Xavier Perrot

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Xavier Perrot
Born(1932-02-01)1 February 1932
Zurich, Switzerland
Died8 December 2008(2008-12-08) (aged 76)
Zurich, Switzerland
Formula One World Championship career
NationalitySwitzerland Swiss
Active years1969
Teamsnon-works Brabham
Entries1
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1969 German Grand Prix
Last entry1969 German Grand Prix

Xavier Roger Perrot (1 February 1932 – 8 December 2008) was a Swiss racing driver and garage owner, who won the European Hill Climb Championship in 1972. He had previously competed in Formula Two and drove his Brabham in the Formula Two class of the 1969 German Grand Prix.

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 March 702, the first customer car sold by the company.[2] With this car, he won the Preis von Deutschland Formula Two event at the Nürburgring.[1] He continued in Formula Two in 1971 with a March 712M, finishing third at Imola, while also making a successful return to hillclimbing. He won the European Hill Climb Championship in 1972 using a March 722 F2 car, winning six events. He also raced this car occasionally in Formula Two, scoring points in three races, including fourth and fifth places in events at Hockenheim, and was classified 13th in the championship.[1][3]

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 Zurich, 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) Cosworth 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 Cosworth FVA THR
11 		HOC
9 		BAR
Ret 		ROU PER TUL
9 		IMO HOC
Ret 		NC 0
1971 Squadra Tartaruga March 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[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Xavier Perrot". Motorsport Magazine database. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ F1 Insider, February 1, 2008
  3. ^ John Player Motorsport Yearbook 1973, Barrie Gill, Queen Anne Press, 1973.
  4. ^ 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.


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