L'Équipe is reporting Guy Ligier died today. He was 85 years old.
RIP Guy Ligier
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cheesy poofs
, Aug 23 2015 21:00
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Posted 23 August 2015 - 21:02
RIP. He was huge for the F1 in France.
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Posted 23 August 2015 - 21:07
R.I.P Guy Ligier.
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Volcano70
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Posted 23 August 2015 - 21:08
RIP
Edit: 100th post
Edited by Volcano70, 23 August 2015 - 21:08.
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Posted 23 August 2015 - 21:14
Big name of the Golden Era... RIP
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Posted 23 August 2015 - 21:46
RIP. There was a feature on the Ligier-Onroak collaboration in this week's Autosport which stated that Guy still went into the factory every day.
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midgrid
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Posted 23 August 2015 - 22:01
Let's not forget that he was also an F1 driver in his own right before turning to racing car construction.
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Posted 23 August 2015 - 22:53
RIP. One of F1's "big beasts".
Like I'm guessing a fair few members on here, was really turned onto the sport after watching the Gauloises car win in the damp at Monaco in 1996.
Edited by Risil, 23 August 2015 - 22:54.
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Posted 23 August 2015 - 22:55
A genuine legendary figure within the sport.
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Posted 24 August 2015 - 00:26
Guy,
Thanks for making the F1 grid a lot more beautiful throughout the years...
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Posted 24 August 2015 - 00:27
A sad day for motorsports and for the F1 community,
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Posted 24 August 2015 - 01:13
RIP
And thanks for providing the first few impression on what a racing (F1) would look like during my childhood ! 
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Posted 24 August 2015 - 03:48
The team that made me love F1 when I was a child. The first toy f1 car I ever bought was a Ligier.
RIP
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Posted 24 August 2015 - 04:16
R.I.P Guy.
Loved your cars.
Loved your cars.
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Posted 24 August 2015 - 06:28
Rest in peace, Monsieur Ligier.
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Henri Greuter
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Posted 24 August 2015 - 07:27
This is a big loss for France and the French racing history.
Salut Mr. Ligier, et merci beaucoup.
Henri
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A Day In The Life
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Posted 24 August 2015 - 14:57
Ligier F1 cars, especially those from the 90s were just beautiful. Thank you Guy.
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Posted 24 August 2015 - 15:18
While I'd heard the name in the first few races I watched as a kid I'll always remember the weekend of the 1993 French GP. I was away camping or something on the Saturday so missed qualifying, when my dad came to pick me up, naturally the first thing I asked was the qualifying results.
Me: "Prost's on pole I guess?"
Dad: "No Damon Hill is"
Me: " 
Prost's 2nd though right?"
Dad: "Yep"
Me: "Who's third, Senna or Schumacher?"
Dad: "Neither".
Me: "Erm....Alesi? Berger?"
Dad: "No Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell are 3rd and 4th, in Ligiers or something like that"
Me: 
Always had a soft spot for the team after that even after they changed drivers in subsequent years. I know Guy had sold the team by that point but they were a great team to have on the grid down the years. RIP.
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Posted 24 August 2015 - 15:59
Guy's temper was legendary.
He'll be missed, if only 1979 had gone better.
He'll be missed, if only 1979 had gone better.
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Posted 25 August 2015 - 07:49
While I'd heard the name in the first few races I watched as a kid I'll always remember the weekend of the 1993 French GP. I was away camping or something on the Saturday so missed qualifying, when my dad came to pick me up, naturally the first thing I asked was the qualifying results.
Me: "Prost's on pole I guess?"
Dad: "No Damon Hill is"
Me: "
Dad: "Yep"
Me: "Who's third, Senna or Schumacher?"
Dad: "Neither".
Me: "Erm....Alesi? Berger?"
Dad: "No Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell are 3rd and 4th, in Ligiers or something like that"
Me:
Always had a soft spot for the team after that even after they changed drivers in subsequent years. I know Guy had sold the team by that point but they were a great team to have on the grid down the years. RIP.
That was a short era where the teams were able to test on one circuit in the calendar before the race. Magny-Cours was a natural choice for Ligier and the results are clear example of the advantage. As top teams of that era were mainly British, they didn't have such advantage to each other as much in Silverstone.
