RACING DRIVER

Lucien Bianchi

1934 - 1969

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Luciano "Lucien" Bianchi (Italian: [luˈtʃaːno ˈbjaŋki], French: [lysjɛ̃ bjɑ̃ki]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucien Bianchi is the 120th most popular racing driver (down from 78th in 2019), the 2,150th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,754th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Lucien Bianchi ranks 120 out of 1,080. Before him are Jean Behra, Riccardo Paletti, Tommi Mäkinen, Peter Collins, Nico Hülkenberg, and Pedro Rodríguez. After him are Paul Frère, Felipe Massa, Danny Sullivan, Paul Belmondo, Robert Kubica, and Henri Pescarolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Lucien Bianchi ranks 147. Before him are Jean Marsh, Kate Millett, Francesco Monterisi, Joan Didion, Mohamed Ennaceur, and Bill Cobbs. After him are Tatiana Samoilova, George Chakiris, Harlan Ellison, Allen Carr, Claude Berri, and Ellis Marsalis Jr.. Among people deceased in 1969, Lucien Bianchi ranks 81. Before him are Meher Baba, Aleksandras Stulginskis, Jeffrey Hunter, John Kennedy Toole, Mikio Naruse, and Michael Lippert. After him are George Cœdès, Max Weinreich, Giovanni Urbani, Léon Scieur, Coleman Hawkins, and Ivar Ballangrud.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lucien Bianchi ranks 2,150 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Moser (1951), Enrico Mattei (1906), Laura Mancini (1636), Cesare Zavattini (1902), Massimo Troisi (1953), and Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona (1775). After him are Antiochus of Syracuse (-450), Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria (1852), Philip of Opus (-400), Marcel Bich (1914), Umberto Bossi (1941), and Bruno Rossi (1905).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Lucien Bianchi ranks 21. Before him are Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926), Eugenio Castellotti (1930), Vittorio Brambilla (1937), Luigi Musso (1924), Andrea de Cesaris (1959), and Riccardo Paletti (1958). After him are Ludovico Scarfiotti (1933), Giancarlo Fisichella (1973), Renzo Zorzi (1946), Jarno Trulli (1974), Giancarlo Baghetti (1934), and Sandro Munari (1940).

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