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Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler (French: [patʁik ɑ̃dʁe øʒɛn ʒozɛf dəpaje]; 9 August 1944 – 1 August 1980) was a racing driver from France. He participated in 95 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 2 July 1972.
Apr 1, 2024 · With a relentless drive and unparalleled determination, Patrick Depailler rose to become one of the most iconic figures in Formula 1 racing. Hailing from Clermont-Ferrand, France, Depailler's journey to the pinnacle of motorsport was filled with obstacles that only heightened his unwavering determination.
Aug 1, 2015 · On August 1 1980, radios announced the sad news of the death of Patrick Depailler. The French Formula 1 driver had crashed heavily at Hockenheim during a private testing session, in a time the...
Jul 21, 2016 · French F1 driver Patrick Depailler died 30 years ago today, while testing an F1 Alfa Romeo at the Hockenheimring in Germany. Depailler never really fitted the mould for Formula One drivers. Some said he risked too much off the track and ruined what could have been his best season in 1979 by breaking his legs in a hang-gliding accident.
Patrick Depailler. The first day of august 1980, Ostcurve Hockenheim. A private Alfa Romeo F1 test session on the old Hockenheim track came brutally to a stop. The barrier of the curve has ripped apart the Alfa 179 car. The car is upside down, the driver got stuck with his legs in the shattered car.
Jun 1, 1989 · At this time of the year Patrick Depailler always comes into my thoughts. He was killed on August 1, a date already scarred in my memory by the death, in 1959, of Jean Behra, whom I worshipped...
Aug 1, 2018 · Looking back at the life of the French F1 pilot who paid the ultimate sacrifice driving an Alfa Romeo, on the old Hockeinheim racetrack prior to the German Grand Prix of 1980. Patrick Depailler was born on August 1st of 1944 in Clermond-Ferrand, Central France in a relatively well-off family.
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Depailler mixed a full Formula One season with Formula Two races in 1974 – he won the European F2 title and in F1 peaked with second in Sweden. He spent the next four years with Tyrrell and finally won at Monaco in 1978 before moving to the Ligier team to partner Jacques Laffite.
Patrick Depailler cut his racing teeth in European single-seaters in his native France. Splitting his time between Formula Two and Sports Cars, he drew the attention of Ken Tyrrell in 1972.
