Philippe Alliot

Philippe René Gabriel Alliot (born 27 July 1954) is a French former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from Template:F1 to Template:F1 and from Template:F1 to Template:F1.

Born and raised in Voves, Alliot initially studied political science before dropping out of university to pursue his racing career. He competed at 116 Formula One Grands Prix across nine seasons for RAM, Ligier, Larrousse and McLaren. Alliot also competed intermittently in the World Sportscar Championship, winning three races from 21 starts and finishing third in the standings in 1991 and 1992 with Peugeot. He also entered 10 editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing third in Template:24hLM, Template:24hLM and Template:24hLM.

Early life and career

Philippe René Gabriel Alliot was born on 27 July 1954 in Voves, Eure-et-Loir, France.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Alliot initially enrolled as a political science student, before dropping out to pursue a racing career at the Motul Racing School at the Circuit de Nogaro.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.

Formula One

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Alliot during practice for the 1985 European Grand Prix

In 1984 Alliot 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. He has the record of most race starts without any lead lap finish.<ref>Celebrating Winless Wonders: 20 F1 Drivers with the Most Starts without a Win - Mike Pryson, Autoweek, 9 June 2020</ref>

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Alliot driving the Ligier JS33B at the 1990 United States Grand Prix

Sportscars

Alliot left F1 for sports car racing in the early 1990s and enjoyed considerable success with the Peugeot team, run by Jean Todt. This included third-place finishes at the 1992 and 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Return to Formula One

Alliot made another attempt at F1 with Larrousse in Template:F1, achieving the best finish of his F1 career, fifth, at the San Marino Grand Prix. For Template:F1, Alliot was actually out of a drive in Formula One until Peugeot insisted that McLaren, who they were supplying V10 engines for, take him on as a test/reserve driver (largely against the wishes of team boss Ron Dennis who only relented because of Peugeot's insistence). This role led to a race at the 1994 Hungarian Grand Prix for the team as a replacement for Mika Häkkinen, while he was suspended. Qualifying 14th, he retired from the race itself. Alliot then replaced Olivier Beretta at Larrousse for the following race, the Belgian Grand Prix. Starting from 19th on the grid, he retired with engine failure and this proved to be his last race in F1. Alliot left Formula One as the driver with the most race starts who had never achieved at least one of a podium finish, a pole position, or a fastest lap.

Later life

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.

Racing record

Career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1976	Formule Renault Nationale	Écurie Armagnac Bigorre	13	0	0	0	0	21	11th
1977	Formule Renault Nationale	Écurie Armagnac Bigorre	8	1	1	4	3	33	9th
1978	Formule Renault Nationale	BP Racing Team	14	5	3	4	9	144	1st
1979	French Formula Three		?	?	?	?	?	18	3rd
	European Formula Three	Kores Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1980	European Formula Three	Automobiles Martini	13	0	1	3	6	39	5th
	German Formula Three		2	0	0	1	0	0	NC†
	French Formula Three	Ecurie Elf	2	2	0	1	2	42	7th
1981	European Formula Three	Automobiles Martini	14	2	1	0	5	41	3rd
	World Sportscar Championship	Ecurie Elf	2	0	0	0	0	6	309th
	French Formula Three		1	1	0	0	1	0	NC
	German Formula Three		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
1982	European Formula Three	Automobiles Martini	9	1	0	0	2	25	6th
	World Sportscar Championship	Otis-Rondeau	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	German Formula Three	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
1983	European Formula Two	BMW France	10	0	1	1	0	4	12th
	World Sportscar Championship	Porsche Kremer Racing	2	0	0	0	1	12	25th
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
1984	Formula One	Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	13	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1985	Formula One	Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	13	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	European Formula 3000	BS Automotive	1	0	0	0	0	1	19th
1986	Formula One	Équipe Ligier	7	0	0	0	0	1	18th
	International Formula 3000	Oreca	6	1	0	1	1	9	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	John Fitzpatrick Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
1987	Formula One	Larrousse Calmels	15	0	0	0	0	3	17th
1988	Formula One	Larrousse Calmels	16	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1989	Formula One	Larrousse Calmels/Equipe Larrousse	15	0	0	0	0	1	26th
1990	Formula One	Ligier Gitanes	14	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Porsche Kremer Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
1991	World Sportscar Championship	Peugeot Talbot Sport	8	1	1	1	3	69	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1992	World Sportscar Championship	Peugeot Talbot Sport	6	2	2	2	4	64	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	1	0	1	N/A	3rd
1993	Formula One	Equipe Larrousse	14	0	0	0	0	2	17th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Peugeot Talbot Sport	1	0	1	0	1	N/A	3rd
1994	Formula One	Marlboro McLaren Peugeot	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Tourtel Larrousse F1	1	0	0	0	0
1995	French Supertouring Championship	Peugeot Esso	18	0	2	0	1	53	6th
	BPR Global GT Series	Toyota Team Tom's	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	GTC Gulf Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1996	24 Hours of Le Mans	Courage Compétition	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1999	FFSA GT Championship	MTO Mirabeau Compétition	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2000	FIA GT Championship – N-GT	JMB Competition	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2001	FFSA GT Championship	JMB Competition	11	4	0	0	7	258	4th
2002	FIA GT Championship	Force One Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2003	FIA GT Championship	Force One Racing Festina	7	0	1	0	1	9	42nd
	FFSA GT Championship		6	3	1	1	3	125	11th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Courage Compétition	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2004	FIA GT Championship	Force One Racing	1	0	0	0	0	5.5	41st
2005	FFSA GT Championship	Force One Racing	2	0	0	0	0	1	39th
2006	FFSA GT Championship	PSI Expérience	8	1	1	1	3	113	8th

^† As Alliot was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete European Formula Three 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	13	14	15	Template:Tooltip	Points
1980	Automobiles Martini	Martini MK31	Toyota	NÜR Template:Small	ÖST Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	MAG Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	LCA Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	MNZ Template:Small	MIS Template:Small	KNU Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	JAR Template:Small	KAS Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small		5th	39
1981	Automobiles Martini	Martini MK34	Alfa Romeo	VAL Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	DON Template:Small	ÖST Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	MAG Template:Small	LCA Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	CET Template:Small	MIS Template:Small	KNU Template:Small	JAR Template:Small	IMO Template:Small	MUG	3rd	41
1982	Automobiles Martini	Martini MK37	Alfa Romeo	MUG Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	DON	ZOL Template:Small	MAG Template:Small	ÖST Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	MNZ	PER	LCA Template:Small	KNU Template:Small	NOG Template:Small	JAR Template:Small	KAS	6th	25

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1981	Template:Flagicon BMW Italie-France	Template:Flagicon Johnny Cecotto Template:Flagicon Bernard Darniche	BMW M1 Gr. 5	Gr. 5 SP +2.0	278	16th	3rd
1983	Template:Flagicon Porsche Kremer Racing	Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti	Porsche 956	C	364	3rd	3rd
1986	Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick Racing	Template:Flagicon Paco Romero Template:Flagicon Michel Trollé	Porsche 962C	C1	312	10th	8th
1990	Template:Flagicon Porsche Kremer Racing	Template:Flagicon Patrick Gonin Template:Flagicon Bernard de Dryver	Porsche 962CK6	C1	319	16th	16th
1991	Template:Flagicon Peugeot Talbot Sport	Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Peugeot 905	C1	22	DNF	DNF
1992	Template:Flagicon Peugeot Talbot Sport	Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Peugeot 905 Evo 1B	C1	345	3rd	3rd
1993	Template:Flagicon Peugeot Talbot Sport	Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Peugeot 905 Evo 1B	C1	367	3rd	3rd
1995	Template:Flagicon GTC Gulf Racing	Template:Flagicon Pierre-Henri Raphanel Template:Flagicon Lindsay Owen-Jones	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	77	DNF	DNF
1996	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition	Template:Flagicon Didier Cottaz Template:Flagicon Jérôme Policand	Courage C36-Porsche	LMP1	215	DNF	DNF
2003	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition	Template:Flagicon David Hallyday Template:Flagicon Carl Rosenblad	Courage C65-JPX	LMP675	41	DNF	DNF

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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F2	BMW France	Martini 001	BMW	SIL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	VAL	PAU Template:Small	JAR Template:Small	DON Template:Small	MIS Template:Small	PER Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	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	12	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1985	BS Automotive	March 85B	Ford Cosworth	SIL	THR	EST	NÜR	VAL	PAU	SPA	DIJ Template:Small	PER	ÖST	ZAN	DON	19th	1
1986	Oreca	March 86B	Ford Cosworth	SIL Template:Small	VAL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	IMO Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	PER	ÖST	BIR	BUG	JAR		9th	9

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	16	WDC	Points
1984	Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	RAM 02	Hart Straight-4	BRA Template:Small	RSA Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	MON Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	DET Template:Small	DAL Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	NED Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	EUR Template:Small	POR Template:Small	NC	0
1985	Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	RAM 03	Hart Straight-4	BRA Template:Small	POR Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	MON Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	DET Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	NED Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	EUR Template:Small	RSA	AUS	NC	0
1986	Équipe Ligier	Ligier JS27	Renault V6	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	POR Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	AUS Template:Small	18th	1
1987	Larrousse Calmels	Lola LC87	Cosworth V8	BRA	SMR Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	DET Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	POR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	JPN Template:Small	AUS Template:Small	17th	3
1988	Larrousse Calmels	Lola LC88	Cosworth V8	BRA Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	MON Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	DET Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	POR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	JPN Template:Small	AUS Template:Small	NC	0
1989	Larrousse Calmels	Lola LC88C	Lamborghini V12	BRA Template:Small																26th	1
	Equipe Larrousse	Lola LC89			SMR Template:Small	MON Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	USA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	POR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	JPN Template:Small	AUS Template:Small
1990	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS33B	Cosworth V8	USA Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	MON Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	POR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	JPN Template:Small	AUS Template:Small	NC	0
1993	Equipe Larrousse	Larrousse LH93	Lamborghini V12	RSA Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	EUR Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	POR Template:Small	JPN	AUS	17th	2
1994	Marlboro McLaren Peugeot	McLaren MP4/9	Peugeot V10	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN Template:Small							NC	0
	Tourtel Larrousse F1	Larrousse LH94	Ford V8											BEL Template:Small	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS

Complete French Supertouring Championship results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Pts
1995	Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 405	NOG 1 Template:Small	NOG 2 Template:Small	DIJ 1 Template:Small	DIJ 2 Template:Small	PAU 1 Template:Small	PAU 2 Template:Small	CHA 1 Template:Small	CHA 2 Template:Small	VDV 1 Template:Small	VDV 2 Template:Small	CET 1 Template:Small	CET 2 Template:Small	LEC 1 Template:Small	LEC 2 Template:Small	ALB 1 Template:Small	ALB 2 Template:Small	DML 1 Template:Small	DML 2 Template:Small	6th	53

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