François Migault

François Migault

Born	4 December 1944 Le Mans, France
Died	29 January 2012 (aged 67) Le Mans, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1972, 1974–1975
Teams	Connew, BRM, Hill, Williams
Entries	16 (13 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1972 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1975 French Grand Prix

François Migault (4 December 1944 – 29 January 2012) was a racing driver from Le Mans, France.^[1] He participated in 16 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 August 1972, but scored no championship points.

Life

A native of Le Mans, he also entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans race 25 times, between 1972 and 2002.

Migault's first attempt in Formula One in 1972 was with the small, underfunded Connew team that managed to start in only one race. In 1974, he drove almost a complete season with British Racing Motors after both BRM drivers of 1973, Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni, had moved to Ferrari.

In 1975, a few races with the ill-fated Embassy Racing With Graham Hill team and Williams followed. In Formula Two that year, Migault achieved some success with an Osella FA2, scoring one point.

Migault died on 29 January 2012 after a long battle with cancer.^[2]

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Points
1972	Darnvall Connew	Connew PC1	Cosworth V8	ARG	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR DNS	GER	AUT Ret	ITA	CAN	USA				NC	0
1974	Team Motul BRM	BRM P160E	BRM V12	ARG Ret	BRA 16	RSA 15	ESP Ret	BEL 16	MON Ret	SWE		FRA 14	GBR NC	GER DNQ	AUT				NC	0
		BRM P201									NED Ret					ITA Ret	CAN	USA
1975	Embassy Racing With Graham Hill	Hill GH1	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP NC	MON	BEL Ret	SWE	NED								NC	0
	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Williams FW03										FRA DNS	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1972	Charles Pozzi	Daniel Rouveyran	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	GT 5.0	22	DNF	DNF
1973	North American Racing Team	Luigi Chinetti, Jr.	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	GT 5.0	299	13th	3rd
1974	Équipe Gitanes	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Matra-Simca MS670C	S 3.0	324	3rd	3rd
1975	Gitanes Automobiles Ligier	Henri Pescarolo	Ligier JS2-Ford Cosworth	S 3.0	146	DNF	DNF
1976	Grand Touring Cars Inc.	Jean-Louis Lafosse	Mirage GR8-Ford Cosworth	S 3.0	338	2nd	2nd
1977	North American Racing Team	Lucien Guitteny	Ferrari 365 GT4/BB	IMSA	268	16th	6th
1978	Écurie Grand Competition Cars North American Racing Team	Lucien Guitteny	Ferrari 365 GT4/BB	IMSA +2.5	262	16th	3rd
1979	Alain de Cadenet	Alain de Cadenet	De Cadenet-Lola T380-Ford Cosworth	S +2.0	10	DNF	DNF
1980	Alain de Cadenet	Alain de Cadenet	De Cadenet-Lola LM-Ford Cosworth	S +2.0	313	7th	3rd
1981	Otis Jean Rondeau	Gordon Spice	Rondeau M379-Ford Cosworth	GTP 3.0	335	3rd	2nd
1982	Malardeau Automobiles Jean Rondeau	Gordon Spice Xavier Lapeyre	Rondeau M382-Ford Cosworth	C	150	DNF	DNF
1983	Peer Racing	David Kennedy Martin Birrane	Ford C100	C	16	DNF	DNF
1984	John Bartlett Racing	Steve Kempton François Sérvanin	Lola T610-Ford Cosworth	C2	52	DNF	DNF
1986	WM Secateva	Jean-Daniel Raulet Michel Pignard	WM P86-Peugeot	C1	132	DNF	DNF
1987	WM Secateva	Jean-Daniel Raulet Pascal Pessiot	WM P86-Peugeot	C1	14	DNF	DNF
1988	Courage Compétition	Paul Belmondo Ukyo Katayama	Courage C22-Porsche	C1	66	DNF	DNF
1990	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Gérard Tremblay Jacques Heuclin	ALD C289-Ford Cosworth	C2	36	DNF	DNF
1991	Courage Compétition	Lionel Robert Jean-Daniel Raulet	Cougar C26S-Porsche	C2	331	11th	11th
1992	TDR Spice Racing	Chris Hodgetts Thierry Lecerf	Spice SE90C-Ford Cosworth	C1	-	DNS	DNS
1993	Porsche Kremer Racing	Andy Evans Tomás Saldaña	Porsche 962CK6	C2	316	13th	8th
1994	Rent-A-Car Racing Team Luigi Racing	Denis Morin Philippe Gache	Dodge Viper RT/10	GT1	225	NC	NC
1995	Team Marcos	David Leslie Chris Marsh	Marcos Mantara LM600	GT2	184	NC	NC
1998	Pilot Racing	Michel Ferté Pascal Fabre	Ferrari 333 SP	LMP1	203	DNF	DNF
2001	S & R Rowan Racing Ltd.	Warren Carway Martin O'Connell	Pilbeam MP84-Nissan	LMP675	3	DNF	DNF
2002	Kondo Racing	Masahiko Kondo Ian McKellar, Jr.	Dome S101-Judd	LMP900	182	DNF	DNF

References

1. Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers – Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
2. "François Migault n'est plus". L'Équipe. 29 January 2012.