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Jean Alesi: My F1 debut at the French Grand Prix
Jean Alesi was 25-years-old when he lined up on the grid for the French Grand Prix at Le Castellet as a Tyrrell driver, now three decades later he revealed he has a crystal clear memory of that day on 9 July 1989. On that day rookie, Alesi qualified 16th in a field of 30 entries which included the likes of Ayrton Senna, Alain, Prost, Nigel Mansell, Gerhard Berger and Nelson Piquet. Race day at Paul Ricard was incident-packed, including a multiple first corner shunt involving Mansell, Maurício Gugelmin, Thierry Boutsen and other cars. But the debutant was not rattled and finished his first Formula 1 race in fourth and immediately made the paddock sit up and take note. Alesi had arrived on...
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