Michel Leclère

Michel Leclère

Born	18 March 1946 (1946-03-18) (age 65)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1975 -1976
Teams	Tyrrell, Wolf-Williams
Races	8 (7 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1975 United States Grand Prix
Last race	1976 French Grand Prix

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1972, 1977 – 1979
Teams	Ligier Grand Touring Cars Inc. JMS Racing
Best finish	dnf
Class wins	0

Michel Leclère (born 18 March 1946, in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines) is a former motor racing driver from France. He participated in eight Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on October 5, 1975, and scored no championship points.

Michel Leclère demonstrating a Renault RE40 F1 car at Donington Park in 2007.

After winning the French Formula 3 championship, driving for Alpine, in 1972, Leclère performed well in Formula 2. This earned him his chance in Formula One. After making his debut for Tyrrell at the last race of the 1975 season he landed a full-time drive with Walter Wolf Racing in 1976. The relationship was not a success, however, and he returned to Formula 2. After a bad season with Kauhsen in 1978, he retired.

He has recently been involved with the Renault H&C Classic Team and has demonstrated and raced some of the historic Formula One cars and other machinery in their keeping, at various events around Europe.

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts.
1975	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 007	Ford V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA Ret			NC	0
1976	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Wolf-Williams FW05	Ford V8	BRA	RSA 13	USW DNQ														NC	0
	Walter Wolf Racing	Wolf-Williams FW05	Ford V8				ESP 10	BEL 11	MON 11	SWE Ret	FRA 13	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN

References

• "DRIVER: Leclère, Michel". Autocourse Grand Prix Archive. http://www.autocoursegpa.com/driver~driver_id~11866.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-11. 
• "Michel Leclere". Grand Prix Racing. http://www.gpracing.net192.com/drivers/careers/340.cfm. Retrieved 2007-09-11. 

Sporting positions
Preceded by Patrick Depailler	French Formula Three Champion 1972	Succeeded by Jacques Laffite

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Name	Leclere, Michel
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Date of birth	1946-03-18
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