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Why Europe's in danger of losing its F1 offspring
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The recent death of French racing driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille, at the age of eighty years old, was both a sad occasion and a reminder of how much Formula 1 Grand Prix racing has changed over the last four decades.
Jabouille enjoyed some top-level success, winning two races, though he is perhaps best known for driving a Renault during the 1977 World Championship, the first time a turbo charged car had ever raced in F1.
This is an excerpt of an article written by Simon Chadwick, a professor at SKEMA.