Tribute to Jacques Laffite

[altroval]

I find it enormously satisfying to note that Jacques Laffite scored an F1 podium at aged 42 and Michael Schumacher did not...

[WELLBRAN]

So many great drivers back then and great cars and lafitte was one of the greats racing then was very entertaining

[paolohf83]

One of The Best Driver of All Time !!!!

[RedhotIta1]

Really Great driver, i like he, but for me the idol of much people is Gilles :) RIP Vill

[TOMPULGAS2]

JACQUES LAFFITE:WILLIAMS(1974-1975,198­3-1984),LIGIER(1976-1982,1985-­1986)

[altroval]

I'm going to pay Jacques Laffite the ultimate compliment:

He did a better job at aged 42 than Michael Schumacher is doing at aged 41.

[kirkconway]

It makes no difference how many races a man win's?

It's his overall skill, and feel for the car is what count's,

Laffite was and still is a gifted driver,

he could go out right now and make a good showing even in his retirement,

modern racing has gotten totally rediculous,

too much tech stuff, and not enough of the driver input like yrs ago,

[DominarTyranT1]

1:03 >> so funny xD

[FatmanXX2]

Ils nous font chier à couper la musique avec leurs droits d'auteurs !!! Vous comprenez ça ??? Vous nous CASSEZ LES COUILLES avec vos HISTOIRES DE FRIC PUTAIN !!!

Gâcher une si belle vidéo merde ça m'énerve !

[jochen1988]

i think Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only is also good for the background music

[legorret1]

I met him 2 weeks ago ! a great man modest.

[ale9357]

The mitic "Ligier Gitanes"number 26 of jacques laffite...

[ashacrasha]

There are no great personalities left in F1 like this anymore.

Lol at him karate chopping the guy talking to Rosberg!

[maxime130]

Ta gueule zubbrowska. Apprends à respecter.

[lazerpod66]

Laffite, like Depailler, were much too in love with life to take motorsports seriously, a real human this Laffite guy.

[zubbrowska]

fafite tu ns saoul sur tf1 houuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uu vivement kil te vire

[altroval]

When Jacques started his career with Williams in 1974, nobody thought he would amount to anything.

He proved them wrong, won races, and gave a terrific account of himself.

That Laffite scored his last F1 podium at the age of 42 driving a 1,000 hp turbo car, no less, is inspiring.

[Schenkenberg74]

those were the real heros!!!!

[lazerpod66]

Another great and underrated driver.

[lebidule]

Lol la fin!!!! :D

"Quel con!"

[siscoonfire]

Ah la belle époque! Jacques, sa saloperie de ligier et son sacré coup de volant... J'aimerais tellement le revoir rien qu'un peu au volant d'une bagnole de compétition.

[ghiffa666]

Jacques was my F1 hero also. I remember the sound of the Matra V12 on the circuit of Zandvoort in the 70`ties

[tromp803]

Ahh Jacques Laffite, my all time F1 hero ever.

Wished he was offered a seat in one of them Renault turbo's that time.

This man was fast....

Hope you're doing fine now these day's Jacques !

"a fan"

[Soussmeboules]

He is actually commentator for Formula 1 in TF1, the 1st french channel. I liked him as driver too. He used also to test cars, by pushing hard sometimes, in a automobile magazine on TV before, called Turbo on french channel M6. He was invited yesterday by Renault to pilot the F1 renault R27 in Paul Ricard.

[ToroRosso20]

Who was the Japanese guy on 01:05? Looks familiar.

[ultimatesacrifices]

Yamamoto is the guy.

[McLarenMercedes]

Had not Laffite had his accident in 1986 which broke his legs who knows how many more season he had in him?

So sad Ligier screwed up after the brilliant start of the 1979 season. Laffite could have been champion...

[ToroRosso20]

Lafitte had his contract take him to the end of the 1988 season...so he would have retired by then I believe.

[McLarenMercedes]

hm,hopefully he wouldn't have retired driving the very uncompetitive Ligier of 1988

In Motorsport magazine Stefan Johansson wrote it was the worst car he ever drove

Both Johansson and Arnoux suffered driving the 1988 Ligier

[maxime130]

non nedercondor, il me semble que c'était le 2e GP le doublé Ligier, le premier étant une victoire de Jacques mais Patrick avait abandonné...enfin je crois.

[nedercondor]

ARGHHH !!! LOL !!!

MERCI !

Je me rappelle les deux premiers GP de 1979...

Lafitte les gagna loin devant...

Il était rapide et tenace, et les Ligier

à ce moment-là étaient redoutables....

Le premier GP de cette saison-là se termina d'ailleurs par un doublé Ligier :

Jacques Lafitte et le regretté

Patrick Dépailler

[leleboria]

Grandissimo Jaquot. In pista e fuori

[NARB7]

Très bonne video sur une belle musique.

Sacré Jacques tout de même...tout une époque...Merci.

[Alb76190]

Take on me, a-ha

[Nelahh]

name of the song please

?¿¿?¿¿? what name of the this song ¡¡¡ ¿? thankssss^^

[JulianOttawa81]

Take on Me by A-Ha

[Alb76190]

je parlais à foulasse

[dimitrigregorieff]

Le meilleur pilote au monde, Jacques Lafitte!

[Brainwash67]

Grandissimo Jacquot, il mio mito negli anni '80....

[maxime130]

Mais c'est un pilote que j'admire pour son courage, son fair-play et sa sympathie!

[maxime130]

Foulasse, Laffite a fait une superbe carrière en F1 ce que beaucoup de gens ont tendance à oublier comme toi. Laffite était du genre "je m'en foutiste" sur tout les sens du terme, on pourrait faire une comparaison avec Montoya, très bon pilote mais préferant la vie privée , à l'amélioration des réglages de sa monoplace..

Jacques était en lutte pour le titre en 1981 à la dernière course, mais la semaine , il préferait aller pécher plutot que d'améliorer sa Ligier...

[Foulasse]

et il y va il y va !!! mdr dans le mur oui !!! jacques laffite n'est pas un bon pilote ! il a tourner un point c'est tout sans avoir vraiment eu de bon resultat !

[Alb76190]

fais ce qu'il a fait après tu pourras ramener ta pomme

[JRRacing85]

Awesome, a legend in a great era of formula 1!

[3315DB]

FANTASTIQUE JACQUOT

[talvezfelpa]

i miss Ligier, great team.. i hate how the sell the teams now

[SkullyCollins]

Did the commentator at the very end go "ah, merde!".

I know my French is crap, but isn't that last word is bit of a taboo word in French?

[87FLST]

yup he said 'merde'

[yellowscotch]

actually, the commentator you here saying "merde" is jacques laffite himself in 1997 when commenting the much controversed accident between schumacher and villeneuve.

but what you see is the accident that ended the carreer of laffite in 1986.

[Richardpd16378]

Very good, the only thing I could that was missing was his 2nd in the 1975 German GP, when Williams were a very small team.

[jmnw00626]

One of my favourite French drivers of the late 70's / early 80's. Many thnaks for the vid!

[culbuteur3]

Très bon les deux ligiers qui se percutent..

[Atsam]

Ah Laffite.Si seulement il pourrait être aussi bon en commentateur qu'en pilote ça nous ferait des vacances!A part ça je ne l'ai connu qu'au micro!

[vastiau]

Super! Pour ma part, je me souviens particulièrement de son superbe début de saison 1986 lorsque sa Ligier Renault Turbo lui permettait de venir chatouiller les ténors de l'époque. Il a 'ailleurs fait quelques beaux podiums je crois.

Avant, je ne me souviens pas trop. J'étais trop petit ;-)

[ludogiuly]

je l'aime bien en commentateur aussi meme si parfois il sort des trucs un peu bidon lol

[henchozman]

a great driver

[ludogiuly]

dommage que la fin soit un peu précipitée sinon c'est une bonne video du jacko nationnal :D

[tsubasamkds]

ouais bon il avait 42 ans quand meme lol

[AyrtonS11]

Je te l'ai déjà dit, mais c'est un excellent clip,parole de professionnel!:D

[llamalover8761]

Nice vid (even though I don't know anything about car's and stuff and racing...)

[tsubasamkds]

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