Didier Pironi
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Didier Joseph Louis Pironi was a French racing driver and offshore powerboat racer, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1982. Pironi was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship i
Pironi at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix
Porsche 934 Turbo (Pironi co-drove in 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans)
The Renault-Alpine A442B of Pironi and Jaussaud (1978 24 Hours of Le Mans Overall Victors)
Pironi, winner of the Monaco Formula Three support race (1977)
Gilles Villeneuve
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Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve was a Canadian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1982. Villeneuve was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1979 with Ferrari
Didier Pironi
…fifth in the standings. Pironi's performances at Ligier attracted the attention of Enzo Ferrari, who signed him to Ferrari in 1981 as the teammate of Gilles Villeneuve. Whilst leading the 1982 World Drivers' Championship, having controversially won the San Marino Grand Prix amid the FISA–FOCA war, Pironi was seriously…
Villeneuve in 1979
Villeneuve's 1973 Magnum MkIII Formula Ford car, with which he won the Quebec Formula Ford championship
Villeneuve sitting on his car at Imola in 1979
In the 1979 French Grand Prix Villeneuve and René Arnoux had a memorable duel for second place.