Michel Leclère

Michel Leclère

Born	18 March 1946
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1975 -1976
Teams	Tyrrell, Wolf-Williams
Entries	8 (7 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1975 United States Grand Prix
Last entry	1976 French Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1972, 1977 – 1979
Teams	Ligier Grand Touring Cars Inc. JMS Racing
Best finish	DNF
Class wins	0

Michel Leclère (born 18 March 1946 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines) is a former motor racing driver from France. He participated in eight Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on October 5, 1975, and scored no championship points.

Career

After winning the French Formula 3 championship, driving for Alpine, in 1972, Leclère performed well in Formula 2. This earned him his chance in Formula One. After making his debut for Tyrrell at the last race of the 1975 season he landed a full-time drive with Wolf-Williams Racing in 1976. The relationship was not a success, however, and he returned to Formula 2. After a bad season with Kauhsen in 1978, he retired.

He has recently been involved with the Renault H&C Classic Team and has demonstrated and raced some of the historic Formula One cars and other machinery in their keeping, at various events around Europe.

Leclère demonstrating a Renault RE40 F1 car at Donington Park in 2007.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Pts
1973	Elf Coombs Racing	Alpine A367	Ford BDA	MAL	HOC	THR	NÜR	PAU	KIN	NIV	HOC	ROU	MNZ	MAN	KAR	PER	SAL	NOR	ALB Ret	VAL	—	0
1974	Ecurie Elf	Alpine A367	BMW	BAR 6	HOC 3	PAU 5	SAL DNQ		MUG 16	KAR Ret	PER 4	HOC 10	VAL DNS								6th	12
	March Engineering	March 742						HOC 5
1975	Elf Team March	March 752	BMW	EST Ret	THR 7	HOC 10	NÜR Ret	PAU 5	HOC Ret	SAL Ret	ROU 1	MUG Ret	PER Ret	SIL 1	ZOL 1	NOG 2	VAL Ret				2nd	36
1976	Equipe Elf Switzerland	Jabouille 2J	Renault	HOC Ret	THR Ret	VAL 4	SAL 1	PAU Ret	HOC 2	ROU Ret	MUG Ret	PER Ret	EST 8	NOG 3	HOC 2						4th	33
1977	Willi Kauhsen Renault Elf Racing Team	Jabouille 2J	Renault	SIL Ret	THR Ret	HOC Ret	NÜR DNS	VAL Ret	PAU Ret	MUG DNS	ROU DNQ	NOG 15	PER	MIS DNQ	EST 10	DON					—	0
1978	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron B42	Hart	THR	HOC	NÜR	PAU	MUG	VAL	ROU DNQ	DON	NOG	PER	MIS	HOC						—	0
1979	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	VAL	MUG	PAU Ret	HOC	ZAN	PER	MIS	DON						—	0

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts.
1975	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 007	Ford V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA Ret			NC	0
1976	Wolf-Williams Racing	Wolf-Williams FW05	Ford V8	BRA	RSA 13	USW DNQ	ESP 10	BEL 11	MON 11	SWE Ret	FRA 13	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN	NC	0

References

• "DRIVER: Leclère, Michel". Autocourse Grand Prix Archive. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
• "Michel Leclere". Grand Prix Racing. Retrieved 2007-09-11.