François Hesnault

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François Hesnault
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Nationality  Flag of France French
Formula One World Championship career
Active years 1984 - 1985
Teams Ligier, Brabham, Renault
Races 21 (19 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podium finishes    0
Career points 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First race 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last race 1985 German Grand Prix

François Hesnault (born December 30, 1956 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a former racing driver from France. He participated in 21 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on March 25, 1984. He scored no championship points.

Hesnault enjoyed some success in the French Formula Three Championship, finishing third in the series in 1982 and second in 1983.

After a season with Ligier he was hired to be Nelson Piquet's team-mate at Brabham, but he was sacked after four uncompetitive races, only returning for a one-off race in a third Renault which carried a prototype onboard camera, making it the first use of this technology in a Grand Prix. This is also the last race in which three cars have been entered for the same team (current third drivers are not eligible to compete in the races). After this race, Hesnault retired from motor racing, having suffered a particularly heavy crash in testing shortly before parting company with Brabham.


[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Team WDC Points
1984 Ligier BRA
Ret		 RSA
10		 BEL
Ret		 SMR
Ret		 FRA
DNS		 MON
Ret		 CAN
Ret		 USE
Ret		 USA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER
8		 AUT
8		 NED
7		 ITA
Ret		 EUR
10		 POR
Ret		 Ligier - 0
1985 Brabham BRA
Ret		 POR
Ret		 SMR
Ret		 MON
DNQ		 CAN
 USA
 FRA
 GBR
 GER
Ret		 AUT
 NED
 ITA
 BEL
 EUR
 RSA
 AUS
 Renault - 0


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