Xavier Perrot
Born | Zürich, Switzerland | 1 February 1932
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Died | 8 December 2008 Zürich, Switzerland | (aged 76)
Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Swiss |
Active years | 1969 |
Teams | non-works Brabham |
Entries | 1 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1969 German Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1969 German Grand Prix |
Xavier Roger Perrot (1 February 1932 – 8 December 2008) was a Swiss
Career
After participating in national-level motorsport as a driver and rallying co-driver, Perrot began racing in hillclimbing in the early 1960s, campaigning cars such as a Lotus 23 and an Abarth-Simca. In 1968 he switched to Formula Two, driving a Brabham BT23C, and after a difficult first season, improved in 1969. He finished fourth in a non-championship race at Hockenheim and sixth in the Formula Two class of the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, and was classified tenth overall.[1]
In 1970 Perrot campaigned a
Although Perrot raced in the Formula Two class of a World Championship Formula One event, he never raced in a full Formula One World Championship race. He did however drive Jo Siffert's ex-works March 701 in the non-Championship 1971 Jochen Rindt Memorial Trophy race at Hockenheim, where he finished 11th.[4]
Perrot retired in 1973 to concentrate on his garage business in his hometown of Zürich, where he died after a long illness in 2008, aged 76.[1]
Racing record
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | WDC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | Squadra Tartaruga | Brabham BT23C (F2) | Straight-4
|
RSA |
ESP |
MON |
NED |
FRA |
GBR |
GER 10 |
ITA |
CAN |
USA |
MEX |
— | 0 |
Complete Formula One non-championship results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | Jo Siffert Automobiles | March 701 | Cosworth DFV V8 | ARG | ROC | QUE | SPR | INT | RIN 11 |
OUL | VIC |
Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1968 | Squadra Tartaruga | Brabham BT23 | Cosworth FVA | HOC 10 |
THR NC |
JAR | PAL DNQ |
TUL | ZAN 12 |
PER | HOC Ret |
VAL
|
NC | 0 | |||||
1969 | Squadra Tartaruga | Brabham BT23 | Cosworth FVA | THR 13 |
HOC | NÜR Ret |
JAR | 13th | 3 | ||||||||||
Brabham BT23C | TUL 8 |
PER | VAL Ret |
||||||||||||||||
1970 | Squadra Tartaruga | March 702 | Cosworth FVA | THR 11 |
HOC 9 |
BAR Ret |
ROU | PER | TUL 9 |
IMO
|
HOC Ret |
NC | 0 | ||||||
1971 | Squadra Tartaruga | 712M
|
Cosworth FVA | HOC 8 |
THR NC |
NÜR 19 |
JAR | PAL | ROU | MAN | TUL | ALB | VAL
|
VAL
|
NC | 0 | |||
1972 | Squadra Tartaruga | March 722 | Cosworth BDE | MAL 6 |
THR | HOC 4 |
PAU | PAL | HOC 5 |
ROU | ÖST | IMO
|
MAN | PER | SAL | ALB | HOC Ret |
13th | 8 |
References
- ^ a b c d "Xavier Perrot". Motorsport Magazine database. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ F1 Insider, February 1, 2008
- ^ John Player Motorsport Yearbook 1973, Barrie Gill, Queen Anne Press, 1973.
- ^ The Motor Racing Year No. 3, Anthony Pritchard, Pelham Books, 1972.
- "Motorsport Memorial" [1]
- The Grand Prix Who's Who, Steve Small, Guinness Publishing, 1996.