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Alliot on all fronts

28. Jul 2022 
by Ziv Knoll
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Philippe Alliot, born 27 July 1954, is a former racing driver from France, who participated in Formula One from 1984 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1994. He raced for RAM, Ligier, Larrousse and McLaren, entered a total of 116 Formula 1 Grand Prix (109 starts) and scored 7 career points.

Picture above: Philippe Alliot in the Lola-Ford entered by the Larrousse-Calmels team, at the 1988 Hungarian Grand Prix, where he finished in 12th position.

Alliot was also an excellent endurance driver. He finished three times third in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. First in 1983, when he shared a Kremer-Porsche 956 with Mario and Michael Andretti. Then twice in 1992 and 1993 when he drove a works Peugeot 905 Evo 1B with Mauro Baldi and Jean-Pierre Jabouille (picture below).

Source: DR

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