Pierre-François Rousselot

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Pierre-François Rousselot contested the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1984 on a Rondeau M382

Pierre-François Rousselot (born May 8, 1948 ) is a former French racing car driver and journalist.

Journalist and author

Pierre-Francois Rousselot was for many years as a journalist for the French automobile - weekly Autohebdo active. Between the 1960s and 1980s, he did a plethora of car tests and wrote the reports on them. He also used his presence as a driver at racing events as a journalist.

Together with Alain Prost , he wrote several publications on the technology of car racing.

Racing career

Monoposto

Rousselot's driving career began in 1970 in Formula France , the predecessor series to Formula Renault . The championship, whose overall classification won François Laccarrau , he finished eighth. In 1971 he switched to Formula 3 and drove in the Italian , French and British championships . In 1971 he was third overall in the French championship, behind Patrick Depailler and Jean-Pierre Jabouille , his best final place in a Formula 3 championship.

Sports car racing

Rousselot competed in his first sports car races from 1971 onwards, parallel to his outings in the monoposto. From 1974 until the end of his driving career at the end of the 1989 season, he only competed in sports car races . His first race was the Paris 1000 km race in 1971 , where he was twelfth overall as a partner of Mike Coombe on a Lola T70 Mk.3B GT . In 1977 he competed in the Le Mans 24-hour race for the first time . It was not until 1988 , in the eighth of his nine participations, that he achieved a place in the final ranking with 21st place. The 1989 race was the last race in his career. Together with Jean Messaoudi and Thierry Lecerf , he drove an Argo JM19C in 18th place overall.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1977 FranceFrance Jean-Marie Lemerle Lola T294 FranceFrance Alain Levié FranceFrance Jean-Marie Lemerle failure Power transmission
1978 FranceFrance Jean-Marie Lemerle Lola T294 FranceFrance Alain Levié FranceFrance Jean-Marie Lemerle failure Chassis broken
1979 FranceFrance Racing Organization Course Chevron B36 FranceFrance Michel Dubois FranceFrance Marc Menant not classified
1980 FranceFrance BMW Zol car BMW M1 FranceFrance François Sérvanin FranceFrance Laurent Ferrier failure Engine failure
1981 FranceFrance BMW Zol'Auto BMW M1 FranceFrance François Sérvanin FranceFrance Laurent Ferrier failure Clutch and transmission damage
1984 FranceFrance Primagaz Rondeau M382 BelgiumBelgium Bernard de Dryver FranceFrance Pierre Yver failure Electrics
1985 FranceFrance Primagaz Rondeau M382 FranceFrance François Sérvanin FranceFrance Pierre Yver failure Engine failure
1988 FranceFrance MT Sport Racing Argo JM19C FranceFrance Jean Messaoudi FranceFrance Jean-Luc Roy Rank 21
1989 FranceFrance France Prototeam Argo JM19C FranceFrance Jean Messaoudi FranceFrance Thierry Lecerf Rank 18

literature

  • Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pierre-François Rousselot's driving report on the Golf GTi 1976 in AutoHebdo
  2. ^ Pierre-François Rousselot's publications
  3. ^ Formula France 1970
personal data
SURNAME Rousselot, Pierre-François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1948