Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃pjɛʁʒaʁje]; born 10 July 1946) is a French formerracing driver, who competed inFormula One from1971 to1983.

Jean-Pierre Jarier
Jarier in 1976
Born	Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier (1946-07-10)10 July 1946 (age 78) Charenton-le-Pont, Paris, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1971,1973–1983
Teams	PrivateerMarch,March,Shadow,ATS,Ligier,Lotus,Tyrrell,Osella
Entries	143 (135 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	3
Career points	31.5
Pole positions	3
Fastest laps	3
First entry	1971 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry	1983 South African Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1972,1974–1975,1977–1979,1981,1984–1985,1988,1995–1999
Teams	NART,Gitanes,Ligier,Mirage,Renault,Porsche,BASF,Kremer,Schuppan,Larbre,Roock,Chéreau
Best finish	2nd(1977)
Class wins	0

Jarier contested 143Formula One Grands Prix forMarch,Shadow,ATS,Ligier,Lotus,Tyrrell, andOsella. He achieved three podiums and three pole positions across 12 seasons.

Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier was born on 10 July 1946 inCharenton-le-Pont, nearParis.^[1] After competing inFormula France, he moved up to FrenchFormula Three, finishing 3rd overall in 1970, before moving on to the Shell Arnold EuropeanFormula Two team in 1971. He peaked with two 3rd places, and also made hisGrand Prix debut atMonza when the team rented aMarch Engineering 701. However, the team dropped him midway through 1972 for financial reasons. For 1973 he signed to the March Engineering Formula Two team, and was also given aFormula One seat by the outfit. Formula One was difficult in the uncompetitive 721G, but Jarier stormed to the Formula Two title with eight wins.

After his good form in the 1973 F2 European series, Jarier nearly signed for Ferrari, but their established driverClay Regazzoni insisted on having the young Austrian Niki Lauda as his teammate. In 1974 Jarier drove a full season of Formula One, signing with theShadow Racing Cars team. He became team leader following the death ofPeter Revson, and finished 3rd at theMonaco Grand Prix on his way to 14th overall. As a sports car driver. Jarier led Matra's successful defense of its world sports car title, and proved himself the fastest driver of all on the classic road circuits, being faster than Ickx at Nürburgring and the old Spa road circuit and winning three other rounds on GP circuits at Brands Hatch, Watkins Glen and Paul Ricard.^{[citation needed]}

1975 began Jarier putting hisShadow DN5 on pole position for theArgentine Grand Prix, only for a component to break in the warm-up, preventing Jarier from taking the start. He repeated the feat at theBrazilian Grand Prix, and then dominated the race until a fuel metering unit failed, ending his race. Bad luck and poor reliability would curse his season, though the Shadow team fell from the pace as well. His only points-scoring finish was for 4th place in the shortenedSpanish Grand Prix.

Jarier spent 1976 with Shadow Racing Cars, qualifying 3rd in an updated version of the previous year's car, theDN5B and setting fastest lap at the openingBrazilian Grand Prix, before spinning off and crashing onJames Hunt's oil whilst running second a few seconds behindNiki Lauda in a Ferrari. Subsequently, the car became uncompetitive, and Jarier failed to score any points.

After this, his career slowed. He switched to theATS team in 1977, driving aPenske. He scored a point in his first race for the team, and then had one-off drives for Shadow andÉquipe Ligier when the German team elected to miss the final races of the year. He also dabbled insports cars, winning two races in anAlfa Romeo T33 withArturo Merzario, and coming second at theLe Mans 24 Hours withVern Schuppan in a Mirage.

His second year at ATS in the in-house HS1, was less successful, and he was fired after an argument with team principalGünter Schmid after failing to qualify the car for theMonaco Grand Prix. He was briefly re-hired for the German Grand Prix, only to miss the grid again, and again argued with Schmid, leaving once more. However, at the end of the year he was signed byTeam Lotus to take the seat left byRonnie Peterson's death. He set fastest lap at theUnited States Grand Prix East at Watkins Glen, running 3rd before he ran out of fuel, and then took pole and dominated at theCanadian Grand Prix at Montreal before an oil leak ended his race.

These showings saw him signed byTyrrell Racing. He was a regular points-scorer over two seasons with the team, with his best results being two 3rd places, achieved at the1979 South African Grand Prix and the1979 British Grand Prix.

He began 1981 with a temporary assignment for Ligier, standing in whileJean-Pierre Jabouille returned to fitness, for two races at Long Beach and Rio de Janeiro. He then drove withOsella beginning midway through the season.

1982 saw a full season withOsella, with Jarier securing the team's best-ever finish with 4th at theSan Marino Grand Prix (which was boycotted by the majority of British teams). While the rest of the year would be difficult, Jarier was instrumental in keeping the team's morale up following the death ofRiccardo Paletti at theCanadian Grand Prix.

The following year saw a full season with Equipe Ligier, but after a good run atLong Beach ended with a collision withKeke Rosberg, he finished the season without points, and spent most of the season making other drivers angry because of his blocking tactics as a back marker. One example of this was theAustrian Grand Prix that year. On lap 22, Ferrari driverPatrick Tambay, who had led the race from the start, was held up by Jarier for two corners (the Glatsch-kurve and the Bosch-kurve). As he was being held up, Tambay's team-mateRené Arnoux was able to pass Tambay on the approach to the Texaco-Schikane by boxing Tambay in behind Jarier. This also allowed Brabham driverNelson Piquet to come from 3rd to 2nd by nipping past Tambay into the second of the two left-handers, which dropped Tambay to 3rd and denied him the lead he had been preparing to re-take from Arnoux. A furious Tambay waved his fist at Jarier when he finally did pass him.

Following this, Jarier retired from motorsport, but was tempted back to drive in thePorsche Supercup in 1994. This led to several sports car drives, winning the 1998 and 1999 French GT Championships. Jarier contributed major stunt work to the filmRonin, directed byJohn Frankenheimer, who also directed the 1966Grand Prix.

^‡ Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^‡ Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest lap)