RACING DRIVER

François Picard

1921 - 1996

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François Picard (26 April 1921 – 29 April 1996) was a racing driver from France. He participated in one Formula One Grand Prix, on 19 October 1958. He scored no championship points. This race was his last, as he crashed his Cooper into Olivier Gendebien's Ferrari, which had spun in front of him, and Picard suffered serious injuries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Picard is the 280th most popular racing driver (up from 614th in 2019), the 4,004th most popular biography from France (up from 5,088th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, François Picard ranks 280 out of 1,080Before him are Michel Leclère, Kurt Adolff, Karl Wendlinger, Luca Badoer, Peter Gethin, and Kurt Ahrens Jr.. After him are Paco Godia, John Taylor, Bill Ivy, Aguri Suzuki, Paul England, and Heikki Kovalainen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, François Picard ranks 258Before him are Edvard Mirzoyan, Cuthbert Sebastian, Alfréd Rényi, Jacques Lecoq, Grigory Chukhray, and Inge Borkh. After him are Ted Schroeder, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Paco Godia, Ken Adam, Mustafa Ben Halim, and Kazimierz Górski. Among people deceased in 1996, François Picard ranks 189Before him are Jurandir de Freitas, Lew Ayres, Léo Malet, Kiyoshi Atsumi, José Lázaro Robles, and Kenneth Bainbridge. After him are Nnamdi Azikiwe, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Johan Kraag, Kusuo Kitamura, Eno Raud, and José Sasía.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Picard ranks 4,004 out of 6,770Before him are Robert Herbin (1939), Yvette Chauviré (1917), François-Jean de la Barre (1745), Elias I, Count of Maine (1100), Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen (1814), and Richard Berry (1950). After him are Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires (1753), Victor Lanoux (1936), Paul Cambon (1843), Henri Le Fauconnier (1881), Alexandre Lippmann (1881), and Jean de Thévenot (1633).

Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, François Picard ranks 41Before him are Jean Lucas (1917), Harry Schell (1921), Philippe Alliot (1954), Robert Manzon (1917), Jules Bianchi (1989), and Michel Leclère (1946). After him are José Dolhem (1944), André Pilette (1918), André Simon (1920), Jean-Claude Andruet (1940), Sébastien Ogier (1983), and Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904).