Louis Douglas Serrurier (9 December 1920 in Germiston – 4 June 2006) was a racing driver and racing car constructor from South Africa.^[1][2] He participated in 3 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.

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Doug Serrurier

Born	(1920-12-09)9 December 1920
Died	4 June 2006(2006-06-04) (aged 85)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	South African
Active years	1962–1963, 1965
Teams	LDS
Entries	3 (2 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1962 South African Grand Prix
Last entry	1965 South African Grand Prix

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Serrurier built a series of racing cars under the name of LDS,^[3] after his initials.^[4] The first was based on a Cooper,^[5] 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.