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Philippe Alliot

Philippe René Gabriel Alliot(born 27 July 1954) is a French formerracing driverandbroadcaster,who competed inFormula Onefrom1984to1990and from1993to1994.

Philippe Alliot
Alliot driving theLigier JS33Bat the1990 United States Grand Prix
Born
Philippe René Gabriel Alliot

(1954-07-27)27 July 1954(age 70)
Voves, Eure-et-Loir,France
Formula OneWorld Championship career
NationalityFranceFrench
Active years1984–1990,1993–1994
TeamsRAM,Ligier,Larrousse,McLaren
Entries116 (109 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points7
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1984 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last entry1994 Belgian Grand Prix
World Sportscar Championshipcareer
Years active1981–1983,1986,1991–1992
TeamsBMW,Ford,Rondeau,Porsche,Peugeot
Starts21
Championships0
Wins3
Podiums8
Poles3
Fastest laps3
24 Hours of Le Manscareer
Years1981,1983,1986,1990–1993,1995–1996,2003
TeamsBMW,Porsche,Peugeot,Gulf,Courage
Best finish3rd(1983,1992,1993)
Class wins0

Born and raised inVoves,Alliot initially studiedpolitical sciencebefore dropping out of university to pursue his racing career. He competed at 116Formula One Grands Prixacross nine seasons forRAM,Ligier,LarrousseandMcLaren.Alliot also competed intermittently in theWorld Sportscar Championship,winning three races from 21 starts and finishing third in the standings in1991and1992withPeugeot.He also entered 10 editions of the24 Hours of Le Mans,finishing third in1983,1992and1993.

Early life and career

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Philippe René Gabriel Alliot was born on 27 July 1954 inVoves,Eure-et-Loir,France.[1]Alliot initially enrolled as apolitical sciencestudent, before dropping out to pursue a racing career at theMotulRacing School at theCircuit de Nogaro.[2]

Prior to his career in Formula One he competed during 1976 and 1977 inFormule Renault,and won the championship in 1978, in theBPRacing team. With said team he also won the French Formula Renault championship and went on to FrenchFormula Three.He finished third in his first race and moved to the EuropeanFormula 3Championship in 1980. By 1983 he moved toFormula Twobut hit the headlines that year when he finished third in theLe Mans 24 HourswithMichaelandMario Andrettiin a KremerPorsche.

Formula One

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In 1984 Alliot joined the Skoal BanditRAMF1 team, but did not enjoy much in the way of success. AfterJacques Laffitewas injured at the1986 British Grand Prix,Alliot took his place atLigier,where he showed an improvement. He moved toLarroussefor 1987, but returned to Ligier in 1990, gaining a reputation for accidents. He has the record of most race starts without any lead lap finish.[3]

Sportscars

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Alliot left F1 forsports car racingin the early 1990s and enjoyed considerable success with thePeugeotteam, run byJean Todt.This included third-place finishes at the1992and1993 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Return to Formula One

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Alliot made another attempt at F1 with Larrousse in 1993, achieving the best finish of his F1 career, fifth, at theSan Marino Grand Prix.The following year, he undertook a testing role withMcLarendue to thePeugeotconnection factor. This role led to a race at the1994 Hungarian Grand Prixfor the team as a replacement forMika Häkkinen,while he was suspended. Qualifying 14th, he retired from the race itself. Alliot then replacedOlivier Berettaat Larrousse for the following race, theBelgian Grand Prix.Starting from 19th on the grid, he retired with engine failure and this proved to be his last race in F1. Alliot left Formula One as the driver with the most race starts who had never achieved at least one of a podium finish, a pole position, or a fastest lap.

Later life

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After announcing his retirement from Formula One in 1995, he decided to try a career in politics, also did some TV commentary and competed in ice racing and theParis–Dakar Rally,but ended running his own GT racing team.

Racing record

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Alliot during practice for the1985 European Grand Prix

Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1976 Formule Renault Nationale Écurie Armagnac Bigorre 13 0 0 0 0 21 11th
1977 Formule Renault Nationale Écurie Armagnac Bigorre 8 1 1 4 3 33 9th
1978 Formule Renault Nationale BPRacing Team 14 5 3 4 9 144 1st
1979 French Formula Three ? ? ? ? ? 18 3rd
European Formula Three Kores Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1980 European Formula Three Automobiles Martini 13 0 1 3 6 39 5th
German Formula Three 2 0 0 1 0 0 NC†
French Formula Three Ecurie Elf 2 2 0 1 2 42 7th
1981 European Formula Three Automobiles Martini 14 2 1 0 5 41 3rd
World Sportscar Championship Ecurie Elf 2 0 0 0 0 6 309th
French Formula Three 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC
German Formula Three 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
1982 European Formula Three Automobiles Martini 9 1 0 0 2 25 6th
World Sportscar Championship Otis-Rondeau 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
German Formula Three Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
1983 European Formula Two BMW France 10 0 1 1 0 4 12th
World Sportscar Championship PorscheKremer Racing 2 0 0 0 1 12 25th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
1984 Formula One Skoal BanditFormula 1 Team 13 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1985 Formula One Skoal BanditFormula 1 Team 13 0 0 0 0 0 NC
European Formula 3000 BS Automotive 1 0 0 0 0 1 19th
1986 Formula One Équipe Ligier 7 0 0 0 0 1 18th
International Formula 3000 Oreca 6 1 0 1 1 9 9th
24 Hours of Le Mans John Fitzpatrick Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
1987 Formula One Larrousse Calmels 15 0 0 0 0 3 17th
1988 Formula One Larrousse Calmels 16 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1989 Formula One Larrousse Calmels/Equipe Larrousse 15 0 0 0 0 1 26th
1990 Formula One LigierGitanes 14 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans PorscheKremer Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 16th
1991 World Sportscar Championship Peugeot Talbot Sport 8 1 1 1 3 69 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1992 World Sportscar Championship Peugeot Talbot Sport 6 2 2 2 4 64 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 3rd
1993 Formula One Equipe Larrousse 14 0 0 0 0 2 17th
24 Hours of Le Mans Peugeot Talbot Sport 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 3rd
1994 Formula One MarlboroMcLarenPeugeot 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Tourtel Larrousse F1 1 0 0 0 0
1995 French Supertouring Championship Peugeot Esso 18 0 2 0 1 53 6th
BPR Global GT Series Toyota Team Tom's 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans GTCGulf Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1996 24 Hours of Le Mans Courage Compétition 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1999 FFSA GT Championship MTO Mirabeau Compétition 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2000 FIA GT Championship – N-GT JMB Competition 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2001 FFSA GT Championship JMB Competition 11 4 0 0 7 258 4th
2002 FIA GT Championship Force One Racing 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2003 FIA GT Championship Force One Racing Festina 7 0 1 0 1 9 42nd
FFSA GT Championship 6 3 1 1 3 125 11th
24 Hours of Le Mans Courage Compétition 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2004 FIA GT Championship Force One Racing 1 0 0 0 0 5.5 41st
2005 FFSA GT Championship Force One Racing 2 0 0 0 0 1 39th
2006 FFSA GT Championship PSI Expérience 8 1 1 1 3 113 8th

†As Alliot was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete European Formula Three results

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(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position) (Races initalicsindicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos. Points
1980 Automobiles Martini Martini MK31 Toyota NÜR
2 		ÖST
3 		ZOL
2 		MAG
2 		ZAN
19 		LCA
DNQ 		MUG
8 		MNZ
4 		MIS
4 		KNU
6 		SIL
Ret 		JAR
3 		KAS
11 		ZOL
2 		5th 39
1981 Automobiles Martini Martini MK34 Alfa Romeo VAL
5 		NÜR
2 		DON
5 		ÖST
3 		ZOL
4 		MAG
1 		LCA
1 		ZAN
5 		SIL
9 		CET
Ret 		MIS
10 		KNU
Ret 		JAR
3 		IMO
Ret 		MUG 3rd 41
1982 Automobiles Martini Martini MK37 Alfa Romeo MUG
DNQ 		NÜR
6 		DON ZOL
8 		MAG
4 		ÖST
4 		ZAN
5 		SIL
DNS 		MNZ PER LCA
1 		KNU
Ret 		NOG
4 		JAR
3 		KAS 6th 25

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1981 BMW Italie-France Johnny Cecotto
Bernard Darniche 		BMW M1Gr. 5 Gr. 5
SP +2.0 		278 16th 3rd
1983 PorscheKremer Racing Mario Andretti
Michael Andretti 		Porsche 956 C 364 3rd 3rd
1986 John Fitzpatrick Racing Paco Romero
Michel Trollé 		Porsche 962C C1 312 10th 8th
1990 PorscheKremer Racing Patrick Gonin
Bernard de Dryver 		Porsche 962CK6 C1 319 16th 16th
1991 Peugeot Talbot Sport Mauro Baldi
Jean-Pierre Jabouille 		Peugeot 905 C1 22 DNF DNF
1992 Peugeot Talbot Sport Mauro Baldi
Jean-Pierre Jabouille 		Peugeot 905 Evo 1B C1 345 3rd 3rd
1993 Peugeot Talbot Sport Mauro Baldi
Jean-Pierre Jabouille 		Peugeot 905 Evo 1B C1 367 3rd 3rd
1995 GTCGulf Racing Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Lindsay Owen-Jones 		McLaren F1 GTR GT1 77 DNF DNF
1996 Courage Compétition Didier Cottaz
Jérôme Policand 		CourageC36-Porsche LMP1 215 DNF DNF
2003 Courage Compétition David Hallyday
Carl Rosenblad 		CourageC65-JPX LMP675 41 DNF DNF

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position; races initalicsindicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1983 BMW France Martini 001 BMW SIL
Ret 		THR
5 		HOC
8 		NÜR
DNS 		VAL PAU
Ret 		JAR
Ret 		DON
Ret 		MIS
Ret 		PER
12 		ZOL
5 		MUG
Ret 		12th 4

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position) (Races initalicsindicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 Pos. Pts
1985 BS Automotive March 85B Ford Cosworth SIL THR EST NÜR VAL PAU SPA DIJ
6 		PER ÖST ZAN DON 19th 1
1986 Oreca March 86B Ford Cosworth SIL
Ret 		VAL
8 		PAU
Ret 		SPA
1 		IMO
13 		MUG
Ret 		PER ÖST BIR BUG JAR 9th 9

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1984 Skoal BanditFormula 1 Team RAM02 HartStraight-4 BRA
Ret 		RSA
Ret 		BEL
DNQ 		SMR
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		MON
DNQ 		CAN
10 		DET
Ret 		DAL
DNS 		GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		AUT
11 		NED
10 		ITA
Ret 		EUR
Ret 		POR
Ret 		NC 0
1985 Skoal BanditFormula 1 Team RAM03 HartStraight-4 BRA
9 		POR
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		MON
DNQ 		CAN
Ret 		DET
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		NED
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		EUR
Ret 		RSA AUS NC 0
1986 Équipe Ligier LigierJS27 RenaultV6 BRA ESP SMR MON BEL CAN DET FRA GBR GER
Ret 		HUN
9 		AUT
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		POR
Ret 		MEX
6 		AUS
8 		18th 1
1987 Larrousse Calmels LolaLC87 CosworthV8 BRA SMR
10 		BEL
8 		MON
Ret 		DET
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
6 		HUN
Ret 		AUT
12 		ITA
Ret 		POR
Ret 		ESP
6 		MEX
6 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
Ret 		17th 3
1988 Larrousse Calmels LolaLC88 CosworthV8 BRA
Ret 		SMR
17 		MON
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		CAN
10 		DET
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
14 		GER
Ret 		HUN
12 		BEL
9 		ITA
Ret 		POR
Ret 		ESP
14 		JPN
9 		AUS
10 		NC 0
1989 Larrousse Calmels LolaLC88C LamborghiniV12 BRA
12 		26th 1
Equipe Larrousse LolaLC89 SMR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		MEX
NC 		USA
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		HUN
DNPQ 		BEL
16 		ITA
Ret 		POR
9 		ESP
6 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
Ret
1990 LigierGitanes LigierJS33B CosworthV8 USA
EX 		BRA
12 		SMR
9 		MON
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		MEX
18 		FRA
9 		GBR
13 		GER
DSQ 		HUN
14 		BEL
DNQ 		ITA
13 		POR
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		JPN
10 		AUS
11 		NC 0
1993 Equipe Larrousse LarrousseLH93 LamborghiniV12 RSA
Ret 		BRA
7 		EUR
Ret 		SMR
5 		ESP
Ret 		MON
12 		CAN
Ret 		FRA
9 		GBR
11 		GER
12 		HUN
8 		BEL
12 		ITA
9 		POR
10 		JPN AUS 17th 2
1994 MarlboroMcLaren Peugeot McLarenMP4/9 PeugeotV10 BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN
Ret 		NC 0
Tourtel Larrousse F1 LarrousseLH94 FordV8 BEL
Ret 		ITA POR EUR JPN AUS

Complete French Supertouring Championship results

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(key)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts
1995 Peugeot Esso Peugeot 405 NOG
1
6 		NOG
2
Ret 		DIJ
1
5 		DIJ
2
6 		PAU
1
5 		PAU
2
10 		CHA
1
7 		CHA
2
5 		VDV
1
6 		VDV
2
5 		CET
1
3 		CET
2
5 		LEC
1
Ret 		LEC
2
4 		ALB
1
Ret 		ALB
2
7 		DML
1
6 		DML
2
4 		6th 53

References

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  1. ^"ORDRE NATIONAL DU MERITE"(in French).Retrieved15 June2023.
  2. ^Saward, Joe (1 March 1993)."Philippe Alliot".Grandprix.Retrieved10 November2024.
  3. ^Celebrating Winless Wonders: 20 F1 Drivers with the Most Starts without a Win- Mike Pryson, Autoweek, 9 June 2020
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