The motorsport world mourns Patrick Tambay.
As the family of the former Formula 1 driver announced, the Frenchman died on Sunday at the age of 73 after a long illness.
Tambay, who contested 114 races in the premier class of motorsport in the 1970s and 1980s and won two races, had suffered from Parkinson's disease for years.
Tambay made his Formula 1 debut in 1977 at the British Grand Prix with the Theodore racing team.
After Gilles Villeneuve's fatal accident at the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix, he replaced the Canadian in the Ferrari.
Tambay won two races for the Scuderia.
His other stations included McLaren and Renault.
In 1986 the “Gentleman Driver” drove the last Grand Prix of his career in Adelaide.
In addition to his involvement in Formula 1, the Frenchman also tried his hand at other classics such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Paris-Dakar Rally.
Tambay leaves behind his son Adrien, who, like his father, was active in motorsport.