Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
Jean -Pierre Jaussaud ( born June 3, 1937 in Caen ) is a French former racing driver and two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Jean -Pierre Jaussaud was in the 1980s in France a very popular pilot, which was mainly due to his two overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 and 1980.
His racing career began in 1964 after the Frenchman visiting some racing schools as he got with the help of Shell sponsor money in the French Formula 3 Championship. In 1965 he got a work contract with Matra and was behind his team-mate Jean -Pierre Beltoise on a Matra MS5 second in the championship. Jaussaud remained until the end of 1966 at Matra. In 1970, he won the French Formula 3 Championship on a Tecno.
1971 moved into Formula 2 Jaussaud He was driving a March 712 for the team Shell Arnold and moved to Brabham in 1972. In the championship, he had to admit the end of the season, only the former British motorcycle champion Mike Hailwood beaten. Despite good contacts did not make it Jaussaud in a Formula 1 cockpit, and when he saw no point in further seasons in Formula 2, he finished his Monopostokarriere and only drove more sports car racing.
In 1976 he was works driver at Renault Alpine. In 1978 he won together with Didier Pironi the 24 - hour race at Le Mans - a great triumph, which was also perceived outside the motorsport scene in France and the two pilots made national heroes. In 1979, he won the French Touring Car Champion and won in 1980 with Jean Rondeau for the second time in Le Mans. 1992 ended Jaussaud his racing career and was Renninstrukteur.