{"id":7858,"date":"2015-04-01T00:14:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T07:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2024-12-27T12:48:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:48:17","slug":"1980-renault-re23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1980-renault-re23\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Pierre Jabouille Favorite Racecar &#8211; The 1980 Renault RE23"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_709370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-709370\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/GR201504-p1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-709370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/GR201504-p1-1.jpg\" alt=\"1980 Austrian GP, Jabouille leads JonesPhoto: Maureen Magee\" width=\"1080\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/GR201504-p1-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/GR201504-p1-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/GR201504-p1-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/GR201504-p1-1-100x60.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/GR201504-p1-1-770x462.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/GR201504-p1-1-293x176.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-709370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1980 Austrian GP, Jabouille leads Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Maureen Magee<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I choose the 1980 Renault RE23 as a Greatest Racecar with a little controversy, you\u2019ll see what I mean.\u00a0 Since the first design of the Renault turbo engine for Formula One, I was there testing and assisting in the development. The driving and work was hard, but I really enjoyed myself, it was very satisfying and rewarding. I was quite sceptical about the concept of this new engine which suffered many, many setbacks for a variety of reasons. We had a tough time trying to get the best out of the combination of a new engine, new car and new tires. Despite these initial problems, and as history shows, the car was eventually successful. For the 1977 season, which we joined after the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, and the 1978 season, I was the lone driver\u2014something teams are not able to do in this modern era of racing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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I was quite sceptical about the concept of this new engine which suffered many, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":397,"featured_media":709369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2188,12318,11272,9348,17100,1817,18207],"tags":[17140,13061,6722,245,1819,21481,17143,17219],"class_list":["post-7858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1980s","category-greatest-racecars","category-members-only","category-guides","category-model-guides-race-cars","category-renault","category-special-feature","tag-members-only","tag-car-profiles","tag-race-car-in-depth","tag-race-car","tag-renault","tag-renault-featured","tag-special-feature","tag-vrr-column-greatest-racecars","post_format-post-format-audio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jean-Pierre Jabouille Favorite Racecar - The 1980 Renault RE23<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1980 Renault RE23 V6 turbo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1980-renault-re23\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jean-Pierre Jabouille Favorite Racecar - The 1980 Renault RE23\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1980 Renault RE23 V6 turbo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1980-renault-re23\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-01T07:14:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T12:48:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/GR201504-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"648\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jean-Pierre Jabouille\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jean-Pierre Jabouille\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1980-renault-re23\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1980-renault-re23\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jean-Pierre Jabouille\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/21678a83634daaa525a59fed74016151\"},\"headline\":\"Jean-Pierre Jabouille Favorite Racecar &#8211; 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