Louis Douglas Serrurier (9 December 1920 – 4 June 2006) was a racing driver and racing car constructor from South Africa. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix in the 1960s, only racing in the South African Grand Prix event, debuting on 29 December 1962. He scored no championship points.
Racing car constructor Serrurier built a series of racing cars under the name of LDS, after his initials. The first was based on a Cooper, and later cars were based on Brabhams. The cars were raced mainly by Serrurier himself, and Sam Tingle. From the Cobra Club South Africa: "Louis Douglas Serrurier built about 20 LDS Cobras during the course of his race car building history. They were all once offs, with different engine, chassis, suspension and brakes depending on the year they were built".
A handful of other custom built bodies found their home on LDS chassis in the 70s. Mainly laid up from fibreglass, but also aluminium Coupe and Convertibles.
Racing record
Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts 1962 Otelle Nucci LDS Mk1 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4 NED MON BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA RSA NC 0 1963 Otelle Nucci LDS Mk1 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4 MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA NC 0 1965 Otelle Nucci LDS Mk2 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 RSA MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX NC 0
Non-Championship Formula One results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1961 Scuderia Lupini Cooper T51 Maserati 6-1500 1.5 L4 LOM GLV PAU BRX VIE AIN SYR NAP LON SIL SOL KAN DAN MOD FLG OUL LEW VAL RAN NAT RSA 1962 Scuderia Lupini Cooper T51 Maserati 6-1500 1.5 L4 CAPDNA BRX LOM LAV GLV PAU AIN INT NAP MAL CLP RMS SOL KAN MED DAN OUL MEX Otelle Nucci LDS Mk1 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4 RAN NAT 1963 Otelle Nucci LDS Mk1 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4 LOM GLV PAU IMO SYR AIN INT ROM SOL KAN MED AUT OUL RAN 1964 Doug Serrurier LDS Mk2 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 DMT NWT SYR AIN INT SOL MED RAN 1965 Doug Serrurier LDS Mk3 Climax FPF 2.0 L4 ROC SYR SMT INT MED RAN 1966 Doug Serrurier LDS Mk3 Climax FPF 2.0 L4 RSA SYR INT OUL
References
External links Profile on historicracing.com