Henri Pescarolo

Henri Jacques William Pescarolo (Template:IPA; born 25 September 1942) is a French former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from Template:F1 to Template:F1. In endurance racing, Pescarolo is a four-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1991 with Joest.

Born and raised in Paris, Pescarolo began his career in a Lotus Seven aged 22. Pescarolo participated in 64 Formula One Grands Prix, achieving one fastest lap, one podium finish, and 12 championship points. He also entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans a record 33 times between Template:24hLM and Template:24hLM, with four overall and six class wins; he won several other major sportscar racing events, including the: 24 Hours of Daytona, 1000 km of Monza, 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps, 6 Hours of Nürburgring and 1000 km Buenos Aires. Pescarolo also drove in the Dakar Rally in the 1990s, before retiring from racing aged 57.

Upon his retirement from motor racing in 1999, Pescarolo founded the eponymous racing team, Pescarolo Sport, which competed at Le Mans until Template:24hLM. He was widely known for his distinctive green helmet, and full-face beard that partially covers burns suffered in a crash.

Early career and Formula One

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Pescarolo at the 1974 Race of Champions

Born in Montfermeil near Paris,<ref name="WATN">Template:Cite web</ref> Pescarolo began his career in 1965 with a Lotus Seven.<ref name="ReferenceA">Template:Cite book</ref> He was successful enough to be offered a third car in the Matra Formula 3 team for 1966, but the car was not ready until mid-season.<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> However, in 1967 he won the European Championship with Matra and was promoted to Formula 2 for 1968.<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> That season he was team-mate to Jean-Pierre Beltoise and achieved several second places and a win at Albi, which led to him being given a drive in Matra's Formula One team for the last three races of 1968.<ref name ="ReferenceA"/>

His career suffered a setback, in April 1969 at the Le Mans additional test session for the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans, when his Matra sports car got airborne on the Mulsanne Straight.<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> Pescarolo was badly burned and did not compete again until mid-season.<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> He returned in August for the 1969 German Grand Prix where he drove a Formula 2 Matra into fifth place winning the small capacity class,<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> in his only Grand Prix race that season.

For 1970 Pescarolo was signed full-time by Matra for their Formula One team and once again as team-mate to Beltoise, put in a solid season with a third place at the Monaco Grand Prix being the high point. He also won the Paris 1000 km and Buenos Aires 1000 km sports car races partnered with Beltoise.<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> Pescarolo was not retained by Matra, and in 1971, 1972, and 1973 with Motul sponsorship, he drove for the fledgling Formula One team run by the young Frank Williams, but with little success.<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> In 1974, Pescarolo drove for BRM, again with Motul backing, but the team's best days were gone and a ninth place in Argentina was his best result in a season with many retirements.<ref name ="ReferenceB">Template:Cite book</ref>

Pescarolo did not compete in Formula One in 1975 but returned to the championship in 1976 with a Surtees privately entered by BS Fabrications. Although neither car nor driver was considered to be competitive, failing to qualify for 2 of 9 Grands Prix entered, Pescarolo did begin to show speed in the final 5 races, even scoring a season's best finish of 9th at the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix.<ref name ="ReferenceB"/>

Career after Formula One – sportscars

After Pescarolo's retirement from Formula One, he went on to start his own team, which competed until 2012 in the Le Mans Endurance Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he won as a driver four times (1972, 1973, 1974 and 1984). His team, Pescarolo Sport, was 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.Template:Citation needed

In 1977,<ref>1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000</ref> 1978<ref>1978 Hardie-Ferodo 1000</ref> and 1979 Pescarolo drove in Australia's most famous motor race, the Bathurst 1000 for touring cars held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, driving on all three occasions with 1974 race winner John Goss. Unfortunately all races resulted in a DNF for the Goss built Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtops, completing only 113 laps (of 163) in 1977, 68 in 1978 and 118 in 1979. The 1977 race saw Pescarolo's Le Mans rival Jacky Ickx win the race in a semi-works Falcon driving with Allan Moffat.Template:Citation needed

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Franck Montagny driving the Pescarolo C60 during practice for the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Pescarolo holds the record for Le Mans starts with 33 and has won the race on four occasions as a driver.<ref name=GPProfile>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.Template:Citation needed

Pescarolo drove the Dakar Rally in the 1990s, and is also a keen helicopter pilot.<ref name=GPProfile />

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1966	Template:Flagicon Matra Sports	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Matra M620-BRM	P 2.0	35	DNF	DNF
1967	Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra Sports	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Matra MS630-BRM	P 2.0	55	DNF	DNF
1968	Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra Sports	Template:Flagicon Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra MS630	P 3.0	283	DNF	DNF
1970	Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra-Simca	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra-Simca MS660	P 3.0	79	DNF	DNF
1971	Template:Flagicon Scuderia Filipinetti	Template:Flagicon Mike Parkes	Ferrari 512F	S 5.0	120	DNF	DNF
1972	Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra-Simca Shell	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	Matra-Simca MS670	S 3.0	344	1st	1st
1973	Template:Flagicon Equipe Matra-Simca Shell	Template:Flagicon Gérard Larrousse	Matra-Simca MS670B	S 3.0	355	1st	1st
1974	Template:Flagicon Equipe Gitanes	Template:Flagicon Gérard Larrousse	Matra-Simca MS670C	S 3.0	337	1st	1st
1975	Template:Flagicon Gitanes Automobiles Ligier	Template:Flagicon François Migault	Ligier JS2-Ford Cosworth	S 3.0	146	DNF	DNF
1976	Template:Flagicon Inaltera	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Inaltera LM-Ford Cosworth	GTP	305	8th	1st
1977	Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Porsche System	Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx	Porsche 936/77	S +2.0	45	DNF	DNF
1978	Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Porsche System	Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx Template:Flagicon Jochen Mass	Porsche 936/78	S +2.0	255	DNF	DNF
1979	Template:Flagicon ITT Oceanic Jean Rondeau	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Rondeau M379-Ford Cosworth	S +2.0	279	10th	2nd
1980	Template:Flagicon ITT Jean Rondeau	Template:Flagicon Jean Ragnotti	Rondeau M379-Ford Cosworth	S +2.0	124	DNF	DNF
1981	Template:Flagicon Oceanic Jean Rondeau	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Rondeau M379-Ford Cosworth	2 +2.0	41	DNF	DNF
1982	Template:Flagicon Otis Automobiles Jean Rondeau	Template:Flagicon Jean Ragnotti Template:Flagicon Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M382-Ford Cosworth	C	146	DNF	DNF
1983	Template:Flagicon Ford France	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Rondeau M482-Ford Cosworth	C	174	DNF	DNF
1984	Template:Flagicon New-Man Joest Racing	Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 956B	C1	360	1st	1st
1985	Template:Flagicon Martini Lancia	Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi	Lancia LC2-Ferrari	C1	358	7th	7th
1986	Template:Flagicon Kouros Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Christian Danner Template:Flagicon Dieter Quester	Sauber C8-Mercedes	C1	86	DNF	DNF
1987	Template:Flagicon Kouros Racing	Template:Flagicon Mike Thackwell Template:Flagicon Hideki Okada	Sauber C9-Mercedes	C1	123	DNF	DNF
1988	Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Template:Flagicon John Watson Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel	Jaguar XJR-9LM	C1	129	DNF	DNF
1989	Template:Flagicon Joest Racing	Template:Flagicon Claude Ballot-Léna Template:Flagicon Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche 962C	C1	371	6th	6th
1990	Template:Flagicon Joest Porsche Racing	Template:Flagicon Jean-Louis Ricci Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite	Porsche 962C	C1	328	14th	14th
1991	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport Template:Flagicon Joest Porsche Racing	Template:Flagicon Louis Krages Template:Flagicon Bernd Schneider	Porsche 962C	C2	197	DNF	DNF
1992	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition	Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek Template:Flagicon Jean-Louis Ricci	Cougar C28LM-Porsche	C3	335	6th	1st
1993	Template:Flagicon Joest Porsche Racing	Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek Template:Flagicon Ronny Meixner	Porsche 962C	C2	351	9th	4th
1994	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition	Template:Flagicon Alain Ferté Template:Flagicon Franck Lagorce	Courage C32LM-Porsche	LMP1 C90	142	DNF	DNF
1995	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition	Template:Flagicon Franck Lagorce Template:Flagicon Éric Bernard	Courage C41-Chevrolet	WSC	26	DNF	DNF
1996	Template:Flagicon La Filière Elf	Template:Flagicon Franck Lagorce Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard	Courage C36-Porsche	LMP1	327	7th	2nd
1997	Template:Flagicon La Filière Elf	Template:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Belloc Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Clérico	Courage C36-Porsche	LMP	319	7th	4th
1998	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition	Template:Flagicon Olivier Grouillard Template:Flagicon Franck Montagny	Courage C36-Porsche	LMP1	304	15th	4th
1999	Template:Flagicon Pescarolo Promotion Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Michel Ferté Template:Flagicon Patrice Gay	Courage C50-Porsche	LMP	327	9th	8th
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Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F2	Matra Sports	Matra MS7	Ford	SNE	SIL	NÜR	HOC	TUL	JAR	ZAN	PER	BRH Template:Small	VAL								NC	0
Template:F2	Matra Sports	Matra MS7	Ford	HOC Template:Small	THR Template:Small	JAR Template:Small	PAL Template:Small	TUL Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	PER Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	VAL Template:Small									2nd	30
Template:F2	Matra Sports	Matra MS7	Ford	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR	JAR	TUL Template:Small	PER Template:Small	VAL											4th	13
Template:F2	Bob Gerard Racing	Brabham BT30	Ford	THR	HOC	BAR Template:Small	ROU Template:Small	PER	TUL	IMO	HOC										10th	6
Template:F2	Frank Williams Racing Cars	March 712M	Ford	HOC	THR Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	JAR	PAL Template:Small	ROU	MAN	TUL Template:Small	ALB Template:Small	VAL Template:Small	VAL							NC	0
Template:F2	Motul-Rondel Racing	Brabham BT38	Ford	MAL	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	PAL Template:Small	HOC	ROU Template:Small	ÖST	IMO	MAN	PER Template:Small	SAL	ALB	HOC Template:Small				NC	0‡
Template:F2	Motul-Rondel Racing	Motul M1	Ford	MAL	HOC Template:Small	THR Template:Small	NÜR	PAU	KIN	NIV	HOC Template:Small	ROU	MNZ	MAN	KAR	PER Template:Small	SAL	NOR Template:Small	ALB Template:Small	VAL	NC	0‡
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^‡ Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1968	Matra Sports	Matra MS11	Matra MS9 3.0 V12	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	MEX Template:Small					NC	0
1969	Matra Sports	Matra MS7 (F2)	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX						NC	0
1970	Équipe Matra Elf	Matra-Simca MS120	Matra MS12 3.0 V12	RSA Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	NED Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	MEX Template:Small				12th	8
1971	Frank Williams Racing Cars	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA Template:Small																17th	4
		March 711			ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	NED Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small
1972	Team Williams Motul	March 721	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Template:Small	RSA Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	FRA Template:Small		GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small					NC	0
		Politoys FX3								GBR Template:Small
1973	STP March Racing Team	March 721G/731	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP Template:Small	BEL	MON	SWE										NC	0
	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Iso-Marlboro IR									FRA Template:Small	GBR	NED	GER Template:Small	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA
1974	Team BRM	BRM P160E	BRM P142 3.0 V12	ARG Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	RSA Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small		NED Template:Small									NC	0
		BRM P201	BRM P200 3.0 V12							SWE Template:Small		FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT	ITA Template:Small	CAN	USA
1976	Team Norev Racing with BS Fabrications	Surtees TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON Template:Small	SWE	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	NED Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	JPN	NC	0
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Non-Championship Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1967	Matra Sports	Matra MS5 (F2)	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	ROC	SPC	INT	SYR	OUL Template:Small
		Matra MS7 (F2)							ESP Template:Small
1971	Frank Williams Racing Cars	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Template:Small	ROC
		March 711				QUE Template:Small	SPR	INT Template:Small	RIN	OUL Template:Small	VIC Template:Small
1972	Team Williams Motul	March 721	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC	BRA Template:Small	INT Template:Small	OUL		VIC Template:Small
		March 711						REP Template:Small
1974	Team BRM	BRM P160E	BRM P142 3.0 V12	PRE Template:Small	ROC Template:Small	INT Template:Small
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Major race results

• 24 hours of Daytona : 1st, 1991
• 1000 km Buenos Aires : 1st, 1970
• 6 Hours of Nürburgring : 1st, 1986
• Brands Hatch 1000 km : 1st, 1971
• 1000 km Zeltweg : 1st, 1972, 1974, 1975
• Dijon 1000 km : 1st, 1972, 1978, 1979
• 6 Hours of Imola : 1st, 1974
• Spa 1000 km : 1st, 1975
• Suzuka 10 Hours : 1st, 1981
• 1000 km Monza : 1st, 1982
• 6 Hours of Vallelunga : 1st, 1972, 1978
• 6 Hours of Kyalami : 1st, 1974
• 6 Hours of Watkins Glen : 1st, 1972, 1974, 1975
• Interserie Siegerland : 1st, 1984
• 1000 km of Paris : 1st, 1969, 1994

See also

• Pescarolo Sport