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Alain Prost and Jacques Laffite playing tennis
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Alain Prost and Jacques Laffite playing tennis
French gay couple🤷♀️
Various drivers, 05.05.1984 | Part 1
JACQUES LAFFITE giving a lift to NIKI LAUDA and ALAIN PROST at the 1984 DALLAS GRAND PRIX
✨its stupid but make it 82' grid✨
The main article of Auto-Hebdo issue 139, from November 16th, 1978, named "The Seven Mercenaries". You'll never guess who was really happy about how many French drivers there were in F1 back then.
I don't know where to begin for a summary of its contents. Every single interview has a lot to teach you about the driver it's about. It goes over their seasons, the cars, how they perceived it, etc. Patrick Depailler gets the most screentime because he had won the Monaco GP that year, the only win from a French driver that year... or maybe it's Didier Pironi, who gets a surprisingly long section compared to his fellow countrymen (and they didn't even mention him winning Le Mans earlier than year! It's all F1-related).
The one thing that surprised me the most in there was Patrick Depailler speaking about how heavy the bias in Tyrrell was in 1978 between the two drivers, because while we know it existed, even Patrick himself was surprised by it - and you can guess it, it's how the part on Didier starts.
The least surprising thing was Jacques Laffite outright saying he didn't want his future teammate Patrick Depailler to be treated on equal footing with him. Yeah Jacques I could've guessed from the absolute shitshow that was being Ligier's second driver lmao, but thanks for the transparency! (He says Guy Ligier and Gérard Ducarouge made a "small mistake" there, because Jacques has been here for longer and thinks he deserves the slight advantage).
Bonus cursed cover of the issue itself:
Jacques Laffite, Philippe Alliot, Alain Prost, Patrick Tambay, Rene Arnoux, and Francois Hesnault during the 1985 Brazilian Grand Prix
I just wanna wrap my arms around Alain's little slutty waist and kiss him
June 22 1986, Detroit Grand Prix. 1st place Ayrton Senna, 2nd place Jacques Laffite, 3rd place Alain Prost
