Michel Leclère

Template:Short description Template:BLP sources {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Michel Leclère (born 18 March 1946) is a former motor racing driver from France. He competed in eight Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut on October 5, 1975. However, he did not score any championship points during his career in Formula One.

Career

File:Michel Leclère 1975 Watkins Glen.jpg

Leclère driving for Tyrrell at the 1975 United States Grand Prix.

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 Template:F1 season he landed a full-time drive with Wolf–Williams Racing in Template:F1. The relationship was not a success, however, and he returned to Formula 2. After a bad season with Kauhsen in 1977, 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.

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

Racing record

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	Elf John Coombs	Alpine A367	Ford	MAL	HOC	THR	NÜR	PAU	KIN	NIV	HOC	ROU	MNZ	MAN	KAR	PER	SAL	NOR	ALB Template:Small	VAL	NC	0
Template:F2	Ecurie Elf	Alpine A367	BMW	BAR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	SAL		MUG Template:Small	KAR Template:Small	PER Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	VAL Template:Small								6th	12
	March Racing Team	March 742						HOC Template:Small
Template:F2	March Engineering	March 752	BMW	EST Template:Small	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	PAU Template:Tooltip	HOC Template:Small	SAL Template:Small	ROU Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	PER Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	NOG Template:Small	VAL Template:Small				2nd	36
Template:F2	Ecurie Elf	Elf 2J	Renault	HOC Template:Small	THR Template:Small	VAL Template:Small	SAL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	HOC Template:Tooltip	ROU Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	PER Template:Small	EST Template:Small	NOG Template:Tooltip	HOC Template:Small						4th	33
Template:F2	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Elf 2J	Renault	SIL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	VAL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	ROU Template:Small	NOG Template:Small	PER	MIS Template:Small	EST Template:Small	DON					NC	0
Template:F2	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron B42	Hart	THR	HOC	NÜR	PAU	MUG	VAL	ROU Template:Small	DON	NOG	PER	MIS	HOC						NC	0
Template:F2	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	VAL	MUG	PAU Template:Small	HOC	ZAN	PER	MIS	DON						NC	0

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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1975	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 007	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA Template:Small			NC	0
1976	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Wolf–Williams FW05	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA	RSA Template:Small	USW Template:Small														NC	0
	Walter Wolf Racing						ESP Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	SWE Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1974	Template:Flagicon Automobiles Ligier	Template:Flagicon Guy Chasseuil	Ligier JS2	S 3.0		DNF	DNF
1977	Template:Flagicon Grand Touring Cars Inc. Template:Flagicon Mirage Renault	Template:Flagicon Sam Posey	Mirage GR8	S 3.0	58	DNF	DNF
1978	Template:Flagicon Grand Touring Cars Inc.	Template:Flagicon Sam Posey	Mirage M9	S+2.0	33	DNF	DNF
1979	Template:Flagicon JMS Racing Template:Flagicon Charles Pozzi	Template:Flagicon Claude Ballot-Léna Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	Ferrari 512BB/LM	IMSA +2.5	219	DNF	DNF

References

Footnotes

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