François Picard

François Picard (26 April 1921 - 29 April 1996): French racing driver who began racing in 1949 with a Renault 4CV before switching to Porsche and winning the 1952 Circuit of Agadir. From 1953 he specialized in privately-entered Ferraris, racing mainly in France and North Africa. Driving with Charles Pozzi, they won their class at both the Reims and Hyères 12-hour races in 1954. He ran a Ferrari 500 Monza over the next two seasons, finishing second at the 1955 Coupe de Paris and third in the Agadir GP and Paris 1000 Km in 1956.

His Formula One career consisted of a single entry at the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix in Rob Walker's Cooper T43 Climax in the Formula 2 class on 19 October 1958, scoring no championship points. The race proved to be his last—he crashed into Olivier Gendebien's Ferrari which had spun in front of him, suffering serious injuries that left him incapacitated for six months. Though he recovered, Picard never raced again.