Écurie Rosier and Équipe Rosier were names used by

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racing driver

Louis Rosier Louis Rosier (5 November 1905 in Chapdes-Beaufort – 29 October 1956 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a racing driver from France. Career highlights He participated in 38 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 May 1950. He ac ...

to enter his own cars in

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between 1950 and his death in 1956. Commonly the vehicles were entered for Rosier himself, but he also provided cars for a number of other drivers during the period. Between 1950 and 1957 Ecurie Rosier collected a total fifteen World Championship points and one podium finish.

Formula One

Louis Rosier began entering cars in

under his own name in 1950, first with a

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T26C with some success, recording two points-scoring finishes from his nine World Championship entries in 1950 and 1951. He also entered cars for

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and

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during these seasons. In Rosier started racing

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, recording only one non-points scoring finish from his four World Championship entries. was a better season for Rosier, finishing in the top ten five times from his seven entries, but failing to score any points. was the best season for Ecurie Rosier, with fellow Frenchman

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finishing fourth in

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and

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finishing a strong third at the team's home Grand Prix. For the

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Rosier entered the new

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250F, and finished in seventh position. In Rosier returned to entering only a single car for himself. He retired in

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and finished ninth in both

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and

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. For Rosier again entered the

. He started the season with a retirement at

before finishing eighth in

and sixth in

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. After starting twenty-seventh in

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, Rosier retired on lap twenty-three when his electrics failed. The

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, where Rosier finished a strong fifth, proved to be the last Grand Prix of Écurie Rosier because Louis Rosier died of injuries he sustained in a crash at the

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track, south of

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, on 7 October 1956.''French Driver Dies'', Los Angeles Times, October 30, 1956, Page C4.

Complete Formula One results

(

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) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

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