| Luciano "Lucien" Bianchi | |
| Nationality: |  Belgian |
| Birth Date: | 10 November 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Milan, Italy |
| Death Place: | Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France |
| Years: | –,, |
| Team(S): | ENB, UDT Laystall, Reg Parnell, Scuderia Centro Sud, Cooper |
| Races: | 19 (17 starts) |
| Championships: | 0 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Podiums: | 1 |
| Points: | 6 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
| First Race: | 1959 Monaco Grand Prix |
| Last Race: | 1968 Mexican Grand Prix |
Lucien Bianchi (10 November 1934 – 30 March 1969), born Luciano Bianchi (pronounced as /it/), 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 died in a testing crash in preparation for the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Bianchi was born in Milan, Italy, but moved to Belgium in 1946 when he was still a child, with his father who was a race mechanic working, before the Second World War, in the Alfa Romeo competition department.[1] 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 season competing under the French flag, also died as a result of injuries sustained in a racing accident.
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.[2]
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 LucienBianchiBocht in his memory.
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Alain de Changy | Ferrari 500 TR | S 2.0 | 76 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1957 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Georges Harris | Ferrari 500 TRC | S 2.0 | 288 | 7th | 1st | |
| 1958 | Ecurie Francorchamps | Willy Mairesse | Ferrari 250 TR | S 3.0 | 33 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1959 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Alain de Changy | Ferrari 250 TR | S 3.0 | 47 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1960 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Jean Blaton | Ferrari 250 GT | GT 3.0 | 29 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1961 | Ecurie Francorchamps | Georges Berger | Ferrari 250 GT | GT 3.0 | 60 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1962 |  Maurice Trintignant | Maserati Tipo 151 | E +3.0 | 152 | DNF | DNF | ||
| 1963 | David Brown |  Phil Hill | Aston Martin DP215 | P+3.0 | 29 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1964 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Jean Blaton | Ferrari 250 GTO | GT 3.0 | 333 | 5th | 1st | |
| 1965 |  Maranello Concessionaires Ltd. | Michael Salmon | Ferrari 250LM | P 5.0 | 99 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1966 | Holman & Moody | Mario Andretti | Ford GT40 Mk.II | P +5.0 | 97 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1967 | Holman & Moody | Mario Andretti | Ford GT40 Mk.IV | P +5.0 | 188 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1968 | J.W. Automotive Engineering Ltd. |  Pedro Rodriguez | S 5.0 | 331 | 1st | 1st | ||
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Equipe National Belge | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | MON | 500 | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | USA | NC | 0 | |||||
| 1960 | Equipe National Belge | Cooper T51 | Climax FPF 2.5 L4 | ARG | MON | 500 | NED | BEL | 24th | 1 | ||||||||
| Fred Tuck Cars | FRA | GBR | POR | ITA | USA | |||||||||||||
| 1961 | Equipe National Belge | Emeryson 61 | Maserati Tipo 6 1.5 L4 | MON | NED | NC | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lotus 18 | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | BEL | ||||||||||||||||
| UDT Laystall Racing Team | Lotus 18/21 | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | ||||||||||||
| 1962 | Equipe National Belge | Lotus 18/21 | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | NED | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | NC | 0 | ||||||||
| ENB F1 | Maserati Tipo 6 1.5 L4 | GER | ITA | USA | RSA | |||||||||||||
| 1963 | Reg Parnell Racing | Lola Mk4 | Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | RSA | NC | 0 | |||
| 1965 | Scuderia Centro Sud | BRM P57 | BRM P56 1.5 V8 | RSA | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | NC | 0 | |||
| 1968 | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T86B | BRM P101 3.0 V12 | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | 17th | 5 | |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)