Gerard Ducarouge 1941-2015

[The Hypno-Toad]

(couldn't see a thread.)

One of the great unsung designers has left the stage.

The Matra F1 cars.
The Matra Le Mans winners.
The Ligier F1 cars.
The JPS Lotus that saved their season in 1983.
The JPS Lotus that Senna really made his name in.

A designer like Tony Southgate who made really great cars but without too much fuss. (Although he did seem to get sacked a lot.)

I wonder if the truth about the 'spring loaded' Ligier side pods will finally now come out?

RIP Gerard.

Edited by The Hypno-Toad on Thursday 26th February 21:22

[The Hypno-Toad]

f1rob said:

Very sad news,been away for a long weekend and just seen this
Worked at team lotus during all of gerards time and he was a great guy
Actually had time to talk to you,cool as f*** (who else could get pulled for speeding in a 190 cossie merc on the A11,give the police the "eeeeerr,French,no English" act and get let off.Only to wheel spin off an get done 5 miles further down the rd doing 120
Then when he gets banned employs,the hottest French girl you have ever seen as his driver !
Great guy an very happy days

Thanks for sharing that, always had a suspicion he was a bit of a rogue.

Nice that a few more people are commenting on this thread now, I maintain he was a very underrated talent.