Michel Leclère

Michel Leclère (born 18 March 1946) is a former motor racing driver from France. He competed in eight Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut on October 5, 1975. However, he did not score any championship points during his career in Formula One.

Career

left|thumb|Leclère driving for [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell at the 1975 United States Grand Prix]]

After winning the French Formula 3 championship, driving for Alpine, in 1972, Leclère performed well in Formula 2. This earned him his chance in Formula One. After making his debut for Tyrrell at the last race of the season he landed a full-time drive with Wolf–Williams Racing in . The relationship was not a success, however, and he returned to Formula 2. After a bad season with Kauhsen in 1977, he retired.

Leclère has recently been involved with the Renault H&C Classic Team and has demonstrated and raced some of the historic Formula One cars and other machinery in their keeping, at various events around Europe.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! Pts

! Elf John Coombs

! Alpine A367

! Ford

| MAL

| HOC

| THR

| NÜR

| PAU

| KIN

| NIV

| HOC

| ROU

| MNZ

| MAN

| KAR

| PER

| SAL

| NOR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALB

| VAL

! NC

! 0

|rowspan=2|

! Ecurie Elf

! Alpine A367

!rowspan=2| BMW

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAR

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOC

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PAU

| SAL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KAR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PER

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| VAL

!rowspan=2| 6th

!rowspan=2| 12

! March Racing Team

! March 742

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC

! March Engineering

! March 752

! BMW

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EST

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PAU

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SAL

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| ROU

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| SIL

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| ZOL

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NOG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 36

! Ecurie Elf

! Elf 2J

! Renault

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| SAL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HOC

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROU

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| EST

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NOG

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HOC

! 4th

! 33

! Willi Kauhsen Racing Team

! Elf 2J

! Renault

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| MUG

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ROU

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOG

| PER

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MIS

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| EST

| DON

! NC

! 0

! Fred Opert Racing

! Chevron B42

! Hart

| THR

| HOC

| NÜR

| PAU

| MUG

| VAL

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ROU

| DON

| NOG

| PER

| MIS

| HOC

! NC

! 0

! Polifac BMW Junior Team

! March 792

! BMW

| SIL

| HOC

| THR

| NÜR

| VAL

| MUG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU

| HOC

| ZAN

| PER

| MIS

| DON

! NC

! 0

Complete Formula One results

(key)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! Pts

| 1975

! Elf Team Tyrrell

! Tyrrell 007

! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8

| ARG

| BRA

| RSA

| ESP

| MON

| BEL

| SWE

| NED

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| AUT

| ITA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA

! NC

! 0

|rowspan=2| 1976

! Frank Williams Racing Cars

!rowspan=2| Wolf–Williams FW05

!rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8

| BRA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSA

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| USW

!rowspan=2| NC

!rowspan=2| 0

! Walter Wolf Racing

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SWE

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| AUT

| NED

| ITA

| CAN

| USA

| JPN

!colspan="22"|

24 Hours of Le Mans results

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

! Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! 1974

|align="left"| Automobiles Ligier

|align="left"| Guy Chasseuil

|align="left"| Ligier JS2

| S 3.0

| DNF

! 1977

|align="left"| Grand Touring Cars Inc. Mirage Renault

|align="left"| Sam Posey

|align="left"| Mirage GR8

| S 3.0

| 58

| DNF

! 1978

|align="left"| Grand Touring Cars Inc.

|align="left"| Sam Posey

|align="left"| Mirage M9

| S+2.0

| 33

| DNF

! 1979

|align="left"| JMS Racing Charles Pozzi

|align="left"| Claude Ballot-Léna Peter Gregg

|align="left"| Ferrari 512BB/LM

| IMSA +2.5

| 219

| DNF

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