Xavier Roger Perrot (1 February 1932 – 8 December 2008) was a Swiss racing driver and garage owner, who won the European Hill Climb Championship in 1972. He had previously competed in Formula Two and drove his Brabham in the Formula Two class of the 1969 German Grand Prix.
European Hill Climb 1972 /source FB page/
After participating in national-level motorsport as a driver and rallying co-driver, Perrot began racing in hillclimbing in the early 1960s, campaigning cars such as a Lotus 23 and an Abarth-Simca. In 1968 he switched to Formula Two, driving a Brabham BT23C, and after a difficult first season, improved in 1969, finishing fourth at Hockenheim and sixth in the Formula Two class of the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, 10th overall.
In 1970 Perrot campaigned a March 702, the first customer car sold by the company. With this car, he won the Preis von Deutschland Formula Two event at the Nürburgring. He continued in Formula Two in 1971 with a March 712M, finishing third at Imola, 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.
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’s ex-works March 701 in the non-Championship 1971 Jochen Rindt Memorial Trophy race at Hockenheim, where he finished 11th.
Perrot retired in 1973 to concentrate on his garage business in his hometown of Zurich, where he died after a long illness in 2008, aged 76. Info from Wiki
Bio by Rüdiger Hack
Xavier Roger Perrot war ein Schweizer Rennfahrer und Garagenbesitzer, der 1972 die Berg-Europameisterschaft gewann . Zuvor war er in der Formel 2 gefahren und fuhr seinen Brabham 1969 in der Formel-2-Klasse beim Großen Preis von Deutschland.
1970 stellte Perrot einen March 702 vor, den ersten Kundenwagen, den das Unternehmen verkaufte. Mit diesem Auto gewann er den Preis von Deutschland in der Formel 2 auf dem Nürburgring. Er fuhr 1971 mit einem March 712M in der Formel 2 fort, wurde Dritter in Imola und kehrte gleichzeitig erfolgreich zum Bergrennen zurück. Er gewann 1972 die Europäische Bergmeisterschaft mit einem March 722 F2-Auto und gewann sechs Rennen. Er fuhr dieses Auto auch gelegentlich in der Formel 2 und erzielte in drei Rennen Punkte, darunter den vierten und fünften Platz bei Veranstaltungen in Hockenheim.
Gallery F1 F2/Hillclimb
