Louis José Lucien Dolhem (26 April 1944 – 16 April 1988) was a

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from

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, and the half brother (and also 1st cousin) of Formula One driver

Didier Pironi Didier Joseph Louis Pironi (26 March 1952 – 23 August 1987) was a French racing driver and offshore powerboat racing, offshore powerboat racer, who competed in Formula One from to . Pironi was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Cham ...

(they had the same father and their mothers were sisters).The Grand Prix Who's Who, Steve Small, 2nd ed., 1995. Dolhem was born in

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. He participated in three

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Grands Prix, debuting on 7 July 1974, and scoring no championship points. His single grand prix start came to end when he was withdrawn by his team after his team-mate

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's fatal accident during the season-ending

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. Dolhem died in a plane crash at Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert near Saint-Etienne in 1988. Dolhem and Pironi, who died while

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eight months earlier, are buried in the same plot at Grimaud, near St Tropez in southern France.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Formula One results

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dolhem, Jose 1944 births 1988 deaths French racing drivers French Formula One drivers Surtees Formula One drivers European Formula Two Championship drivers Racing drivers from Paris 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in France World Sportscar Championship drivers Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1988