Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier[1] (born 10 July 1946) is a French former Grand Prix racing driver. He drove for Formula One teams including Shadow, Team Lotus, Ligier, Osella and Tyrrell Racing. His best finish was third (three times) and he also took three pole positions.

Jean-Pierre Jarier
Jarier in 1976
Born (1946-07-10) 10 July 1946 (age 78)
Charenton-le-Pont, France
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityFrance French
Active years1971, 19731983
TeamsMarch, Shadow, Ligier, ATS, Lotus, Tyrrell, Osella
Entries143 (135 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums3
Career points31.5
Pole positions3
Fastest laps3
First entry1971 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry1983 South African Grand Prix

Early career

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Jarier was born at Charenton-le-Pont, near Paris. 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.
 
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.[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

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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

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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 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
Shadow Racing Team 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 Candy Team Tyrrell 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 Team Tyrrell 14 0 0 0 0 6 13th
BMW M1 Procar BMW Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1981 Formula One Osella Squadra Corse 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Ligier Talbot Gitanes 2 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 Osella Squadra Corse 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

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(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 Pos. Pts
1971 Shell-Arnold Team March 712M Ford HOC THR
Ret
NÜR JAR
Ret
PAL
Ret
ROU
DNS
MAN
Ret
TUL ALB
3
VAL
DNQ
VAL
3
8th 10
1972 Shell-Arnold Team March 722 Ford MAL THR
Ret
HOC
Ret
PAU PAL HOC ROU ÖST IMO MAN PER SAL ALB HOC NC 0
1973 STP March Racing Team March 732 BMW MAL
1
HOC
1
THR
Ret
NÜR
Ret
PAU
2
KIN NIV
1
HOC ROU
1
MNZ MAN
1
KAR
1
PER
1
SAL NOR
Ret
ALB
2
VAL 1st 78
1976 Fred Opert Racing Chevron B35 Hart HOC THR VAL SAL PAU
4
HOC ROU MUG PER EST NOG
Ret
HOC NC 0
1978 Maublanc Racing Services March 782 BMW THR
Ret
HOC
3
NÜR PAU MUG VAL
Ret
ROU
8
DON NOG PER MIS HOC NC 0

Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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

Complete Formula One non-championship results

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(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
NC
VIC
1974 UOP Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN3 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 PRE ROC
DNS
INT
3
1975 UOP Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN5 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
8
INT SUI
Ret
1976 Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN5 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC INT
5
1979 Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC GNM DIN
5
1980 Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 010 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ESP
4
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1972   North American Racing Team   Claude Buchet Ferrari 365 GTB/4 GT
5.0
297 9th 5th
1974   Équipe Gitanes   Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Simca MS680 S
3.0
104 DNF DNF
1975   Gitanes Automobiles Ligier   Jean-Pierre Beltoise Ligier JS2-Maserati S
3.0
36 DNF DNF
1977   Grand Touring Cars Inc.
  Mirage Renault
  Vern Schuppan Mirage GR8-Renault S
+2.0
331 2nd 2nd
1978   Équipe Renault Elf Sport   Derek Bell Renault Alpine A442A S
+2.0
162 DNF DNF
1979   Jean-Pierre Jarier   Randy Townsend
  Raymond Touroul
Porsche 935 IMSA
+2.5
65 DNF DNF
1981   BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport   Hans-Joachim Stuck
  Helmut Henzler
BMW M1 IMSA
GTX
57 DNF DNF
1984   Porsche Kremer Racing   Vern Schuppan
  Alan Jones
Porsche 956B C1 337 6th 6th
1985   Kremer Porsche Racing   Mike Thackwell
  Franz Konrad
Porsche 962C C1 356 9th 9th
1988   Takefuji Schuppan Racing Team   Brian Redman
  Eje Elgh
Porsche 962C C1 359 10th 10th
1995   Larbre Compétition   Jesús Pareja
  Érik Comas
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo GT1 64 DNF DNF
1996   Roock Racing Team   Jesús Pareja
  Dominic Chappell
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo GT1 93 DNF DNF
1997   Société Chéreau   Jean-Luc Chéreau
  Jack Leconte
Porsche 911 GT2 GT2 77 DNF DNF
1998   Larbre Compétition   Carl Rosenblad
  Robin Donovan
Porsche 911 GT2 GT2 164 DNF DNF
1999   Larbre Compétition   Sébastien Bourdais
  Pierre de Thoisy
Porsche 911 GT2 GTS 134 DNF DNF
Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1979. Patrick Stephens Ltd. white p. 37. ISBN 0-85059-320-4.
  2. ^ "Jean-Pierre Jarier- Involvement Non World Championship". statsf1.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Jean-Pierre Jarier, France". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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