{"id":19132,"date":"2020-12-05T00:49:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T00:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/philippe-alliot\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T11:14:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T11:14:38","slug":"philippe-alliot","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/philippe-alliot\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippe Alliot"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"alliot2\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/alliot2-200x200.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"19132\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n&lt;!&#8211; wp:acf\/expanding-content {\n    &quot;id&quot;: &quot;block_5fc174e15c389&quot;,\n    &quot;name&quot;: &quot;acf\/expanding-content&quot;,\n    &quot;data&quot;: {\n        &quot;section_id&quot;: &quot;full-biography&quot;,\n        &quot;_section_id&quot;: &quot;field_text_1292ff80a2dc5c915ba1db496c4bc22c&quot;,\n        &quot;images&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n        &quot;_images&quot;: &quot;eb298b09b4fa5288ed423010408600a1field_repeater&quot;,\n        &quot;content&quot;: &quot;Philippe Alliot was a Formula 1 driver for a decade but only scored points in six of his 109 races. Already in his twenties when he took a course at Nogaro\u2019s racing school, he was encouraged enough to stop studying politics at University and race in Formula Renault.rnrn<b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Success in Formula Renault and F3<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>rnrn<span data-contrast=\"none\">Unfortunately for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Alliot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, an early adversary was Alain Prost but he finally beat\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jo\u00ebl<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Gouhier<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to win the 1978 French Formula Renault title in his third season. He remained with BP Racing for his F<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ormula\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">3 graduation and competed in the French series at first.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>rnrn<span data-contrast=\"none\">A move to ORECA Martini and the European series was rewarded with success in 1980. On the podium in the first four races,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Alliot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0qualified on the front row at Monaco and won a couple of French Championship races. A winner in the European Championship for the next two seasons, he finished third in the 1981 standings and second in the 1982 Monaco support race.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>rnrn<span data-contrast=\"none\">Alliot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0raced the unique F<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ormula\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">2 Martini 001-BMW in 1983 \u2013 pole position at\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Misano<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0a notable achievement. He was also third at Le Mans that year when sharing a Kremer Porsche 956 with Mario and Michael Andretti.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>rnrn<b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Formula 1 with RAM<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and F3000 victory<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>rnrn<span data-contrast=\"none\">Success and a budget led to F1 in 1984 when he joined the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Skoal<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Bandit-sponsored RAM-Hart team. But after two uncompetitive seasons at the back of the field,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Alliot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0took the unusual decision to drop down to F3000 in 1986. It paid dividends when his ORECA March 86B-Cosworth won from pole position at Spa-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Francorchamps<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in May.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>rnrn<span data-contrast=\"none\">Ligier<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0veteran Jacques Laffite broke his leg in that year\u2019s British GP and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Alliot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0replaced him. He finished sixth in the Mexican GP to score his first F1 point and spent the next three seasons with G\u00e9rard\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Larrousse\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0new concern. Three sixth-place finishes helped\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Alliot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to a career-best 16th in the 1987 World Championship. Somewhat crash-prone, he walked away from a 180mph accident during qual<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ifying for the 1988 Mexican GP.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>rnrn<b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sports car success with Peugeot<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>rnrn<span data-contrast=\"none\">Another season with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ligier<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0followed in 1990 before\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Alliot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0quit F1 in search of more competitive machinery. He won on his debut for the ambitious Peugeot sports<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">car team in 1991 and finished third in the World\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sportscar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Championship for the next two seasons. He was also on pole position for the Le Mans 24 hours for three successive years and again finished the race third in 1992 and 1993.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>rnrn<b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Politics and Formula 1 return<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>rnrn<span data-contrast=\"none\">He returned to F1 and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Larrousse<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in 1993 to finish a career-best fifth at\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Imola<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0before\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">being replaced for the last two GPs of the year. He retired from his last two F1 races a year later when replacing McLaren-Peugeot\u2019s suspended Mika\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">H\u00e4kkinen<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in Hungary and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Larrousse\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0pay driver Olivier Beretta in Belgium whose sponsorship had run out.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>rnrn<span data-contrast=\"none\">Alliot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0briefly quit racing in 1995 to enter politics but returned to compete in ice racing, sports<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">cars, the Paris-Dakar and touring cars. His Courage C36-Porsche was running fourth in the 15<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th hour of the 1996 Le Mans 24 H<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ours when\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Alliot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0crashed at\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tertre<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Rouge. He entered Le Mans for the last time in 2003 but now races for fun. A cultured and popular man, he crashed too often and endured more days of disappointment than most of his F1 peers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span>&#8220;,\n        &#8220;_content&#8221;: &#8220;field_main_content_2ee8865d7c533463b5dedcef1ce01c85&#8221;,\n        &#8220;more_button&#8221;: &#8220;Read full bio&#8221;,\n        &#8220;_more_button&#8221;: &#8220;field_text_a3ffdde6d63ef6303a21e2400fb10a0f&#8221;\n    },\n    &#8220;mode&#8221;: &#8220;edit&#8221;\n} \/&#8211;&gt;\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-seasons-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" 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