Doug Serrurier
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use South African English {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Louis Douglas Serrurier (9 December 1920 – 4 June 2006) was a racing driver and racing car constructor from South Africa.<ref name="oldracingcars.com" /><ref name="motorsportmagazine.com" /> He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix in the 1960s, only racing in the South African Grand Prix event, debuting on 29 December 1962. He scored no championship points.
Racing car constructor
Serrurier built a series of racing cars under the name of LDS,<ref name="grandprix.com" /> after his initials.Template:Sfn The first was based on a Cooper,Template:Sfn and later cars were based on Brabhams. The cars were raced mainly by Serrurier himself, and Sam Tingle. From the Cobra Club South Africa: "Louis Douglas Serrurier built about 20 LDS Cobras during the course of his race car building history. They were all once offs, with different engine, chassis, suspension and brakes depending on the year they were built".
A handful of other custom built bodies found their home on LDS chassis in the 70s. Mainly laid up from fibreglass, but also aluminium Coupe and Convertibles.
Racing record
Complete Formula One World Championship results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Template:Tooltip | Pts |
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| 1962 | Otelle Nucci | LDS Mk1 | Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4 | NED | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | RSA Template:Small |
NC | 0 | |
| 1963 | Otelle Nucci | LDS Mk1 | Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4 | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | RSA Template:Small |
NC | 0 |
| 1965 | Otelle Nucci | LDS Mk2 | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | RSA Template:Small |
MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | NC | 0 |
Non-Championship Formula One results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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| 1961 | Scuderia Lupini | Cooper T51 | Maserati 6-1500 1.5 L4 | LOM | GLV | PAU | BRX | VIE | AIN | SYR | NAP | LON | SIL | SOL | KAN | DAN | MOD | FLG | OUL | LEW | VAL | RAN Template:Small |
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| 1962 | Scuderia Lupini | Cooper T51 | Maserati 6-1500 1.5 L4 | CAP DNA |
BRX | LOM | LAV | GLV | PAU | AIN | INT | NAP | MAL | CLP | RMS | SOL | KAN | MED | DAN | OUL | MEX | |||
| Otelle Nucci | LDS Mk1 | Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4 | RAN Template:Small |
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| 1963 | Otelle Nucci | LDS Mk1 | Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4 | LOM | GLV | PAU | IMO | SYR | AIN | INT | ROM | SOL | KAN | MED | AUT | OUL | RAN Template:Small |
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| 1964 | Doug Serrurier | LDS Mk2 | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | DMT | NWT | SYR | AIN | INT | SOL | MED | RAN Template:Small |
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| 1965 | Doug Serrurier | LDS Mk3 | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | ROC | SYR | SMT | INT | MED | RAN Template:Small |
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| 1966 | Doug Serrurier | LDS Mk3 | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | RSA Template:Small |
SYR | INT | OUL |