The French racing driver Jean Pierre Jabouillearchitect of the first success of Renault in Formula 1, passed away this Thursday at 80 yearsas his family announced in a statement, although the causes of his death were not specified.
Jabouille contested 49 races between 1975 and 1981 and won two Grands Prix, in 1979 in France and the following year in Austria. His first victory at the Dijon-Prenois circuit, the first in F1 for a turbocharged engine, a technology that would later become common.
An engineering graduate, born in Paris on October 1, 1942, he was an integral part of this project from its laborious inception. The engine often blew out plumes of white smoke, which is why his car was nicknamed the “yellow kettle”.
The Frenchman has the most surprising record in the premier class: 37 retirements, six pole positions, three races finished only in points and, among them, two victories.
Four times third at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (in 1973, 1974, 1992 and 1993), he was technical director at Ligier. He later took over management of Peugeot Sport before creating his own endurance team, Jabouille-Bouresche Racing.
Source: La Verdad
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