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🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Racing driver from France. Formula 1, Ligier.
Driver facts
Full name
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Born
1 October 1942(b. 1942)
Nationality
France
Current team
Ligier
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
2
Career podiums
2
Career starts
50
Career DNFs
40
Racer Rating
5,566
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,566
Rank 553 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
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Jean-Pierre Jabouille is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula 1 for Ligier. Jabouille has recorded 2 wins and 2 podiums from 50 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,566 ranks Jabouille 553th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1981 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFNEDITACANUSAARGBRASOUUSABELMONFRAGBRGERAUTNEDITACANITABELESP
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1981-06-21JaramaFormula 1DNF−34
1981-05-17ZolderFormula 1DNF+4
1981-05-03Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariFormula 1DNF+39
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+208Red Bull Ring 1980Formula 1P1
+194Dijon-Prenois 1979Formula 1P1
+156Watkins Glen International 1978Formula 1P4
+97Circuit de Monaco 1979Formula 1DNF
+81Long Beach 1980Formula 1P10
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Zandvoort4 starts+15
Struggles
Zolder4 starts-22
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1981▸Formula 1Ligier300300P17+95,566
1980▸Formula 1Renault13111129P8−465,557
1979▸Formula 1Renault15111249P11−1155,603
1978▸Formula 1Renault14001003P14−315,719
1977▸Formula 1Renault400400P17−1855,749
1975▸Formula 1Tyrrell100000P19+4,5855,935
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Jabouille finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann6,55250113922%
🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite6,09950143628%
🇺🇸 Mario Andretti6,05350183236%
🇦🇺 Alan Jones5,86950153530%
🇬🇧 John Watson6,23849153431%
🇮🇹 Riccardo PatreseFIA Bronze6,41747163134%
🇿🇦 Jody Scheckter6,3914693720%
🇨🇦 Gilles Villeneuve6,00046103622%
🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi5,82346172937%
🇫🇷 Didier Pironi6,25645153033%
🇫🇷 Alain ProstHigher-rated, 5× champion6,802156940%
🇧🇷 Nelson PiquetFIA Platinum, 3× champion6,71136132336%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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550🇯🇵 Kamui KobayashiWEC5,569
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552🇨🇦 Allen BergFormula 15,566
553🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre JabouilleFormula 15,566
554🇬🇧 John MilesFormula 15,566
555🇧🇪 Johnny ClaesFormula 15,564
556🇳🇿 Earl BamberIMSA WeatherTech5,563
557🇦🇺 Larry PerkinsFormula 15,562
558🇻🇪 Johnny Cecotto Jr.Formula 25,561
559🇧🇪 Dries VanthoorIMSA WeatherTech5,560
560🇺🇸 Tony SettemberFormula 15,558
561🇬🇧 Daniel TicktumFormula E5,557
562🇫🇷 Julien CanalWEC5,557
563🇫🇷 Michel FertéInternational Formula 30005,557
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Jean-Pierre Jabouille is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula 1 for Ligier. Jabouille has recorded 2 wins and 2 podiums from 50 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,566 ranks Jabouille 553th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
On July 1, 1979, Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Renault won their first Formula 1 race.[1]
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My Journey to Formula One[2]
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28 Jan 2025
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F1 designer & GP winner — but Jean-Pierre Jabouille could have achieved so much more[3]
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