François Migault

François Migault
Born 4 December 1944
Le Mans, France
Died 29 January 2012 (aged 67)
Le Mans, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality France French
Active years 1972, 19741975
Teams Connew, BRM, Hill, Williams
Races 16 (13 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First race 1972 British Grand Prix
Last race 1975 French Grand Prix

François Migault (4 December 1944 – 29 January 2012) was a racing driver from Le Mans, France.[1] He participated in 16 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 August 1972, but scored no championship points.

Migault's first attempt in Formula One in 1972 was with the small, underfunded Connew team that managed to start in only one race. In 1974, he drove almost a complete season with British Racing Motors after both BRM drivers of 1973, Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni, had moved to Ferrari.

In 1975, a few races with the ill-fated Embassy Racing With Graham Hill team and Williams followed. In Formula Two that year, Migault achieved some success with an Osella FA2, scoring one point.

A native of Le Mans, he also entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans race 25 times, between 1972 and 2002.

Migault died on 29 January 2012 after a long battle with cancer.[2]

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Points
1972 Darnvall Connew Connew PC1 Cosworth V8 ARG RSA ESP MON BEL FRA GBR
DNS
GER AUT
Ret
ITA CAN USA NC 0
1974 Team Motul BRM BRM P160E BRM V12 ARG
Ret
BRA
16
RSA
15
ESP
Ret
BEL
16
MON
Ret
SWE FRA
14
GBR
NC
GER
DNQ
AUT NC 0
BRM P201 NED
Ret
ITA
Ret
CAN USA
1975 Embassy Racing With Graham Hill Hill GH1 Cosworth V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP
NC
MON BEL
Ret
SWE NED NC 0
Frank Williams Racing Cars Williams FW03 FRA
DNS
GBR GER AUT ITA USA

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1972 France Charles Pozzi France Daniel Rouveyran Ferrari 365 GTB/4 GT
5.0
22 DNF DNF
1973 United States North American Racing Team United States Luigi Chinetti, Jr. Ferrari 365 GTB/4 GT
5.0
299 13th 3rd
1974 France Équipe Gitanes France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Matra-Simca MS670C S
3.0
324 3rd 3rd
1975 France Gitanes Automobiles Ligier France Henri Pescarolo Ligier JS2-Ford Cosworth S
3.0
146 DNF DNF
1976 United States Grand Touring Cars Inc. France Jean-Louis Lafosse Mirage GR8-Ford Cosworth S
3.0
338 2nd 2nd
1977 United States North American Racing Team France Lucien Guitteny Ferrari 365 GT4/BB IMSA 268 16th 6th
1978 France Écurie Grand Competition Cars
United States North American Racing Team
France Lucien Guitteny Ferrari 365 GT4/BB IMSA
+2.5
262 16th 3rd
1979 United Kingdom Alain de Cadenet United Kingdom Alain de Cadenet De Cadenet-Lola T380-Ford Cosworth S
+2.0
10 DNF DNF
1980 United Kingdom Alain de Cadenet United Kingdom Alain de Cadenet De Cadenet-Lola LM-Ford Cosworth S
+2.0
313 7th 3rd
1981 France Otis Jean Rondeau United Kingdom Gordon Spice Rondeau M379-Ford Cosworth GTP
3.0
335 3rd 2nd
1982 France Malardeau Automobiles Jean Rondeau United Kingdom Gordon Spice
France Xavier Lapeyre
Rondeau M382-Ford Cosworth C 150 DNF DNF
1983 United Kingdom Peer Racing Republic of Ireland Dave Kennedy
Republic of Ireland Martin Birrane
Ford C100 C 16 DNF DNF
1984 United Kingdom John Bartlett Racing United Kingdom Steve Kempton
France François Sérvanin
Lola T610-Ford Cosworth C2 52 DNF DNF
1986 France WM Secateva France Jean-Daniel Raulet
France Michel Pignard
WM P86-Peugeot C1 132 DNF DNF
1987 France WM Secateva France Jean-Daniel Raulet
France Pascal Pessiot
WM P86-Peugeot C1 14 DNF DNF
1988 France Courage Compétition France Paul Belmondo
Japan Ukyo Katayama
Courage C22-Porsche C1 66 DNF DNF
1990 France Automobiles Louis Descartes France Gérard Tremblay
France Jacques Heuclin
ALD C289-Ford Cosworth C2 36 DNF DNF
1991 France Courage Compétition France Lionel Robert
France Jean-Daniel Raulet
Cougar C26S-Porsche C2 331 11th 11th
1992 United Kingdom TDR Spice Racing United Kingdom Chris Hodgetts
France Thierry Lecerf
Spice SE90C-Ford Cosworth C1 - DNS DNS
1993 Germany Porsche Kremer Racing United States Andy Evans
Spain Tomás Saldaña
Porsche 962CK6 C2 316 13th 8th
1994 France Rent-A-Car Racing Team
Belgium Luigi Racing
France Denis Morin
France Philippe Gache
Dodge Viper RT/10 GT1 225 NC NC
1995 United Kingdom Team Marcos United Kingdom David Leslie
United Kingdom Chris Marsh
Marcos Mantara LM600 GT2 184 NC NC
1998 France Pilot Racing France Michel Ferté
France Pascal Fabre
Ferrari 333 SP LMP1 203 DNF DNF
2001 United Kingdom S & R Rowan Racing Ltd. Republic of Ireland Warren Carway
United Kingdom Martin O'Connell
Pilbeam MP84-Nissan LMP675 3 DNF DNF
2002 Japan Kondo Racing Japan Masahiko Kondo
United Kingdom Ian McKellar, Jr.
Dome S101-Judd LMP900 182 DNF DNF

References

  1. Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers – Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  2. "François Migault n'est plus". L'Équipe. 29 January 2012.