🇫🇷 Michel Leclère

Michel Leclère was an established professional racing driver who competed in Formula 1 for Wolf during 1975 and 1976. His career comprised seven starts across two seasons in the world championship, a single-class solo sprint series that drew competitors from amateur through to graded professional ranks.[1]

Leclère made his Formula 1 debut in October 1975 and raced through the 1976 season, finishing 16th in the championship standings that year. He did not score points during his Formula 1 career. He was closely matched with Carlos Reutemann, an elite professional with far greater Formula 1 experience, and regularly finished behind Jody Scheckter, who would go on to win the 1979 world championship. Leclère finished ahead of established professionals Ronnie Peterson and Clay Regazzoni on separate occasions, Peterson once and Regazzoni twice.[2]

Wolf, the team Leclère drove for across six of his seven starts, was a small operation that won three races across its whole history and fielded eleven drivers during that span. The strongest of those drivers was Scheckter himself, who drove for the team as well.