Henri Pescarolo

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Henri Pescarolo was a 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 later went on to start his own team which now competes in the Le Mans Endurance Series, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His team, Pescarolo Sport, is notably sponsored by Sony's PlayStation 2 and by Gran Turismo 4. During the 5 years that Pescarolo has campaigned [French race car manufacturer] 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 C65 in the future.

Pescarolo holds the record for Le Mans starts with 33 and has won the race on four occasions as a driver. However, he has yet to win the race as a team owner, coming very close in 2005 with the Pescarolo C60h.

Henri Pescarolo is also a keen helicopter pilot.

Complete Formula One results

(Note: grands prix in bold denote points scoring races.)

Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Team
1968 Matr SAF SPA MON BEL DUT FRA GBR DEU ITA CAN USA MEX         Matr
1970 Matr SAF SPA MON BEL DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA MEX       Matr
1971 Marc SAF SPA MON DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA           Marc
1972 Marc ARG SAF SPA MON BEL FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA         Marc
1973 Marc ARG BRA SAF SPA BEL MON SWE FRA GBR DUT DEU AUT ITA CAN USA   Iso
1974 BRM ARG BRA SAF SPA BEL MON SWE DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA   BRM
1976 Surt BRA SAF SAW SPA BEL MON SWE FRA GBR DEU AUT DUT ITA CAN USA JPN Surt