Jean-Louis Schlesser
Nationality   France
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1988
Teams	RAM Racing, Williams
Races	2 (1 start)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1983 French Grand Prix
Last race	1988 Italian Grand Prix

Jean-Louis Schlesser (born September 12, 1948 in Nancy, France) is a racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. The FIA Super Licence is a qualification allowing the Licence holder to take part in Formula One Grands Prix as a driver This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The 1988 Formula One season was the 39th FIA Formula One World Championship season RAM Racing was a Formula One racing team which competed during the racing seasons of 1976 to 1985 Not to be confused with Frank Williams Racing Cars, formed by Frank Williams 1967 The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA) to the most successful Formula One The term " pole position " comes from the Horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race Results from the 1983 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Paul Ricard on April 17, 1983. The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 11 1988 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nancy (nɑ̃si archaic Nanzig Nanzeg is a city and commune in the Lorraine région of northeastern France This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Off-road racing is a format of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles (including cars trucks motorcycles and buggies compete in races through Off-road He is known for his successful wins of many different competitions. He is the nephew of Jo Schlesser, a former-Formula One driver. Joseph Schlesser ( May 18, 1928 in Liouville France

Schlesser grew up in Morocco before returning to France to study and complete military service. Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa He began racing in various paved-track events and shared the Formula 3 French national championship with Alain Prost in 1979. Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or F3, is a class of open-wheel formula racing. Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE (born 24 February 1955 is a French racing driver In 1981 he won the European Formula 3 Championship and also placed second in the Le Mans 24 Hours. The 24 Hours of Le Mans ( 24 Heures du Mans) is a sports car endurance race held annually since near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, He moved to Formula 2 in 1982, and had his first attempt at F1 in the 1983 French Grand Prix, where he drove a RAM-Cosworth, but failed to qualify. Formula Two, abbreviated to F2, was a type of Formula racing. Results from the 1983 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Paul Ricard on April 17, 1983. RAM Racing was a Formula One racing team which competed during the racing seasons of 1976 to 1985 Cosworth is an Automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing (motorsport

The mid-1980s saw Schlesser perform in touring cars and sports cars, winning the French Superproduction Championship in 1985 with a TWR Rover Vitesse, as well as driving the works TWR Jaguars in the World Sportscar Championship. Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct Auto racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars Tom Walkinshaw Racing, also known simply as TWR was a racing team founded in 1976 by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw. Rover SD1 is the code name given to a series of large Executive cars made by British Leyland and its successor Austin Rover from 1976 until 1986 The Jaguar XJR Sportscars were a series of Race cars used by Jaguar -backed teams in both the World Sportscar Championship (WSC Group C and the World Endurance Championship redirects here For the motorcycle endurance

He finally made his debut (and single outing) in a World Championship Formula One race at the 1988 Italian Grand Prix, as a substitute for Nigel Mansell in the Williams-Judd squad. The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 11 1988 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza. Biography Mansell was born in Upton-upon-Severn, a small Town in the English county of Worcestershire. Not to be confused with Frank Williams Racing Cars, formed by Frank Williams 1967 Judd is a name brand of engines produced by Engine Developments Ltd The race was memorable for Ayrton Senna crashing into Schlesser in the first chicane with just two laps remaining, leading to a Ferrari 1-2 at Monza just weeks after Enzo Ferrari's death. Ayrton Senna da Silva ( pronounced, March 21, 1960 &ndash May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver and triple Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a Motorsport Race track near the town of Monza, Italy, north of Milan. Enzo Anselmo "the Commendatore" Ferrari ( February 20, 1898 &ndash August 14, 1988) was an Italian car driver and entrepreneur The media joked that Schlesser had "an honorary life long membership" to the Scuderia, as it was the only race that season not won by the dominant McLaren-Honda cars. McLaren, founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren (1937&ndash1970 is a Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, UK Honda Racing F1 Team is a Formula One team run by Japanese car manufacturer Honda.

In 1988, he joined the Sauber-Mercedes squad full time, winning the German Supercup and finishing the World Sportscar Championship in second place, before winning the WSC title in 1989 and 1990, on this occasion sharing the title with co-driver Mauro Baldi. Sauber is a Swiss constructor of racing cars for Sportscar racing and Formula One. Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the For the Porsche one-make series see Porsche Supercup. For the Association football national competitions see Super The 1988 World Sports-Prototype Championship season was the 36th FIA World Sportscar Championship season The 1989 World Sports-Prototype Championship season was the 37th FIA World Sportscar Championship season The 1990 World Sports-Prototype Championship season was the 38th FIA World Sportscar Championship season Mauro Baldi (born January 31, 1954 in Reggio Emilia) is an Italian former Formula One driver who raced for the Arrows He also won the "Classic Masters" title at the 1994 Race of Champions. The Race of Champions is an international Motorsport event held at the end of each year featuring some of the world's best racing and Rally drivers

After a first outing in 1984, Schlesser began to compete regularly in the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1989. The Dakar Rally (or simply " The Dakar " formerly known as "The Paris Dakar" or "Paris to Dakar Rally" and now as "The Lisboa Dakar" is In 1992 he began to build his own dune buggies to compete in the Dakar and other desert marathons and European bajas. His first buggy, the Porsche-powered Schlesser Original, debuted in 1992 in the Baja Portugal 1000, which Schlesser won outright, beating the works Citroën cars with a two wheel drive vehicle and without a navigator by his side. Porsche SE or Porsche ( German, ˈpɔɹʃə is a German manufacturer of automobiles which is majority-owned by the Porsche and Piëch Citroën (pronounced See-Troh-Enn is a French Automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by André Citroën.

He went on to several 2WD class and overall wins the following years, before finally achieving his objective of conquering the overall victory in the 1999 and 2000 editions of the Dakar (respectively, Granada-Dakar and Paris-Dakar-Cairo). He also won the World Cross Country Rally Championship from 1998 to 2002.

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	16	WDC	Points
1983	RAM Automotive Team March	March-RAM 01	Cosworth V8	BRA	USW	FRA DNQ	SMR	MON	BEL	USE	CAN	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	RSA		-	0
1988	Canon Williams Team	Williams FW12	Judd V8	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA 11	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	-	0

External links

• Jean-Louis Schlesser Official website
• Interview with Schlesser

Sporting positions
Preceded by Dany Snobeck	French Touring Car Champion 1985	Succeeded by Xavier Lapeyre
Preceded by Martin Brundle	World Sportscar Championship Champion 1989-1990, 1990: with Mauro Baldi	Succeeded by Teo Fabi

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Results from the 1983 Formula One European Grand Prix held at Brands Hatch on September 25, 1983. The 1983 Formula One South African Grand Prix was the final race of the 1983 Formula One season. The 1988 Formula One season was the 39th FIA Formula One World Championship season is a Japanese Multinational corporation that specializes in imaging and optical products including Cameras photocopiers and Computer printers Not to be confused with Frank Williams Racing Cars, formed by Frank Williams 1967 Not to be confused with Frank Williams Racing Cars, formed by Frank Williams 1967 Judd is a name brand of engines produced by Engine Developments Ltd A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of four cylinders in most cases set at a right angle to each other The 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 3 1988 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro. Results from the 1988 Formula One San Marino Grand Prix held at Imola on May 1, 1988. The 1988 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 15 1988 at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. The 1988 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 29 1988 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City. The 1988 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on June 12 1988 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal. The 1988 United States Grand Prix East was a Formula One race held on June 19, 1988 in Detroit Michigan. The 1988 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 3 1988 at the Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet. The 1988 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 10 1988 at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone. The 1988 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 24 1988 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim. The 1988 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 7 1988 at the Hungaroring, Budapest. The 1988 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 28 1988 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps. The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 11 1988 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza. The 1988 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 25 1988 at the Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril. The 1988 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 2 1988 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera. The 1988 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Suzuka Circuit, Japan, on October 30, 1988. The 1988 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, on November 13, 1988. 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