Michel Leclère

Michel Leclère (born 18 March 1946 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines) is a former motor racing driver from France. He participated in eight Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 5 October 1975, and scored no championship points.

Michel Leclère

Born	(1946-03-18) 18 March 1946 (age 77)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1975–1976
Teams	Tyrrell, Wolf–Williams
Entries	8 (7 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1975 United States Grand Prix
Last entry	1976 French Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1972, 1977 – 1979
Teams	Ligier Grand Touring Cars Inc. JMS Racing
Best finish	DNF
Class wins	0

Career

 

Leclère driving for Tyrrell at the 1975 United States Grand Prix.

After winning the French Formula 3 championship, driving for Alpine, in 1972, Leclère performed well in Formula 2. This earned him his chance in Formula One. After making his debut for Tyrrell at the last race of the 1975 season he landed a full-time drive with Wolf–Williams Racing in 1976. The relationship was not a success, however, and he returned to Formula 2. After a bad season with Kauhsen in 1978, he retired.

He has recently been involved with the Renault H&C Classic Team and has demonstrated and raced some of the historic Formula One cars and other machinery in their keeping, at various events around Europe.

 

Leclère demonstrating a Renault RE40 F1 car at Donington Park in 2007.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos.	Pts
1973	Elf John Coombs	Alpine A367	Ford	MAL	HOC	THR	NÜR	PAU	KIN	NIV	HOC	ROU	MNZ	MAN	KAR	PER	SAL	NOR	ALB Ret	VAL	NC	0
1974	Ecurie Elf	Alpine A367	BMW	BAR 6	HOC 3	PAU 5	SAL		MUG 16	KAR Ret	PER 4	HOC 10	VAL DNS								6th	12
	March Racing Team	March 742						HOC 5
1975	March Engineering	March 752	BMW	EST Ret	THR 7	HOC 10	NÜR Ret	PAU 5	HOC Ret	SAL Ret	ROU 1	MUG Ret	PER Ret	SIL 1	ZOL 1	NOG 2	VAL Ret				2nd	36
1976	Ecurie Elf	Elf 2J	Renault	HOC Ret	THR Ret	VAL 4	SAL 1	PAU Ret	HOC 2	ROU Ret	MUG Ret	PER Ret	EST 8	NOG 3	HOC 2						4th	33
1977	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Elf 2J	Renault	SIL Ret	THR Ret	HOC Ret	NÜR DNS	VAL Ret	PAU Ret	MUG DNS	ROU DNQ	NOG 15	PER	MIS DNQ	EST 10	DON					NC	0
1978	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron B42	Hart	THR	HOC	NÜR	PAU	MUG	VAL	ROU DNQ	DON	NOG	PER	MIS	HOC						NC	0
1979	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	VAL	MUG	PAU Ret	HOC	ZAN	PER	MIS	DON						NC	0

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts
1975	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 007	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA Ret			NC	0
1976	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Wolf–Williams FW05	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA	RSA 13	USW DNQ														NC	0
	Walter Wolf Racing						ESP 10	BEL 11	MON 11	SWE Ret	FRA 13	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN
Source:^[1]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1974	Automobiles Ligier	Guy Chasseuil	Ligier JS2	S 3.0		DNF	DNF
1977	Grand Touring Cars Inc.   Mirage Renault	Sam Posey	Mirage GR8	S 3.0	58	DNF	DNF
1978	Grand Touring Cars Inc.	Sam Posey	Mirage M9	S+2.0	33	DNF	DNF
1979	JMS Racing   Charles Pozzi	Claude Ballot-Léna   Peter Gregg	Ferrari 512BB/LM	IMSA +2.5	219	DNF	DNF

References

Footnotes

1. Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 225. ISBN 0851127029.

Sources

• . Autocourse Grand Prix Archive. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
• . Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2007-09-11.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural	Critérium de Formule Renault Champion 1971	Succeeded by Jacques Laffite
Preceded by Patrick Depailler	French Formula Three Champion 1972	Succeeded by Jacques Laffite