# Xavier Perrot

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

## Career

After participating in national-level motorsport as a driver and [rallying](/source/Rallying) co-driver, Perrot began racing in [hillclimbing](/source/Hillclimbing) in the early 1960s, campaigning cars such as a [Lotus 23](/source/Lotus_23) and an [Abarth-Simca](/source/Simca_1000#The_Simca-Abarth_(1964-66)_and_Simca_1000_Rallye). 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](/source/Hockenheimring) and sixth in the Formula Two class of the German Grand Prix at the [Nürburgring](/source/N%C3%BCrburgring), and was classified tenth overall.[1]

In 1970 Perrot campaigned a [March](/source/March_Engineering) 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](/source/Autodromo_Enzo_e_Dino_Ferrari), 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](/source/Jo_Siffert)'s ex-works [March 701](/source/March_701) in the non-Championship [1971 Jochen Rindt Memorial Trophy](/source/1971_Jochen_Rindt_Ged%C3%A4chtnisrennen) race at Hockenheim, where he finished 11th.[4]

Perrot retired in 1973 to concentrate on his garage business in his hometown of [Zürich](/source/Z%C3%BCrich), where he died after a long illness in 2008, aged 76.[1]

## Racing record

### Complete Formula One World Championship results

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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

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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 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. ["Xavier Perrot"](https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/xavier-perrot). *Motorsport Magazine database*. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

1. [F1 Insider, February 1, 2008](http://grandprixinsider.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/1st-of-february/)

1. *John Player Motorsport Yearbook 1973*, Barrie Gill, Queen Anne Press, 1973.

1. *The Motor Racing Year No. 3*, Anthony Pritchard, Pelham Books, 1972.

- "Motorsport Memorial" [\[1\]](http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/LWFWIW/focusLWFWIW.php?db=LWF&db2=ms&n=753)
- *The Grand Prix Who's Who*, Steve Small, Guinness Publishing, 1996.

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