1. Jean-Pierre Jarier achieved three podiums and three pole positions across 12 seasons.
19 Facts About Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier was born on 10 July 1946 in Charenton-le-Pont, near Paris.
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Formula One was difficult in the uncompetitive 721G, but Jean-Pierre Jarier stormed to the Formula Two title with eight wins.
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In 1974 Jean-Pierre Jarier drove a full season of Formula One, signing with the Shadow Racing Cars team.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier became team leader following the death of Peter Revson, and finished 3rd at the Monaco Grand Prix on his way to 14th overall.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier led Matra's successful defense of its world sports car title, and proved himself the fastest driver of all on the classic road circuits, being faster than Ickx at Nurburgring and the old Spa road circuit and winning three other rounds on GP circuits at Brands Hatch, Watkins Glen and Paul Ricard.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier repeated the feat at the Brazilian Grand Prix, and then dominated the race until a fuel metering unit failed, ending his race.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier's only points-scoring finish was for 4th place in the shortened Spanish Grand Prix.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier spent 1976 with Shadow Racing Cars, qualifying 3rd in an updated version of the previous year's car, the DN5B and setting fastest lap at the opening Brazilian Grand Prix, before spinning off and crashing on James Hunt's oil whilst running second a few seconds behind Niki Lauda in a Ferrari.
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Subsequently, the car became uncompetitive, and Jean-Pierre Jarier failed to score any points.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier switched to the ATS team in 1977, driving a Penske.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier scored a point in his first race for the team, and then had one-off drives for Shadow and Equipe Ligier when the German team elected to miss the final races of the year.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier dabbled in sports cars, winning two races in an Alfa Romeo T33 with Arturo Merzario, and coming second at the Le Mans 24 Hours with Vern Schuppan in a Mirage.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier was briefly re-hired for the German Grand Prix, only to miss the grid again, and again argued with Schmid, leaving once more.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier set fastest lap at the United States Grand Prix East at Watkins Glen, running 3rd before he ran out of fuel, and then took pole and dominated at the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal before an oil leak ended his race.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier was a regular points-scorer over two seasons with the team, with his best results being two 3rd places, achieved at the 1979 South African Grand Prix and the 1979 British Grand Prix.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier began 1981 with a temporary assignment for Ligier, standing in while Jean-Pierre Jabouille returned to fitness, for two races at Long Beach and Rio de Janeiro.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier then drove with Osella beginning midway through the season.
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Jean-Pierre Jarier contributed major stunt work to the film Ronin, directed by John Frankenheimer, who directed the 1966 Grand Prix.