Patrick Gaillard – F2 and F3 | The “forgotten” drivers of F1

1977 – Patrick Gaillard in his B38 F3 Car at Donington Park in 1977. Photo and info from: c/o the late Bruce Kershaw/ Ted Walker via Chevron cars FB group

1978 – Patrick Galiard in his B43 F3 Car in 1978. Photo via FB Chevron c/o the late Bruce Kershaw

1978 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Zandvoort. Photo Romain Moormann

1978 300-km-Rennen – F3 1.2. April 1978 Nurburging

1978 F3 Karlskoga. Photo Christer Ljungaeus

1978 Monaco. Photo/source via forum Autodiva

1979 Eifelrennen. Photo Hartmut Schulz

1979 Eifelrennen. Photo Hartmut Schulz

1979 Eifelrennen. Photo Hartmut Schulz

1979 Eifelrennen. Photo Hartmut Schulz

Patrick Gaillard F3 1979 Zolder

European F2 1979 Donington. Photo and info Gary Thomas via FB

1979 F2. Photo James L Croft via FB

1979 F2. Photo James L Croft via FB

Here Patrick Gaillard testing the G.R.S. TC001, a nice (Maurer MM80 copy according to some) car but only raced by the talented Jochen Dauer twice and a lot of engine troubles and all sorts (well, we know about German built and run cars like Maurer at first before bringing in former Chevron employees, and look at Kauhsen!), it was raced at Silverstone (where I took pics of it but screwed up the analogue film destroing the negatives… ), Of course Patrck got “a chance to proof himself” in both occassionally drives in N179 and N180 Ensign ‘s and never having proper backers his F1 career was only a brief one… Info from Ed Brunette

Here Patrick Gaillard testing the G.R.S

1980 Pau. Photo from FB group F2

1980 Pau F2 GP

1980 Marlboro Trophy Silverstone

1980 Marlboro Trophy Silverstone

1980 Silverstone, Mampe Maurer MM80-BMW. Photo and info Michael Lee

1980 Silverstone, Mampe Maurer MM80-BMW. Photo and info Michael Lee

1980 Pau GP – Gifted Frenchmen Patrick Gaillard (Maurer MM80) and Richard Dallest (AGS JH17) fight it out at good old Pau! Info Ed Brunette and photo Eric Lemuet