Henri Pescarolo

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Henri Pescarolo Nationality  French Formula One World Championship career Active years 1968 - 1970 - 1974, 1976 Teams Matra, March, Williams, BRM, privateer Surtees Races 64 (57 starts) Championships 0 Wins 0 Podium finishes    1 Career points 12 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 1 First race 1968 Canadian Grand Prix Last race 1976 United States Grand Prix 24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 1966–1968, 1970–1999 Teams Equipe Matra (Matra-Simca), Scuderia Filipinetti, Ligier, Inaltera, Martini Racing-Porsche, Rondeau, Joest Racing, Kouros Racing Team, Tom Walkinshaw Racing (Silk Cut Jaguar), Konrad Motorsport, Courage Compétition, La Filière Elf, Pescarolo Sport Best finish 1st (1972, 1973, 1974, 1984) Class wins 6 (1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1984, 1992)

Henri Pescarolo (born September 25, 1942^[1]) is a former racing driver from France. He participated in 64 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on September 22, 1968. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 12 championship points. He wore a distinctive green helmet, and still has a full face beard, that partially covers burns suffered in a crash.

Henri Pescarolo to this day drives in the yearly Dakar Rally.

After Pescarolo's retirement from Formula 1, he went on to start his own team which now competes in the Le Mans Endurance Series, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he won as a driver in 1972 in a Matra, co-driven by Graham Hill. His team, Pescarolo Sport, is notably sponsored by Sony's PlayStation 2 and by Gran Turismo 4. During the five years that Pescarolo has campaigned Courage C60 prototypes, so many modifications have been made to the model that Courage allowed the team to name the car after themselves, such was the differences between their model and the standard C60. In 2005, it was developed further still to meet the "hybrid" regulations, before the change to LMP1/2 format. It is unknown whether Pescarolo will use the newer Courage C70 in the future.

Pescarolo holds the record for Le Mans starts with 33 and has won the race on four occasions as a driver. He has yet to win the race as a team owner, coming very close in 2005 with the Pescarolo C60H. His team did manage to win the LMES championship in the same year. His team was also second at Le Mans in 2006, followed by a third in 2007 behind a pair of diesel-powered prototypes.

Henri Pescarolo is also a keen helicopter pilot.

[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Yr	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1968	Matra Sports	Matra MS11	Matra V12	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN Ret	USA DNS	MEX 9					-	0
1969	Matra Sports	Matra MS7 (F2)	Cosworth Straight-4	RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER 5	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX						-	0
1970	Equipe Matra Elf	Matra-Simca MS120	Matra V12	RSA 7	ESP Ret	MON 3	BEL 6	NED 8	FRA 5	GBR Ret	GER 6	AUT 14	ITA Ret	CAN 7	USA 8	MEX 9				12th	8
1971	Frank Williams Racing Cars	March 701	Cosworth V8	RSA 11																17th	4
		March 711			ESP Ret	MON 8	NED 13	FRA Ret	GBR 4	GER Ret	AUT 6	ITA Ret	CAN DNS	USA Ret
1972	Team Williams-Motul	March 721	Cosworth V8	ARG 8	RSA 11	ESP 11	MON Ret	BEL NC	FRA DNS		GER Ret	AUT DNS	ITA DNQ	CAN 13	USA 14					-	0
		Politoys FX3								GBR Ret
1973	STP March Racing Team	March 721G/731	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP 8	BEL	MON	SWE										-	0
	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Iso-Marlboro IR									FRA Ret	GBR	NED	GER 10	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA
1974	Motul Team BRM	BRM P160E	BRM V12	ARG 9	BRA 14	RSA 18	ESP 12	BEL Ret	MON Ret		NED Ret									-	0
		BRM P201								SWE Ret		FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 10	AUT	ITA Ret	CAN	USA
1976	Team Norev / B&S Fabrications	Surtees TS19	Cosworth V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON DNQ	SWE	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER DNQ	AUT 9	NED 11	ITA 17	CAN 19	USA NC	JPN	-	0

[edit] See also

• Pescarolo Sport

Sporting positions
Preceded by Johnny Servoz-Gavin	French Formula Three Champion 1967	Succeeded by François Cevert
Preceded by Helmut Marko Gijs van Lennep	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1972 with: Graham Hill	Succeeded by Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse
Preceded by Henri Pescarolo Graham Hill	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1973 with: Gérard Larrousse	Succeeded by Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse
Preceded by Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1974 with: Gérard Larrousse	Succeeded by Jacky Ickx Derek Bell
Preceded by Vern Schuppan Al Holbert Hurley Haywood	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1984 with: Klaus Ludwig	Succeeded by Klaus Ludwig Paolo Barilla Louis Krages

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