Marguerite "Margot" Laffite (born 6 November 1980) is a French racing driver and television presenter.

Biography

Laffite discovered motorsport in 1995, at

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, where she saw her father

Jacques Laffite Jacques-Henri Laffite (; born 21 November 1943) is a French former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from to . Laffite won six Formula One Grands Prix across 13 seasons. Born and raised in Paris, Laffite trained as ...

racing in real life for the first time. In 2011, she hosted the ''Dimanche F1'' program on

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... She also hosts the ''V6'' show, devoted to the automobile, created in September 2000 by Paul Chelly, for the

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television channel. In 2013, following the purchase of the rights to Formula 1 by

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, Laffite joined the encrypted channel and became a columnist in 2013 then presenter from 2014 of the

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program on Canal+, and "joker" presenter (replacement) of the program ''Les Spécialistes F1'' on Canal+ Sport. The show ended in 2016. Since 2018, alternating with Thomas Sénecal, she has been at the Grands Prix with

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as host of the programs broadcast during race weekends. Since 2013, Laffite has been a sponsor of the Association du Sport et Plus.

Motorsport career

Laffite embarked on a career as a racing driver like her father. In particular, she has participated on several occasions in the Andros Trophy, for which she won the Women's Trophy in 2005.

Other work

In September 2017, Laffite was part of the jury of the Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille 2017 concours d'élégance. In April 2018, she participated in the Tour Auto Optic 2000 with Olivier Pernaut, son of Jean-Pierre Pernaut, with an

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from 1966.

Personal life

Laffite gave birth to a boy, Albert, on 4 February 2015, born of her relationship with Arnaud Tsamere with whom she married in 2015. The couple subsequently divorced. In February 2020, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter.Qui est Margot Lafitte, la compagne d'Arnaud Tsamère ?
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References

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