Started his Formula 1 career at Theodore Racing at the 1977 British Grand Prix. Tambay switch over to McLaren in 1978 for two seasons, then switching back to Theodore Racing and Leiger for 1981.
In 1982 Tambay switch over to Ferrari after the death of his close friend Gilles Villeneuve (Tambay's godfather to Jacques Villeneuven). He won his first Grand Prix at the German Grand Prix, in his fourth race for Ferrari. He took his second and last Grand Prix win in 1983 at Imola; driving with Villeneuve's #27.
Tambey switched to Renault in 1984 for two seasons, and then spent a year with the Haas Lola F1 team to finish off his Grand Prix career.
Patrick Tambay has been fourth in the F1 Drivers' Championship once in 1983, winning two Grand Prix wins altogether and winning two F1 Constructors' Championships for Ferrari in 1982 and 1983.
Gone but not forgotten.
R.I.P. Patrick Tambay
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