Biography
Gérard Larrousse was born in Lyon on 23 May 1940 and began his motorsport career in rallying. He won the French Rally Championship in an Alpine A110. In a Porsche 911 he won the Tour de Corse in 1969 and finished second on the Monte Carlo Rally in 1969, 1970 and 1972.
On the track, he won the 12 Hours of Sebring in a Porsche 917K and the 1000km Nürburgring in a Porsche 908/03 in 1971, sharing the car with Vic Elford. In 1973 and 1974 he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Henri Pescarolo, driving a Matra-Simca MS670.
In Formula One, Larrousse drove a Brabham BT42 for Scuderia Finotto in 1974. He was entered for two races but started only one, and he scored no championship points. After the end of his driving career he moved into team management, running the Elf Switzerland operation in Formula Two and the Renault Formula One works team in 1984 and 1985. From 1987 to 1994 he ran his own Formula One team, which carried his name.
Source: Wikipedia, “Gérard Larrousse”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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