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Jacques Laffite on 12 years in F1, winning with Ligier and missed championship chances

Jacques Laffite on 12 years in F1, winning with Ligier and missed championship chances

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 5 Jahren

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Jacques Laffite was part of a wave of fast French F1 drivers who
hit the grid in the 1970s and 80s. His 12-year F1 career brought
six race victories and he had more than one shot at the World
Championship. It’s a record he’s pleased with, but as he reveals,
his career is tinged with regret. Jacques tells Tom Clarkson
about his eye-opening debut at the original Nürburgring, his
championship chances, and admits he wishes he’d worked harder. He
tells great stories about turning up to practice in his pyjamas,
how wearing big shoes made him faster and the eyedrop mix-up that
once stopped him racing. Jacques also remembers the 1986 crash
which ended his career and his emotional return to an F1 cockpit
at the age of 64.