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 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Patrick Tambay
A cosmopolitan gentleman who was educated in France and the USA, the debonair Tambay was one of the most genuinely charming and popular of all F1 drivers on the scene in the early 1980s.
Retiring from F1 at the end of 1986, Tambay formed in his own sports promotion company in Switzerland in 1987 but returned to racing in 1989 to drive a Jaguar sportscar in the Sports-Prototype World Chamoinship and went on to finish fourth in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Between the rally raids Patrick took part in ice races, the Tour de Corse for jet skis and became a television commentator.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-tampat.html   (343 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: German Grand Prix
Ralf Schumacher driving for the Williams-BMW F1 team in 2003 Ralf Schumacher (born June 30, 1975) is a German Formula One racing driver for the Toyota team.
Damon Hill driving for the Williams Formula One team in Montreal in 1995 Damon Graham Devereux Hill, born in London on September 17, 1960, is the son of the late twice Formula One World Champion Graham Hill.
The Hockenheimring is a motor racing circuit situated near the town of Hockenheim in Germany.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/German-Grand-Prix   (6916 words)

  
 Renault F1 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Arnoux left for rival (additional info and facts about Ferrari) Ferrari after 1982 and was replaced by American (additional info and facts about Eddie Cheever) Eddie Cheever for a season.
When Prost left after 1983, the team turned to (additional info and facts about Patrick Tambay) Patrick Tambay and Englishman (additional info and facts about Derek Warwick) Derek Warwick to bring them back to prominence.
Despite a few good results the team was not among the elite anymore, with other teams doing a better job with turbo engines, some of which came from Renault themselves.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/re/renault_f1.htm   (1013 words)

  
 Rhapsody In Green-a tribute to the REAL Hockenheimring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Patrick Depailler died at the track 8 days before the GP.
But Patrick Tambay would give Ferrari a reason to smile winning the race, the first win for Gilles Villeneuve's #27.
Tambay led for Ferrari, but teammate Arnoux passed him for good.
hocki.supersonicsquirrel.net /data.php?races   (2950 words)

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