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GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Jean-Pierre Jarier |
 | | After school he was studying economics when he discovered the Montlhery racing circuit in the southern suburbs of Paris and he started racing motorcycles soon afterwards. |
 | | At 21, by promising to give up bike racing, he managed to convince his mother to sell her Peugeot road car in order to buy him a Renault 8 Gordini with which to race. |
 | | The Renault 8 Gordini was the car which enabled many young Frenchmen to discover motor racing cheaply and realise their talent before moving on to the more expensive single seaters. |
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