prix
Last entry	1981 Spanish Grand Prix

Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille (born 1 October 1942) is a French former racing driver. He raced in 55 Formula One Grands Prix, collecting two wins during the first years of Renault's turbocharged programme in the 1970s. Jabouille also raced the 24 Hours of Le Mans from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, driving for Alpine, Matra, Sauber and Peugeot and collecting four 3rd overall finishes in 1973, 1974, 1992 and 1993. Jabouille was one of the last of a breed of Formula One drivers who were also engineers.

Jabouille first made his mark in French Formula Three in 1967, and continued in 1968, maintaining the car himself on his way to the runner's up spot behind François Cevert. For 1969 he was contracted as a development driver by Alpine, having several disjointed runs in Formula Two and sports cars. In 1973 he co-drove a Matra to 3rd at the Le Mans 24 Hours, and repeated this feat in 1974, when he also won the Formula Two race at Hockenheim, and finished as runner-up in the European 2-litre series for Alpine. He also made his first appearances in Formula One, failing to qualify a Williams at the French Grand Prix, and a Surtees at the Austrian Grand Prix.

1975 saw Jabouille sever his ties with Alpine, and gain Elf backing to make his own Formula Two chassis. He finished runner-up to Jacques Laffite, but finally made his full Grand Prix debut, finishing 12th in a works Tyrrell at the French Grand Prix. For 1976 he concentrated on Formula Two, finally winning the title.