Jean-Pierre Jarier

Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier (Template:IPA; born 10 July 1946) is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from Template:F1 to Template:F1.

Jarier contested 143 Formula One Grands Prix for March, Shadow, ATS, Ligier, Lotus, Tyrrell, and Osella. He achieved three podiums and three pole positions across 12 seasons.

Early career

Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier was born on 10 July 1946 in Charenton-le-Pont, near Paris.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> After competing in Formula France, he moved up to French Formula Three, finishing 3rd overall in 1970, before moving on to the Shell Arnold European Formula Two team in 1971. He peaked with two 3rd places, and also made his Grand Prix debut at Monza when the team rented a March Engineering 701. However, the team dropped him midway through 1972 for financial reasons. For 1973 he signed to the March Engineering Formula Two team, and was also given a Formula One seat by the outfit. Formula One was difficult in the uncompetitive 721G, but Jarier stormed to the Formula Two title with eight wins.

Formula One

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Jarier won the 1000 km Nürburgring race in 1974 with Jean-Pierre Beltoise. The pair drove a Matra-Simca 670C.

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Jarier at the 1975 Race of Champions

After his good form in the 1973 F2 European series, Jarier nearly signed for Ferrari, but their established driver Clay Regazzoni insisted on having the young Austrian Niki Lauda as his teammate. In 1974 Jarier drove a full season of Formula One, signing with the Shadow Racing Cars team. He became team leader following the death of Peter Revson, and finished 3rd at the Monaco Grand Prix on his way to 14th overall. As a sports car driver. 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 Nürburgring and the old Spa road circuit and winning three other rounds on GP circuits at Brands Hatch, Watkins Glen and Paul Ricard.Template:Citation needed

1975 began Jarier putting his Shadow DN5 on pole position for the Argentine Grand Prix, only for a component to break in the warm-up, preventing Jarier from taking the start. He repeated the feat at the Brazilian Grand Prix, and then dominated the race until a fuel metering unit failed, ending his race. Bad luck and poor reliability would curse his season, though the Shadow team fell from the pace as well. His only points-scoring finish was for 4th place in the shortened Spanish Grand Prix.

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. Subsequently, the car became uncompetitive, and Jarier failed to score any points.

After this, his career slowed. He switched to the ATS team in 1977, driving a Penske. He scored a point in his first race for the team, and then had one-off drives for Shadow and Équipe Ligier when the German team elected to miss the final races of the year. He also 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.

His second year at ATS in the in-house HS1, was less successful, and he was fired after an argument with team principal Günter Schmid after failing to qualify the car for the Monaco Grand Prix. He was briefly re-hired for the German Grand Prix, only to miss the grid again, and again argued with Schmid, leaving once more. However, at the end of the year he was signed by Team Lotus to take the seat left by Ronnie Peterson's death. He 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.

These showings saw him signed by Tyrrell Racing. He 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.

He 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. He then drove with Osella beginning midway through the season.

1982 saw a full season with Osella, with Jarier securing the team's best-ever finish with 4th at the San Marino Grand Prix (which was boycotted by the majority of British teams). While the rest of the year would be difficult, Jarier was instrumental in keeping the team's morale up following the death of Riccardo Paletti at the Canadian Grand Prix.

The following year saw a full season with Equipe Ligier, but after a good run at Long Beach ended with a collision with Keke Rosberg, he finished the season without points, and spent most of the season making other drivers angry because of his blocking tactics as a back marker. One example of this was the Austrian Grand Prix that year. On lap 22, Ferrari driver Patrick Tambay, who had led the race from the start, was held up by Jarier for two corners (the Glatsch-kurve and the Bosch-kurve). As he was being held up, Tambay's team-mate René Arnoux was able to pass Tambay on the approach to the Texaco-Schikane by boxing Tambay in behind Jarier. This also allowed Brabham driver Nelson Piquet to come from 3rd to 2nd by nipping past Tambay into the second of the two left-handers, which dropped Tambay to 3rd and denied him the lead he had been preparing to re-take from Arnoux. A furious Tambay waved his fist at Jarier when he finally did pass him.

Later life

Following this, Jarier retired from motorsport, but was tempted back to drive in the Porsche Supercup in 1994. This led to several sports car drives, winning the 1998 and 1999 French GT Championships. Jarier contributed major stunt work to the film Ronin, directed by John Frankenheimer, who also directed the 1966 Grand Prix.

Racing record

Career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1970	French Formula Three	Ecurie Meubles Arnold	?	1	?	?	?	32.2	3rd
1971	European Formula Two	Shell-Arnold Team	7	0	0	0	2	10	8th
	Formula One		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1972	European Formula Two	Shell-Arnold Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Can-Am	North American Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	11	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
1973	European Formula Two	STP March Racing Team	12	7	4	4	9	78	1st
	Formula One		8	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		March Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0
1974	Formula One	UOP Shadow Racing Team	14	0	0	0	1	6	14th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Équipe Gitanes	1	0	0	1	0	N/A	DNF
1975	Formula One	UOP Shadow Racing Team	13	0	2	1	0	1.5	18th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Gitanes Automobiles Ligier	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1976	Formula One	Shadow Racing Team Lucky Strike Shadow Racing Tabatip Shadow Racing	16	0	0	1	0	0	NC
	European Formula Two	Fred Opert Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
1977	Formula One	ATS Racing Team	10	0	0	0	0	1	19th
		Ambrosio Tabatip Shadow Racing	1	0	0	0	0
		Ligier Gitanes	1	0	0	0	0
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Grand Touring Cars Inc.	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
1978	Can-Am	Shadow Racing Team	8	0	0	0	0	15.5	28th
	European Formula Two	Maublanc Racing Services	4	0	0	0	1	0	NC‡
	Formula One	ATS Racing Team	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		John Player Team Lotus	2	0	1	1	0
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Equipe Renault Elf Sport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1979	Formula One	Team Tyrrell Candy Tyrrell Team	12	0	0	0	2	14	11th
	BMW M1 Procar	BMW Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	2	27th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1980	Formula One	Candy Tyrrell Team	14	0	0	0	0	6	13th
	BMW M1 Procar	BMW Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1981	Formula One	Équipe Talbot Gitanes	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Denim Osella	7	0	0	0	0
	Macau Grand Prix	Theodore Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1982	Formula One	Denim S.A.I.M.A. Osella	13	0	0	0	0	3	20th
1983	Formula One	Équipe Ligier Gitanes	15	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1984	24 Hours of Le Mans	Porsche Kremer Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
1985	French Supertouring Championship		?	2	?	2	4	122	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Porsche Kremer Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
1986	European Touring Car Championship	JMS Racing	3	0	0	0	0	10	NC
1987	European Touring Car Championship	Elkron France	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1988	24 Hours of Le Mans	Takefuji Schuppan Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
1993	Porsche Supercup	Roock Racing Team	?	1	0	0	1	59	10th
1994	Porsche Supercup		?	1	?	?	1	0	NC
1995	BPR Global GT Series	Larbre Compétition	7	0	0	0	4	124	8th
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1996	BPR Global GT Series	Roock Racing Team	8	0	0	0	0	11	104th
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1997	FFSA GT Championship	Sonauto Levallois	10	2	3	5	8	191	3rd
	FIA GT Championship	Roock Racing Team	1	0	1	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Société Chéreau	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1998	FFSA GT Championship	Sonauto Levallois	11	6	5	8	10	270.5	1st
	FIA GT Championship		1	0	0	0	1	4	31st
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Larbre Compétition	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1999	FFSA GT Championship	Sonauto Levallois	12	3	3	4	9	337	1st
	FIA GT Championship	Larbre Compétition	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2000	FFSA GT Championship	Team ART	12	2	1	2	8	335	2nd
	FIA GT Championship		3	0	0	0	0	2	32nd
2001	FIA GT Championship	Team ART	10	0	0	0	0	2	36th
2002	FIA GT Championship	Team ART	7	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2003	FFSA GT Championship	Red Racing	7	0	0	0	2	54	27th

^‡ Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points.

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F2	Shell-Arnold Team	March 712M	Ford	HOC	THR Template:Small	NÜR	JAR Template:Small	PAL Template:Small	ROU Template:Small	MAN Template:Small	TUL	ALB Template:Tooltip	VLL Template:Small	VLL Template:Small							8th	10
Template:F2	Shell-Arnold Team	March 722	Ford	MAL	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	PAU	PAL	HOC	ROU	ÖST	IMO	MAN	PER	SAL	ALB	HOC				NC	0
Template:F2	STP March Racing Team	March 732	BMW	MAL Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	THR Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	PAU Template:Tooltip	KIN	NIV Template:Small	HOC	ROU Template:Small	MNZ	MAN Template:Small	KAR Template:Small	PER Template:Small	SAL	NOR Template:Small	ALB Template:Small	VLL	1st	78
Template:F2	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron B35	Hart	HOC	THR	VLL	SAL	PAU Template:Small	HOC	ROU	MUG	PER	EST	NOG Template:Small	HOC						NC	0‡
Template:F2	Maublanc Racing Services	March 782	BMW	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR	PAU	MUG	VLL Template:Small	ROU Template:Small	DON	NOG	PER	MIS	HOC						NC	0‡

^‡ Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1971	Shell Arnold Team	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA Template:Small	CAN	USA							NC	0
1973	STP March Racing Team	March 721G	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	RSA Template:Small	ESP														NC	0
		March 731						BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	SWE Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR	NED	GER	AUT Template:Small	ITA
	March Racing Team																CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small
1974	UOP Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	RSA															14th	6
		Shadow DN3					ESP Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	SWE Template:Small	NED Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small
1975	UOP Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN5	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	RSA Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	SWE Template:Small	NED Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small			USA Template:Small				18th	1.5
		Shadow DN7	Matra MS73 3.0 V12												AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small
1976	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN5B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA Template:Small		USW Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	SWE Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small					CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	JPN Template:Small		NC	0
	Lucky Strike Shadow Racing				RSA Template:Small
	Tabatip Shadow Racing												GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	NED Template:Small	ITA Template:Small
1977	ATS Racing Team	Penske PC4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	SWE Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	NED Template:Small	ITA Template:Small				19th	1
	Ambrosio Tabatip Shadow Racing	Shadow DN8	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8															USA Template:Small	CAN
	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS7	Matra MS76 3.0 V12																	JPN Template:Small
1978	ATS Racing Team	ATS HS1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	RSA Template:Small	USW Template:Small	MON Template:Small	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	AUT	NED	ITA				NC	0
	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 79	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8															USA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small
1979	Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 009	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	RSA Template:Small	USW Template:Small	ESP Template:Small													11th	14
	Candy Tyrell Team								BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER	AUT	NED Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small
1980	Candy Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 009	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Template:Small	BRA Template:Small																13th	6
		Tyrrell 010				RSA Template:Small	USW Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	NED Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small
1981	Équipe Talbot Gitanes	Ligier JS17	Matra MS81 3.0 V12	USW Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	ARG	SMR	BEL	MON	ESP	FRA										NC	0
	Denim Osella	Osella FA1B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8									GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	NED Template:Small
		Osella FA1C														ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	CPL Template:Small
1982	Denim S.A.I.M.A. Osella	Osella FA1C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	USW Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	DET Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	NED Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	FRA Template:Small							20th	3
		Osella FA1D													GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	SUI Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CPL Template:Small
1983	Équipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS21	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA Template:Small	USW Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	DET Template:Small	CAN Template:Small										NC	0
			Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8									GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	NED Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	EUR Template:Small	RSA Template:Small

Complete Formula One non-championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1971	Shell-Arnold Team	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	ROC	QUE	SPR	INT	RIN	OUL Template:Small	VIC
1974	UOP Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	PRE	ROC Template:Small	INT Template:Small
1975	UOP Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN5	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC Template:Small	INT	SUI Template:Small
1976	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN5	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC	INT Template:Small
1979	Candy Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 009	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC	GNM	DIN Template:Small
1980	Candy Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 010	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ESP Template:Small
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1972	Template:Flagicon North American Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Claude Buchet	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	GT 5.0	297	9th	5th
1974	Template:Flagicon Équipe Gitanes	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra-Simca MS680	S 3.0	104	DNF	DNF
1975	Template:Flagicon Gitanes Automobiles Ligier	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Ligier JS2-Maserati	S 3.0	36	DNF	DNF
1977	Template:Flagicon Grand Touring Cars Inc. Template:Flagicon Mirage Renault	Template:Flagicon Vern Schuppan	Mirage GR8-Renault	S +2.0	331	2nd	2nd
1978	Template:Flagicon Équipe Renault Elf Sport	Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Renault Alpine A442A	S +2.0	162	DNF	DNF
1979	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jarier	Template:Flagicon Randy Townsend Template:Flagicon Raymond Touroul	Porsche 935	IMSA +2.5	65	DNF	DNF
1981	Template:Flagicon BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck Template:Flagicon Helmut Henzler	BMW M1	IMSA GTX	57	DNF	DNF
1984	Template:Flagicon Porsche Kremer Racing	Template:Flagicon Vern Schuppan Template:Flagicon Alan Jones	Porsche 956B	C1	337	6th	6th
1985	Template:Flagicon Kremer Porsche Racing	Template:Flagicon Mike Thackwell Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad	Porsche 962C	C1	356	9th	9th
1988	Template:Flagicon Takefuji Schuppan Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Brian Redman Template:Flagicon Eje Elgh	Porsche 962C	C1	359	10th	10th
1995	Template:Flagicon Larbre Compétition	Template:Flagicon Jesús Pareja Template:Flagicon Érik Comas	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	GT1	64	DNF	DNF
1996	Template:Flagicon Roock Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Jesús Pareja Template:Flagicon Dominic Chappell	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	GT1	93	DNF	DNF
1997	Template:Flagicon Société Chéreau	Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Chéreau Template:Flagicon Jack Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	77	DNF	DNF
1998	Template:Flagicon Larbre Compétition	Template:Flagicon Carl Rosenblad Template:Flagicon Robin Donovan	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	164	DNF	DNF
1999	Template:Flagicon Larbre Compétition	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais Template:Flagicon Pierre de Thoisy	Porsche 911 GT2	GTS	134	DNF	DNF
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