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Philippe Streiff
Philippe Streiff
	Streiff in 2014
Born	Philippe Pierre Streiff; 26 June 1955; La Tronche, Isère, France
Died	23 December 2022 (aged 67); Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1984–1989
Teams	Renault, Ligier, Tyrrell, AGS
Entries	55 (53 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	11
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1984 Portuguese Grand Prix
Last entry	1989 Brazilian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1978, 1981, 1983–1984
Teams	Lola, Rondeau, Ford, Porsche
Best finish	2nd (1981)
Class wins	1 (1981)

Philippe Pierre Streiff (26 June 1955 – 23 December 2022) was a French racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1989.

Early life and career

Philippe Pierre Streiff was born on 26 June 1955 in La Tronche, Isère, France.^[1]

Formula One career

He participated in 55 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 21 October 1984. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 11 championship points.

A pre-season testing crash at the Jacarepaguá circuit in Rio de Janeiro in 1989 with AGS^[2] left him a quadriplegic and thus using a wheelchair, with the quality of the care he received in the aftermath having been called into question,^[3] even if the accident itself was so serious the roll-bar broke on impact.^[4]

Other ventures

Streiff organised the Masters of Paris-Bercy, a kart racing competition held in collaboration with the FFSA, from 1993 to 2001.

In early 1994, Streiff made a bid to purchase Ligier in partnership with Hughes de Chaunac.^[5] The bid had the support of the similarly Renault-powered Williams F1 team, who intended to turn Ligier into a 'junior' team. The bid was unsuccessful.

Death

Streiff died on 23 December 2022 aged 67 in Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, five miles from the centre of Paris.^[6]

Legacy

Belgian Luc Costermans, who had broken the World blind road speed record in late 2008, dedicated his record to Streiff.^[7]^[8]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1978	Championnat de France Formula Renault	Ecurie Motul Nogaro	14	1	0	1	6	101	5th
1978	24 Hours of Le Mans	Team Pronuptia	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
1979	European Formula Three	Ecurie Motul Nogaro	7	0	0	0	0	0	13th
1979	French Formula Three	Ecurie Motul Nogaro	?	?	?	?	?	28	2nd
1980	European Formula Three	Ecurie Motul Nogaro	11	1	1	0	2	18	6th
1980	French Formula Three	Ecurie Motul Nogaro	2	1	0	0	2	57	3rd
1981	European Formula Three	Ecurie Motul Nogaro	13	0	0	1	5	36	4th
	French Formula Three	Ecurie Motul Nogaro	5	2	3	2	4	99	1st
	Japanese Formula Two		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Jean Rondeau	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
1982	European Formula Two	Motul GPA	13	0	0	0	2	22	6th
1983	European Formula Two	Écurie Armagnac Bigorre	11	0	0	0	4	25	4th
1983	24 Hours of Le Mans	Ford France	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1984	European Formula Two	AGS	11	1	0	0	4	27	4th
	Formula One	Equipe Renault Elf	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Skoal Bandit Porsche Team	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans	John Fitzpatrick Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
1985	International Formula 3000	AGS	10	0	0	0	1	12	8th
	International Formula 3000	Lola Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	12	8th
	Formula One	Équipe Ligier Gitanes	4	0	0	0	1	4	15th
	Formula One	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	1	0	0	0	0	4	15th
1986	Formula One	Data General Team Tyrrell	16	0	0	0	0	3	14th
1987	Formula One	Data General Team Tyrrell	16	0	0	0	0	4	15th
1987	World Touring Car Championship	Eggenberger Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1988	Formula One	AGS	15	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	World Sportscar Championship	Blaupunkt-Joest Racing	2	0	0	0	0	20	37th
	World Sportscar Championship	Team Sauber Mercedes	2	0	0	0	0	20	37th

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1978	Team Pronuptia	Michel Elkoubi Pierre Yver	Lola T296-Cosworth	Gr.6 S 2.0	232	NC	NC
1981	Jean Rondeau	Jacky Haran Jean-Louis Schlesser	Rondeau M379C-Cosworth	GTP (3.0)	341	2nd	1st
1983	Ford France	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Rondeau M482-Ford Cosworth	C	12	DNF	DNF
1984	Skoal Bandit Porsche Team John Fitzpatrick Racing	David Hobbs Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 956	C1	351	3rd	3rd

Complete European Formula Three results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total	Points
1980	Ecurie Motul Nogaro	NÜR 7	OST NC	ZOL 22	MAG 4	ZAN 8	LCA 7	MUG	MIS Ret	KNU 5	SIL DNA	JAR 9	KAC 3	ZOL 1			6th	18
1981	Ecurie Motul Nogaro	VAL DNQ	NÜR Ret	DON 9	OST 6	ZOL 2	MAG 4	LCA 4	ZAN 3	SIL DNA	CET 5	MIS 4	KNU 3	JAR Ret	IMO 2	MUG 3	4th	36

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts
1982	Motul GPA	AGS	BMW	SIL 10	HOC Ret	THR 5	NÜR Ret	MUG Ret	VAL 2	PAU Ret	SPA 4	HOC Ret	DON 5	MAN 2	PER 4	MIS Ret	6th	22
1983	Écurie Armagnac Bigorre	AGS	BMW	SIL 5	THR 8	HOC Ret	NÜR	VAL 5	PAU 8	JAR 4	DON 3	MIS Ret	PER 2	ZOL 3	MUG 3		4th	25
1984	AGS	AGS	BMW	SIL Ret	HOC 5	THR 3	VAL Ret	MUG 11	PAU 2	HOC Ret	MIS 2	PER Ret	DON 7	BRH 1			4th	27

Complete International Formula 3000 Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
1985	Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS JH20	Cosworth	SIL Ret	THR Ret	EST 10	NÜR	VAL 5	PAU 5	SPA Ret	DIJ 9		ÖST 5	ZAN 3	DON 5	8th	12
1985	Lola Motorsport	Lola T950	Cosworth									PER Ret				8th	12

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1984	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE50	Renault V6	BRA	RSA	BEL	SMR	FRA	MON	CAN	DET	DAL	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	POR Ret	NC	0
1985	Équipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS25	Renault V6	BRA	POR	SMR	MON	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA 10	BEL 9	EUR 8		AUS 3	15th	4
1985	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Tyrrell 014	Renault V6															RSA Ret		15th	4
1986	Data General Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 014	Renault V6	BRA 7	ESP Ret	SMR Ret			CAN 11											14th	3
1986	Data General Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 015	Renault V6				MON 11	BEL 12		DET 9	FRA Ret	GBR 6	GER Ret	HUN 8	AUT Ret	ITA 9	POR Ret	MEX Ret	AUS 5	14th	3
1987	Data General Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell DG016	Cosworth V8	BRA 11	SMR 8	BEL 9	MON Ret	DET 14	FRA 6	GBR Ret	GER 4	HUN 9	AUT Ret	ITA 12	POR 12	ESP 7	MEX 8	JPN 12	AUS Ret	15th	4
1988	Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS JH23	Cosworth V8	BRA Ret	SMR 10	MON DNS	MEX 12	CAN Ret	DET Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 10	ITA Ret	POR 9	ESP Ret	JPN 8	AUS 11	NC	0
1989	Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS JH23B	Cosworth V8	BRA DNA	SMR	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	NC	0
Source:^[9]

Notes and references

^ "Décret du 31 décembre 1994 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel" (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ Boddy, William, ed. (May 1989). "Slow Progress for Streiff". Motor Sport. p. 429.
^ Smith, Sam (15 February 2014). "The heartbraking tale of Philippe Streiff". Autosport+.
^ Philippe Streiff test accident
^ "The remarkable story of Philippe Streiff". 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
^ Van Vliet, Pierre (23 December 2022). "Décès de Philippe Streiff". L'auto-journal. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^ "Görme Engelli Sürücüden Yeni Bir Hız Rekoru". Zaman Gazetesi. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008.
^ "Blind Belgian breaks speed record". BBC News. 11 October 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
^ Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 364. ISBN 0851127029.

External links

Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alain Ferté	French Formula Three Champion 1981	Succeeded by Pierre Petit

[1] "Décret du 31 décembre 1994 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel" (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[around89-2] Boddy, William, ed. (May 1989). "Slow Progress for Streiff". Motor Sport. p. 429.

[3] Smith, Sam (15 February 2014). "The heartbraking tale of Philippe Streiff". Autosport+.

[4] Philippe Streiff test accident

[5] "The remarkable story of Philippe Streiff". 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.

[6] Van Vliet, Pierre (23 December 2022). "Décès de Philippe Streiff". L'auto-journal. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

[7] "Görme Engelli Sürücüden Yeni Bir Hız Rekoru". Zaman Gazetesi. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008.

[8] "Blind Belgian breaks speed record". BBC News. 11 October 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

[9] Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 364. ISBN 0851127029.

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