Jean-Denis Delétraz

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jean-Denis Delétraz (born 1 October 1963) is a Swiss racing driver. He participated in three Formula One Grands Prix, debuting in the 1994 Australian Grand Prix. Before reaching Formula One, he scored two third places in the 1988 Formula 3000 season, but principally earned his three Formula One drives as a pay driver.^[1] After Formula One, he competed in sports car racing, with two class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Career

Pre-Formula One

Delétraz had some success in his early career, including two wins in Formula Ford cars.^[2] He went on to compete in Formula Three between 1985 and 1987 in the French championship, finishing 14th in the final standings in 1987.^[3] Between 1988 and 1991, he competed in Formula 3000 and during 1990 he bought the FIRST racing team, but was never able to match the success of 1988 and scored no points.^[4] During 1991, the team was impounded by an Italian court for a time after legal action from the team's other driver, Giovanni Bonanno.^[4]

In 1992 and 1993, Deletraz competed in the French Touring Car Championship and the Porsche Supercup with little success. In 1994, Delétraz was signed as a driver for the SEAT works team in the French Touring Car Championship. His best result was fifth place in the race at Nogaro and he finished thirteenth overall in the standings.^[2]

Formula One

1994: Larrousse

Towards the end of 1994, Larrousse was, like a number of other teams at the time, running short of money and needed pay drivers to keep the team afloat.^[5] Larrousse's number 19 car, which had started the year being driven by Olivier Beretta, was now being driven by drivers who could bring sponsorship money to the team.^[5] For the final race of the year in Australia, Larrousse let the aero-car inexperienced, physically unfit Delétraz replace Érik Comas in the team's second car for more sponsorship money in order to aid their financial situation.^[5]

During qualifying, Delétraz qualified in 25th position, ahead of Simtek's Domenico Schiattarella.^[2] However, Schiattarella overtook him during the first lap of the Grand Prix, and Delétraz gradually dropped back from the rest of the field. He retired on lap 57 with gearbox failure, after he had already been lapped ten times. He was lapping the circuit six seconds slower than the leaders, two seconds slower than his teammate Hideki Noda and 1–2 seconds slower than the next slowest driver Schiattarella. He was described by BBC commentator Jonathan Palmer as "having no business in Formula One."^[6]

Yes Delétraz, really, here having no business in Formula One. And demonstrating it there: he's spending all of his modest effort, frankly, keeping the car on the road. He's holding up Gerhard Berger there, who has now lost a second on Nigel Mansell, in the Larrousse. This is, I'm afraid, one of the problems of the Grand Prix season - at the end of the year we do get one or two drives being taken by people who've got more money than talent, and that's one example of it.

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1995: Pacific

Pacific Team Lotus started with shareholder Bertrand Gachot and Andrea Montermini as its drivers, but similar to Larrousse the previous year, the team needed pay drivers to continue the season and Gachot vacated his seat.^[7] It was announced that Delétraz would be competing in the final five races of the season.^[2]

"I am very happy to be returning to Formula One and we will work hard together to make this a competitive end to the season. Although the Pacific team is quite small, they have a lot of motivation and I think everyone knows that Keith Wiggins is determined to make strong progress in Formula One. For me it is a good opportunity to gain more Formula One experience, and to develop a programme which hopefully will lead to my participation in the 1996 Formula One World Championship."

Délétraz, on signing with Pacific for the remainder of the season.^[8]

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During qualifying for his first round of the year, in Portugal, Delétraz was hindered by a gearbox problem which saw him qualify last, twelve seconds behind pole-position sitter David Coulthard. In the race, Delétraz was 40 seconds behind Coulthard after three laps, and was lapping the circuit 12 seconds slower than the leaders and 6–7 seconds than the next slowest driver Roberto Moreno in a Forti and 7–8 seconds slower than his team-mate Montermini. He was lapped by the leaders after seven laps of the race, and after fourteen he retired from the race with cramp in his left arm. This drew criticism as Estoril is a clockwise circuit, which requires more work from the right arm.Template:Fact In his second race at the Nürburgring, he qualified just over nine seconds behind pole-position, and he finished the race in fifteenth place as the last finisher, seven laps behind the winner. At one point while he was being lapped by the leaders, Delétraz suddenly darted his car across the track from one side to the other and back again, prompting BBC commentator Murray Walker to exclaim "And what is Delétraz doing? Doesn't matter what he's doing."^[9]

At the next race, Delétraz was replaced by Bertrand Gachot after planned replacements were denied superlicenses. It had been expected that Delétraz would be competing until the end of the season, but he defaulted on payment and Keith Wiggins, principal of the Pacific team stated, "On ability alone, we are not willing to keep him."^[2]

The slow qualifying speeds of drivers like Delétraz resulted in the introduction of the 107% rule for the 1996 season - with some F1 fans nicknaming the new regulation the "Delétraz rule" as a result.Template:Fact

Sports Car Racing

Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other After his tenure in Formula One, Delétraz focused on endurance racing, running in the 24 Hours of LeMans and the BPR Global GT Series in 1995. 1996 saw Delétraz move to the FIRST Racing operation he now co-owned with fellow driver Fabien Giroix. Two years in the BPR Global GT Series in a McLaren F1 GTR was followed by a move to the FIA GT Championship in 1997, with FIRST running the works Lotus Elise GT1s. After a couple of years away, FIRST and Delétraz returned to the FIA Championship in 2000 with a Ferrari 550 Maranello. In 2002, he took four wins in the series with team-mate Andrea Piccini in a BMS Scuderia Italia-run 550, and the pair finished fifth in the championship. They then drove a works Lister Storm in 2003. He has also scored two class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in 2001 and 2002 in the LMP675 class — profiting from a final lap suspension failure for the leading Welter-Peugeot during the latter.^[10] He was also one of the drivers of the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R that won the 2007 Spa 24 Hours.

Jean-Denis's son, Louis, is also a racing driver with experience in Formula 2, endurance, and sports car racing.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 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	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Pts
1988	Sport Auto Racing	Lola T88/50	Cosworth	JER 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MNZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRH	BIR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".				13th	8
1988	GDBA Motorsport	Lola T88/50	Cosworth									BUG 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZOL 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DIJ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	13th	8
1989	First Racing	Leyton March 89B	Cosworth	SIL 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".									NC	0
1989	First Racing	Reynard 89D	Cosworth				JER 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRH DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BIR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BUG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DIJ 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		NC	0
1990	First Racing	Reynard 90D	Cosworth	DON 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JER DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MNZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER	HOC	BRH	BIR	BUG	NOG	NC	0
1991	First Racing	Reynard 91D	Cosworth	VAL DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JER RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG	PER	HOC	BRH	SPA	BUG	NOG		NC	0
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Complete World Sportscar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Pts
1988	Swiss Team Salamin	C1	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type 935/79 2.8 F6 t	JER	JAR	MNZ	SIL	LMS	BRN	BRH 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR	SPA	FUJ	SAN	NC	0
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Complete Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />WDCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Pts
1994	Tourtel Larrousse	Larrousse LH94	Ford HBF7/8 3.5 V8	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		NC	0
1995	Pacific Team Lotus	Pacific PR02	Ford EDC 3.0 V8	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EUR 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAC	JPN	AUS	NC	0
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1995	Template:Flagicon Giroix Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Fabien Giroix Template:Flagicon Olivier Grouillard	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	290	5th	4th
1996	Template:Flagicon Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing Template:Flagicon Giroix Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Fabien Giroix Template:Flagicon Maurizio Sandro Sala	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	146	DNF	DNF
1997	Template:Flagicon GT1 Lotus Racing	Template:Flagicon Fabien Giroix Template:Flagicon Ratanakul Prutirat	Lotus Elise GT1-Chevrolet	GT1	-	DNQ	DNQ
2000	Template:Flagicon Racing Organisation Course	Template:Flagicon Ralf Kelleners Template:Flagicon David Terrien	Reynard 2KQ-LM-Volkswagen	LMP675	44	DNF	DNF
2001	Template:Flagicon ROC Auto	Template:Flagicon Jordi Gené Template:Flagicon Pascal Fabre	Reynard 2KQ-LM-Volkswagen	LMP675	284	5th	1st
2002	Template:Flagicon Noël del Bello Racing Template:Flagicon ROC Compétition	Template:Flagicon Christophe Pillon Template:Flagicon Walter Lechner, Jr.	Reynard 2KQ-LM-Volkswagen	LMP675	317	19th	1st
2004	Template:Flagicon Barron Connor Racing	Template:Flagicon Mike Hezemans Template:Flagicon Ange Barde	Ferrari 575-GTC	GTS	200	DNF	DNF
2007	Template:Flagicon Swiss Spirit	Template:Flagicon Marcel Fässler Template:Flagicon Iradj Alexander	Lola B07/18-Audi	LMP1	62	DNF	DNF
2012	Template:Flagicon Gulf Racing Middle East	Template:Flagicon Keiko Ihara Template:Flagicon Marc Rostan	Lola B12/80-Nissan	LMP2	17	DNF	DNF
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Complete FIA GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Pts
1997	GT1 Lotus Racing	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1	HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HEL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	A1R RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUZ	DON RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG	SEB RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC	0
1998	Zakspeed Racing	Porsche 911 GT1-98	GT1	OSC	SIL	HOC	DIJ	HUN	SUZ 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON	A1R	HOM	LAG		NC	0
2000	First Racing	Ferrari 550 Maranello	GT	VAL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EST	MNZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL	HUN	ZOL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	A1R	LAU	BRN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		NC	0
2002	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GT	MAG 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JAR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AND 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EST 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		5th	41
2003	Lister Storm Racing	Lister Storm	GT	CAT 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAG 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRN 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA	AND	OSC	EST	MNZ		15th	23
2004	DAMS	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	GT	MNZ	VAL	MAG	HOC	BRN	DON	SPA	IMO 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DUB RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZHU RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NC	0
2005	GPC Sport	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	GT1	MNZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAG 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IMO RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IST 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZHU 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DUB 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BHR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	15th	19
2006	Phoenix Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	SIL 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRN 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PRI 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DIJ 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HUN 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ADR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DUB 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		2nd	62
2007	Phoenix Carsport Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	ZHU 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BUC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MNZ 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ADR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRN 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOG 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZOL 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		4th	55
2008	Phoenix Carsport Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	SIL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MNZ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ADR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BUC 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BUC 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRN 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOG 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZOL 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SAN	8th	45.5
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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Pts
2012	Gulf Racing Middle East	LMP2	Lola B12/80	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8	SEB EXScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LMS RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SÃO 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BHR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FUJ 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SHA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	70th	2
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Footnotes

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Jean-Denis Delétraz

Contents

Career

Pre-Formula One

Formula One

1994: Larrousse

1995: Pacific

Sports Car Racing

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

Complete Formula One results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA GT Championship results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Footnotes

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Jean-Denis Delétraz

Career

Pre-Formula One

Formula One

1994: Larrousse

1995: Pacific

Sports Car Racing

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

Complete Formula One results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA GT Championship results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Footnotes

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