François Migault (4 December 1944 – 29 January 2012) was a

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from

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, France. He participated in 16

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World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 August 1972, but scored no championship points.

Career

A native of Le Mans, he also entered the

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race 25 times, between

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and

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. Migault's first attempt in Formula One in was with the small, underfunded

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team that managed to start in only one race. In , he drove almost a complete season with

British Racing Motors British Racing Motors (BRM) was a British Formula One motor racing team. Founded in 1945 and based in the market town of Bourne in Lincolnshire, it participated from 1951 to 1977, competing in 197 grands prix and winning seventeen. BRM wo ...

after both BRM drivers of 1973,

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and

Clay Regazzoni Gianclaudio Giuseppe "Clay" Regazzoni (5 September 1939 – 15 December 2006) was a Swiss racing driver. He competed in Formula One races from 1970 to 1980, winning five Grands Prix. His first win was the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in his debu ...

, had moved to

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. In , a few races with the ill-fated

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team and Williams followed. In

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that year, Migault achieved some success with an

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FA2, scoring one point. Migault continued to compete at Le Mans until he was in his mid-fifties and achieved a best finish of second in

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, together with two other podium finishes. Migault died on 29 January 2012 after a long battle with cancer.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ;Footnotes:

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Non-Championship Formula One results

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References

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