Louis Rosier

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Louis Claude Rosier (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 5 November 1905 – 29 October 1956) was a French racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956. In endurance racing, Rosier won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1950 in a privateer Talbot-Lago T26C-GS.

Rosier competed in Formula One under his own Écurie Rosier banner, making privateer entries in machinery from Talbot-Lago, Ferrari, and Maserati; he also competed for the works teams of Talbot and Maserati, the former of which he scored back-to-back podium finishes with at the Swiss and Belgian Grands Prix in 1950.

Rosier competed in nine editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans between 1938 and 1956, winning in 1950 alongside his son Jean-Louis Rosier, which remains the only father-and-son victory in Le Mans history. In October 1956, Rosier died as a result of injuries sustained whilst sportscar racing in a Ferrari 750 Monza at Montlhéry.

Career highlights

Rosier was born on 5 November 1905 in Chapdes-Beaufort, Puy-de-Dôme, France.[1]

Rosier participated in 38 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 May 1950. He achieved two podiums, and scored a total of 18 championship points. He won the Dutch Grand Prix twice in consecutive years between 1950 and 1951, the Circuit d'Albi, Grand-Prix de l'Albigeois and the 24 Hours of Le Mans with his son Jean-Louis Rosier. Rosier owned the Renault dealership of Clermont-Ferrand.[2]

In 2016, in an academic paper that reported a mathematical modeling study that assessed the relative influence of driver and machine, Rosier was ranked the 19th best Formula One driver of all time.[3]

Formula One and sports car competition

Rosier finished fourth at Silverstone in a Talbot, in October 1948. The event was the RAC International Grand Prix, the first grand prix to be held in England since 1927.[4] He drove a 4.5-liter, unsupercharged Talbot-Lago to third place at the 1949 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. He was a lap behind the winner with a speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[5] Rosier won an International Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps in June 1949. He piloted a Talbot in the Script error: No such module "convert"., 32-lap event, achieving a time of three hours, 15 minutes, and 17 seconds. He assumed the lead after 23 laps, coming across the finish line ahead of Luigi Villoresi.[6] Rosier won the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans in a blue Talbot. He teamed up with his son Jean-Louis Rosier who only drove two laps during the race, which means Louis won the race practically by himself. He finished one lap ahead of Pierre Meyrat who drove a car of the same marque. The Rosiers covered 256 laps, Script error: No such module "convert"., in 23:54:2.2.[2] Rosier captured the Grand Prix d'Albi in Albi, France in May 1953. He drove a Ferrari, covering the 18 laps of the finals, Script error: No such module "convert"., in 56:36:8. He averaged Script error: No such module "convert"..[7] Rosier placed second in a Ferrari at a Grand Prix in Aix-Les-Bains, in July 1953. His time was 2:24:48.1.[8] In April 1956, Rosier finished fourth in a Maserati, in a 201-mile race at Aintree. Stirling Moss drove a blue Maserati to victory in the 67-lap event for Formula One cars, with an average speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[9] Rosier finished 5th at the 1956 German Grand Prix behind the wheel of a Maserati.[10]

Écurie Rosier

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Louis Rosier was the owner and manager of a racing team, the "Ecurie Rosier". Originally set up to run Rosier's Talbot-Lago T26 (for either Rosier or a guest driver), and later evolved to an actual team running 250Fs and finally Ferrari 500s simultaneously for Rosier and another driver. Throughout the 1950s, Écurie Rosier provided drives in Formula One for Henri Louveau, Georges Grignard, Louis Chiron, Maurice Trintignant, André Simon and Robert Manzon.

Circuit Louis Rosier

Louis Rosier was one of the key sponsors of the Charade race track. After World War II, Jean Auchatraire (president of the racing section of the local Automobile Club) and Louis Rosier promoted the idea of a race track around Clermont-Ferrand.[11]

A set of preliminary designs were drawn up for a circuit of a length between 4 and 6 km, meeting the latest safety regulations with large parking capacity at a location just outside the city limits on a hilly landscape.

The Le Mans disaster (death toll: 84 lives) on 11 June 1955 brought the project to a halt. All race events were postponed. No further events were allowed to take place on temporary urban tracks. Racing events were only to be allowed on dedicated race-tracks, providing that they met a new set of rules. In Clermont-Ferrand, as was the case for many other new race tracks, new safety devices were being imagined and discussed, reviewed and assessed. But the concept of a "mountain race track" moved forward. It would be the only one of its kind in France.

Auchatraire, Rosier and Raymond Roche (the manager of Reims-Gueux race track) worked together to get the project accepted by the political community before searching for funding. But Rosier was killed at Montlhéry on 26 October 1956 and would not witness his project come to fruition. The racetrack was opened on 27 July 1958, with the name of its famous founder "Circuit de Charade Louis Rosier". Soon after, several champions participated in racing events on the track, each of them, including Stirling Moss, making very positive statements about the track and its surrounding.

Car manufacturer

Rosier's Renault dealership in Clermont-Ferrand was one of the largest Renault dealerships in France. Rosier's dealership also sold other industrial and farming equipment. The building housing this important business has been destroyed.[12]

In 1951, Rosier designed a prototype based on the 4CV Renault.[13][14]

In 1953, using the concept of a barchetta that he raced at Le Mans,[15] Rosier, together with Italian coachbuilder Rocco Motto, designed a cabriolet,[16] still using 4CV Renault sub assemblies. This model was built in a quantity of about 200 units by Brissonneau.[17] It was even introduced at a car show in New York.

Some time later, Rosier designed a roadster using Renault Frégate elements with an aluminum body developed by Rocco Motto, on a multi-tubular frame. The engine was seriously revised, the body was lightened, the results was an interesting 950 kg for 80 hp.[18]

Death

On 7 October 1956, Rosier was competing in the Coupe du Salon sports car race at Montlhéry in a Ferrari 750 Monza.[19] During the race he crashed, sustaining head injuries. Three weeks later, on 29 October 1956, Rosier succumbed to the injuries received in the crash.[20]

Racing record

Post WWII Grandes Épreuves results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5
1947 L. Rosier Talbot Spéciale Talbot 4.0 L6 SUI
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA FRA
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1948 L. Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SUI
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1949 Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 GBR
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SUI
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Automobiles Talbot-Darracq BEL
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 WDC Points
1950 Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 GBR
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		500 ITA
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		4th 13
Automobiles Talbot-Darracq Talbot-Lago T26C-DA SUI
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Charles Pozzi Talbot-Lago T26C FRA
61Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1951 Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C-DA Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 SUI
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		500 BEL
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ESP
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		13th 3
1952 Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 SUI
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		500 BEL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
DNAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER NED ITA
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NC 0
1953 Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 ARG 500 NED
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SUI
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NC 0
1954 Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500/625 Ferrari 625 2.5 L4 ARG
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		500 BEL FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SUI NC 0
Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 ITA
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Ecurie Rosier ESP
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1955 Ecurie Rosier Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 ARG MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		500 BEL
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NED
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR ITA NC 0
1956 Ecurie Rosier Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 ARG MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		500 BEL
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA 19th 2
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Notes
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^1 – Shared drive with Charles Pozzi

Complete Formula One non-championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
1950 Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 PAU
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RIC SRM PAR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		EMP BAR
DNAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JER ALB
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NED
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAT
DNAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NOT ULS PES
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		STT INT GOO PEN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1951 Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 SYR
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PAU
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RIC SRM
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BOR
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INT
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PAR
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ULS
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SCO NED
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ALB
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PES
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BAR
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GOO
1952 Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 SYR VAL RIC LAV PAU
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IBS MAR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AST INT ELÄ NAP
NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		EIF PAR
3 		MNZ LAC ESS MAR
5 		SAB CAE
3 		COM
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAT BAU
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MOD CAD
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SKA MAD AVU JOE NEW
Ferrari 375 Ferrari 375 4.5 V12 ALB
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRO ULS
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DMT
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1953 Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 SYR PAU
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAV AST BOR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INT
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ELÄ NAP
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ULS WIN FRO COR EIF LAC
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRI CHE SAB
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NEW CAD
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RED SKA LON MOD MAD JOE CUR
Ferrari 375 Ferrari 375 4.5 V12 ALB
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PRI ESS MID ROU
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CRY AVU USF
1954 Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 625 Ferrari 2.5 L4 SYR PAU
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAV BOR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INT
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BAR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CUR ROM
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRO COR BRC CRY ROU
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAE
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUG COR OUL RED PES
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JOE CAD
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BER
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 GOO
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DTT
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1955 Ecurie Rosier Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 VAL
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PAU
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GLO BOR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INT
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAP ALB
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CUR COR LON DRT
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RED
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DTT
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OUL AVO
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SYR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1956 Ecurie Rosier Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 BUE GLV
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SYR AIN
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INT
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAP 100 VNW CAE
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
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1938 Template:Flagicon Luigi Chinetti Template:Flagicon Robert Huguet Talbot T150SS Coupe 5.0 81 DNF
1949 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Rosier Template:Flagicon Jean-Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago Spéciale S5.0 21 DNF
(Fanbelt)
1950 Template:Flagicon Louis Rosier
(private entrant) 		Template:Flagicon Jean-Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago T26 GS Biplace S5.0 256 1st 1st
1951 Template:Flagicon Louis Rosier
(private entrant) 		Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio Talbot-Lago T26 GS Biplace S5.0 92 DNF
(Oil tank)
1952 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Rosier Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 340 America Spyder S5.0 ? DNF
(Clutch)
1953 Template:Flagicon Automobiles Talbot-Darracq S.A. Template:Flagicon Élie Bayol Talbot-Lago T26 GS Spyder S5.0 37 DNF
(Transmission)
1954 Template:Flagicon Scuderia Ferrari Template:Flagicon Robert Manzon Ferrari 375 Plus S5.0 177 DNF
(Transmission)
1955 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Rosier Template:Flagicon Georges Grignard Talbot-Lago T26 GS Spyder S5.0 DNS
(Engine)
1956 Template:Flagicon Automobiles Talbot Template:Flagicon Jean Behra Talbot-Lago Sport S3.0 220 DNF
(Transmission)
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References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b Rosier First In Auto Race, New York Times, June 26, 1950, Page 36.
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  4. ↑ "Grand Prix To Villoresi", New York Times, October 3, 1948, Page S10.
  5. ↑ De Graffenried Annexes Grand Prix Auto Classic, New York Times, May 15, 1949, Page S6.
  6. ↑ "Rosier Captures Auto Race", New York Times, June 20, 1949, Page 24.
  7. ↑ Frenchman Wins Automobile Race, Los Angeles Times, June 1, 1953, Page C4.
  8. ↑ Bayol Takes Auto Race, New York Times, July 27, 1953, Page 22.
  9. ↑ Moss' Maserati Takes 201-mile Aintree Race, April 22, 1956, Page 205.
  10. ↑ "Fangio Captures Race In Germany", New York Times, August 6, 1956, Page 37.
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (fr) Rosier dealership
  13. ↑ [1] Script error: No such module "webarchive". Logo louis rosier
  14. ↑ [2] Coach Rosier
  15. ↑ [3] Barchetta Rosier
  16. ↑ [4] The Rogue
  17. ↑ [5] Cabriolet Brissoneau
  18. ↑ [6] Frégate Rosier
  19. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ French Driver Dies, Los Angeles Times, October 30, 1956, Page C4.
  21. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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Sporting positions
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1950
With: Jean-Louis Rosier Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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