Gérard Larrousse

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Gérard Larrousse
Formula One World Championship career

Born	(1940-05-23) 23 May 1940
Nationality	French
Active years	1974
Teams	Scuderia Finotto
Races	2 (1 start)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1974 Belgian Grand Prix
Last race	1974 French Grand Prix

Gérard Larrousse (born 23 May 1940 in Lyon) is a former sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver from France.

He participated in two Grands Prix, debuting on 12 May 1974, scoring no championship points. He drove Brabham BT42s for Scuderia Finotto.

Gérard Larrousse driving Porsche 908/2 at the Nürburgring in 1970

Before focusing on circuit racing, Larrousse won the French Rally Championship with an Alpine A110. His biggest successes in international rallies came in a Porsche 911. He won the Tour de Corse in 1969, and placed second at the Monte Carlo Rally in 1969, 1970 and 1972. On gravel, he achieved a sixth place at the 1970 RAC Rally.

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. He would follow this with victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1973 and 1974 alongside Henri Pescarolo for Matra-Simca.

Following his sports car career, he moved into racing management, running the Elf Switzerland operation in the European Formula Two Championship. From there, Larrousse went on to run the original factory Renault Formula One team during its final days as a full fledged factory team in 1984 and 1985.

Larrousse also shared ownership of an eponymous Formula One team with various partners, from 1987 to 1994.

Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Pts.
1974	Scuderia Finotto	Brabham BT42	Ford V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL Ret	MON	SWE	NED	FRA DNQ	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	NC	0

External links

Gerard Larrousse official website (French)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Henri Pescarolo Graham Hill	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1973 with: Henri Pescarolo	Succeeded by Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse
Preceded by Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1974 with: Henri Pescarolo	Succeeded by Jacky Ickx Derek Bell

v t e Winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Nine-time	Tom Kristensen

Six-time	Jacky Ickx

Five-time	Derek Bell Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro

Four-time	Yannick Dalmas Olivier Gendebien Henri Pescarolo

Three-time	Woolf Barnato Rinaldo Capello Luigi Chinetti Hurley Haywood Phil Hill Al Holbert Klaus Ludwig Allan McNish Marco Werner

Two-time	Tim Birkin Ivor Bueb Marcel Fässler Ron Flockhart Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Gérard Larrousse JJ Lehto André Lotterer Manuel Reuter André Rossignol Raymond Sommer Hans-Joachim Stuck Benoît Tréluyer Gijs van Lennep Jean-Pierre Wimille Alexander Wurz

One-time	Aïello Alboreto Amon Ara Attwood Baldi Bandini Barilla Barth Benjafield Benoist Bernhard Bianchi Bloch Blundell Bouchut D. Brabham G. Brabham Brundle Chaboud Clement Cobb Davis de Courcelles Dickens Duff Dumas Dumfries Duval Étancelin Fontés Foyt Frère Gachot Gené González Gregory Guichet Gurney Hamilton Hawthorn Hélary Herbert Herrmann G. Hill Hindmarsh Howe Johansson Jones Kidston Krages Lagache Lammers Lang Léonard Marko Martini Mass McLaren Mitchell-Thomson Nielsen Nuvolari Oliver Ortelli Pironi Riess Rindt Rockenfeller Rodríguez Rolt Rondeau J. Rosier L. Rosier Rubin Salvadori Sanderson Scarfiotti Schuppan Sekiya Shelby Smith Trémoulet Trintignant Vaccarella Veyron Walker Wallace Warwick Weidler Whitehead B. Whittington D. Whittington Winkelhock

v t e Winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring

Six-time	Tom Kristensen

Five-time	Rinaldo Capello

Four-time	Frank Biela Allan McNish

Three-time	Mario Andretti Marco Werner

Two-time	Bob Akin Geoff Brabham Derek Daly Andy Evans Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio II Olivier Gendebien Hurley Haywood Hans Herrmann Phil Hill Al Holbert Jacky Ickx Stefan Johansson JJ Lehto Emanuele Pirro Brian Redman Hans-Joachim Stuck Eric van de Poele Fermín Vélez Andy Wallace Phil Walters

One-time	Aïello Alboreto Baker Baldi Barbour Behra Bernhard Bianchi Bonnier Gary Brabham Castellotti Collard Collins Daigh Dalmas Davidson de Narváez Dumas Duval Dyer Earl Elford Fässler Fitch Fitzpatrick Foyt Frisselle Garretson Gartner Gené Giunti Gray Gregg Gurney Hall Hawthorn Helmick Herbert Heyer Jarvis Kaffer Keyser Kulok Lapierre Larrousse Leven Lloyd Ludwig Luyendyk Maglioli Mass McFarlin McLaren Mendez Miles Millen Moffat Moretti Morton Moss Mullen Müller Nierop O'Connell Oliver Pace Panis Parkes Paul, Jr. Paul, Sr. Pescatori Peter Rahal Robinson Ruby Scarfiotti Sharp Siffert Surtees Taylor Theys Tréluyer Vaccarella Wollek Woods Wurz

Persondata
Name	Larrousse, Gerard
Alternative names
Short description	French racing driver
Date of birth	23 May 1940
Place of birth
Date of death
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