Patrick Tambay

Name: Patrick Tambay

Nationality: France

Date of birth: June 25, 1949 - Paris

A cosmopolitan gentleman who was educated in France and the USA, the debonair Tambay was one of the most genuinely charming and popular of all F1 drivers on the scene in the early 1980s. Bounced back from two lean seasons with McLaren in 1978-79 to drive for the Ligier team briefly and then be offered a chance with Ferrari after the death of Gilles Villeneuve in 1982. Won his spurs by winning that year's German GP after Didier Pironi was badly injured in practice, then scored an emotionally satisfying victory at Imola the following year. Dropped by Ferrari in favor of Michele Alboreto for 1994, Tambay moved first to Renault and then the unproductive Haas Beatrice Lola team in 1986.

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