Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Jabouille in 1975
Born
Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille

(1942-10-01)1 October 1942
Paris, France
Died2 February 2023(2023-02-02) (aged 80)
Spouse
Geneviève Cottin
(m. 1974; div. 1997)
Children1
RelativesJacques Laffite (brother-in-law)
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityFrance French
Active years19741975, 19771981
TeamsFrank Williams, Surtees, Tyrrell, Renault, Ligier
Entries55 (49 starts)
Championships0
Wins2
Podiums2
Career points21
Pole positions6
Fastest laps0
First entry1974 French Grand Prix
First win1979 French Grand Prix
Last win1980 Austrian Grand Prix
Last entry1981 Spanish Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years19681970, 19721974, 19761978, 1989, 19911993
TeamsAlpine, Matra, Renault, Sauber, Peugeot
Best finish3rd (1973, 1974, 1992, 1993)
Class wins0

Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille (1 October 1942 – 2 February 2023) was a French racing driver and engineer, who competed in Formula One from 1974 to 1981. Jabouille won two Formula One Grands Prix across seven seasons.

Jabouille raced in 55 Formula One Grands Prix, collecting two wins during the first years of Renault's turbocharged programme in the late 1970s and early 1980s. 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 third-place overall finishes in 1973, 1974, 1992, and 1993.