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Guy Ligier 1930-2015 (merged)

Started by Richard Jenkins , Aug 23 2015 21:20

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#1 Richard Jenkins

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Posted 23 August 2015 - 21:20

http://formulaspy.co...s-aged-85-17845

Guy Ligier was many things but he was passionate about the sport. His legacy to the sport though his iconic team is secure, but of course he wasn't a complete slouch as a driver either.

RIP to a motor racing legend.

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#2 Doug Nye

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Posted 23 August 2015 - 22:49

Rugged - very French - Guy Ligier has passed away aged 85. Not a man I ever got to know personally, but a man of considerable stature within our sport. RIP

DCN

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#3 Ray Bell

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Posted 23 August 2015 - 23:02

As I was opening this thread my thoughts were of his enthusiasm...

He was able to overcome the lows and live wit the highs of his time in Formula 1, lived through the criticism of his humble racing beginnings and I perceived at the time there was some kind of expectation that his Rugby background didn't really go down all that well.

Another vital connection with the past gone.

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#4 Michael Ferner

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Posted 24 August 2015 - 00:26

More sad news...

RIP M. Ligier :cry:

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#5 FLB

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Posted 24 August 2015 - 02:20

He never forgot his friend Jo Schlesser.

Here are public archives from the Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) :

http://www.ina.fr/vi...gier-video.html

http://www.ina.fr/vi...nant-video.html

http://www.ina.fr/vi...le-4-video.html

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#6 jj2728

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Posted 24 August 2015 - 06:50

RIP Guy...He will be missed.

John

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#7 wsp77

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Posted 24 August 2015 - 07:53

Sad to hear the passing of Guy Ligier. I was always impressed that he remembered his racing friend Jo Schlesser with the model designations JS. A talented businessman also.

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#8 byrkus

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Posted 24 August 2015 - 09:30

One of my all time favourite F1 cars...

F1 history would be somehow poorer without such character as Guy Ligier.

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#9 ddmichael

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Posted 24 August 2015 - 09:51

That's a great shame - he's a man of whom very little has been written (to my knowledge) in English. Always thought his Cooper-Maserati looked great in French Blue during '66 and liked the 'JS' prefix to his cars' numerical designations.

RIP

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#10 Bloggsworth

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Posted 24 August 2015 - 09:54

The rugby world will mourn too.

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#11 eldougo

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Posted 24 August 2015 - 11:02

Guy Ligier ....The Frenchman, a former rugby player and racing driver,team owner he did it all. He was a lovely man and it sad news indeed...... R.I.P.

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#12 Nanni Dietrich

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Posted 24 August 2015 - 12:48

Vale, Guy Ligier!

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#13 cpbell

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Posted 24 August 2015 - 16:34

Sad to hear the passing of Guy Ligier. I was always impressed that he remembered his racing friend Jo Schlesser with the model designations JS. A talented businessman also.

Indeed - when I first read the origin of the "JS" nomenclature, I realised that M. Ligier was, just as many rugby players of the era, a gentleman. Repose en paix.