"Blue Swaters" was introduced by Ferrari as a colour to celebrate 40 years of partnership Ferrari-Swaters. During his lifetime Jacques Swaters collected...
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González, and in last year's cars Maurice Trintignant and Mike Hawthorn. Jacques Swaters entered another Ferrari for his home Grand Prix. The field was completed...
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finished sixth. In 1953 Swaters and de Tornaco both entered the 1953 Belgian Grand Prix but neither started the race. Swaters finished seventh in the...
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team in the 1950s and 1960s, which was formed through a merger of Jacques Swaters' Écurie Francorchamps and Johnny Claes' Écurie Belge. However, Écurie...
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the chassis, it was then given a 250 GT SWB style body and sold to Jacques Swaters. 2053GT crashed during the 1962 Nürburgring 1000 km and was then rebodied...
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privateer Ferraris for Louis Rosier and the Ecurie Francorchamps duo of Jacques Swaters and Charles de Tornaco. The Maserati factory team added Johnny Claes...
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24 Hours of Le Mans. They drove a Porsche. Together with compatriot Jacques Swaters, Claes finished third in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans. Later in 1955...
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team, the 512s used were borrowed from Belgian Ferrari distributor Jacques Swaters, after Enzo Ferrari balked at supplying cars due to the script's Porsche...
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place by the Ecurie Francorchamps entry driven by Roger Laurent and Jacques Swaters. When new, the car sold for about $6,000, approximately twice the price...
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Rolls-Royce.[citation needed] In the mid-1980s the Pinin was sold to Jacques Swaters, a Belgian racing driver turned businessman and car collector who formerly...
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Menditeguy 1 Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 E Jacques Swaters 3, 7, 9 Birabongse Bhanudej Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 P Birabongse...
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Arthur Legat 4 Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 E Jacques Swaters 4, 7–8 Charles de Tornaco 4 Louis Chiron OSCA 20 OSCA 2000 2.0 L6 P...
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The podium was completed by the Belgian pair of Johnny Claes and Jacques Swaters, in their yellow Ecurie Francorchamps Jaguar D-Type. Although 11 laps...
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Ecurie Belgique Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D André Pilette 3 Jacques Swaters 6–7 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D Pierre Levegh...
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Gordini 3:16.4 + 36.9 15 14 Fred Wacker Gordini 3:20.3 + 40.8 16 2 Jacques Swaters Ferrari 3:20.4 + 40.9 17 24 Robert Manzon Ferrari No time — DNA 16...
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Antonio Branca Maserati Maserati 4CLT-48 Maserati 4 CL 1.5 L4s P 93 Jacques Swaters Ecurie Belgique Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D 94...
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Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C-DA Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D 28 Jacques Swaters Ecurie Belgique Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D 30...
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16 48 Jacques Pollet Gordini 2:27.4 + 9.3 17 20 Robert Manzon Ferrari 2:27.5 + 9.4 18 46 Jean Behra Gordini 2:27.8 + 9.7 19 30 Jacques Swaters Ferrari...
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entered by Ferrari importer Charles Pozzi and one car entered by NART. Jacques Swaters' Ecurie Francorchamps entered one additional 512 BB, which was converted...
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Maserati 2:54.8 + 14.7 12 6 Jean Behra Gordini 2:55.0 + 14.9 13 2 Jacques Swaters Ferrari 2:55.1 + 15.0 14 10 Louis Rosier Ferrari 2:55.4 + 15.3 15 16...
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11:08.7 + 1:08.9 18 23 Willi Heeks Veritas 11:18.0 + 1:18.2 19 18 Jacques Swaters Ferrari 11:18.9 + 1:19.1 20 40 Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 11:22.1...
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1925 – Tommy Ridgley, American singer and bandleader (d. 1999) 1926 – Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager (d. 2010) 1927 – Joe Adcock, American...
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2011–2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 Patrick Nève 1976–1978 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 Jacques Swaters 1951, 1953–1954 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 Charles de Tornaco 1952–1953 0 0 0...
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10 10 Ret 16 Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 E Jacques Swaters DNS 7 Ret Charles de Tornaco DNS Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 500 Ferrari...
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was run over 25 laps of the circuit, and was won by Belgian driver Jacques Swaters in a Ferrari 500. Hans Klenk in a Veritas Meteor finished second and...
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filmmaker. George Pickow, 88, American photographer and film-maker. Jacques Swaters, 84, Belgian racing driver. José dos Santos Garcia, 97, Portuguese-born...
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It was to be in sports car racing, which he came to via a drive in Jacques Swaters privately entered Ferrari 512M in the 1970 Spa 1000 km, leading to...
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Ascari Maserati No time — 31 15 Louis Rosier Ferrari No time — 32 4 Roberto Mieres Maserati No time — DNA 16 Jacques Swaters Ferrari No time — Source:...
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issued a press release to correct the fastest lap holder of the race to Jacques Laffite. This press release was promptly made known in Japan, and the Japan...
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a prototype Zethrin Rennsport in European events with the Belgian Jacques Swaters, but this project never got past a road-going prototype. Richardson...
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