Jean-Pierre Jabouille, a French racing driver and engineer who helped Renault win their first Formula One race in 1979, passed away at the age of 80. The two-time race winner, whose triumph at Dijon-Prenois was also the first in Formula One for a car with a turbocharged engine, was remembered by the Renault-owned Alpine team on Thursday as a pioneer. Jean-Pierre Jabouille, a French racing driver and engineer who helped Renault win their first Formula One race in 1979, passed away at the age of 80.
The two-time race winner, whose triumph at Dijon-Prenois was also the first in Formula One for a car with a turbocharged engine, was remembered by the Renault-owned Alpine team on Thursday as a pioneer.