Patrick Depailler
Patrick Andr Eugne Joseph Depailler was a racing driver from France. He participated in 95 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting onJuly 1972. He also participated in several nonChampionship Formula One races.
Depailler was born in ClermontFerrand, PuydeDme. As a child, he was inspired by Jean Behra. In Formula One, he joined a Tyrrell team that was beginning a long, slow decline, eventually moving to the erratic Ligier team before finally ending up with the revived Alfa Romeo squad in 1980. Depailler was helping to advance this team up the grid when he was killed in a crash at Hockenheim onAugust 1980, during a private testing session.
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