Driver lucien bianchi career statistics racingreference. In a race that covered the whole of francea road section of 6000 kilometers, 9 hill climbs, and 10. Bianchi was killed while testing an alfa romeo t33 prototype for the 24 hours of le mans. Find everything in one place on lucien bianchi including their biography, latest news and updates, high resolution photos, high quality videos and expert analysis. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Bianchi s marussia slid off the track and smashed into a crane picking up the sauber of. Lucien bianchi 10 november 1934 30 march 1969, born luciano bianchi, was a belgian racing driver who raced for the cooper, enb, udt laystall and scuderia centro sud teams in formula one. Click on the site to see lucien bianchis career results at that track glossary. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Mauro bianchi, was three times champion in the gt category of top international sports car racing. F1 drivers deceased behind racing car steering wheel.
During a rainy gloomy day at the end of the race at saduka, mr. Lucien bianchi november 10 1934 march 30 1969, born luciano bianchi, was a belgian racing driver who raced for the cooper, enb, udt laystall and scuderia centro sud teams in formula one. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Chris williams born 04 oct 1939 shillong, assam, india. Jules bianchi who had been just ahead of sutil when the sauber driver went off arrived back on the scene in his marussia mr03 a lap later. Jules bianchi f1 japanese crash not first time family has experienced racing tragedy marussia f1 drivers great uncle, lucien, was killed while testing at le mans share. He entered a total of 19 formula one world championship races, scoring six points and had a best finish of third at the 1968 monaco grand prix. The american, italianbelgian combo survived 97 laps before retiring with head gasket failure of their 6982cc pushrod v8. Born luciano bianchi in milan, italy, he moved to belgium as a child, his father being an alfa romeo race mechanic for johnny claes. Lucien bianchi, died in an accident during testing at. The tragic destiny of the bianchi name in motorsport. Lucien bianchi, born luciano bianchi born 10 november 1934 in milan, italy, died 30 march 1969 in le mans, france was an italianborn belgian racing driver. A versatile and varied racer, he was probably at his best in sportscars, in which discipline he won the 1968 le mans and the 1962 sebring 12 hour race. His grandfather, mauro bianchi, participated in gt racing during the 1960s as well as in three nonchampionship f1 grands prix in 1961, while his granduncle, lucien, took part in 19 f1 grands prix 19591968.
This is a category for racing drivers who were killed while driving a racing car, either in competition or during testing. Driver lucien bianchi 1968 formula one results racing. Lucien bianchi wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. With these successes, ecurie nationale belge thought it was about time to reenter formula 1, having last participated in grand prix racing way back when johnny claes wanted one last outing in an f1 car at the 1955 dutch grand prix. Born in india, and descended from a military family his father was a lieutenant in the gurkha rifles regiment at the time of chris birth williams studied engineering before racing cars, and also, initially, rally cars. Bianchi was also the greatnephew of the late lucien bianchi who competed. What they didnt know was that the driver, little known john turner, had been cutting off a chicane at the back of the circuit to claw back his disadvantage to the leaders after an early spin.
View f1 statistics and a f1 career summary of lucien bianchi, including career stats, yearly summary, stats per grands prix and circuits, and more. His father, who was a race mechanic for alfa romeo, moved from italy to belgium shortly after. It includes drivers who were killed immediately, as well as those who were not killed immediately but succumbed to their injuries some time later. He was claess codriver as their lancia finished third in the 1955 liegeromeliege rally in what was his mentors final outing. As claes began to enter more races, bianchi gained a taste for competition.
The son of johnny claes mechanic, bianchi first competed in racing as a codriver in rally racing with claes himself, beginning in 1951 at the age of 16. The sons of a wellknown mechanic with alfa romeos racing division, both lucien and mauro bianchi were destined to race in the future. Lucien bianchi 10 november 1934 30 march 1969, born luciano bianchi, was an italian born belgian racing driver who raced for the cooper, enb, udt laystall and scuderia centro sud teams in formula one. Usac national championship 1967 standings driver database. He won the usac championship in 1965 and had plenty of wins too in.
Lucien bianchi started rallying when 18 years old and enjoyed a varied career that also included formula 1, indycars and sports cars. Human error at the core of jules bianchi crash racecar. He entered a total of 19 formula one world championship races, scoring six points and had a best finish of third at the 1968 monaco. Oct 5, 2016 aftermath of mauro bianchi s crash at le mans 1968. He died in a testing crash in preparation for the 1969 24 hours of le mans. Aftermath of mauro bianchi s crash at le mans 1968. F1i fr editorinchief pierre van vliet looks back at the tragic destiny of the bianchi name in motorsport. Although every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate and up to date, gp racing stats does not accept any. This page was last edited on 7 september 2019, at 10. Lucien bianchi and 2 related entities entities finder. Lucien bianchi 10 november 1934 30 march 1969, born luciano bianchi, was an italianbelgian racing driver who raced for the cooper, enb, udt laystall and scuderia centro sud teams in formula one.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to. See more ideas about racing, ford gt40 and steve mcqueen le mans. Although mauro won the 1966 macau grand prix, it was the older luicien who would become an international star. Profile for racing driver lucien bianchi from belgium.
Our cookies are friendly and dont collect personal information but helps to improve the user experience. Formula one driver jules bianchi has died in a french hospital from head injuries sustained in a crash at last years japanese grand prix. Since he was a child, bianchi was interested in racing. Silver stallion racing for victory artwork classic driver. Lucien bianchi lucien bianchi 10 november 1934 30 march 1969, born luciano bianchi, was an italianbelgian racing driver. Formula one grand prix driver october 5th, 2014 japanese formula one grand prix racing was the onset of tragedy and sorrow for formula one fans and the bianchi family. He was shown the double waved yellow flags because at this point sutils car was in the process of being recovered. Jules bianchi f1 japanese crash not first time family has.
Lucien bianchi full name luciano bianchi nationality belgian born november 10, 1934 hometown milan, italy died march 30, 1969 place of death le mans circuit, france racing highlights. Bianchi was born in milan, italy, but moved to belgium when he was still a. Jules bianchi biography facts, childhood, family life. His father, who was a race mechanic for alfa romeo, moved from italy to belgium shortly after lucien was born. A law student held from a career at the bar through his interest in racing cars, swaters finished. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Just six months before his death, he achieved the greatest success of his career on the same race track, winning the 24 hours of le mans together with pedro rodriguez in a ford gt40.
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