Didier Pironi was a French racing driver and offshore powerboat racer who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1982. He won the Formula Renault Eurocup in 1974 and 1976, finished third in the 1977 European Formula Two Championship and entered Formula One with Tyrrell, later driving for Ligier, where he took his first win in Belgium in 1980, and then for Ferrari alongside Gilles Villeneuve. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 with Renault. Leading the 1982 World Drivers Championship, he was badly injured in qualifying for the German Grand Prix and lost the title by five points. He won three Grands Prix in five seasons and died in 1987.
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was a French racing driver and offshore powerboat racer
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Pironi was the half-brother of racing driver José Dolhem
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was a French racing driver and offshore powerboat racer
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was a French racing driver and offshore powerboat racer, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1982
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who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1982
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