August 25 Zandvoort, Netherlands

February 24th 2023

Grand Prix Photo

February 24, 2023

The Renault of Jean-Pierre Jabouille – who died in February age 80 – enters the pits during practice at the 1979 Dutch GP. Apart from a win at the French GP the previous month (a first F1 victory for a turbocharged car), Jabouille’s season was beset with reliability issues. He’d only finish one more race in ’79 – the next round at Monza (14th)

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