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Old 6 Aug 2005, 21:51 (Ref:1373999)   #1
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Jean-Louis Schlesser
Is he still doing rally-raid?

J-LS is oft overlooked when sportscar greats are talked about, but thumbing through various paraphernalia tonight and casting my mind back over the years, Schless was a superb driver.

Is he up there with other top endurance drivers in other people's opinion?
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Old 6 Aug 2005, 21:59 (Ref:1374001)   #2
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He still does the dakar in his buggy powered by a ford it kind of looks like a focus now ... (well i think so with the lights). I have much respect for Schlesser for keeping to his word about NOT returning to Le mans after the chicane butchering. The questions about top endurance racers, well I dont know I've never seen any of the videos and such of him racing, (being to young) but he proberbly is overlooked.
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Old 6 Aug 2005, 22:06 (Ref:1374005)   #3
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Yes, I think he was. He always tended to be overshadowed at LM because he professed to detest the place, but while he was with Sauber Mercedes, he really was the business, for sure.
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Old 6 Aug 2005, 22:16 (Ref:1374013)   #4
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I have J-LS up there with drivers like Oscar Larrauri and Geoff Lees. Superlative enduro racers and bloody quick too, but always omitted from the usual top ten lists.

Indeed I asked Fiona Pearce who the best driver the Lister team has ever had was, and she said Geoff Lees.
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Old 6 Aug 2005, 22:26 (Ref:1374019)   #5
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Agreed again. I think Oscar put in some inspired drives in the 962s. I'll always remember LM 1990 and the disappointment when the engine gave up on Pareja. Oscar and Jesus really deserved that 2nd place.

Lees too. I'll always remember his comments at the end of LM 93. He loved driving those TS010s - even going so far as to describe them as his favourite cars. Always endeared him to me that comment - I loved the damned things too!
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Old 6 Aug 2005, 22:33 (Ref:1374025)   #6
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Moi aussi Ayse
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Old 6 Aug 2005, 22:34 (Ref:1374026)   #7
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Pity about Monza 88 from JLS, eh, Ayse
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Old 6 Aug 2005, 22:35 (Ref:1374027)   #8
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we're talking sportscar and enduro, not go-karts

sorry, the penny has dropped
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Agreed again. I think Oscar put in some inspired drives in the 962s. I'll always remember LM 1990 and the disappointment when the engine gave up on Pareja. Oscar and Jesus really deserved that 2nd place.
Its often forgotten that Oscar Larrauri was quite ill and did not do much driving, Jésus Pareja & Brun did the majority. I really felt for them when the engine let go.
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Pity about Monza 88 from JLS, eh, Ayse
Yeah, pity for JLS, eh. K-b.
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Oh yes, that was a great pity. Probably one of Ron Dennis' greatest regrets, I suspect........
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Larrauri ..... theres a name from the past . Whats he doing now ? He was some kido !!!
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Dont know what he's doing.

IIRC his last Le Mans was 94 in a Totip 348
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He does the dakar and other rally raids in a ford powered buggy .......
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He does the dakar and other rally raids in a ford powered buggy .......

We're now talking about Oscar Larrauri...
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Oscar Larrauri was racing in South America in Touring Cars.


http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/larrauri/index.html
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Larrauri ..... theres a name from the past . Whats he doing now ? He was some kido !!!
I heard he's into politics (a la Reutemann), and is also involved in cow farming (this dating back to the times when he was racing in Europe)...
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I remember reading somewhere that Ron Dennis and Gordon Murray came up with the idea of the McLaren F1 after Monza 88... so JLS contributed more to sportscar racing than just driving fast.
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I remember hearing that Joest offered him a drive at Le mans back in 1990 . They must of thought very highly of him as they were a semi works outfit at that stage . As far as I remember he only ever drove for Brun motorsport .

And now he is cowfarming !!!
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I heard he's into politics (a la Reutemann), and is also involved in cow farming (this dating back to the times when he was racing in Europe)...
This is correct, Oscar "Popi" Larrauri is now a local MP in the Province of Rosario in Argentina. Same political party as "Lole" Reutemann, the Peronistas.
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Remember when people were talking about Stefano Modena as being the next Italian hope? The fact that an ostensibly past-it Larrauri could outpace him blew that one out of the window. I guess people forgot his F3 pace and ignored his stellar role in Brun's World Title.
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