Gérard Larrousse

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Gérard Larrousse
Formula One Career
Nationality	French
Active years	1974
Team(s)	Scuderia Finotto
Grands Prix	2
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First Grand Prix	1974 Belgian Grand Prix


Last Grand Prix	1974 French Grand Prix

Gérard Larrousse (born May 23, 1940) is a former sports car racing and Formula One driver from France. He participated in two Grands Prix, debuting on May 12, 1974, scoring no championship points. He drove Brabham BT42s for Scuderia Finotto.

In a team with Vic Elford in 1971, Larrousse won the 12 Hours of Sebring with a Porsche 917K and the 1000km Nürburgring in a Porsche 908/03.

Following his sports car career, he moved into racing management. Ultimately, Larrousse managed the original factory Renault formula one team during it's final days as a full fledged factory team in 1984/5 (the current Renault F1 team was created when the company purchased the Benetton_Formula team in 2001). Larrousse also shared ownership of a Formula One team with various partners, and under various names, from 1987 to 1994.