LAS VEGAS 1981 : Ligier dealt a bad hand!
There was a lot of pressure on Jacques Laffite's shoulders in the final Grand Prix of the 1981 season,on 17th October at Las Vegas, as he was back in the running for the title in his Ligier JS17. Despite a difficult start to the year, the 100% French team Talbot-Ligier-Matra-Michelin had fought its way back into contention. And its favourite driver was lying third in the drivers' ratings after his magnificent victory in the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. He…