- Philippe Alliot
Former F1 driver
Name = Philippe Alliot
Nationality = flagicon|France French
Years = F1|1984 - F1|1990, F1|1993 - F1|1994
Team(s) = RAM,Ligier ,Larrousse , McLaren
Races = 116 (109 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 7
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1984 Brazilian Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1994 Belgian Grand Prix Philippe Alliot (born
27 July 1954 inVoves ,Eure-et-Loir ,France ) is a former racing driver who participated inFormula One from F1|1984 to F1|1990 and from F1|1993 to F1|1994. He raced for RAM,Ligier ,Larrousse and McLaren.Prior to his career in Formula One he competed during 1976 and 1977 in Formule Renault, and won the championship in 1978, in the
BP Racing team. With said team he also won the French Formula Renault championship and went on to FrenchFormula 3 . He finished third in his first race and moved to the EuropeanFormula 3 Championship in 1980. By 1983 he moved toFormula 2 but hit the headlines that year when he finished third in theLe Mans 24 Hours with Michael andMario Andretti in a KremerPorsche .In 1984 he joined the Skoal Bandit RAM F1 team, but did not enjoy much in the way of success. After
Jacques Laffite was injured at the1986 British Grand Prix , Alliot took his place atLigier , where he showed an improvement. He moved toLarrousse for 1987, but returned to Ligier in 1990, gaining a reputation for accidents. He left F1 forsports car racing in the early 1990s and enjoyed considerable success with thePeugeot team, run byJean Todt . He made another attempt at F1 with Larrousse in 1993, before undertaking a testing role withMcLaren the following year. This role led to one race for the team whileMika Häkkinen was suspended.After announcing his retirement from Formula One in 1995, he decided to try a career in politics, also did some TV commentary and competed in ice racing and the
Paris-Dakar Rally , but ended running his own GT racing team.Complete Formula One Championship results
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References
* [http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver546.html Driver Database entry for Philippe Alliot]
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