Philippe Alliot

Philippe Alliot
Formula One World Championship career
Born	27 July 1954 (1954-07-27) (age 57)
Nationality	French
Active years	1984–1990, 1993–1994
Teams	RAM, Ligier, Larrousse, McLaren
Races	116 (109 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	7
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1984 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last race	1994 Belgian Grand Prix

Philippe Alliot (born 27 July 1954 in Voves, Eure-et-Loir, France) is a former racing driver who participated in Formula One from 1984 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1994. He raced for RAM, Ligier, Larrousse and McLaren.

Prior to his career in Formula One he competed during 1976 and 1977 in Formule Renault, and won the championship in 1978, in the BP Racing team. With said team he also won the French Formula Renault championship and went on to French Formula Three. He finished third in his first race and moved to the European Formula 3 Championship in 1980. By 1983 he moved to Formula Two but hit the headlines that year when he finished third in the Le Mans 24 Hours with Michael and Mario Andretti in a Kremer Porsche.

In 1984 he joined the Skoal Bandit RAM F1 team, but did not enjoy much in the way of success. After Jacques Laffite was injured at the 1986 British Grand Prix, Alliot took his place at Ligier, where he showed an improvement. He moved to Larrousse for 1987, but returned to Ligier in 1990, gaining a reputation for accidents. This led to heavy criticism from team members, other drivers and even sports commentators, such as James Hunt calling Alliot "one of the worst Grand Prix drivers ever to drive a Grand Prix car" He left F1 for sports car racing in the early 1990s and enjoyed considerable success with the Peugeot team, run by Jean Todt. He made another attempt at F1 with Larrousse in 1993, before undertaking a testing role with McLaren the following year. This role led to one race for the team while Mika Häkkinen was suspended.

After announcing his retirement from Formula One in 1995, he decided to try a career in politics, also did some TV commentary and competed in ice racing and the Paris-Dakar Rally, but ended running his own GT racing team.

1 Racing record
2 References

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(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	Pos	Pts
1983	BMW France	Martini/001	BMW	SIL Ret	THR 5	HOC 8	NÜR DNS	VAL DNA	PAU Ret	JAR Ret	DON Ret	MIS Ret	PER 12	ZOL 5	MUG Ret	12th	4

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(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	DC	Points
1985	BS Automotive	March 85B	Ford Cosworth	SIL	THR	EST	VAL	PAU	SPA	DIJ 6	PER	ZEL	ZAN	DON	19th	1
1986	Oreca	March 86B	Ford Cosworth	SIL Ret	VAL 8	PAU Ret	SPA 1	IMO 13	MUG Ret	PER	ZEL	BIR	BUG	JAR	9th	9

Complete Formula One Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1984	Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	RAM 02	Hart Straight-4	BRA Ret	RSA Ret	BEL DNQ	SMR Ret	FRA Ret	MON DNQ	CAN 10	DET Ret	DAL DNS	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT 11	NED 10	ITA Ret	EUR Ret	POR Ret	NC	0
1985	Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	RAM 03	Hart Straight-4	BRA 9	POR Ret	SMR Ret	MON DNQ	CAN Ret	DET Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	BEL Ret	EUR Ret	RSA	AUS	NC	0
1986	Equipe Ligier	Ligier JS27	Renault V6	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	HUN 9	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	POR Ret	MEX 6	AUS 8	18th	1
1987	Larrousse Calmels	Lola LC87	Cosworth V8	BRA	SMR 10	BEL 8	MON Ret	DET Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 6	HUN Ret	AUT 12	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP 6	MEX 6	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	17th	3
1988	Larrousse Calmels	Lola LC88	Cosworth V8	BRA Ret	SMR 17	MON Ret	MEX Ret	CAN 10	DET Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 14	GER Ret	HUN 12	BEL 9	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP 14	JPN 9	AUS 10	NC	0
1989	Larrousse Calmels	Lola LC88C	Lamborghini V12	BRA 12																26th	1
1989	Equipe Larrousse	Lola LC89	Lamborghini V12		SMR Ret	MON Ret	MEX NC	USA Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN DNPQ	BEL 16	ITA Ret	POR 9	ESP 6	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	26th	1
1990	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS33B	Cosworth V8	USA EX	BRA 12	SMR 9	MON Ret	CAN Ret	MEX 18	FRA 9	GBR 13	GER DSQ	HUN 14	BEL DNQ	ITA 13	POR Ret	ESP Ret	JPN 10	AUS 11	NC	0
1993	Equipe Larrousse	Larrousse LH93	Lamborghini V12	RSA Ret	BRA 7	EUR Ret	SMR 5	ESP Ret	MON 12	CAN Ret	FRA 9	GBR 11	GER 12	HUN 8	BEL 12	ITA 9	POR 10	JPN	AUS	17th	2
1994	Marlboro McLaren Peugeot	McLaren MP4/9	Peugeot V10	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN Ret							NC	0
1994	Tourtel Larrousse F1	Larrousse LH94	Ford V8											BEL Ret	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS	NC	0

References

Driver Database entry for Philippe Alliot

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Name	Alliot, Philippe
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Date of birth	27 July 1954
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