Henri Pescarolo

Henri Pescarolo

Nation:	France
Automobile world championship
First start:	1968 Canadian Grand Prix
Last start:	East US Grand Prix 1976
Constructors
1968, 1970 Matra  • 1971–1973 Williams  • 1973 March  • 1974 BRM  • 1976 Team Norev Racing
statistics
World Cup balance:	Twelfth World Cup ( 1970 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 57 - - 1
World Cup points :	12
Podiums :	1
Leadership laps :	-

Henri Jacques William Pescarolo (born September 25, 1942 in Paris ) is a former French racing driver . He became famous for his involvement in Formula 1 (1968 to 1976) and at the Le Mans 24-hour race , which he won four times between 1972 and 1984. He also took part in the Paris-Dakar desert rally several times . In 2000 Pescarolo founded his own motorsport team, Pescarolo Sport .

Pescarolo is the record holder with 33 participations in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He broke another record in June 1987: Together with Patrick Fourticq and Hubert Auriol , he circumnavigated the earth in a Lockheed airplane in 88 hours and 49 minutes, beating the record set by Howard Hughes in 1938 for the fastest circumnavigation of the world.

Career

Henri Pescarolo, 1975

Henri Pescarolo in the BRM P201

Henri Pescarolo, son of a well-known French surgeon, was initially to take this career path. However, “Pesca” fell under the spell of motorsport, began racing in 1964, soon got into French Formula 3 and finally won the title in 1967. He made his Formula 1 debut a year later at the Canadian Grand Prix in St. Jovite on a Matra . However, his career suffered a major setback when he sustained severe burns to his face in an accident in the spring of 1969 while testing for the Le Mans 24 Hours . Since then he has grown a beard to hide these traces.

After his recovery, he first drove in Formula 2 before he was appointed to the Matra Formula 1 team alongside Jean-Pierre Beltoise in 1970 . In addition to a third place at the Monaco Grand Prix, he achieved several top ten placements in training and a total of eight World Championship points. In 1971 he drove a March 711 used by Frank Williams , with which he was able to achieve fourth place at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone and once turned the fastest lap. However, this should already have passed the zenith of his Formula 1 career. 1972 turned out to be a disappointing year. In 1973 he was only seen at a few grands prix for the March factory team and for Frank Williams, whose cars were called Iso-Marlboro that year . In 1974 he started for Motul- BRM , but the BRM team had long since passed their best days. The cars weren't competitive and although his team-mate Jean-Pierre Beltoise scored a few times, Pescarolo was denied points. After a year break, he returned to Formula 1 for the private team BS Fabrications in 1976 . Pescarolo's sponsor Norev had purchased a Surtees TS 19 and had the car used in several races by BS Fabrications. The best result was a ninth place at the Austrian Grand Prix . After the Grand Prix in Watkins Glen , Pescarolo said goodbye to Formula 1.

While the mostly a little distant, bearded Frenchman hardly ever got beyond being an extra in Formula 1, it is his successes in sports car races that are the milestones of his career. It was only in the sports car that he was able to really show off his talent. For years he was a main character in the French Matra team and in the sports car world championship, where he competed for Matra, Alfa Romeo , Ferrari , Porsche , Lancia , Jaguar and Mercedes , celebrated four victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the years 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1984 and 22 victories in individual races. His 33 participations in Le Mans are unsurpassed to this day and his green helmet was almost as part of the inventory at this race as the famous watch. Since 1980 he has also participated in numerous editions of the Paris-Dakar rally.

In 2000, Henri Pescarolo founded his own sports car team with Pescarolo Sport , with which he fought for victory with the previously superior Audi in 2005 at Le Mans , before the Pescarolo- Judd finally took second place. The racing team was insolvent in the summer of 2012 and was liquidated in the course of 2013.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16
1968
										DNF	DNS	9
1969
							5 1
1970
	7th	DNF	3	6 *	8th	5	DNF	6th	14th	DNF	7th	8th	9
1971
	11	DNF	8th	13	DNF	4th	DNF	6th	DNF	DNS	DNF
1972
	8th	11	11	DNF	NC	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNQ	13	14th
1973
				8th				DNF			10
1974
	9	14th	18th	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10		DNF
1976
						DNQ		DNF	DNF	DNQ	9	11	17th	19th	NC

¹ participation as a Formula 2 driver, no World Championship points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1966	Matra Sports Srl.	Matra MS620	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud		failure	Oil pump
1967	Equipe Matra Sports	Matra MS630	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud		failure	suspension
1968	Equipe Matra Sports	Matra MS630	Johnny Servoz-Gavin		failure	accident
1970	Equipe Matra Sports	Matra Simca MS660	Jean-Pierre Beltoise		failure	Power transmission
1971	Scuderia Filipinetti	Ferrari 512F	Mike Parkes		failure	Rear suspension
1972	Equipe Matra Simca	Matra Simca MS670	Graham Hill		Overall victory
1973	Equipe Matra Simca Shell	Matra Simca MS670B	Gérard Larrousse		Overall victory
1974	Equipe Gitanes	Matra Simca MS670C	Gérard Larrousse		Overall victory
1975	Automobiles Ligier	Ligier JS2	François Migault		failure	Tire damage
1976	Inaltera	Inaltera LM	Jean-Pierre Beltoise		Rank 8 and class win
1977	Martini Racing	Porsche 936/77	Jacky Ickx		failure	Engine failure
1978	Martini Racing Porsche Systems	Porsche 936/78	Jacky Ickx	Jochen Mass	failure	accident
1979	Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M379	Jean-Pierre Beltoise		Rank 10
1980	Jean Rondeau ITT Le Point	Rondeau M379B	Jean Ragnotti		failure	overheated cylinder
1981	Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M379C	Patrick Tambay		failure	Engine failure
1982 1	Jean Rondeau Automobiles	Rondeau M382C	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud		failure	Engine failure
1983	Ford Concessionaires France	Rondeau M482	Thierry Boutsen		failure	Engine failure
1984	Joest Racing	Porsche 956B	Klaus Ludwig		Overall victory
1985	Martini Racing	Lancia LC3	Mauro Baldi		Rank 7
1986	Kouros Sauber Racing Team	Clean C8	Christian Danner	Dieter Quester	failure	Gearbox damage
1987	Kouros Sauber Mercedes	Clean C9	Mike Thackwell	Hideki Okada	failure	accident
1988	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR9LM	John Watson	Raul Boesel	failure	Gearbox damage
1989	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Claude Ballot-Léna	Jean-Louis Ricci	Rank 6
1990	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Jacques Laffite	Jean-Louis Ricci	Rank 14
1991	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Bernd Schneider	Louis Krages	failure	overheated cylinder
1992	Courage Compétition	Cougar C28	Bob Wollek	Jean-Louis Ricci	Rank 6 and class win
1993	Joest Porsche Racing	Porsche 962C	Bob Wollek	Ronny Meixner	Rank 9
1994	Courage Compétition	Courage C32	Alain Ferté	Franck Lagorce	failure	Engine failure
1995	Courage Compétition	Courage C41	Eric Bernard	Franck Lagorce	failure	Clutch damage
1996	La Filière ELF ATS	Courage C36	Emmanuel Collard	Franck Lagorce	Rank 7
1997	La Filière ELF	Courage C36	Jean-Philippe Belloc	Emmanuel Clérico	Rank 7
1998	Société Courage Compétition	Courage C36	Olivier Grouillard	Franck Montagny	Rank 16
1999	Pescarolo Promotion Racing	Courage C50	Michel Ferté	Patrice Gay	Rank 9

^{1 In} 1982 Pescarolo changed to the Rondeau of Ragnotti / Rondeau after the retirement and formed a team of three with the two drivers. This prototype failed after 144 laps with engine failure. Pescarolo is therefore twice on the list of results for this year's 24-hour race.

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1970	Equipe Matra-Elf	Matra-Simca MS650	Johnny Servoz-Gavin		Rank 5
1971	Autodelta Spa	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	Andrea de Adamich	Nino Vaccarella	Rank 3
1990	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Louis Krages	Bob Wollek	failure	accident
1991	Joest Porsche Racing	Porsche 962C	Louis Krages	Frank Jelinski	Rank 4

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1966	Matra	Matra MS620	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
									DNF
1967	Matra	Matra MS630	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
									DNF
1968	Matra	Matra MS630	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
									DNF			DNF
1970	Matra Autodelta	Matra MS650 Matra MS660 Alfa Romeo T33	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			18th	5	DNF	6th				DNF		2
1971	Autodelta Scuderia Filipinetti	Alfa Romeo T33 Ferrari 512S	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			6th		3	1	3	3		4th	DNF	DNF	DNF
1972	Matra	Matra MS670	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											1
1973	Matra	Matra MS670	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			DNF	1	1	3	3		DNF	1	1	1
1974	Matra	Matra MS670	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
			DNF	DNF	5	1	1	1	DNF	2	2	1
1975	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Alfa Romeo T33	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
				4th	4th	18th	1	2	DNF	1	1
1976	Renault Sport	Alpine A442	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
								DNF			9
1978	Kremer Racing Porsche	Porsche 935 Porsche 936	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
			57		DNF		1	2	3	DNF	1			1
1979	Gelo Racing Jean Rondeau	Porsche 935 Rondeau M379	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
										3	10
1980	Sports car Jean Rondeau	Porsche 935 Rondeau M379	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
							2				DNF						7th	1
1981	Lancia Jean Rondeau Kremer Racing	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Rondeau M379 Porsche 917	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
			18th						10	DNF			2				DNF
1982	Jean Rondeau Joest Racing Italya Sport	Rondeau M382 Porsche 936	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
			1	5	2	DNF	8th	3	DNF	8th
1983	Ford France Matsuda Collection	Rondeau M482 Porsche 956	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	FUJ	KYA
						DNF		4th
1984	Joest Racing Chimney Racing	Porsche 956	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	BRH	MOS	SPA	IMO	FUJ	KYA	SAN
			DNF	2	1	8th	2		DNF	3	4th	9	7th
1985	Lancia Courage	Lancia LC3 Cougar C12	MUG	MON	SIL	LEM	HOK	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ	SEL
						7th			21st
1986	Clean Porsche	Sauber C8 Porsche 962	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	JER	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
			9	8th	DNF				1	6th	DNF
1987	Clean	Clean C9	JAR	JER	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
						DNF	DNF			DNF
1988	jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
							DNF
1989	France Prototeam Joest Racing	Spice SE88C Porsche 962	SUZ	DIJ	JAR	BRH	ONLY	DON	SPA	MEX
				8th		DNF	20th	8th	6th	3
1990	Joest Racing	Porsche 962	SUZ	MON	SIL	SPA	DIJ	ONLY	DON	MOT	MEX
			11	14th		15th	9		14th	13	8th
1991	Joest Racing Euro Racing	Porsche 962 Spice SE90C	SUZ	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	LIKE	MEX	AUT
						DNF		DNF
1992	courage	Cougar C28	MON	SIL	LEM	DON	SUZ	LIKE
					6th

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

Commons : Henri Pescarolo  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Henri Pescarolo at Racing Sports Cars
• Henri Pescarolo at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pescarolo: The team's death is sealed. Motorsport-Total.com, January 8, 2013, accessed January 11, 2013 .