Philippe René Gabriel Alliot (born 27 July 1954) is a French former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from to and from to .

Born and raised in Voves, Alliot initially studied political science before dropping out of university to pursue his racing career. He competed at 116 Formula One Grands Prix across nine seasons for RAM, Ligier, Larrousse and McLaren. Alliot also competed intermittently in the World Sportscar Championship, winning three races from 21 starts and finishing third in the standings in 1991 and 1992 with Peugeot. He also entered ten editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing third in , and .

Early life and career Philippe René Gabriel Alliot was born on 27 July 1954 in Voves, Eure-et-Loir, France. Alliot initially enrolled as a political science student, before dropping out to pursue a racing career at the Motul Racing School at the Circuit de Nogaro.

Prior to his career in Formula One, Alliot competed during 1976 and 1977 in Formule Renault, and won the championship in 1978, in the BP Racing team. With said team, he also won the French Formula Renault championship and went on to French Formula Three. He finished third in his first race and moved to the European Formula 3 Championship in 1980. By 1983, he moved to Formula Two but hit the headlines that year when he finished third in the Le Mans 24 Hours with Michael and Mario Andretti in a Kremer Porsche.

Formula One

In 1984 Alliot joined the Skoal Bandit RAM F1 team, but did not enjoy much in the way of success. After Jacques Laffite was injured at the 1986 British Grand Prix, Alliot took his place at Ligier, where he showed an improvement. He moved to Larrousse for 1987, but returned to Ligier in 1990, gaining a reputation for accidents. He has the record of most race starts without any lead lap finish.Celebrating Winless Wonders: 20 F1 Drivers with the Most Starts without a Win - Mike Pryson, Autoweek, 9 June 2020

Sportscars Alliot left F1 for sports car racing in the early 1990s and enjoyed considerable success with the Peugeot team, run by Jean Todt. This included third-place finishes at the 1992 and 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Return to Formula One Alliot made another attempt at F1 with Larrousse in , achieving the best finish of his F1 career, fifth, at the San Marino Grand Prix. For , Alliot was actually out of a drive in Formula One until Peugeot insisted that McLaren, who they were supplying V10 engines for, take him on as a test/reserve driver (largely against the wishes of team boss Ron Dennis who only relented because of Peugeot's insistence). This role led to a race at the 1994 Hungarian Grand Prix for the team as a replacement for Mika Häkkinen, while he was suspended. Qualifying 14th, he retired from the race itself. Alliot then replaced Olivier Beretta at Larrousse for the following race, the Belgian Grand Prix. Starting from 19th on the grid, he retired with engine failure and this proved to be his last race in F1. Alliot left Formula One as the driver with the most race starts who had never achieved at least one of a podium finish, a pole position, or a fastest lap.

Later life After announcing his retirement from Formula One in 1995, Alliot decided to try a career in politics, also did some TV commentary and competed in ice racing and the Paris–Dakar Rally, but ended running his own GT racing team.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition1976Formule Renault NationaleÉcurie Armagnac Bigorre1300002111th1977Formule Renault NationaleÉcurie Armagnac Bigorre81143339th1978Formule Renault NationaleBP Racing Team1453491441st1979French Formula Three?????183rdEuropean Formula ThreeKores Racing200000NC1980European Formula ThreeAutomobiles Martini130136395thGerman Formula Three200100NC†French Formula ThreeEcurie Elf22012427th1981European Formula ThreeAutomobiles Martini142105413rdWorld Sportscar ChampionshipEcurie Elf200006309thFrench Formula Three110010NCGerman Formula Three100000NC†1982European Formula ThreeAutomobiles Martini91002256thWorld Sportscar ChampionshipOtis-Rondeau200000NCGerman Formula ThreeTotal100000NC†1983European Formula TwoBMW France100110412thWorld Sportscar ChampionshipPorsche Kremer Racing200011225th24 Hours of Le Mans10001N/A3rd1984Formula OneSkoal Bandit Formula 1 Team1300000NC1985Formula OneSkoal Bandit Formula 1 Team1300000NCEuropean Formula 3000BS Automotive10000119th1986Formula OneÉquipe Ligier70000118thInternational Formula 3000Oreca6101199th24 Hours of Le MansJohn Fitzpatrick Racing10000N/A10th1987Formula OneLarrousse Calmels150000317th1988Formula OneLarrousse Calmels1600000NC1989Formula OneLarrousse Calmels/Equipe Larrousse150000126th1990Formula OneLigier Gitanes1400000NC24 Hours of Le MansPorsche Kremer Racing10000N/A16th1991World Sportscar ChampionshipPeugeot Talbot Sport81113693rd24 Hours of Le Mans10000N/ADNF1992World Sportscar ChampionshipPeugeot Talbot Sport62224643rd24 Hours of Le Mans10101N/A3rd1993Formula OneEquipe Larrousse140000217th24 Hours of Le MansPeugeot Talbot Sport10101N/A3rd1994Formula OneMarlboro McLaren Peugeot100000NCTourtel Larrousse F1100001995 French Supertouring ChampionshipPeugeot Esso180201536thBPR Global GT SeriesToyota Team Tom's100000NC24 Hours of Le MansGTC Gulf Racing10000N/ADNF199624 Hours of Le MansCourage Compétition10000N/ADNF1999FFSA GT ChampionshipMTO Mirabeau Compétition100000NC2000FIA GT Championship – N-GTJMB Competition300000NC2001FFSA GT ChampionshipJMB Competition1140072584th2002FIA GT ChampionshipForce One Racing600000NC2003FIA GT ChampionshipForce One Racing Festina70101942ndFFSA GT Championship6311312511th24 Hours of Le MansCourage Compétition10000N/ADNF2004FIA GT ChampionshipForce One Racing100005.541st2005FFSA GT ChampionshipForce One Racing20000139th2006FFSA GT ChampionshipPSI Expérience811131138th † As Alliot was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete European Formula Three 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 Points 1980 Automobiles Martini Martini MK31 Toyota NÜR ÖST ZOL MAG ZAN LCA MUG MNZ MIS KNU SIL JAR KAS ZOL 5th 39 1981 Automobiles Martini Martini MK34 Alfa Romeo VAL NÜR DON ÖST ZOL MAG LCA ZAN SIL CET MIS KNU JAR IMO MUG 3rd 41 1982 Automobiles Martini Martini MK37 Alfa Romeo MUG NÜR DON ZOL MAG ÖST ZAN SIL MNZ PER LCA KNU NOG JAR KAS 6th 25

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1981 BMW Italie-France Johnny Cecotto Bernard Darniche BMW M1 Gr. 5 Gr. 5SP +2.0 278 16th 3rd 1983 Porsche Kremer Racing Mario Andretti Michael Andretti Porsche 956 C 364 3rd 3rd 1986 John Fitzpatrick Racing Paco Romero Michel Trollé Porsche 962C C1 312 10th 8th 1990 Porsche Kremer Racing Patrick Gonin Bernard de Dryver Porsche 962CK6 C1 319 16th 16th 1991 Peugeot Talbot Sport Mauro Baldi Jean-Pierre Jabouille Peugeot 905 C1 22 DNF DNF 1992 Peugeot Talbot Sport Mauro Baldi Jean-Pierre Jabouille Peugeot 905 Evo 1B C1 345 3rd 3rd 1993 Peugeot Talbot Sport Mauro Baldi Jean-Pierre Jabouille Peugeot 905 Evo 1B C1 367 3rd 3rd 1995 GTC Gulf Racing Pierre-Henri Raphanel Lindsay Owen-Jones McLaren F1 GTR GT1 77 DNF DNF 1996 Courage Compétition Didier Cottaz Jérôme Policand Courage C36-Porsche LMP1 215 DNF DNF 2003 Courage Compétition David Hallyday Carl Rosenblad Courage C65-JPX LMP675 41 DNF DNF

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 Pts BMW France Martini 001 BMW SIL THR HOC NÜR VAL PAU JAR DON MIS PER ZOL MUG 12th 4

Complete International Formula 3000 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 Pts 1985 BS Automotive March 85B Ford Cosworth SIL THR EST NÜR VAL PAU SPA DIJ PER ÖST ZAN DON 19th 1 1986 Oreca March 86B Ford Cosworth SIL VAL PAU SPA IMO MUG PER ÖST BIR BUG JAR 9th 9

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 1984 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team RAM 02 Hart Straight-4 BRA RSA BEL SMR FRA MON CAN DET DAL GBR GER AUT NED ITA EUR POR NC 0 1985 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team RAM 03 Hart Straight-4 BRA POR SMR MON CAN DET FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA BEL EUR RSA AUS NC 0 1986 Équipe Ligier Ligier JS27 Renault V6 BRA ESP SMR MON BEL CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN AUT ITA POR MEX AUS 18th 1 1987 Larrousse Calmels Lola LC87 Cosworth V8 BRA SMR BEL MON DET FRA GBR GER HUN AUT ITA POR ESP MEX JPN AUS 17th 3 1988 Larrousse Calmels Lola LC88 Cosworth V8 BRA SMR MON MEX CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS NC 0 1989 Larrousse Calmels Lola LC88C Lamborghini V12 BRA 26th 1 Equipe Larrousse Lola LC89 SMR MON MEX USA CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS 1990 Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS33B Cosworth V8USA BRA SMR MON CAN MEX FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS NC 0 1993 Equipe Larrousse Larrousse LH93 Lamborghini V12 RSA BRA EUR SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS 17th 2 1994 Marlboro McLaren Peugeot McLaren MP4/9 Peugeot V10 BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN NC 0 Tourtel Larrousse F1 Larrousse LH94 Ford V8 BEL ITA POR EUR JPN AUS

Complete French Supertouring Championship results (key) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts 1995 Peugeot Esso Peugeot 405 NOG1 NOG2 DIJ1 DIJ2 PAU1 PAU2 CHA1 CHA2 VDV1 VDV2 CET1 CET2 LEC1 LEC2 ALB1 ALB2 DML1 DML2 6th 53

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