Junior Formulae and Formula One
Schlesser grew up in Morocco before returning to France to study and complete military service. He began racing in various paved-track events and shared the French Formula Three Championship with Alain Prost in 1978, then aged 30. In 1981 he participated in the European Formula Three Championship and also placed second in the Le Mans 24 Hours. He moved to Formula Two in 1982, and had his first attempt at Formula One in the 1983 French Grand Prix, where he drove a RAM-Cosworth, but failed to qualify.
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