Michel Leclère
| Born | 18 March 1946 Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines, France |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  French |
| Active years | 1975–1976 |
| Teams | Tyrrell, Wolf–Williams |
| Entries | 8 (7 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1975 United States Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1976 French Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 1972, 1977 – 1979 |
| Teams | Ligier Grand Touring Cars Inc. JMS Racing |
| Best finish | DNF |
| Class wins | 0 |
Michel Leclère (born 18 March 1946) is a former motor racing driver from France. He participated in eight Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 5 October 1975, and scored no championship points.
Career
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After winning the French Formula 3 championship, driving for Alpine, in 1972, Leclère performed well in Formula 2. This earned him his chance in Formula One. After making his debut for Tyrrell at the last race of the 1975 season he landed a full-time drive with Wolf–Williams Racing in 1976. The relationship was not a success, however, and he returned to Formula 2. After a bad season with Kauhsen in 1978, he retired.
He has recently been involved with the Renault H&C Classic Team and has demonstrated and raced some of the historic Formula One cars and other machinery in their keeping, at various events around Europe.
Racing record
[edit]Complete European Formula Two Championship results
[edit](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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Elf John Coombs | Alpine A367 | Ford | MAL | HOC | THR | NÜR | PAU | KIN | NIV | HOC | ROU | MNZ | MAN | KAR | PER | SAL | NOR | ALB Ret | VAL | NC | 0 |
| 1974 | Ecurie Elf | Alpine A367 | BMW | BAR 6 | HOC 3 | PAU 5 | SAL | MUG 16 | KAR Ret | PER 4 | HOC 10 | VAL DNS | 6th | 12 | ||||||||
| March Racing Team | March 742 | HOC 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | March Engineering | March 752 | BMW | EST Ret | THR 7 | HOC 10 | NÜR Ret | PAU 5 | HOC Ret | SAL Ret | ROU 1 | MUG Ret | PER Ret | SIL 1 | ZOL 1 | NOG 2 | VAL Ret | 2nd | 36 | |||
| 1976 | Ecurie Elf | Elf 2J | Renault | HOC Ret | THR Ret | VAL 4 | SAL 1 | PAU Ret | HOC 2 | ROU Ret | MUG Ret | PER Ret | EST 8 | NOG 3 | HOC 2 | 4th | 33 | |||||
| 1977 | Willi Kauhsen Racing Team | Elf 2J | Renault | SIL Ret | THR Ret | HOC Ret | NÜR DNS | VAL Ret | PAU Ret | MUG DNS | ROU DNQ | NOG 15 | PER | MIS DNQ | EST 10 | DON | NC | 0 | ||||
| 1978 | Fred Opert Racing | Chevron B42 | Hart | THR | HOC | NÜR | PAU | MUG | VAL | ROU DNQ | DON | NOG | PER | MIS | HOC | NC | 0 | |||||
| 1979 | Polifac BMW Junior Team | March 792 | BMW | SIL | HOC | THR | NÜR | VAL | MUG | PAU Ret | HOC | ZAN | PER | MIS | DON | NC | 0 |
Complete Formula One 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 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 007 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | USA Ret | NC | 0 | ||
| 1976 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Wolf–Williams FW05 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | BRA | RSA 13 | USW DNQ | NC | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Walter Wolf Racing | ESP 10 | BEL 11 | MON 11 | SWE Ret | FRA 13 | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | USA | JPN | ||||||||
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24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Automobiles Ligier | Guy Chasseuil | Ligier JS2 | S 3.0 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1977 |  Grand Touring Cars Inc. Mirage Renault | Sam Posey | Mirage GR8 | S 3.0 | 58 | DNF | DNF |
| 1978 | Grand Touring Cars Inc. | Sam Posey | Mirage M9 | S+2.0 | 33 | DNF | DNF |
| 1979 | JMS Racing Charles Pozzi | Claude Ballot-Léna Peter Gregg | Ferrari 512BB/LM | IMSA +2.5 | 219 | DNF | DNF |
References
[edit]- Footnotes
- ^ Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 225. ISBN 0851127029.
- Sources
- "DRIVER: Leclère, Michel". Autocourse Grand Prix Archive. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
- "Michel Leclere". Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2007-09-11.