Lucien Bianchi
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Luciano "Lucien" Bianchi (Template:IPA, Template:IPA; 10 November 1934 – 30 March 1969) was an Italian-born Belgian racing driver who raced for the Cooper, ENB, UDT Laystall and Scuderia Centro Sud teams in Formula One. 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.
He also drove in 13 consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans (1956–1968), finishing 1st in Class three times, including the 1st overall win at the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, with co-driver Pedro Rodríguez. Bianchi died in a crash while testing for the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Personal life
Bianchi was born in Milan, Italy, but moved to Belgium in 1946 with his father, who, before the Second World War, was a race mechanic working in the Alfa Romeo competition department.<ref name=Autocar1969>Template:Cite magazine</ref> His brother, Mauro Bianchi, also became a racing driver. They drove to victory together in the 1965 Nürburgring 500 km. Mauro later won the P1.6 class at the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans. His grandnephew, Jules Bianchi, who made his Formula One debut with the Marussia team for the Template:F1 season competing under the French flag, died in 2015, having never regained consciousness after a crash during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Racing career
Lucien Bianchi's first race event was at the Alpine Rally in 1951. He won the 1957, 1958 and 1959 Tour de France as well as the Paris 1000 sports car race in the latter two years.
He entered Formula One in 1959, although only with sporadic appearances at first. He drove various cars under the banner of the ENB team, including a Cooper T51, a Lotus 18 and an Emeryson. After a couple of races for the UDT Laystall team in 1961, driving another Lotus, he returned to ENB for whom he drove their ENB-Maserati. He finally secured a more regular drive in Formula One in 1968, with the Cooper-BRM team, although success was elusive despite a bright start. Bianchi managed his best Formula One performance, finishing third at the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix, in his first race for Cooper.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bianchi also raced touring cars, sports cars and rally cars, being successful in all disciplines, his biggest victories coming in the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, behind the wheel of a Ford GT40 with Pedro Rodríguez and at Sebring in 1962 with Jo Bonnier. He was also leading the 1968 London–Sydney Marathon when his Citroën DS collided with a non-competing car on the closed course near Nowra, 100 km south of Sydney.
He was killed when his Alfa Romeo T33 spun into a telegraph pole during Le Mans testing in 1969.
At Circuit Zolder, the fourth turn of the circuit, entering the back stretch, is named Lucien Bianchibocht in his memory.
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Racing record
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Formula One World Championship results
(key)
Complete 24 Hours of Spa results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip |
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| 1964 | Template:Flagicon Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A | Template:Flagicon Fernando Masoero | Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super | C5 | 265 | 4th | 1st |
| 1966 | Template:Flagicon Autodelta S.p.A. | Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Baghetti | Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA | T 1.6 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1968 | Template:Flagicon Alfa Romeo Benelux | Template:Flagicon Jean-Marie Lagae | Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina | Gr. 1 2.5 | 250 | 17th | 13th |
Complete USAC Championship Car results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Jim Robbins | PHX DNQ |
TRE 17 |
INDY DNQ |
MIL | LAN | PIP | MOS | MOS | IRP | LAN | MTR | MTR | SPR | MIL | DUQ | ISF | TRE | SAC | HAN | PHX | RIV | - | 0 |
Complete British Saloon Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Team Lotus | Ford Cortina Lotus | Template:Tooltip | BRH | SNE | SIL | SIL | MAL | SIL | SIL Ret |
BRH | OUL | BRH | NC | 0 | NC |
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Other race results
- Tour de France Automobile, 1st: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1964 / 2nd: 1961, 1963
- Spa 24 Hours, 1st: 1964 (in Class 5) overall 4th
- 12 hours of Sebring, 1st: 1962
- 12 Hours of Reims, 1st: 1965 (in class P1.3) overall 7th
- Targa Florio, 1st: 1965 (in class GT1.6) overall 7th
- 6 Hours of Nürburgring, 1st: 1965
- 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, 1st: 1968
- 1000 km of Nürburgring, 1st: 1965 (in class S.16) overall 13th, 1967 (in class P+2.0) overall 4th
- 1000 km of Paris, 1st: 1960 / 2nd: 1961, 1967
- Mugello Grand Prix, 1st: 1968
- 9 hours of Kyalami, 1st: 1968
- Grand Prix of Angola, 1st: 1962 / 2nd: 1964
- Grand Prix of Zolder, 1st: 1964
- 500 km of Nürburgring, 1st: 1965, 1963 (in class T1.0)
- Trophée d'Auvergne, 1st: 1963 (in class S/P+3.0)
References
External links
- GrandPrix.com — Bianchi's entry at GrandPrix.com
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