Ecurie Rosier


Ecurie Rosier and Equipe Rosier were names used by French racing driver Louis Rosier to enter his own cars in Formula One 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 Formula One under his own name in 1950, first with a Talbot-Lago T26C with some success, recording two points-scoring finishes from his nine World Championship entries in 1950 and 1951. He also entered cars for Henri Louveau and Louis Chiron during these seasons.
In Rosier started racing Ferraris, 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 Maurice Trintignant finishing fourth in Argentina and Robert Manzon finishing a strong third at the team's home Grand Prix.
For the 1954 Spanish Grand Prix Rosier entered the new Maserati 250F, and finished in seventh position. In Rosier returned to entering only a single car for himself. He retired in Monaco and finished ninth in both Belgium and the Netherlands. For Rosier again entered the Maserati. He started the season with a retirement at Monaco before finishing eighth in Belgium and sixth in France. After starting twenty-seventh in Britain, Rosier retired on lap twenty-three when his electrics failed. The 1956 German Grand Prix, where Rosier finished a strong fifth, proved to be the last Grand Prix of Ecurie Rosier because Louis Rosier died of injuries he sustained in a crash at the Montlhéry track, south of Paris, France, on 7 October 1956.

Complete Formula One results

YearChassisEngineTyresDriver123456789
Talbot-Lago T26CTalbot 23CV 4.5 L6GBRMON500SUIBELFRAITA
Talbot-Lago T26CTalbot 23CV 4.5 L6 Louis RosierRet4
Talbot-Lago T26CTalbot 23CV 4.5 L6 Henri LouveauRet
Talbot-Lago T26CTalbot 23CV 4.5 L6SUI500BELFRAGBRGERITAESP
Talbot-Lago T26CTalbot 23CV 4.5 L6 Louis Rosier94Ret10877
Talbot-Lago T26CTalbot 23CV 4.5 L6 Henri LouveauRet
Talbot-Lago T26CTalbot 23CV 4.5 L6 Louis ChironRet6RetRetRetRet
Ferrari 500Ferrari 500 2.0 L4SUI500BELFRAGBRGERNEDITA
Ferrari 500Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 Louis RosierRetRetRet10
Ferrari 500Ferrari 500 2.0 L4
ARG500NEDBELFRAGBRGERSUIITA
Ferrari 500Ferrari 500 2.0 L4
Louis Rosier7881010Ret16
Ferrari 500
Ferrari 625
Maserati 250F
Ferrari 500 2.0 L4
Ferrari 625 2.5 L4
Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6

ARG500BELFRAGBRGERSUIITAESP
Ferrari 500
Ferrari 625
Maserati 250F
Ferrari 500 2.0 L4
Ferrari 625 2.5 L4
Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6

Louis RosierRetRetRet87
Ferrari 500
Ferrari 625
Maserati 250F
Ferrari 500 2.0 L4
Ferrari 625 2.5 L4
Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6

Maurice Trintignant4
Ferrari 500
Ferrari 625
Maserati 250F
Ferrari 500 2.0 L4
Ferrari 625 2.5 L4
Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6

Robert Manzon3Ret9RetRet
Maserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L6ARGMON500BELNEDGBRITA
Maserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Louis RosierRet99
Maserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L6ARGMON500BELFRAGBRGERITA
Maserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Louis RosierRet86Ret5