11 Facts About Pescarolo Sport

Pescarolo Sport was a motorsport team based in Le Mans, France and founded in February 2000 by French racing driver Henri Pescarolo and his friend and partner, French publisher Francois Granet.

In October 2007, Henri Pescarolo Sport purchased Jacques Nicolet's Saulnier Racing and created Pescarolo Sport Automobiles, with the racing team becoming a division of the new company.

The Pescarolo Sport Automobiles went into receivership on 15 June 2010.

From 1994 to 1998, Pescarolo Sport had been driving for the Courage Competition squad with some success, but decided in 1999 that he would like to run his own team for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, although he would remain connected to Courage and would be a customer team of the factory's chassis.

Pescarolo Sport remained close to Courage, using their C52 chassis, as well as reaching an agreement with Peugeot to supply new turbocharged engines.

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Pescarolo Sport had been backed heavily to cause an upset and trump the dominant Audis, especially after taking pole position.

Pescarolo Sport finally become a dominant, front-running team in 2006.

However, for the first time, Pescarolo Sport would become a supplier, offering the 01s for sale to customer teams not only in the top LMP1 class, but in the smaller LMP2 class.

Pescarolo Sport ran alongside their customers, for the first time running a two car effort for a full season.

Pescarolo Sport used a new paint scheme, reminiscent of the Matra-Simcas that Henri Pescarolo Sport ran at Le Mans in the 1970s, by being predominantly blue with red or yellow noses.

Pescarolo Sport ended the 2007 in second place in the LMP1 standings, behind one Peugeot 908 HDi FAP but ahead of the other, while Rollcentre Racing took fourth.