Henri Pescarolo
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| Henri Pesacarolo | |
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| Formula One Career | |
| Nationality |  French |
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| Active years | 1968, 1970 - 1974, 1976 |
| Team(s) | Matra, March, Iso Marlboro, BRM, Surtees |
| Grands Prix | 59 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 1 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First Grand Prix | 1968 Canadian Grand Prix |
| Last Grand Prix | 1976 United States Grand Prix |
Henri Pescarolo (born September 25, 1942) is a former Formula One driver from France. He participated in 59 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.
Henri Pescarolo is also a keen helicopter pilot.
[edit] Complete Formula One results
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| Yr | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Team | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Matra | SAF |
SPA |
MON |
BEL |
DUT |
FRA |
GBR |
DEU |
ITA |
CAN Ret |
USA |
MEX 9 |
Matra | ||||||
| 1970 | Matra | SAF 7 |
SPA Ret |
MON 3 |
BEL 6 |
DUT 8 |
FRA 5 |
GBR Ret |
DEU 6 |
AUT 14 |
ITA Ret |
CAN 7 |
USA 8 |
MEX 9 |
Matra | 12 | 8 | |||
| 1971 | March | SAF 11 |
SPA Ret |
MON 8 |
DUT NC |
FRA NC |
GBR 4 |
DEU Ret |
AUT 6 |
ITA Ret |
CAN |
USA Ret |
March | 17 | 4 | |||||
| 1972 | March | ARG 8 |
SAF 11 |
SPA 11 |
MON Ret |
BEL NC |
FRA |
GBR Ret |
DEU Ret |
AUT |
ITA DNQ |
CAN 13 |
USA 14 |
March | - | - | ||||
| 1973 | March | ARG |
BRA |
SAF |
SPA 8 |
BEL |
MON |
SWE |
FRA Ret |
GBR |
DUT |
DEU 10 |
AUT |
ITA |
CAN |
USA |
Iso Marlboro | - | - | |
| 1974 | BRM | ARG 9 |
BRA 14 |
SAF 18 |
SPA 12 |
BEL Ret |
MON Ret |
SWE Ret |
DUT Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
DEU 10 |
AUT |
ITA Ret |
CAN |
USA |
BRM | - | - | |
| 1976 | Surtees | BRA |
SAF |
SAW |
SPA |
BEL |
MON DNQ |
SWE |
FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
DEU DNQ |
AUT 9 |
DUT 11 |
ITA 17 |
CAN 19 |
USA NC |
JPN |
Surtees | - | - |
| Preceded by: Johnny Servoz-Gavin |
French Formula Three Championship Champion 1967 |
Succeeded by: François Cevert |
