Didier Pironi

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Birthday

26-Mar-1952

Age

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Villecresnes, Val-de-Marne, France

Also Known As

Didier Joseph-Louis Pironi

Didier Pironi

Biography

Didier Joseph Louis Pironi (26 March 1952 – 23 August 1987) was a French racing driver. During his career, he competed in 72 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, driving for Tyrrell (1978–1979), Ligier (1980) and Ferrari (1981–1982), his F1 career ending after a practice crash at the 1982 German Grand Prix. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 driving a Renault Alpine A442B.

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Formula 1: The Official End Of Season Review Of The 1982 FIA Formula One World Championship (1998) Character: Self
The official FOCA end-of-season video review, featuring comprehensive highlights of all 16 rounds of the 1982 FIA Formula One World Championship. And what a dramatic season it proved to be, with team changes, driver unrest and technical challenges setting the scene for a most unpredictable outcome. Niki Lauda (McLaren) made his comeback, Keke Rosberg replaced Alan Jones for Williams, Riccardo Patrese drove for Brabham alongside Nelson Piquet and Eddie Cheever joined Jacques Lafitte at Talbot-Ligier. Enjoy 90 action-packed minutes of highlights from this extraordinary season, with a sharply observed and highly entertaining commentary by Clive James at his brilliant best.

Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1 (1980) Character: Self
This is the follow up documentray to 1978's Speed Fever.

Lap of the Gods (1992) Character: Self
An A-to-Z driver's eye view track tour of 23 Formula One Grand Prix circuits in the 1970's and 1980's. Narrated by Murray Walker.

Adieu l'enfant (1981) Character: Self (archive footage)
A tribute to F1 pilot Patrick Depailler.

Droit de Réponse (1981) Character: Self
"Droit de Réponse" (Right of Reply) is a French debate program broadcast between December 12, 1981 and September 19, 1987 on the TF1 channel, presented by Michel Polac and produced by Maurice Dugowson. Broadcast live on a weekly basis, on Saturdays from 8.30 p.m., the right of reply has been the source of many controversies, due to the various speakers who have come to present their point of view on the show (which leads to famous scandals , remained in the memory of viewers), but also for the variety and relevance of the topics covered, which ensured the success of the program on the air for several years. On French television, this program is considered by some observers as a “pioneer program in terms of controversy-show or clash, in modern language”.

Villeneuve Pironi (2022) Character: Self (Archive footage) (Uncredited)
Villeneuve Pironi tells the astonishing story of Canadian Formula 1 legend Gilles Villeneuve and French star Didier Pironi, two fearless Ferrari Formula 1 racing drivers, forever torn apart by a historic and hugely controversial moment in time.

Double First - Williams & Jones: Formula One 1980 - A Review Of The 1980 Grand Prix Season (2004) Character: N/A
The new decade brought a record number of entries for the start of the season. Expectations were high that the champions of 1979, Ferrari and Jody Scheckter, could be beaten. Enter Team Williams and Alan Jones - the new force in a bright new era for Formula One racing. But it took the entire 1980 season before the victory was in the bag. Jones took the opening race, but then faltered. Brabham’s Nelson Piquet took advantage in the interim, completing a spectacular double in the Dutch and US GPs to lead the championship with two races remaining. It was up to Williams and Jones to pull out all the stops to seize the title.

1982 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review (1982) Character: Self
The 1982 Formula One season was the 33rd FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on January 23, 1982, and ended on September 25 after sixteen races. The World Drivers' Championship was won by Williams driver Keke Rosberg. Rosberg was the first driver since Mike Hawthorn in the 1958 season to win the championship after winning only one race. 11 drivers won a race during the season, none of them more than two times. Scuderia Ferrari won the World Constructors' Championship.

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