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Jacques Laffite (FRA) Ligier JS5 scored the first podium finish for the Ligier team with a third place finish. Belgian Grand Prix, Rd5, Zolder, 16 May 1976 © ©Sutton Motorsport Images

(L to R): Patrick Depailler (FRA) Tyrrell, who finished the race in eleventh position, was announced by Guy Ligier (FRA) Ligier Team Owner as a Ligier driver for the 1979 season during practice. Italian Grand Prix, Rd 14, Monza, Italy, 10 September 1978. BEST IMAGE © ©Sutton Motorsport Images

Race winner Jacques Laffite (FRA), Ligier JS17, followed by Nelson Piquet (BRA), Brabham BT49C. Austrian Grand Prix, Rd11, Osterreichring, Austria, 16 August 1981. © Sutton Motorsport Images

Guy Ligier (FRA) Cooper Maserati T81, 10th place. Formula One World Championship, Rd4, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium. 18 June 1967. © Sutton Motorsport Images

Jacques Laffite (FRA) Ligier JS5 scored the first podium finish for the Ligier team with a third place finish. Belgian Grand Prix, Rd5, Zolder, 16 May 1976. BEST IMAGE © ©Sutton Motorsport Images

Olivier Panis (FRA) Ligier JS43 came from fourteenth on the grid to take his first ever GP victory. Monaco Grand Prix, Rd 6, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 19 May 1996. © ©Sutton Motorsport Images

(L to R): Mauro Forghieri (ITA) Ferrari Designer talks with Guy Ligier (FRA) Ligier Team Owner and Gerard Larrousse (FRA) Renault Team Manager. German Grand Prix, Rd 10, Hockenheim, Germany, 29 July 1979. © ©Sutton Motorsport Images

Mark Blundell (GBR) Ligier Renault JS39 finished in 7th place. Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, 24 October 1993. BEST IMAGE © Sutton Motorsport Images

Jacques Laffite (FRA), Ligier JS11/15, finished third. Dutch Grand Prix, Rd11, Zandvoort, The Netherlands, 31 August 1980. BEST IMAGE © Sutton Motorsport Images

Jacques Laffite (FRA) qualified the Ligier JS5, complete with 'teapot' airbox in eighth position, but retired from the race on lap 50 with a blown engine. South African Grand Prix, Rd2, Kyalami, 6 March 1976. BEST IMAGE © ©Sutton Motorsport Images