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Patrick Tambay

{{Short description|French racing driver (1949–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Patrick Tambay

| birth_name = Patrick Daniel Tambay

| image = Zandvoort circuit De striptekenaar Graton in de pits, NL-HlmNHA 54005237 - Patrick Tambay (cropped).JPG

| caption = Tambay at the 1983 Dutch Grand Prix

| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|6|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|12|04|1949|06|25}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| children = 3, including Adrien

| module =

{{Infobox F1 driver|embed=yes

| Nationality = {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} French

| Years = {{f1|1977}}–{{f1|1979}}, {{f1|1981}}–{{f1|1986}}

| Team(s) = Surtees, Theodore, McLaren, Ligier, Ferrari, Renault, Haas Lola

| Races = 123 (114 starts)

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 2

| Podiums = 11

| Points = 103

| Poles = 5

| Fastest laps = 2

| First race = 1977 French Grand Prix

| First win = 1982 German Grand Prix

| Last win = 1983 San Marino Grand Prix

| Last race = 1986 Australian Grand Prix

}}

| module2 =

{{Infobox Le Mans driver|embed=yes

| Years = {{24hLM|1976}}–{{24hLM|1977}}, {{24hLM|1981}}, {{24hLM|1989}}

| Team(s) = Renault, Rondeau, Jaguar

| Best Finish = 4th ({{24hLM|1989}})

| Class Wins = 0

}}}}

Patrick Daniel Tambay ({{IPA|fr|pa.tʁik da.njɛl tɑ̃.bɛ}}; 25 June 1949 – 4 December 2022) was a French racing driver, broadcaster and politician, who competed in Formula One from {{F1|1977}} to {{F1|1986}}. Tambay won two Formula One Grands Prix across nine seasons.

Born and raised in Paris, Tambay gained training as a racing driver at the Winfield Racing School in 1971. Between {{F1|1977}} and {{F1|1981}}, he raced for an assortment of teams including Surtees, Theodore, Ligier and McLaren with mixed results; he additionally won two Can-Am titles under Carl Haas in 1977 and 1980. Tambay was hired by Ferrari after the death of Gilles Villeneuve in {{F1|1982}}, taking his maiden victory four races later at the {{F1GP|1982|German}}. His second and final victory came the following season in San Marino, finishing the season a career-best fourth in the World Drivers' Championship. In {{F1|1984}}, Tambay moved to Renault, before ending his Formula One career at Haas Lola, having achieved two wins, five pole positions, two fastest laps and 11 podiums.

Tambay competed in various forms of motorsport following his departure from Formula One, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the World Sportscar Championship, and the Dakar Rally.

Racing career

File:Tambay Renault RE50 1984 Dallas F1.jpg where, like many others, he retired after hitting a wall.]]

Early in his career, Tambay was a part of Formula 5000 with the team run by Carl Haas.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|292117161}} |last1=Glick |first1=Shav |title=For Carl Haas, It's a Working Weekend : The Only Fun in Racing Is Winning, Says the Man Who Runs Andretti's Team |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-04-14-sp-8293-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=14 April 1985 |page=2 }}

In 1977, winning the Can Am championship with Haas,{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|423943182}} |last1=Potter |first1=Steve |title=Can Am Struggling in Revival |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/06/29/archives/can-am-struggling-in-revival.html |work=The New York Times |date=29 June 1980 |page=A.9 }} Tambay debuted in Formula One on a one-off basis with Surtees, driving in only one session at the 1977 French Grand Prix before spending the rest of the season with Theodore. This partnership proved fruitful, and Tambay moved to McLaren to race Formula One full-time for the 1978 and 1979 seasons.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/63851584 |title=Former Formula 1 Ferrari driver Patrick Tambay dies aged 73 |date=4 December 2022 |accessdate=4 December 2022 |website=BBC Sport |last=Benson |first=Andrew}} In 1980, he returned to Can Am with the Lola team run by Carl Haas, immediately winning early in the season and then winning his second Can-Am championship.

In 1981 he returned to F1, first driving for the Theodore team then finishing the season with Ligier.

File:1985 European GP Tambay.jpg]]

In 1982, he was offered a drive with Arrows by team boss Jackie Oliver to replace the injured Marc Surer in the season-opening South African Grand Prix. He arrived at the track and, when faced with the ongoing turmoil and the possibility of a drivers' strike, he soon left and did not take part in the race.{{Cite news |last=Arron |first=Simon |title=Patrick Tambay: 'You could've been world champion' |website=Motor Sport Magazine |date=August 2016 |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-2016/80/patrick-tambay-interview?v=79cba1185463 |accessdate=2023-01-12}} Later in 1982 he was offered a place with the Scuderia Ferrari after the death of his close friend Gilles Villeneuve. He won his first Grand Prix at the German Grand Prix that year after Didier Pironi was injured in qualifying, in his fourth race for Ferrari. He took his second and last Grand Prix win in 1983 at Imola; driving with Villeneuve's #27, he won after Riccardo Patrese crashed near the end of the race.

Despite finishing 4th in the {{F1|1983}} World Championship (with team mate René Arnoux finishing 3rd enabling Ferrari to win the Constructors' Championship), Tambay was dropped by the Scuderia at the end of 1983 in favor of Italian Michele Alboreto. Tambay then moved from one factory team to the other in Formula One at the time, Renault who had finished 2nd in the 1983 Constructors' Championship and 2nd in the Drivers' with fellow Frenchman Alain Prost. Unfortunately for Tambay, after 1983 the factory Renault teams fortunes would go on the downslide and he would spend a somewhat fruitless two seasons before Renault pulled the plug on its factory team with his best results over the {{f1|1984}} and {{F1|1985}} seasons being a single pole position and subsequent 2nd place in the 1984 French Grand Prix at Dijon.

For what would prove to be his final season in Formula One, Tambay was then reunited with his old boss Carl Haas racing in the Haas Lola F1 team in {{F1|1986}} where he spent an even more fruitless season alongside {{F1|1980}} World Champion, Australian driver Alan Jones despite Haas having exclusive use of the new Cosworth designed and built Ford TEC V6 turbo engine. Tambay's best result driving either the underpowered Hart engined Lola THL1 or the Ford powered Lola THL2 (which itself was somewhat underpowered compared to its rivals from BMW, Honda, Renault, Ferrari and TAG-Porsche) was a lone 5th place in the THL2 in the 1986 Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring (Jones having an equally hard time of it in 1986, finished 4th). Although he regularly out-qualified his former World Championship winning team mate, his 2 points in Austria would be Tambay's only points of the 1986 season and thus his last scored in Formula One. With the loss of the lucrative sponsorship from American company Beatrice Foods in mid-1986, Carl Haas shut his Formula One team down at the end of the season and Tambay, unable to find a competitive drive to continue in {{F1|1987}}, retired from the sport.

In 1987, Tambay formed his own sports promotion company in Switzerland, but gave this up in 1989 to return to racing. In 1989, he drove a Jaguar in the World Sportscar Championship and went on to finish fourth in the Le Mans 24 Hours. He then took up desert rally raiding, finishing twice in the top three on the Paris-Dakar. Additionally, he was involved in ice races and the Tour de Corse jet ski race.

Later life and death

After retiring from full-time racing, Tambay worked as a commentator for French television. He also served as the deputy mayor of Le Cannet, a suburb of Cannes.{{cite web |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.two-time-grand-prix-winner-patrick-tambay-passes-away-aged-73.3LnW39kxLlazb7PqejVpwr.html |title=Two-time Grand Prix winner Patrick Tambay passes away |website=formula1.com |date=4 December 2022 |accessdate=4 December 2022}} He was the godfather to 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, while his son Adrien raced in the DTM championship between 2012 and 2016. After suffering from Parkinson's disease for several years,{{cite web |last1=Arron |first1=Simon |title=Patrick Tambay interview |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-2016/80/patrick-tambay-interview |website=Motor Sport Magazine |access-date=4 October 2020 |date=August 2016}} Tambay died on 4 December 2022, at age 73. His son Adrien announced his death.{{cite web |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Formule-1/Actualites/Patrick-tambay-ancien-pilote-de-f1-est-mort/1368388 |title=Patrick Tambay, ancien pilote de F1, est mort |language=fr |date=4 December 2022 |accessdate=4 December 2022 |website=lequipe.fr}}

Racing record

=Career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

!Season

!Series

!Team

!Races

!Wins

!Poles

!F/Laps

!Podiums

!Points

!Position

1974

|align=left|European Formula Two

|align=left|Écurie Elf

|10

|0

|0

|0

|0

|11

|7th

1975

|align=left|European Formula Two

|align=left|March Engineering

|14

|1

|3

|0

|5

|36

|style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd

rowspan=2|1976

|align=left|European Formula Two

|align=left|Automobiles Martini

|12

|1

|2

|1

|7

|39

|style="background:#FFDF9F"|3rd

align=left nowrap|SCCA Continental Championship

|align=left nowrap|Theodore Racing Hong Kong

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|2

|21st

rowspan=3|1977

|align=left|Formula One

|align=left|Theodore Racing Hong Kong

|7

|0

|0

|0

|0

|5

|18th

align=left|Can-Am

|align=left|Carl A. Haas Racing

|6

|6

|0

|0

|6

|0

|style="background:#FFFFBF"|1st

align=left|European Formula Two

|align=left|Ardmore Racing

|2

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|NC

rowspan=2|1978

|align=left|Formula One

|align=left|Marlboro Team McLaren

|15

|0

|0

|0

|0

|8

|14th

align=left|European Formula Two

|align=left|Chevron Cars

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC{{smallsup|‡}}

1979

|align=left|Formula One

|align=left|Marlboro Team McLaren

|13

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

1980

|align=left|Can-Am

|align=left|Carl A. Haas Racing

|6

|6

|0

|0

|6

|0

|style="background:#FFFFBF"|1st

rowspan=3|1981

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Formula One

|align=left|Equipe Talbot Gitanes

|8

|0

|0

|0

|0

|rowspan=2|1

|rowspan=2|19th

align=left|Theodore Racing

|6

|0

|0

|0

|0

align=left|24 Hours of Le Mans

|align=left|Oceanic Jean Rondeau

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|DNF

1982

|align=left|Formula One

|align=left|Scuderia Ferrari

|6

|1

|0

|0

|3

|25

|7th

1983

|align=left|Formula One

|align=left|Scuderia Ferrari

|15

|1

|4

|1

|5

|40

|4th

1984

|align=left|Formula One

|align=left|Equipe Renault Elf

|15

|0

|1

|1

|1

|11

|11th

1985

|align=left|Formula One

|align=left|Equipe Renault Elf

|15

|0

|0

|0

|2

|11

|12th

1986

|align=left|Formula One

|align=left|Team Haas (USA) Ltd.

|14

|0

|0

|0

|0

|2

|15th

1989

|align=left|World Sportscar Championship

|align=left|Silk Cut Jaguar

|8

|0

|1

|0

|1

|30

|8th

2005

|align=left|Grand Prix Masters

|align=left|Team Lixxus

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|–

2006

|align=left|Grand Prix Masters

|align=left|Team Lixxus

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|–

colspan="10"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/patrick-tambay/ |title=Patrick Tambay Statistics Database |website=motorsportmagazine.com |accessdate=4 December 2022}}}}}}

{{smallsup|‡}} Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points.

=Complete European Formula Two Championship results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

{{F2|1974}}

! nowrap| Ecurie Elf

! nowrap| Alpine A367

! nowrap| BMW

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BAR
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAL
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG
{{small|NC}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KAR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL
{{small|4}}

|colspan=4|

! 7th

! 11

{{F2|1975}}

! nowrap| March Engineering

! nowrap| March 752

! nowrap| BMW

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EST
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| THR
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAL
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ROU
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ZOL
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NOG
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL
{{small|Ret}}

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 36

{{F2|1976}}

! nowrap| Automobiles Martini

! nowrap| Martini Mk 19

! nowrap| Renault

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOC
{{tooltip|3|Received 6 championship points as Hans-Joachim Stuck who finished ahead was ineligible for points}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| THR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VLL
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SAL
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOC
{{tooltip|3|Received 6 championship points as Hans-Joachim Stuck who finished ahead was ineligible for points}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROU
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MUG
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| EST
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NOG
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF"| HOC
{{small|DSQ}}

|colspan=2|

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 39

{{F2|1977}}

! nowrap| Ardmore Racing

! nowrap| Chevron B40

! nowrap| Hart

| SIL

| THR

| HOC

| NÜR

| VLL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU
{{small|Ret}}

| MUG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROU
{{small|Ret}}

| NOG

| PER

| MIS

| EST

| DON

|

! NC

! 0

{{F2|1978}}

! nowrap| Chevron Cars

! nowrap| Chevron B42

! nowrap| Hart

| THR

| HOC

| NÜR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PAU
{{small|6}}

| MUG

| VLL

| ROU

| DON

| NOG

| PER

| MIS

| HOC

|colspan=2|

! NC

! 0{{smallsup|‡}}

colspan="20"|{{center|{{small|Source:}}}}

{{smallsup|‡}} Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points

=Complete Formula One World Championship results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! {{Tooltip|WDC|World Drivers' Championship}}

! Pts

rowspan=2| 1977

! nowrap| Team Surtees

! nowrap| Surtees TS19

! nowrap| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8

| ARG

| BRA

| RSA

| USW

| ESP

| MON

| BEL

| SWE

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| FRA
{{small|DNQ}}

|colspan=8|

!rowspan=2| 18th

!rowspan=2| 5

nowrap| Theodore Racing Hong Kong

! nowrap| Ensign N177

! nowrap| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8

|colspan=9|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| USA
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN
{{small|Ret}}

1978

! nowrap| Marlboro Team McLaren{{efn|name=Löwenbräu1|McLaren entered the final two rounds as "Löwenbräu Team McLaren".}}

! nowrap| McLaren M26

! nowrap| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ARG
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| USW
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON
{{small|7}}

| BEL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAN
{{small|8}}

|

! 14th

! 8

rowspan=5| 1979

!rowspan=5 nowrap| Marlboro Team McLaren{{efn|name=Löwenbräu2|McLaren entered round 4 as "Löwenbräu Team McLaren".}}

! nowrap| McLaren M28

!rowspan=5 nowrap| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ARG
{{small|Ret}}

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSA
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USW
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
{{small|13}}

|colspan=12|

!rowspan=5| NC

!rowspan=5| 0

nowrap| McLaren M26

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRA
{{small|Ret}}

|colspan=3|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BEL
{{small|DNQ}}

|colspan=11|

nowrap| McLaren M28B

|colspan=6|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MON
{{small|DNQ}}

|colspan=10|

nowrap| McLaren M28C

|colspan=7|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
{{small|7}}

|colspan=8|

nowrap| McLaren M29

|colspan=9|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAN
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
{{small|Ret}}

|colspan=2|

rowspan=2| 1981

! nowrap| Theodore Racing Team

! nowrap| Theodore TY01

! nowrap| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USW
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRA
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ARG
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SMR
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BEL
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
{{small|13}}

|colspan=10|

!rowspan=2| 19th

!rowspan=2| 1

nowrap| Equipe Talbot Gitanes

! nowrap| Ligier JS17

! nowrap| Matra MS81 3.0 V12

|colspan=7|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAN
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CPL
{{small|Ret}}

|colspan=2|

1982

! nowrap| Scuderia Ferrari

! nowrap| Ferrari 126C2

! nowrap| Ferrari 021 1.5 V6 t

| RSA

| BRA

| USW

| SMR

| BEL

| MON

| DET

| CAN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#ffffff;"| SUI
{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ITA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#ffffff;"| CPL
{{small|DNS}}

|

! 7th

! 25

rowspan=2| 1983

!rowspan=2 nowrap| Scuderia Ferrari

! nowrap| Ferrari 126C2/B

!rowspan=2 nowrap| Ferrari 021 1.5 V6 t

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USW
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SMR
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DET
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAN
{{small|3}}

|colspan=9|

!rowspan=2| 4th

!rowspan=2| 40

nowrap| Ferrari 126C3

|colspan=8|

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NED
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EUR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA
{{small|Ret}}

|colspan=2|

1984

! nowrap| Equipe Renault Elf

! nowrap| Renault RE50

! nowrap| Renault EF4 1.5 V6 t

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FRA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
{{small|Ret}}

| CAN
{{small|WD}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DET
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAL
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EUR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR
{{small|7}}

|

! 11th

! 11

rowspan=2| 1985

!rowspan=2 nowrap| Equipe Renault Elf

! nowrap| Renault RE60

! nowrap| Renault EF4B 1.5 V6 t

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SMR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAN
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DET
{{small|Ret}}

|colspan=11|

!rowspan=2| 12th

!rowspan=2| 11

nowrap| Renault RE60B

! nowrap| Renault EF15 1.5 V6 t

|colspan=6|

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| EUR
{{small|12}}

| RSA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS
{{small|Ret}}

|

rowspan=2| 1986

!rowspan=2 nowrap| Team Haas (USA) Ltd.

! nowrap| Lola THL1

! nowrap| Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR
{{small|Ret}}

|colspan=14|

!rowspan=2| 15th

!rowspan=2| 2

nowrap| Lola THL2

! nowrap| Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6 t

|colspan=3|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#ffffff;"| CAN
{{small|DNS}}

| DET

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR
{{small|NC}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEX
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS
{{small|NC}}

|

colspan="23"|{{center|{{small|Source:}}}}

=24 Hours of Le Mans results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

1976

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} Renault Sport

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Jabouille
{{flagicon|FRA}} José Dolhem

|align="left" nowrap| Renault Alpine A442

| S
3.0

| 135

| DNF

| DNF

1977

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} Équipe Renault Elf

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Jaussaud

|align="left" nowrap| Renault Alpine A442

| S 3.0

| 158

| DNF

| DNF

1981

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} Oceanic Jean Rondeau

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Pescarolo

|align="left" nowrap| Rondeau M379-Ford Cosworth

| 2
+2.0

| 41

| DNF

| DNF

1989

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|GBR}} Silk Cut Jaguar
{{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Walkinshaw Racing

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|NED}} Jan Lammers
{{flagicon|GBR}} Andrew Gilbert-Scott

|align="left" nowrap| Jaguar XJR-9LM

| C1

| 380

| 4th

| 4th

colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Source:}}}}

=Complete Canadian-American Challenge Cup results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! Pos

! Pts

1977

! nowrap| Carl A. Haas Racing

! nowrap| Lola T333CS

! nowrap| Chevrolet V8

| MTR

| LAG

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| WGL
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MDO
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MOS
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CTR
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SON
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RIV
{{small|1}}

|

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 159

1980

! nowrap| Carl A. Haas Racing

! nowrap| Lola T530

! nowrap| Chevrolet V8

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SON
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MDO
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MOS
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| WGL
{{small|1}}

| ROA

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRA
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CTR
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LAG
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RIV
{{small|3}}

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 61

colspan="16"|{{center|{{small|Sources:{{cite web|url=http://wsrp.ic.cz/tablecanam.html |title=Can-Am – final positions and tables |publisher=World Sports Racing Prototypes |date=2 October 2005 |accessdate=20 May 2022 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026021543/http://wsrp.ic.cz/tablecanam.html |archivedate=26 October 2020 }}}}}}

=Complete Grand Prix Masters results=

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
Year

! Team

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

2005

! nowrap| Team Lixxus

! nowrap| Delta Motorsport GPM

! nowrap| Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| RSA
{{small|11}}

|colspan=4|

2006

! nowrap| Team Lixxus

! nowrap| Delta Motorsport GPM

! nowrap| Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| QAT
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#ffffff;"| ITA
{{small|C}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#ffffff;"| MAL
{{small|C}}

|style="background:#ffffff;"| RSA
{{small|C}}

colspan="9"|{{center|{{small|Source:}}}}

Explanatory notes

{{notelist}}

Citations

{{Reflist}}

General and cited references

  • {{cite book|last1=Burbi|first1=Massimo|last2=Tambay|first2=Patrick|title=27: Patrick Tambay – The Ferrari Years|date=2016|publisher=Evro Publishing|isbn=978-1910505120}}

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(1974) | after=Alan Jones}}

{{Succession box| title = Can-Am
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