Patrick Daniel Tambay (French pronunciation:[pa.tʁikda.njɛltɑ̃.bɛ]; 25 June 1949 – 4 December 2022) was a French racing driver, commentator, and politician, who competed in 123 Formula One races between 1977 and 1986, securing five pole positions and winning twice.[1]
He gained training as a racing driver at Winfield Racing School in France in 1971. Between 1977 and 1981, he raced for an assortment of teams including Surtees, Theodore, Ligier, and McLaren with mixed results; he additionally won two Can Am championships under Carl Haas in 1977 and 1980. Tambay was hired by Scuderia Ferrari after his close friend Gilles Villeneuve died during the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix; he took his maiden victory four races later in Germany. His second and final victory came the following year in emotional circumstances at Imola. In 1984, Tambay moved to Renault and ended his F1 career at Haas Lola.
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.
^FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1979. Patrick Stephens Ltd. white p. 44. ISBN 0-85059-320-4.
Patrick Daniel Tambay (French pronunciation: [pa.tʁik da.njɛl tɑ̃.bɛ]; 25 June 1949 – 4 December 2022) was a French racing driver, commentator, and politician...
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testing at Circuit Paul Ricard. In warm-up to the Canadian Grand Prix, PatrickTambay, driving for Haas Lola, suffered suspension failure and a huge accident...
finally stepping over to turbo. Ferrari dropped PatrickTambay in favour of Michele Alboreto. Tambay moved to Renault, with Derek Warwick as his teammate...
Clay Regazzoni moved to Shadow from Ensign, while his 1977 teammate PatrickTambay was signed by McLaren. This left Ensign in a search for two new drivers...
replacing Marc Surer. The Swiss driver moved to Theodore, from where PatrickTambay moved to Ligier. Their driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille retired from F1...
Brabham. The McLaren team produced a new McLaren M28 for Watson and PatrickTambay to drive. Hunt had received a huge offer to drive for Wolf Racing with...
second car for the next three races, before ultimately drafting in PatrickTambay to replace Villeneuve. He managed three podium finishes, including a...
Prix to the Swiss Grand Prix. Ferrari, who replaced Villeneuve with PatrickTambay and Pironi with 1978 World Champion Mario Andretti, managed to score...
6 laps from home, handing Frenchman PatrickTambay the win in his Ferrari. Patrese himself had only passed Tambay for the lead half a lap earlier. One...
deceleration. After winning the 1977 Can-Am season with Haas Lola, PatrickTambay debuted in Formula 1 with Surtees for one race and then finished the...
into the path of his team-mate PatrickTambay. Both drivers suffered leg injuries; Warwick bruised his left leg while Tambay broke his leg after his car's...
Stuck, PatrickTambay and Christian Danner running at the Silverstone Circuit in England. De Cesaris was fastest, Danner slowest whilst Tambay crashed...
of former Formula One driver PatrickTambay, who won two Grands Prix for Ferrari in the early 1980s. Born in Paris, Tambay began his car racing career...
not particularly effective. Watson described the car as "a disaster." PatrickTambay was even less enthused by the M28, labelling it "a shitbox." The car...
renamed the Nouvelle Chicane. PatrickTambay had a spectacular accident when he and Martin Brundle tangled at Mirabeau, and Tambay's Lola went right over Brundle's...
finished second in a Renault, with Arnoux's compatriot and teammate PatrickTambay third. Tambay moved to within three points of Drivers' Championship leader...
on lap 12. The top four held steady to lap 15, with Niki Lauda and PatrickTambay in 5th and 6th, 25 seconds behind 4th place Alboreto. Keke Rosberg spun...
most telling examples of supreme driving ability", while fellow driver PatrickTambay described the race as a nightmare, as it was "very, very flooded everywhere...
Frenchman PatrickTambay, who had previously driven for Haas's Can-Am team in North America, was added as the team's second entry alongside Jones. Tambay had...
raced by the Renault team in the 1985 season. The cars were driven by PatrickTambay and Derek Warwick who had also driven for the team in 1984. The car...
and entered an Ensign for PatrickTambay in F1. After a moderately successful half season in 1977, with driver PatrickTambay scoring four points and finishing...
championship. The M26 was updated for the 1978 season and Mass was replaced by PatrickTambay. But after a promising start to the season for Hunt, things began to...
PatrickTambay, and de Cesaris began to build up a lead on Prost who faced pressure from the Ferraris behind him. After initially challenging Tambay for...
second and last win. Thierry Boutsen was second in an Arrows-BMW, with PatrickTambay third in a factory Renault. Before the previous race in Portugal it...
while Cheever left to join Alfa Romeo. The team turned to Frenchman PatrickTambay (who had left Ferrari) and Englishman Derek Warwick (formerly of Toleman)...
third position. Nelson Piquet finished second in a Brabham-BMW, with PatrickTambay third in a Ferrari. The win, Prost's third of the season, enabled him...
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