France, Honda entered it for the French Grand Prix at Rouen. Being the local hero, Schlesser was hired to drive it. After two laps, the car slid wide at the Six Frères corner and crashed sideways into a bank. The magnesium-bodied Honda and 58 laps' worth of fuel ignited instantly, leaving Schlesser no chance of survival. As a result, Honda withdrew from Formula One at the end of the 1968 season after Surtees had again refused to drive the car in the Italian Grand Prix. Legacy Guy Ligier, a close friend, former teammate and business partner, established his company Ligier Cars shortly after Schlesser's death, in fulfillment of the dream that they had shared, to build a "good car". Ligier cars would receive type designators beginning with "JS" as a tribute to Schlesser. This tradition is being continued by Onroak, the current owner of Ligier Cars. Italian company Dallara would later adopt this style of nomenclature for their 2012 IndyCar entry by naming it after the new car's test driver Dan Wheldon, who had died in the final race of the new car's predecessor. His nephew, Jean-Louis Schlesser, would also became a successful racing driver. He started in one Formula One Grand Prix, won the World Sportscar Championship and the Paris–Dakar Rally twice (1999 and 2000). Racing record 24 Hours of Le Mans results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Grand National Series Daytona 500 Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Non-championship Formula One results (key) Complete European Formula Two Championship results (key) External links Jo Schlesser's accident (in Italian) References 1928 births 1968 deaths French racing drivers French Formula One drivers Matra Formula One drivers Honda Formula One drivers European Formula Two Championship drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers 12 Hours of Reims drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers Racing drivers who died while racing Sport deaths in France Filmed deaths in motorsport