Lucien Bianchi

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Luciano "Lucien" Bianchi

Nationality	Belgian
World Championship Career
Active years	1959 - 1963, 1965, 1968
Team(s)	ENB, UDT Laystall, Reg Parnell, Scuderia Centro Sud, Cooper
Races	19
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	1
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1959 Monaco Grand Prix


Last race	1968 Mexican Grand Prix

Lucien Bianchi, born Luciano Bianchi (November 10, 1934 - March 30, 1969) was a Belgian Formula One driver who raced for the Cooper, ENB, UDT Laystall and Scuderia Centro Sud teams.

Bianchi was born in Milan, Italy, but moved to Belgium when he was still a child, with his father who was a race mechanic. His 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 1 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 1 in 1968, with the Cooper-BRM team, although success was elusive despite a bright start.

Bianchi also raced touring cars, sports cars and rally cars, being successful in all disciplines; his biggest victories coming in the 1968 Le Mans 24 Hours, behind the wheel of a Ford GT40 with Pedro Rodriguez and at Sebring in 1962 with Jo Bonnier. He was also leading the London-Sydney Marathon when his Citroën collided with a non-competing car. He was killed when his Alfa Romeo T33 spun into a telegraph pole during Le Mans testing (1969).

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Team	WDC	Points
1959	ENB	MON DNQ	INDY	DUT	FRA	GBR	DEU	POR	ITA	USA				ENB	-	0
1960	ENB	ARG	MON	INDY	DUT	BEL 6	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	POR	ITA	USA			Fred Tuck Cars	24th	1
1961	ENB	MON DNQ	DUT	BEL Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER	ITA	USA					UDT Laystall	-	0
1962	ENB	DUT	MON	BEL 9	FRA	GBR	GER 16	ITA	USA	RSA				ENB	-	0
1963	Reg Parnell	MON	BEL Ret	DUT	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA			Reg Parnell	-	0
1965	Scuderia Centro Sud	RSA	MON	BEL 12	FRA	GBR	DUT	GER	ITA	USA	MEX			Scuderia Centro Sud	-	0
1968	Cooper	RSA	ESP	MON 3	BEL 6	DUT Ret	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	ITA	CAN NC	USA Ret	MEX Ret	Cooper	17th	5