Philippe Alliot

Philippe Alliot (born 27 July 1954) 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.

Philippe Alliot

Alliot driving the Ligier JS33B at the 1990 United States Grand Prix.
Born	(1954-07-27) 27 July 1954 Voves, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1984–1990, 1993–1994
Teams	RAM, Ligier, Larrousse, McLaren
Entries	116 (109 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	7
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1984 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last entry	1994 Belgian Grand Prix

Early career

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

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. 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 has the record of most race starts without any lead lap finish.[1]

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 1993, achieving the best finish of his F1 career, fifth, at the San Marino Grand Prix. The following year, he undertook a testing role with McLaren. 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

Alliot during practice for the 1985 European Grand Prix

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	Pos.	Points
1980	Automobiles Martini	Martini MK31	Toyota	NÜR 2	ÖST 3	ZOL 2	MAG 2	ZAN 19	LCA DNQ	MUG 8	MNZ 4	MIS 4	KNU 6	SIL Ret	JAR 3	KAS 11	ZOL 2		5th	39
1981	Automobiles Martini	Martini MK34	Alfa Romeo	VAL 5	NÜR 2	DON 5	ÖST 3	ZOL 4	MAG 1	LCA 1	ZAN 5	SIL 9	CET Ret	MIS 10	KNU Ret	JAR 3	IMO Ret	MUG	3rd	41
1982	Automobiles Martini	Martini MK37	Alfa Romeo	MUG DNQ	NÜR 6	DON	ZOL 8	MAG 4	ÖST 4	ZAN 5	SIL DNS	MNZ	PER	LCA 1	KNU Ret	NOG 4	JAR 3	KAS	6th	25

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1983	Porsche Kremer Racing	Mario Andretti Michael Andretti	Porsche 956	C	364	3rd	3rd
1986	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Paco Romero Michel Trollé	Porsche 962C	C1	312	10th	8th
1990	Porsche Kremer Racing	Patrick Gonin Bernard de Dryver	Porsche 962CK6	C1	319	16th	16th
1991	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Mauro Baldi Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Peugeot 905	C1	22	DNF	DNF
1992	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Mauro Baldi Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Peugeot 905 Evo 1B	C1	345	3rd	3rd
1993	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Mauro Baldi Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Peugeot 905 Evo 1B	C1	367	3rd	3rd
1995	GTC Gulf Racing	Pierre-Henri Raphanel Lindsay Owen-Jones	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	77	DNF	DNF
1996	Courage Compétition	Didier Cottaz Jérôme Policand	Courage C36-Porsche	LMP1	215	DNF	DNF
2003	Courage Compétition	David Hallyday 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	Pos.	Pts
1983	BMW France	Martini 001	BMW	SIL Ret	THR 5	HOC 8	NÜR DNS	VAL	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	11	Pos.	Pts
1985	BS Automotive	March 85B	Ford Cosworth	SIL	THR	EST	NÜR	VAL	PAU	SPA	DIJ 6	PER	ÖST	ZAN	DON	19th	1
1986	Oreca	March 86B	Ford Cosworth	SIL Ret	VAL 8	PAU Ret	SPA 1	IMO 13	MUG Ret	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 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
	Equipe Larrousse	Lola LC89			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
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
	Tourtel Larrousse F1	Larrousse LH94	Ford V8											BEL Ret	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS

References

1. Celebrating Winless Wonders: 20 F1 Drivers with the Most Starts without a Win - Mike Pryson, Autoweek, 9 June 2020

• Driver Database entry for Philippe Alliot

Sporting positions
Preceded by Joël Gouhier	Championnat de France Formule Renault Champion 1978	Succeeded by Alain Ferté