Collector Laffite – 1979-1982: Ligier-Laffite, heating blues

Making his country proud is an immense gift offered by Jacques Laffite at the end of the 1970s. Thanks to high-performance single-seaters, but also to the self-sacrifice of his driver.

Published 04/02/2024 à 10:05

Medhi Casaurang

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Collector Laffite – 1979-1982: Ligier-Laffite, heating blues

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This article can be found in our Collector Jacques Laffite. 100 pages retracing the career of the French driver in motorsport, available in our online store in paper format or in numerical format.

En Formula 1, as in any motorsport, the search for a car tuned to perfection is a quest that is rarely fruitful. Often, it is necessary to grind the test tracks endlessly, and a satisfactory solution only emerges at the very end of the season, at the moment when a new car already needs to be prepared. Also, finding a perfect car right from the break-in test is nothing short of a miracle. For Guy Ligier, this happened on Thursday, December 5, 1978

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Medhi Casaurang

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