Michel Leclère (born 18 March 1946) is a former motor racing driver from France. He competed in eight Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut on October 5, 1975. However, he did not score any championship points during his career in Formula One.
Career
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 season he landed a full-time drive with Wolf–Williams Racing in . The relationship was not a success, however, and he returned to Formula 2. After a bad season with Kauhsen in 1977, he retired.
Leclère 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.
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 Pts Elf John Coombs Alpine A367 Ford MAL HOC THR NÜR PAU KIN NIV HOC ROU MNZ MAN KAR PER SAL NOR ALB VAL NC 0 Ecurie Elf Alpine A367 BMW BAR HOC PAU SAL MUG KAR PER HOC VAL 6th 12 March Racing Team March 742 HOC March Engineering March 752 BMW EST THR HOC NÜR PAU HOC SAL ROU MUG PER SIL ZOL NOG VAL 2nd 36 Ecurie Elf Elf 2J Renault HOC THR VAL SAL PAU HOC ROU MUG PER EST NOG HOC 4th 33 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team Elf 2J Renault SIL THR HOC NÜR VAL PAU MUG ROU NOG PER MIS EST DON NC 0 Fred Opert Racing Chevron B42 Hart THR HOC NÜR PAU MUG VAL ROU DON NOG PER MIS HOC NC 0 Polifac BMW Junior Team March 792 BMW SIL HOC THR NÜR VAL MUG PAU 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 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 NC 0 1976 Frank Williams Racing Cars Wolf–Williams FW05 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 BRA RSA USW NC 0 Walter Wolf Racing ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA JPN
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 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
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