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RACING DRIVER

Patrick Tambay

1949 - 2022

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Patrick Daniel Tambay (French pronunciation: [pa.tʁik da.njɛl tɑ̃.bɛ]; 25 June 1949 – 4 December 2022) was a French racing driver, commentator, and politician, who competed in 123 Formula One races between 1977 and 1986, securing five pole positions and winning twice.He gained training as a racing driver at Winfield Racing School in France in 1971. Between 1977 and 1981, he raced for an assortment of teams including Surtees, Theodore, Ligier, and McLaren with mixed results; he additionally won two Can Am championships under Carl Haas in 1977 and 1980. Tambay was hired by Scuderia Ferrari after his close friend Gilles Villeneuve died during the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix; he took his maiden victory four races later in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Tambay has received more than 320,717 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Patrick Tambay is the 93rd most popular racing driver (down from 91st in 2019), the 2,002nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,076th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Patrick Tambay ranks 93 out of 888Before him are Jacques Villeneuve, Luigi Musso, Luigi Fagioli, Tom Pryce, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, and Elio de Angelis. After him are Lucien Bianchi, Björn Waldegård, Ángel Nieto, David Purley, Thierry Sabine, and Ricardo Rodríguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Patrick Tambay ranks 130Before him are Tom Pryce, John Toshack, Brad Davis, Fernando Collor de Mello, Marc Ravalomanana, and Bengt Holmström. After him are Klaus Fischer, Valeriy Borzov, Michael W. Young, Paul Rodgers, Thierry Sabine, and José Pékerman. Among people deceased in 2022, Patrick Tambay ranks 111Before him are Ronnie Hellström, Fatma Girik, Máté Fenyvesi, George Crumb, Catherine Spaak, and Gaspard Ulliel. After him are Siniša Mihajlović, Fred Ward, Nick Holonyak, Evaristo Carvalho, Hermann Nitsch, and Joseph Kittinger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Patrick Tambay ranks 2,002 out of 6,011Before him are Henri Michel (1947), Robert Surcouf (1773), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Recceswinth (620), and Gaspard Ulliel (1984). After him are Martine Carol (1920), Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807), Jean-Marc Ayrault (1950), Legall de Kermeur (1702), Joseph Monier (1823), and Fernand Cormon (1845).

Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Patrick Tambay ranks 15Before him are Jean Alesi (1964), Michèle Mouton (1951), Jean Behra (1921), Maurice Trintignant (1917), Sébastien Loeb (1974), and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937). After him are Thierry Sabine (1949), Paul Belmondo (1963), Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948), Paul Frère (1917), Henri Pescarolo (1942), and Jo Schlesser (1928).