Patrick Tambay b.1949

DESPITE RECORDING ONLY two wins in a nine-year, 123-race F1 career, the Frenchman (who died on 4 December) will be remembered as one of the most popular both on and off track.

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In F1 terms Tambay was a late starter, stepping up to the big leagues in his late 20s when, after a brief outing for Surtees, he secured a drive for Theodore Racing in 1977. After a barren debut season, stints at McLaren, Theodore (again) and Ligier proved similarly fruitless, although across the Atlantic he twice took the Can-Am title