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Louis Rosier

  • 1950–1956
  • ROS
  • Born 5 November 1905 in Chapdes-Beaufort
  • Died 29 October 1956
  • Louis Claude Rosier

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position14.5
  • Avg finish7.5
  • Retirement rate32%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+155
  • Points scored18
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak2
  • Longest points-scoring streak2
  • TeamsTalbot-Lago (1950–1951) · Ferrari (1952–1954) · Maserati (1954–1956)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

7 1950: 6 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P4 1951: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P12 1952: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 6 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 5 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P19 19501951195219531954195519567 1950: 6 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P4 1951: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P12 1952: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 6 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 5 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P19 1950195219541956
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1950Talbot-Lago6213P4
1951Talbot-Lago73P12
1952Ferrari40–
1953Ferrari70–
1954Ferrari, Maserati60–
1955Maserati30–
1956Maserati52P19

Every race

39 entries, 38 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 39 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1950British Grand PrixTalbot-Lago9P52
Monaco Grand PrixTalbot-Lago10DNF
Swiss Grand PrixTalbot-Lago10P34
Belgian Grand PrixTalbot-Lago8P34
French Grand PrixsharedTalbot-Lago–P6
French Grand PrixTalbot-Lago6DNF
Italian Grand PrixTalbot-Lago13P43
1951Swiss Grand PrixTalbot-Lago8P9
Belgian Grand PrixTalbot-Lago7P43
French Grand PrixTalbot-Lago13DNF
British Grand PrixTalbot-Lago9P10
German Grand PrixTalbot-Lago15P8
Italian Grand PrixTalbot-Lago15P7
Spanish Grand PrixTalbot-Lago20P7
1952Swiss Grand PrixFerrari20DNF
Belgian Grand PrixFerrari17DNF
French Grand PrixFerrari9DNF
Italian Grand PrixFerrari17P10
1953Dutch Grand PrixFerrari8P7
Belgian Grand PrixFerrari13P8
French Grand PrixFerrari10P8
British Grand PrixFerrari24P10
German Grand PrixFerrari22P10
Swiss Grand PrixFerrari14DNF
Italian Grand PrixFerrari17P16
1954Argentine Grand PrixFerrari14DNF
French Grand PrixFerrari13DNF
British Grand PrixFerrari31DNF
German Grand PrixFerrari18P8
Italian Grand PrixMaserati20P8
Spanish Grand PrixMaserati20P7
1955Monaco Grand PrixMaserati17DNF
Belgian Grand PrixMaserati12P9
Dutch Grand PrixMaserati13P9
1956Monaco Grand PrixMaserati15DNF
Belgian Grand PrixMaserati10P8
French Grand PrixMaserati12P6
British Grand PrixMaserati27DNF
German Grand PrixMaserati14P52

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Johnny Claes1950–19517:011:2−5.50%16 : 0Compare
Luigi Villoresi1952–19560:62:11+5.60%2 : 17Compare
Mike Hawthorn1953–19540:70:11+4.30%0 : 33.1Compare
Nino Farina1952–19540:60:12+7.25%0 : 53Compare
Alberto Ascari1952–19530:60:10+8.94%0 : 64Compare
Philippe Étancelin1950–19514:05:6+1.38%16 : 3Compare
Yves Giraud-Cabantous1950–19512:13:7+1.27%13 : 5Compare
Jean Behra1955–19560:50:8+7.68%2 : 19Compare
Stirling Moss1954–19561:30:7+8.32%2 : 19Compare
Pierre Levegh1950–19513:06:0−3.47%10 : 0Compare
Cesare Perdisa1955–19560:31:5+1.55%0 : 5Compare
Piero Taruffi1952–19560:21:5+6.63%0 : 13Compare
Roberto Mieres1954–19550:31:4+5.27%0 : 8Compare
Luigi Musso1954–19550:30:5+6.07%0 : 10Compare
Paco Godia1954–19561:23:2−2.59%2 : 3Compare
José Froilán González1951–19540:11:4+7.01%0 : 16.1Compare
Louis Chiron19510:03:3+0.11%3 : 0Compare
Jacques Swaters1951–19531:12:2−2.80%0 : 0Compare
Maurice Trintignant19540:10:4+3.91%0 : 9Compare
Umberto Maglioli1953–19560:10:4+3.14%2 : 0Compare
Horace Gould1955–19560:03:2−0.09%2 : 2Compare
Guy Mairesse1950–19511:02:1−5.83%3 : 0Compare
Robert Manzon19541:00:3–0 : 4Compare
André Simon1952–19560:11:2–0 : 0Compare
Harry Schell1950–19561:01:2+3.33%6 : 0Compare
Raymond Sommer19500:01:2+2.09%7 : 0Compare
Rudi Fischer19520:01:2–0 : 6Compare
Duncan Hamilton19511:02:0–0 : 0Compare
Sergio Mantovani19541:00:2–0 : 0Compare
Eugène Chaboud1950–19510:02:0–4 : 1Compare
André Pilette19511:01:0–3 : 0Compare
Piero Carini1952–19530:02:0–0 : 0Compare
Peter Hirt1952–19530:01:1–0 : 0Compare
Roy Salvadori19560:00:2–2 : 0Compare
Bruce Halford19560:00:2–2 : 0Compare
Eugène Martin19500:00:2–6 : 0Compare
Henri Louveau1950–19510:02:0–3 : 0Compare
Jorge Daponte19541:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Ken Wharton19541:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Birabongse Bhanudej19541:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Charles de Tornaco19520:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Charles Pozzi19500:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Franco Comotti19520:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Kurt Adolff19530:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Ottorino Volonterio1954–19560:01:0–2 : 0Compare
Reg Parnell19540:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Jack Brabham19560:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Peter Walker19550:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Georges Grignard19510:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Emmanuel de Graffenried19540:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Max de Terra19530:01:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Louis Rosier came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Spa-Francorchamps616.4
Silverstone58.3
Reims-Gueux56.7
Monza59
Bremgarten416
Nürburgring47.8
Monaco3–
Pedralbes27
Zandvoort28