Formula One Jean-Pierre Jarier

jarier won 1000 km nürburgring race in 1974 jean-pierre beltoise. pair drove matra-simca 670c.



jarier @ 1975 race of champions

after devastating form in 1973 f2 european series, jarier signed ferrari, long established ferrari driver clay regazzoni insisted on having young austrian niki lauda teammate, on account of impressive test driving skills shown @ brm. in 1974 jarier drove full season of formula one, signing shadow racing cars team. became team leader following death of peter revson, finishing 3rd @ monaco grand prix on way 14th overall. sports car driver. jarier led matra s successful defense of world sports car title, , proved himself fastest driver of on classic road circuits, being faster ickx @ nürburgring , old spa road circuit , winning 3 other rounds on gp circuits @ brands hatch, watkins glen , paul ricard.

1975 began bang, put shadow dn5 on pole position argentine grand prix, component break in warm-up, preventing jarier taking start. repeated feat @ brazilian grand prix, , dominated race until fuel metering unit failed, ending race. bad luck , poor reliability curse season, though shadow team fell pace well. points-scoring finish 4th place in shortened spanish grand prix.

jarier spent 1976 shadow racing cars, qualifying 3rd in updated version of previous year s car, dn5b , setting fastest lap @ opening brazilian grand prix, before spinning off , crashing on james hunt s oil whilst running second mere seconds behind niki lauda in ferrari. however, false dawn, car became uncompetitive, , jarier failed score points.

following impressive start, career slowed. switched ats team in 1977, driving penske. scored point in first race team, , had one-off drives shadow , equipe ligier when german team elected miss final races of year. dabbled in sports cars, winning 2 races in alfa romeo t33 arturo merzario, , coming second @ le mans 24 hours vern schuppan in mirage.

his second year @ ats in in-house hs1, less successful, , fired after argument team principal günter schmid after failing qualify car monaco grand prix. briefly re-hired german grand prix, miss grid again, , again argued schmidt, leaving once more. however, @ end of year signed team lotus take seat left ronnie peterson s death. set fastest lap @ united states grand prix east @ watkins glen, running 3rd before ran out of fuel, , took pole , dominated @ canadian grand prix @ montreal before oil leak ended race.

these showings saw him signed tyrrell racing. regular points-scorer on 2 seasons team, best results being 2 3rd places, achieved @ 1979 south african grand prix , 1979 british grand prix.

he began 1981 temporary assignment ligier, standing in while jean-pierre jabouille returned fitness, 2 races @ long beach , rio de janeiro. drove osella beginning midway through season, giving respectable performances small, underfunded team.

1982 saw full season osella, jarier securing team s best-ever finish 4th @ san marino grand prix (which boycotted majority of british teams). while rest of year difficult, jarier instrumental in keeping team s morale following death of riccardo paletti @ canadian grand prix.

the following year saw full season equipe ligier, after run @ long beach ended collision keke rosberg, seemed lose hope, , finished season without points. @ point became more of menace backmarker, , known unpredictable nature on track became prevalent throughout season, annoying drivers @ every opportunity. @ austrian grand prix year made many drivers angry because of blocking tactics marker. on lap 22, ferrari driver patrick tambay, had led race start, held jarier 2 corners (the glatsch-kurve , bosch-kurve). being held up, tambay s team-mate rene arnoux able pass tambay on approach texaco-schikane boxing tambay in behind jarier. allowed brabham driver nelson piquet come 3rd 2nd nipping past tambay second of 2 left-handers, dropped tambay 3rd , denied him lead had been preparing re-take arnoux. furious tambay waved fist @ jarier when did pass him. bbc commentators murray walker , james hunt appalled @ jarier s driving, hunt saying:

jarier out of order, shouldn t allowed drive in grand prix racing. s got mental age of 10 in first place, , absolutely disgraceful bit of driving driver of experience...the authorities have crack down on driving that...he should receive short suspension, , being himself, should receive permanent suspension.

even gentlemanly walker made rare scathing comments on jarier s driving, said in years commentator, no driver, have admit, awful , crass piece of driving jarier. @ point in season, in terms of formula 1 status, jarier @ point of no return.