(born
September 25 ,
1942 1) is a former
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 wore a distinctive green helmet, and still has a full face beard, that partially covers burns suffered in a crash.
Henri Pescarolo to this day drives in the yearly
Dakar Rally .
After Pescarolo's retirement from Formula 1, he went on to start his own team which now competes in the Le Mans Endurance Series, and the
24 Hours Of Le Mans , which he won as a driver in
1972 in a
Matra , co-driven by
Graham Hill . His team,
Pescarolo Sport , is notably sponsored by
Sony's PlayStation 2 and by
Gran Turismo 4 . During the five years that Pescarolo has campaigned
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 C70 in the future.
driving the
Pescarolo C60 during practice for the
2006 24 Hours Of Le Mans .]]
Pescarolo holds the record for Le Mans starts with 33 and has won the race on four occasions as a driver. He has yet to win the race as a team owner, coming very close in
2005 with the Pescarolo C60H. His team did manage to win the LMES championship in the same year. His team was also second at Le Mans in
2006 , followed by a third in 2007 behind a pair of diesel-powered prototypes.
Henri Pescarolo is also a keen helicopter pilot.
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