Patrick Depailler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 9, 1944, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
- Died
- August 1, 1980
- Movies
- 4
Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler (9 August 1944 – 1 August 1980) was a racing driver from France. He participated in 95 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 2 July 1972. He also participated in several non-championship Formula One races.
Depailler was born in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme. As a child, he was inspired by Jean Behra. In Formula One, he joined a Tyrrell team that was beginning a long, slow decline, eventually moving to the erratic Ligier team before finally ending up with the revived Alfa Romeo squad in 1980. Depailler was helping to advance this team up the grid when he was killed in a crash at Hockenheim on 1 August 1980, during a private testing session. He was 35 years old at the time.
He won two races, secured one pole position, achieved 19 podiums, and scored a total of 141 championship points.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2004 | Hunt For The Title: Formula One 1976 - A Review Of The 1976 Grand Prix Season | |
| 1992 | Lap of the Gods | Self |
| 1981 | Adieu l'enfant | Self (archive footage) |
| 1980 | Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1 | Self |
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