- Patrick Gaillard
Infobox F1 driver
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Name = Patrick Gaillard
Nationality = flagicon|France French
Years = F1|1979
Team(s) = Ensign
Races = 5 (2 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1979 French Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1979 Dutch Grand Prix Patrick Gaillard (born
February 12 ,1952 inParis ) is a formerracing driver fromFrance . He participated in 5 World ChampionshipFormula One Grands Prix, debuting onJuly 1 ,1979 . He scored no championship points.After performing well in French
Formula Renault andFormula 3 , Gaillard moved intoFormula 2 in 1979, the same year as he drove for Ensign in Formula 1. The Ensign N179 was not a good car and Gaillard struggled on occasions, failing to qualify three times out of five, before being dropped in favour ofMarc Surer .In 1980 Gaillard returned to Ensign for the Spanish Grand Prix and finished in a points-paying 6th place -- the last of 6 cars still running at the finish, 5 laps down. However, the result did not count as this race was subsequently downgraded to non-Championship status due to the
FISA-FOCA war (F1 sporting body versus the F1 manufacturers), making Gaillard's only point nullified.Thereafter he drove in Formula 2,
CanAm , and sports cars including the24 Hours of Le Mans before retiring. He later became a racing instructor.Complete Formula One World Championship results
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