Although the races of cars were born in France, this country had not been able to obtain a complete triumph in the F1 disputed 27 seasons of the maximum category.
Finally, Jacques Laffite arrived triumphant at the end of the GP of Sweden of 1977 handling a motorized Ligier by Matra.
To then, only three Gallic pilots had reached the victory.
They had been Mauricie Trintignant, Jean Pierre Beltoise and Francois Cevert.
Those triumphs were always conquered manning English chassis and motors.

Stewart champion with Matra

The Matra cars also arrived at the victory and to they reached the top in 1969 when marks and the pilots were adjudged World-wide of but these profits arrived with the Scot Jackie Stewart at the steering wheel and the English impeller Ford Cosworth.
The French Guy Ligier, ex- pilot of F1 in the decade of the 60, always had the idea to construct his own car for the category.
When Ligier obtained necessary the economic support from the state society of the tobacco of France, it could fulfill to the aim with his dream of constructor of F1.
In 1975 the first Ligier de F1 appeared in society; the mark already had participated in races of sport prototypes like Le Mans with relative success.
The cars would denominate JS in honor to Jean Louis Schlesser, very friend of Guy Ligier, died in the GP of France of 1968 when catching fire their Honda.

The Ligier of season '76

In order to choose the pilot would lead who it in 1976, Guy Ligier would have to choose after some tests, by Jean Pierre Beltoise or Jean Pierre Jarier. Both were from the beginning with Guy Ligier in the armed one of the project of the Gallic equipment of F1, even from the first time that Ligier let know its project them in a restaurant of the Latin quarter of Paris.
Given the great friendship united that it with Beltoise, Jarier did not want to take part from those tests. It was the second time that Jarier was outside a project could have that it catapult to protagonism, previously had happened to him to Ferrari when in Maranello preferred to Lauda in its place.
It was then when Ligier called to Laffite to dissolve with Beltoise that would be the pilot of the flaming equipment of French origin.
After the tests, Ligier decided on Laffite in spite of its friendship with Beltoise due to the superiority marked by first.
The Ligier equipment entered to the F1 and made debut in the GP of Brazil of 1976 with a single-seater that immediately was recognized like one of the best ones constructed at that time.

Laffite doubling in Buenos Aires

With a single driven with then the Matra motor and drived car and by Laffite, the French set evolved during all that season, arriving to gain the classification and to lose by a confusion in the signalings that became during the race of Italy.
For the following season a evolution of that one model appeared following with the motor Matra and Laffite like unique pilot.
19 of June of 1977; historical date for French motoring and the F1. The Lotus of Andretti, impeccable dominating of the GP of Sweden, enters to pits to five turns of the end; Hunt, its escort with McLaren, is delayed and all the Ligier equipment does not leave its astonishment.

Jacques Henri Laffite won in six occasions with Ligier

The victory, so waited for victory by everything a country during decades is within reach of Laffite that has solved to its favor a duel maintained with other seven competitors.
Unmerited, although typical throughout that year, deception in the Team Lotus that resists with the measurement euphoria that it invades to Ligier.
Ten minutes later, a incalculable joy invades to the French that cannot think that Laffite crosses the line of impact to the front of the classification contrasting the calm resignation of the English of Lotus.

The French equipment integral Renault

Jacques Henri Laffite, Ligier and Matra - this motor time as enter the honors list reserved to the winners in a completely French victory, very hoped by the followers of the category in that one country of enormous and prolonged history in motoring.
The completely French victories followed one another frequently between 1979 and 1983; with the Ligier Talbot Matra de Laffite in 1981 and the integral equipment Renault between 1979 and 1983 with Jabouille, Arnoux and Prost.