Olivier Gendebien (12 January 1924,
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– 2 October 1998,
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,
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,
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) was a war hero and race car driver. He has been cited as "
one of the greatest sportscar racers of all time".
Background
Born into a wealthy family, an heir to the industrial holdings of the Solvay family, Olivier Gendebien studied engineering at university. When
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
erupted and the Nazis occupied Belgium, he joined the Belgian
resistance movementA resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country or the government of a sovereign nation through either the use of physical force, or nonviolence. The term resistance is generally used to designate movement considered...
. Fluent in the English language, he served as the liaison with the
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
agents being parachuted into Belgium. Later in the War he went to
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, serving with the British army as part of a Belgian paratrooper unit. When the war ended Gendebien switched to the study of agriculture, spending several years working in forestry in the
Belgian CongoThe Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and the dawn of Congolese independence on 30 June 1960.-Background: 1884-1908:Until the later...
where he met a rally driver named Charles Fraikin.
Rally racer
On his return to Belgium, Gendebien entered a
VeritasVeritas was a famous West German post World War II sports and race car company, located at Hausen am Andelsbach, near Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, later at Meßkirch and Muggensturm and moved finally to the Nürburgring....
sports car in the 1955
Grand Prix des FrontièresThe Grand Prix des Frontières was a motor race held at Chimay in Belgium. The race was created by Jules Buisseret, who was also responsible for the circuit's existence...
at
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. However, following this race he switched his focus, and teamed up with Fraikin to compete in rally racing using a Jaguar sports car. Together with Pierre Stassen, Gendebien won the sixth running of the Tulip Rally in
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in April 1954. Their car was an
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. The Gendebien and Fraiken partnership gained the nickname "the eternal bridesmaids", owing to their number of second-place finishes, but after two previous attempts they triumphed in the Liège-Rome-Liège Rally and the Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti in 1955, driving a
Mercedes-Benz 300SLThe Mercedes-Benz 300SL was introduced in 1954 as a two-seat, closed sports car with distinctive gull-wing doors. Later it was offered as an open roadster...
.
Formula One driver
Gendebien's success in rally competitions brought him to the attention of
Enzo FerrariEnzo Anselmo "the Commendatore" Ferrari Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian race car driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari car manufacturer.- Life and career :Born in Modena, Enzo Ferrari grew up with...
, who offered him a contract to drive a Ferrari in
sports car eventsSports car racing is a form of circuit auto racing with automobiles that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built or related to road-going sports cars....
and selected
Grands PrixFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...
. Much respected as a true gentleman by everyone who knew him, he remained a member of the
Ferrari teamFerrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.p.A....
until he retired from racing. Enzo Ferrari summed him up as "
a gentleman who never forgets that noblesse obligeIn French, "noblesse oblige" means, literally, "nobility obligates".According to the , the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française defines it thus:1. Whoever claims to be noble must conduct himself nobly.2...
and, when he is at the wheel, he translates this code of behaviour into an elegant and discerning forcefulness." During his career he competed in only 15
Formula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...
races — most of the time he was Ferrari's spare driver, filling in only occasionally — he nonetheless scored points in five races, and was only one place away from a points-scoring finish on a further two occasions. He made his début at the
1956 Argentine Grand PrixThe 1956 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 22 January 1956 at Buenos Aires.With the withdrawal of Mercedes from Formula One, Fangio and Moss would begin the season with new teams. Fangio would join Ferrari while Moss would lead the Maserati team. The grid at Argentina was...
, with the Ferrari team, but it was during a stint driving for the
British Racing PartnershipBritish Racing Partnership was a racing team, and latterly constructor, from the United Kingdom. It was established by Alfred Moss and Ken Gregory — Stirling Moss's father and former manager respectively — in 1957 to run cars for Stirling, when not under contract with other firms.BRP ran a...
's
Yeoman Credit Racing team in that Gendebien scored his best finishes; he took second in the
1960 French Grand PrixResults from the 1960 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Reims-Gueux on July 3, 1960.- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Jack Brabham - 2:16.8*Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham - 2:17.5...
and third in front of a home crowd at the
1960 Belgian Grand PrixResults from the 1960 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps on 19 June 1960.The results highlight an unusual quirk in the rules regarding classification of non-finishers. Under modern rules, Graham Hill would have been classified 3rd, since he completed lap 35 before Gendebien...
. The second of these was a somewhat bitter-sweet success, as Gendebien's team-mate at the time,
Chris BristowChris Bristow , was a British Formula One driver from England....
, was killed in an accident during the race. Gendebien himself walked away with slight injuries in October 1961 after his
LotusTeam Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing...
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ClimaxCoventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer.-History:The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer, but two years later following the departure of Stroyer, was relocated to Paynes Lane, Coventry, and renamed to Coventry-Simplex by H...
failed to negotiate a turn during practice for the
1961 United States Grand PrixThe 1961 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 8, 1961 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.__FORCETOC__-Summary:...
at
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. The car flipped over and Gendebien's shoes were torn off by the impact.
Sports car competition
However, it was in
sports car racingSports car racing is a form of circuit auto racing with automobiles that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built or related to road-going sports cars....
, particularly the long distance and endurance events, where Gendebien excelled. Piloting a 2.5-liter
FerrariScuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...
, Gendebien teamed up with
Maurice TrintignantMaurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant was a motor racing driver and vintner from France. He competed in the Formula One World Championship for fourteen years, between 1950 and 1964, one of the longest careers in the early years of F1...
to place third in the
1956 24 Hours of Le MansThe 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 24th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 28 and 29, 1956.Following the events of 1955, the front stretch and pit lane were redesigned in order to enhance driver and spectator safety...
. They were seven laps behind the winners, privateer
Ecurie EcosseEcurie Ecosse was a motor racing team from Scotland. Founded in 1952 by Edinburgh businessman and racing driver David Murray and mechanic Wilkie Wilkinson, its most notable achievement was winning the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans and 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans...
Jaguar drivers Ron Flockhart and
Ninian SandersonNinian Sanderson was a car dealer, sports car racing driver, and winner of the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans....
. The 1958 Grand Prix of
Buenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital, and largest city, of Argentina, currently the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the eastern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
was a 1,000 kilometer event in which Gendebien paired with Wolfgang von Trips. They finished second to a fellow Ferrari pairing
Phil HillPhilip Toll Hill, Jr., was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero...
and
Peter CollinsPeter John Collins was a Formula One driver from England. He participated in 35 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1952...
. In the race Argentine
MaseratiMaserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and sports cars, established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993...
driver, Jorge Magnasco, died after his car skidded and turned over.
The same year he partnered with Hill and won the prestigious
24 Hours of Le MansThe 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 26th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 21 and 22, 1958. It was also the fifth round of the World Sportscar Championship....
. Their victory came in a 3-liter Ferrari and secured the
World Sportscar ChampionshipThe World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the FIA from 1953 to 1992.The championship evolved from a small collection of the most important sportscar, endurance and road racing events in Europe and North America with dozens of gentleman drivers at the grid,...
for the Ferrari factory. They covered 2,511 miles with an average speed of 107 miles per hour. Hill became the first American to win the event and their Ferrari was the sole factory-sponsored car running at the end. Ferrari drivers took the first three positions at the conclusion of the
1961 24 Hours of Le MansThe 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 29th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 10 and 11, 1961. It was also the 4th round of the World Sportscar Championship.-Official Results:-Did Not Finish:-Statistics:...
and, as they were to be again the following year, Hill and Gendebien were first, averaging 115.89 miles per hour, and establishing a race record. The duo were a natural fit and together they won the Le Mans race three times in total, with Gendebien winning it a fourth time, partnered by fellow Belgian
Paul FrèrePaul Frère was a racing driver and journalist from Belgium, born in Le Havre . He participated in eleven World Championship Formula One Grands Prix debuting on 22 June 1952 and achieving one podium finish with a total of eleven championship points...
in . Gendebien's record number of Le Mans victories was not exceeded until , when fellow-Belgian
Jacky IckxJacques Bernard "Jacky" Ickx is a Belgian former racing driver who achieved 25 podium finishes in Formula One and six wins in the 24 hours of Le Mans.- Racing career :...
won for the fifth time.
Away from
Circuit de la SartheThe Circuit de la Sarthe, located near Le Mans, France, is a semi-permanent race course most famous as the venue for the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race. The track uses local roads that remain open to the public most of the year...
, Gendebien also triumphed in the
Targa FlorioThe Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo. Founded in 1906, it used to be the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Championship until 1973...
(1958, '61, '62), the
12 Hours of SebringThe 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race held at Sebring International Raceway, a former Army Air Force base in Sebring, Florida.- History :...
(1959, '60, '61), the 12 Hours of Reims (1957, '58) and the 1000 km Nürburgring (1962). When asked about the key to winning as a race car driver, Gendebien responded: "
It is a matter of taking the corners a little faster than one would want." In honour of Gendebien's three wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the turn onto the Ullman straight is named after him.
Major race victories
- Tour of Sicily : 1957
- Tour de France (auto) : 1957, 1958, 1959
- Reims 12 Hour race : 1957, 1958
- Targa Florio
The Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo. Founded in 1906, it used to be the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Championship until 1973...
: 1958, 1961, 1962
- 12 Hours of Sebring
The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race held at Sebring International Raceway, a former Army Air Force base in Sebring, Florida.- History :...
: 1959, 1960, 1961
- 24 hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, France...
: 1958The 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 26th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 21 and 22, 1958. It was also the fifth round of the World Sportscar Championship....
, 1960The 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 28th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place over June 25–26, 1960. It was also the fifth and final round of the World Sportscar Championship.-Official Results:-Not Classified:...
, 1961The 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 29th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 10 and 11, 1961. It was also the 4th round of the World Sportscar Championship.-Official Results:-Did Not Finish:-Statistics:...
, 1962The 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 30th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 23 and 24, 1962. It was also the eighth round of the World Sportscar Championship.-Official Results:-Did Not Finish:-Statistics:...
- 1000km Nürburgring
The ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring is an endurance race for sports cars held on the Nürburgring in Germany and organized by the ADAC since 1953.- History :...
: 1962
Post race life
Married with three children, Gendebien’s wife pressured him to get out of the dangerous sport of automobile racing where more than two dozen of his competitors had died at the wheel. At 38 years of age, in 1962 Olivier Gendebien retired following his fourth victory at Le Mans. Independently wealthy, and an avid skier, tennis player, and equestrian rider, he devoted the rest of his life to running a variety of businesses. In 1998
King Albert IIAlbert II is the current King of the Belgians and a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He is the younger son of King Leopold III and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden...
awarded him the Belgian
Order of the CrownThe Order of the Crown is an Order of Belgium which was first created on 15 October 1897. The Order of the Crown was created under the authority of Leopold II of Belgium and was originally intended to recognize heroic deeds and distinguished service achieved from service in the Congo Free State -...
Olivier Gendebien died in 1998 at his home in Les Baux de Provence in southern France.
Complete F1 World Championship results
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Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...
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Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...
I4The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a four-cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a...
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ARGThe 1956 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 22 January 1956 at Buenos Aires.With the withdrawal of Mercedes from Formula One, Fangio and Moss would begin the season with new teams. Fangio would join Ferrari while Moss would lead the Maserati team. The grid at Argentina was...
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MON The 1956 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 13 May 1956 at Monaco.The Owen’s B.R.M. made their first appearance but after qualifying both cars were withdrawn due to engine valve problems...
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500 The 1956 Indianapolis 500 was held on Wednesday, 30 May 1956 at Indianapolis. As with other Indy 500s of the 1950s, it was counted as a round of the World Drivers' Championship....
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FRA The 1956 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 1 July 1956 at Reims.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - 2:23.3* Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio 2:25.8...
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GBRThe 1956 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 14 July 1956 at Silverstone.- Classification :- Notes :* Lap Leaders: Mike Hawthorn 15 laps ; Stirling Moss 53 laps ; Juan Manuel Fangio 33 laps .* Shared Drives:...
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GER The 1956 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 5 August 1956 at Nürburgring.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - 9:51.2* Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio – 9:41.6* Lap Leaders: Juan Manuel Fangio 22 laps ....
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ITA The 1956 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 2 September 1956 at Monza.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - 2:42.6* Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss - 2:45.5...
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Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...
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Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...
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Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...
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ARG The 1958 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 19 January 1958 at Buenos Aires.The race was won by Stirling Moss in Rob Walker's privately-entered Cooper T43...
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MON The 1958 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 18 May 1958 at Monaco.- Race report :Vanwall and BRM returned after their Argentine absence and so Stirling Moss went back to his regular drive. In his place with the new 2000cc engined Cooper was French driver Maurice Trintignant. Jean...
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NED The 1958 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 26 May 1958 at Zandvoort.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Stuart Lewis-Evans - 1:37.1* Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss - 1:37.6* Lap Leaders: Stirling Moss 75 laps ....
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500 The 1958 Indianapolis 500 was held on Friday, May 30, 1958 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event was part of the 1958 World Drivers' Championship....
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BEL The 1958 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 15 June 1958 at Spa-Francorchamps.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Mike Hawthorn - 3:57.1* Fastest Lap: Mike Hawthorn - 3:58.3...
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FRA Results from the 1958 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Reims-Gueux on July 6, 1958:- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Mike Hawthorn - 2:21.7*Fastest Lap: Mike Hawthorn - 2:24.9*Last race for: Juan Manuel Fangio....
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GBR The 1958 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 19 July 1958 at Silverstone.- Classification :* replacing Bernie Ecclestone - Notes :* Pole position: Stirling Moss - 1:39.4* Fastest Lap: Mike Hawthorn - 1:40.8...
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GER The 1958 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 3 August, 1958 at Nürburgring.To increase participation, the organizers opened the field to Formula 2 cars. The two races were run at the same time but the Formula 2 entries were not eligible for World Championship points and some sources...
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POR Results from the 1958 Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix held at Circuito da Boavista, Oporto on 24 August 1958- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Stirling Moss - 2:34.21*Fastest Lap: Mike Hawthorn - 2:32.37...
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ITA Results from the 1958 Formula One Italian Grand Prix held at Monza on September 7, 1958- Classification :* No points awarded for shared drive- Notes :*Pole position: Stirling Moss - 1:40.5*Fastest Lap: Phil Hill - 1:42.9...
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MORResults from the 1958 Formula One Moroccan Grand Prix held at Ain-Diab Circuit, Casablanca on October 19, 1958.- Classification :- Notes :* Hawthorn and Moss came into this race with a chance for the championship.** Hawthorn needed 2nd....
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Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...
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Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...
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Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...
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MON Results from the 1959 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix held at Monaco on May 10, 1959.- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Stirling Moss - 1:39.6*Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham - 1:40.4...
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500 Results from the 1959 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Saturday, May 30, 1959. The event was part of the 1959 World Drivers' Championship.- Classification :- Notes :*Fastest Lead Lap: Johnny Thomson - 1:01.89...
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NED Results from the 1959 Formula One Dutch Grand Prix held at Zandvoort on May 31, 1959- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Jo Bonnier - 1:36.0*Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss - 1:36.7*First and only win for Jo Bonnier*First win for constructor BRM...
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FRA Results from the 1959 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Reims on July 5, 1959:- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Tony Brooks - 2:19.4*Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss - 2:22.8...
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GBRThe 1959 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Aintree Circuit on 18 July 1959. It was the fifth race of the 1959 Formula One season. The race was won by Australian Jack Brabham in a works Cooper. His team mate Bruce McLaren finished in third place...
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GER The 1959 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at AVUS in Berlin on August 2 1959.- Race report :For the first time in Formula One history, a championship race was held at the AVUS circuit in Berlin...
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POR The 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monsanto on August 23, 1959.- Race report :Wins in France and Germany had given Tony Brooks a healthy second place in the championship behind Jack Brabham...
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ITA The 1959 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on September 13, 1959.- Race report :This race was won on the weight of the cars, with Stirling Moss and Rob Walker gambling on running the whole race without a tyre change in the little lightweight Cooper - although they...
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USAThe 1959 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on December 12, 1959 at Sebring International Raceway.__FORCETOC__-Summary:Russian-born Alec Ulmann's dream of an American Grand Prix was realized in December, 1959 when 19 entries, including six American drivers, arrived in Florida for...
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Yeoman Credit Racing Team Yeoman Credit Racing was a name used by two different Formula One motor racing teams in the early-1960s: the British Racing Partnership ; and Reg Parnell Racing...
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CooperThe Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946...
T51The Cooper T51 was a Formula One and Formula Two racing car designed and built by the Cooper Car Company for the 1959 Formula One season. The T51 earned a significant place in motor racing history when Jack Brabham drove the car to become the first driver to win the championship with a rear-engined...
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ClimaxCoventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer.-History:The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer, but two years later following the departure of Stroyer, was relocated to Paynes Lane, Coventry, and renamed to Coventry-Simplex by H...
I4The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a four-cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a...
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ARG Results from the 1960 Formula One Argentine Grand Prix held at Argentina on February 7, 1960.- Classification :* Trintignant and Moss received no points for the shared drive-References:...
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MON Results from the 1960 Monaco Grand Prix held at Monaco on May 29, 1960- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Stirling Moss - 1:36.3*Fastest Lap: Bruce McLaren - 1:36.2*First win for a Lotus in a World Championship Formula One race...
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500 Results from the 1960 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Monday, May 30, 1960. The event was part of the 1960 World Drivers' Championship, being the last Indy 500 to be included in the Championship.- Classification :- Notes :...
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NED Results from the 1960 Formula One Dutch Grand Prix held at Zandvoort on June 6, 1960.Due to a crash by Dan Gurney, a spectator, who was in a prohibited area, was killed during this event.- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Stirling Moss - 1:33.2...
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BEL Results from the 1960 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps on 19 June 1960.The results highlight an unusual quirk in the rules regarding classification of non-finishers. Under modern rules, Graham Hill would have been classified 3rd, since he completed lap 35 before Gendebien...
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FRA Results from the 1960 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Reims-Gueux on July 3, 1960.- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Jack Brabham - 2:16.8*Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham - 2:17.5...
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GBRThe 1960 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England, on 16 July 1960. The race was the seventh round of the 1960 Formula One season, the final Formula One season run to the 2.5 litre maximum engine displacement rules which had been in...
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POR Results from the 1960 Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix held at Circuito da Boavista, Oporto on August 14, 1960- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: John Surtees - 2:25.56*Fastest Lap: John Surtees - 2:27.53...
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ITA Results from the 1960 Formula One Italian Grand Prix held at Monza on September 4, 1960.-Race Summary :The 1960 season had been a frustrating one for Ferrari's Formula 1 program as they campaigned their obsolete Dino 246, a front engined car as the rear engined design established supremacy...
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USAThe 1960 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on November 20, 1960 at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California.__FORCETOC__-Summary:...
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1961The 1961 Formula One season included the 12th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on May 14, 1961, and ended on October 8 after eight races....
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Emeryson Emeryson was a Formula One constructor briefly in , and then again briefly in and .-Works entries:* Constructors' Championship not awarded until 1958-Results of other Emeryson cars:...
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MaseratiMaserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and sports cars, established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993...
I4The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a four-cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a...
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MONThe 1961 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on May 14, 1961 on the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the inaugural race of the 1961 Formula One season, and the first race under the new 1.5 litre engine regulations....
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NEDThe 1961 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 22 May 1961 at Zandvoort.Taking place one week after the Monaco GP there was not time for Innes Ireland to heal from his injury in the previous race so he was replaced by Trevor Taylor. The front row was taken up by three Ferraris. Von Trips...
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Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...
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Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...
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BELThe 1961 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 18 June 1961 at Spa-Francorchamps.The organizers of the race invited 25 entries, but were only going to pay starting money to 19: sixteen pre-selected cars plus the 3 fastest of the remaining 9. Three of the cars without starting money...
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FRAThe 1961 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 2 July 1961 at Reims-Gueux.By winning the race, Giancarlo Baghetti became only the third driver to win his first World Championship race, the other two being Nino Farina, who won the first World Championship race and Johnnie Parsons, who...
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GBRThe 1961 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on 15 July 1961 at the Aintree Circuit, near Liverpool. It was the fifth race of eight in the 1961 World Championship season...
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GERThe 1961 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 6 August 1961 at Nürburgring.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Phil Hill - 8:55.2* Fastest Lap: Phil Hill - 8:57.8* Lap Leaders: Stirling Moss 15 laps ....
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ITA The 1961 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 10 September 1961 at Monza.The race was marked by one of the most terrible accidents in the history of Formula One, when on lap 2 the German driver Wolfgang Von Trips lost control of his Ferrari and crashed against a stand full of...
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UDT-Laystall Racing TeamBritish Racing Partnership was a racing team, and latterly constructor, from the United Kingdom. It was established by Alfred Moss and Ken Gregory — Stirling Moss's father and former manager respectively — in 1957 to run cars for Stirling, when not under contract with other firms.BRP ran a...
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Lotus Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing...
18/21The Lotus 18 was a race car designed by Colin Chapman for use by Lotus in Formula Junior, Formula Two, and Formula One. It was the first mid-engined car built by Lotus and was a marked improvement over Chapman's early and only moderately successful front-engined formula cars, the 12 and 16. It was...
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ClimaxCoventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer.-History:The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer, but two years later following the departure of Stroyer, was relocated to Paynes Lane, Coventry, and renamed to Coventry-Simplex by H...
I4The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a four-cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a...
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USA The 1961 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 8, 1961 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.__FORCETOC__-Summary:...
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