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Michel Leclère (born 18 March 1946 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines) is a former motor racing driver from France. He participated in eight Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on October 5, 1975, and scored no championship points.
Career
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 1975 season he landed a full-time drive with Wolf-Williams Racing in 1976. The relationship was not a success, however, and he returned to Formula 2. After a bad season with Kauhsen in 1978, he retired.
He 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)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Elf Coombs Racing | Alpine A367 | Ford BDA | MAL | HOC | THR | NÜR | PAU | KIN | NIV | HOC | ROU | MNZ | MAN | KAR | PER | SAL | NOR | ALB Ret | VAL | — | 0 |
| 1974 | Ecurie Elf | Alpine A367 | BMW | BAR 6 | HOC 3 | PAU 5 | SAL DNQ | MUG 16 | KAR Ret | PER 4 | HOC 10 | VAL DNS | 6th | 12 | ||||||||
| March Engineering | March 742 | HOC 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Elf Team March | March 752 | BMW | EST Ret | THR 7 | HOC 10 | NÜR Ret | PAU 5 | HOC Ret | SAL Ret | ROU 1 | MUG Ret | PER Ret | SIL 1 | ZOL 1 | NOG 2 | VAL Ret | 2nd | 36 | |||
| 1976 | Equipe Elf Switzerland | Jabouille 2J | Renault | HOC Ret | THR Ret | VAL 4 | SAL 1 | PAU Ret | HOC 2 | ROU Ret | MUG Ret | PER Ret | EST 8 | NOG 3 | HOC 2 | 4th | 33 | |||||
| 1977 | Willi Kauhsen Renault Elf Racing Team | Jabouille 2J | Renault | SIL Ret | THR Ret | HOC Ret | NÜR DNS | VAL Ret | PAU Ret | MUG DNS | ROU DNQ | NOG 15 | PER | MIS DNQ | EST 10 | DON | — | 0 | ||||
| 1978 | Fred Opert Racing | Chevron B42 | Hart | THR | HOC | NÜR | PAU | MUG | VAL | ROU DNQ | DON | NOG | PER | MIS | HOC | — | 0 | |||||
| 1979 | Polifac BMW Junior Team | March 792 | BMW | SIL | HOC | THR | NÜR | VAL | MUG | PAU Ret | HOC | ZAN | PER | MIS | DON | — | 0 |
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 | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 007 | Ford V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | USA Ret | NC | 0 | ||
| 1976 | Wolf-Williams Racing | Wolf-Williams FW05 | Ford V8 | BRA | RSA 13 | USW DNQ | ESP 10 | BEL 11 | MON 11 | SWE Ret | FRA 13 | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | USA | JPN | NC | 0 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 |  Automobiles Ligier | Guy Chasseuil | Ligier JS2 | S 3.0 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1977 |  Grand Touring Cars Inc. Mirage Renault | Sam Posey | Mirage GR8 | S 3.0 | 58 | DNF | DNF |
| 1978 | Grand Touring Cars Inc. | Sam Posey | Mirage M9 | S+2.0 | 33 | DNF | DNF |
| 1979 | JMS Racing Charles Pozzi | Claude Ballot-Léna Peter Gregg | Ferrari 512BB/LM | IMSA +2.5 | 219 | DNF | DNF |