F1 race winner Jean-Pierre Jabouille passes away

The primary driver to take a grand prix victory with a turbocharged engine, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, has handed away on the age of 80.

A Formulation 2 Championship winner, he was one of many drivers liable for main Renault’s F1 breakthrough, and Jabouille took a historic first victory for the staff at their residence race in 1979 in Dijon, France.

In a time of poor reliability for Renault, he defeated legendary racers Gilles Villeneuve, teammate Rene Arnoux and Alan Jones on this iconic occasion.

It was the primary victory of what would develop into a turbocharged period for Formulation 1.

He would take only one extra victory, on the 1980 Austrian Grand Prix, once more defeating Arnoux within the course of.

Two F1 race wins would turn into an unfair reward: He took a complete of six pole positions and a retired from potential victories on quite a few events.

An damage on the Canadian Grand Prix hampered his profession, and he retired from Formulation 1 after the 1981 Spanish GP while racing for Talbot.

Confirming the information, the Alpine (previously Renault) F1 staff wrote:

“BWT Alpine F1 Group is extremely saddened to study of the passing of Jean-Pierre Jabouille. A humble racing driver, good engineer, and a pioneer of our sport. Jean-Pierre was a real racer.

“He spearheaded Renault’s journey into F1 in 1977 along with his resilient and dare to do angle. He was Renault’s first Grand Prix winner in 1979, a landmark second in Renault’s journey in Formulation 1. His willpower and dedication to succeed impressed many, and these values stay central to the present staff in its now blue colors of Alpine.

“We’re the place we’re at this time due to Jean-Pierre and his legacy lives on.

“We’d like to increase our most honest condolences to his household and shut mates.

“Merci pour tout, Jean-Pierre.”