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After serving his motor racing apprenticeship in Formula 3 and Formula 2, Jean-Pierre Jabouille became a Grand Prix winner with Renault.

France has produced some of the world's best Grand Prix drivers. French Formula 1 history is full of great winners, unfulfilled talents and tragic accidents.

Mark Donohue lost his life and Vittorio Brambilla crashed after winning the race.

James Hunt and McLaren were controversially disqualified while Williams scored their first Grand Prix win at Silverstone.

Alan Jones and Williams dominated the second half of 1979, but they were not a threat to Jody Scheckter for the Formula One World Championship.

Ligier dominated the first two Formula One races of 1979, but the next two Grands Prix went the way of Gilles Villeneuve and Ferrari.

Jody Scheckter won the 1979 Formula One World Championship at Monza. His Ferrari team-mate Gilles Villeneuve won the final race of the year at Watkins Glen.

Alan Jones pipped Nelson Piquet to the Formula One World Championship after a controversial Canadian GP.

Defending champions Ferrari were nowhere in 1980, struggling against the better ground-effect technology of other Grand Prix teams.

Renault has achieved success in Formula 1 both as an engine supplier and as a constructor. The French manufacturer has several F1 World Championships to its credit.

Didier Pironi denied team orders to win and Patrick Tambay scored an emotional victory.