{"id":27380,"date":"2020-12-05T16:10:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T16:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/francois-hesnault\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T10:30:09","slug":"francois-hesnault","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/francois-hesnault\/","title":{"rendered":"Francois Hesnault"},"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=\"hesnault_francois_sr_2\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/hesnault_francois_sr_2-200x200.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=\"27380\"><\/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<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>This wealthy Parisian was the surprise choice as second Ligier driver for the 1984 Formula 1 World Championship. He did not score a point and his most notable contribution during the following year was his role in helping develop early in-car camera technology.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Family background and early racing career<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The heir to a considerable family transport business, Fran\u00e7ois Hesnault only started racing once he had completed his military service in the French parachute corps. He made his debut in the 1980 French Formula Renault and graduated to Formula 3 two years later.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"c-content-article content-article content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"content-article__grid\">\n            <div class=\"content-article__article\">\n                <h2 class=\"title sanomat\">From the archive<\/h2>\n                                    <div\n                        data-behaviour=\"tag-automation\"\n                        data-automation-type=\"related-issue-content\"\n                        data-tags=\"[&quot;Francois Hesnault&quot;]\"\n                        data-current-post=\"27380\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-article__content user-content\">\n                <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He began 1982 in a Martini MK37-Alfa Romeo and was the leading national series runner in the Magny-Cours European F3 Championship race. But outpaced by Ralt RT3 rivals, he used his UFO\/Antar sponsorship to swap to an ex-Roberto Moreno Ivens Lumar RT3 in September and immediately won at Albi.<\/p>\n<p>Third in the championship that year behind Pierre Petit and Michel Fert\u00e9, Hesnault joined champions Dave Price Racing for 1983 and his Ralt RT30-Volkswagen was second in a European round at Magny-Cours and seventh in Monaco. Improving as the year wore on, he won five times to finish just two points behind eventual French Champion Fert\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Formula 1 with Ligier, Brabham and Renault<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Fert\u00e9 was expected to sign for Ligier in 1984 but it was Hesnault who was named as team-mate for Andrea de Cesaris that season. Out-qualified by the experienced Italian on all-but one occasion, Hesnault failed to score a point and seventh at Zandvoort was his best result.<\/p>\n<p>Undeterred, he joined Brabham for 1985 but was replaced after just three disappointing races, failure to qualify at Monaco and a huge testing shunt at Paul Ricard. His Brabham BT54-BMW was completely destroyed when he crashed at the &#8220;S&#8221; de la Verrerie and Hesnault was trapped while marshals slowly extricated him.<\/p>\n<p>Uninjured but unnerved, he left Brabham by mutual consent. Hesnault did start a 19th and final Grand Prix in Germany with a third Renault RE60 that was fitted with a prototype on-board camera. With his F1 career over, the Frenchman retired from racing and now lives in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\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\" id=\"non-championship-races\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Non Championship Races\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" 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