(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000

Родился: 12.07.1930 Виши Умер: 23.08.2015 Невер Сезонов в Ф1: 2 Лет в Ф1: 2 Гран При: 13 Старты: 12* *не стартовал: 1 Победы: - подряд: Подиумы: - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: 8 Лучший старт: 11 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: Круги: 613 - лидирования: Километры: 3540.94 - лидирования: Очки: 1 - за один сезон: 1 - подряд:

Ф1: 1966-1967

Год	Команда	Шасси
1966	Guy Ligier	Cooper T81
1967	Guy Ligier	Brabham BT20
		Cooper T81

This uncompromising character came late onto the motor racing scene after a distinguished rugby career. A close friend and business partner of Jo Schlesser, he began racing in 1965 with a Porsche Carrera, then moving into endurance racing with a Porsche 904GT. Ligier competed in Formula 2 in 1964 and gained some minor success in a Brabham BT10, with fifth in the Pergusa GP and sixth places at both Albi and Montlhéry. In 1965 he raced a Ford GT, winning the sports and GT race at Albi, but achieving little of note elsewhere.

Taking delivery of a Cooper-Maserati, he joined the Grand Prix circus in 1966, but his season ended early, Ligier sustaining a smashed knee-cap after crashing in practice for the German GP. Undaunted, he returned in 1967, eventually replacing the Cooper with a more competitive Brabham, and scoring his only championship point at the Nürburgring. He did record a major success in sports cars that year, however, winning the Reims 12 Hours in a Ford GT40 with Schlesser.

In 1968 Guy returned to Formula 2 but, disillusioned after Schlesser's death at Rouen, he quit in mid-season, only to return the following year with the ex-Alan Mann Escort, before building a prototype sports car which he successfully debuted in 1970. This sports car programme eventually led to a Formula 1 machine being built for 1976 and, though the Ligier team often failed to make the most of their resources, the blue cars were a constant presence on the grid until the end of 1996, even though Ligier himself had sold most of his shareholding in 1992-93.

In 1997 Ligier finally disposed of the remaining 18 per cent of his interest in the team to Flavio Briatore for what amounted to a knock-down price. When the Italian subsequently sold the team on for a handsome profit, the unhappy founder was left contemplating recourse to the courts in an attempt to gain fairer compensation.

(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000