Jo Schlesser
Honda | |
Entries | 3 |
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Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1966 German Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1968 French Grand Prix |
Joseph Théodule Marie Schlesser (18 May 1928 – 7 July 1968)[1] was a French Formula One and sports car racing driver. He participated in three World Championship Grands Prix, including the 1968 French Grand Prix in which he was killed. He scored no championship points. He was the uncle of Jean-Louis Schlesser who himself became a Formula One driver in the 1980s.
Early career
Schlesser began his motor sport career in 1952, when he rallied a
In 1964 Schlesser moved to the new one-litre
Jo Schlesser also raced in NASCAR, finishing 13th in the 1964 Daytona 500 as a teammate to Ned Jarrett.
Formula Two
Schlesser participated in the 1966 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring with a Formula Two (F2) specification Matra MS5-BRM 1.0 litre and again in 1967 at the same venue with an F2 Matra MS5-Cosworth 1.6 litre.[3] In 1966, he finished 10th in the overall classification and third in the Formula Two classification. In 1967, he was forced to retire with a clutch problem after two laps.
Formula One and Death
An opportunity for a Formula One seat came for Schlesser in the
Legacy
Guy Ligier, a close friend, former teammate and business partner, established his company Ligier Cars shortly after Schlesser's death, in fulfillment of the dream that they had shared, to build a "good car".[4] Ligier cars would receive type designators beginning with "JS" as a tribute to Schlesser. This tradition is being continued by Onroak, the current owner of Ligier Cars. Italian company Dallara would later adopt this style of nomenclature for their 2012 IndyCar entry by naming it after the new car's test driver Dan Wheldon, who had died in the final race of the new car's predecessor.
His
Racing record
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1957 | Automobiles D. B. | Jean-Claude Vidilles | DB HBR-Panhard | S750 | 126 | DNF | DNF |
1960 | North American Racing Team | Bill Sturgis | Ferrari 250 GT California | GT 3.0 |
253 | DNF | DNF |
1963 | David Brown Racing Dept. | William Kimberly | Aston Martin DP214 | P +3.0 |
139 | DNF | DNF |
1964 | Ford Motor Company | Richard Attwood | Ford GT40 Mk.I | P 5.0 |
58 | DNF | DNF |
1965 | Ford France S.A. | Allen Grant | AC Cobra Daytona Coupé-Ford | GT 5.0 |
111 | DNF | DNF |
1966 | Matra Sport | Alan Rees | Matra MS620-BRM | P 2.0 |
100 | DNF | DNF |
1967 | Ford France S.A. | Guy Ligier | Ford Mk IIB | P +5.0 |
183 | DNF | DNF |
Source:[5]
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NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Grand National Series
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | NGNC | Pts | Ref |
1964
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Bondy Long | 77 | Ford | CON | AUG | JSP | SVH | RSD
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DAY
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DAY 9 |
DAY 13 |
RCH
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BRI
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GPS
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BGS | ATL | AWS
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HBO | PIF | CLB
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NWS
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MAR
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SVH | DAR
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LGY | HCY | SBO | CLT | GPS
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ASH
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ATL
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CON | NSV | CHT | BIR | VAL | PIF | DAY | ODS | OBS | BRR
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ISP | GLN | LIN
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BRI | NSV | MBS
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AWS
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DTS | ONA | CLB | BGS | STR | DAR | HCY
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RCH
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ODS
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HBO
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MAR | SVH | NWS | CLT | HAR | AUG | JAC | NA | 0 | [6] |
Daytona 500
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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1964 | Bondy Long | Ford | 18 | 13 |
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WDC | Pts |
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1966 | Matra Sports | Matra MS5 F2 | L4
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MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | NED | GER 10 |
ITA | USA | MEX | NC | 0 | |||
1967 | Écurie Ford-France | Matra MS5 F2 | L4
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RSA | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER Ret |
CAN | ITA | USA | MEX | NC | 0 | |
1968 | Honda France
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Honda RA302
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Honda RA302E 3.0 V8
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RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA Ret |
GBR | GER | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | NC | 0 |
Source:[7]
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Non-championship Formula One results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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1961 | Equipe Lausanne | Cooper T51 | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | LOM | GLV | PAU 7 |
BRX DNQ |
VIE | AIN | SYR | NAP | LON | SIL | SOL | KAN | DAN | MOD | |||||||
Inter-Autocourse | FLG 8 |
OUL | LEW | VAL | RAN | NAT | RSA | |||||||||||||||||
1962 | Equipe Lausanne | Cooper T51 | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | CAP | BRX | LOM | LAV | GLV | PAU 10 |
AIN | INT | NAP | MAL | CLP | RMS | SOL | KAN | MED | DAN | OUL | MEX | RAN | NAT | |
1963 | Inter-Autocourse | Brabham BT2 | L4
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LOM | GLV | PAU Ret |
IMO 4 |
SYR | AIN | INT | ROM | SOL | KAN | |||||||||||
Jo Schlesser | MED 11 |
AUT | OUL | RAN | ||||||||||||||||||||
1965 | John Willment Automobiles | Lola T55 F2 | L4
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ROC DSQ |
SYR | SMT | INT | MED | RAN | |||||||||||||||
1967 | Écurie Ford-France | Matra MS5 F2 | L4
|
ROC | SPR | INT | SYR DNS |
OUL 4 |
ESP 5 |
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Source:[8]
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Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts |
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1967 | Ford France | Matra MS5 | Ford | SNE
|
SIL | NÜR | HOC | TUL | JAR
|
ZAN Ret |
PER 4 |
BRH 3 |
VAL
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8th | 13 |
1968 | Ecurie Inter-Sport | McLaren M4A | Ford | HOC 6 |
THR Ret |
JAR 8 |
PAL 5 |
TUL | ZAN
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PER | HOC | VAL
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11th | 5 | |
Source:[9]
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External links
- Jo Schlesser's accident (in Italian)
References
- ^ "Motorsport Memorial - Jo Schlesser". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ ISBN 0851127029.
- ISBN 0851127029.
- ^ "L'adieu à Guy Ligier, ancien pilote et patron d'écurie de Formule 1". www.lemonde.fr. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- ^ "All Results of Jo Schlesser". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ "Jo Schlesser – 1964 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ "Jo Schlesser - Involvement". StatsF1. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ "Jo Schlesser - Involvement Non World Championship". StatsF1. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ "Jo Schlesser – Biography". MotorSportMagazine. Retrieved January 14, 2019.