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🇫🇷 Patrick Gaillard

Racing driver from France. Formula 1, Ensign.
Driver facts
Full name
Patrick Gaillard
Born
12 February 1952(b. 1952)
Nationality
France
Current team
Ensign
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
2
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
3,427
Driver photo · 3:4
Racer Rating
3,427
RANK 1869 / 15,348 INDEXED · -17 SEASON
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
FIA CATEGORISATION NOT YET INDEXED
SOURCE · FIA.COM
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Patrick Gaillard is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula 1 for Ensign. Gaillard has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,427 ranks Gaillard 1869th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS
1979 form
LAST 2 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER
P1P5P10P20DNFGBRAUT
Recent results
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1979-08-12Red Bull RingFormula 1DNF+23
1979-07-14Silverstone CircuitFormula 1P13+12
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1979▸Formula 1Ensign200100P22+353,434
Recent coverage
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Patrick Gaillard is a retired French racing driver who competed in Formula 1 during the 1979 season. He made two starts for Ensign, debuting at Silverstone in July 1979. Across his two races, he failed to score championship points or finish on the podium, with an average finishing position of thirteenth place. His most notable result came when he finished ahead of Gilles Villeneuve, a front-running driver of that era, in a single race outing.[1]

Gaillard's Formula 1 career was brief and marked by limited competitive success against the established drivers of his era. The Ensign team for which he raced proved to be a midfield or lower-grid outfit, fielding a roster of twenty-five drivers across its history with no race wins to its credit. His Racer Rating of 3,427 places him in the national and feeder championship tier of professional motorsport, reflecting a career limited to a handful of top-level single-seater starts rather than sustained competition at that level.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia
1979 #BritishGP: Patrick Gaillard 🇫🇷 made his first F1 start, driving the Ensign N179 at Silverstone. 📸: Steve Powell[1]
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