years championships races nationality points birth_date wins poles article_title name podiums
1979 0 5 -lrb- 2 starts -rrb- fra french 0 12 february 1952 0 0 patrick gaillard
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patrick gaillard

patrick gaillard -lrb- born february 12 , 1952 in paris -rrb- is a former racing driver from france .
he participated in 5 world championship formula one grands prix , debuting on july 1 , 1979 .
he scored no championship points .
after performing well in french formula renault and formula 3 , gaillard moved into formula 2 in 1979 , the same year as he drove for ensign in formula 1 .
the ensign n179 was not a good car and gaillard struggled on occasions , failing to qualify three times out of five , before being dropped in favour of marc surer .
in 1980 gaillard returned to ensign for the spanish grand prix and finished in a points-paying 6th place -- the last of 6 cars still running at the finish , 5 laps down .
however , the result did not count as this race was subsequently downgraded to non-championship status due to the fisa-foca war -lrb- f1 sporting body versus the f1 manufacturers -rrb- , making gaillard 's only point nullified .
thereafter he drove in formula 2 , canam , and sports cars including the 24 hours of le mans before retiring .
he later became a racing instructor .
