Philippe Alliot is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula 1 for Larrousse. Alliot has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 110 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,683 ranks Alliot 583th 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.
| 1994-08-28 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | DNF | −104 |
| 1994-08-14 | Hungaroring | DNF | −96 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | ▸Formula 1 | Larrousse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −200 | 4,683 |
| 1993 | ▸Formula 1 | Larrousse | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | P17 | +459 | 4,883 |
| 1990 | ▸Formula 1 | Ligier | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +186 | 4,424 |
| 1989 | ▸Formula 1 | Larrousse | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | P26 | −281 | 4,238 |
| 1988 | ▸Formula 1 | Larrousse | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +145 | 4,519 |
| 1987 | ▸Formula 1 | Larrousse | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | P16 | +276 | 4,374 |
| 1986 | ▸Formula 1 | Ligier | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | P18 | +248 | 4,097 |
| 1985 | ▸Formula 1 | RAM | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −455 | 3,849 |
| 1984 | ▸Formula 1 | RAM | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −495 | 4,305 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 Alain Prost | 6,204 | 36 | 3 | 33 | 8% |
| 🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna | 5,691 | 30 | 1 | 29 | 3% |
| 🇮🇹 Riccardo Patrese | 5,627 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 21% |
| 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet | 5,153 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 4% |
| 🇦🇹 Gerhard Berger | 5,635 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 23% |
| 🇧🇪 Thierry Boutsen | 4,852 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 29% |
| 🇬🇧 Derek Warwick | 4,993 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 45% |
| 🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell | 5,716 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 11% |
| 🇬🇧 Martin Brundle | 5,199 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 19% |
| 🇬🇧 Jonathan Palmer | 4,890 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50% |
Philippe Alliot was a French racing driver who competed in Formula 1 across two separate spells between 1984 and 1994, accumulating 110 starts without a podium finish. Racing primarily for Larrousse, a team that never won a race during his tenure, Alliot finished an average of P10.3 across his classified results. His rating of 4,683 places him in the professional tier of drivers, though in a field significantly below the championship contenders he encountered.[1]
Alliot's decade in Formula 1 placed him consistently against the era's dominant drivers. Against Alain Prost, a five-time world champion, Alliot finished ahead in three of their 36 shared races; against Ayrton Senna he managed one victory in 30 encounters; and against Gerhard Berger he secured five finishes ahead across 22 races. He also beat three-time champion Nelson Piquet once in 26 meetings, and won individual races against 1987 world champion Nigel Mansell on two occasions. These isolated results demonstrate Alliot's capacity to run competitively on occasion, but the broader pattern shows a driver outmatched by the front-running professionals who defined the period. His most consistent peer was Thierry Boutsen, whom he finished ahead of six times in 21 races.[2]
Alliot remained active in professional motorsport circles after his Formula 1 career ended, working as a broadcaster and contributing to motorsport media in subsequent decades.