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Lucien Bianchi

  • 1959–1968
  • BIA
  • Born 10 November 1934 in Milan, Italy
  • Died 30 March 1969
  • Luciano Bianchi

Family in Formula 1: Jules Bianchi (great-nephew or great-niece)

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position18.5
  • Avg finish8.7
  • Retirement rate65%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+48
  • Points scored6
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak1
  • Longest points-scoring streak2
  • TeamsCooper (1959–1960, 1968) · Emeryson (1961) · Lotus (1961–1962) · ENB (1962) · Lola (1963) · BRM (1965)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

7 1959: 0 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1960: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P24 1961: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1962: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1963: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1965: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1968: 7 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P17 195919611963196519687 1959: 0 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1960: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P24 1961: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1962: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1963: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1965: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1968: 7 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P17 1959196219651968
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1959Cooper00–
1960Cooper31P24
1961Emeryson, Lotus30–
1962Lotus, ENB20–
1963Lola10–
1965BRM10–
1968Cooper715P17

Every race

19 entries, 17 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 19 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1959Monaco Grand PrixCooper–DNQ
1960Belgian Grand PrixCooper14P61
French Grand PrixCooper15DNF
British Grand PrixCooper17DNF
1961Monaco Grand PrixEmeryson–DNQ
Belgian Grand PrixLotus21DNF
French Grand PrixLotus19DNF
British Grand PrixLotus30DNF
1962Belgian Grand PrixLotus18P9
German Grand PrixENB25P16
1963Belgian Grand PrixLola16DNF
1965Belgian Grand PrixBRM17P12
1968Monaco Grand PrixCooper14P34
Belgian Grand PrixCooper12P61
Dutch Grand PrixCooper18DNF
German Grand PrixCooper19DNF
Canadian Grand PrixCooper18NC
United States Grand PrixCooper20NC
Mexican Grand PrixCooper21DNF

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Jack Brabham1960–19620:20:4+4.97%1 : 25Compare
Jim Clark1961–19620:10:4+4.54%0 : 13Compare
Bruce McLaren19600:10:3+2.15%1 : 13Compare
Olivier Gendebien19600:10:3+1.79%1 : 10Compare
Innes Ireland1961–19620:00:4+5.20%0 : 3Compare
Masten Gregory1960–19650:02:2+0.40%0 : 0Compare
Vic Elford19680:00:4+1.46%0 : 2Compare
Henry Taylor1960–19610:01:3+0.38%0 : 3Compare
Ian Burgess1960–19610:03:1−2.66%0 : 0Compare
Stirling Moss19610:00:3+6.76%0 : 0Compare
Maurice Trintignant1960–19620:11:1+3.53%0 : 0Compare
Tony Brooks19600:00:2–1 : 2Compare
Willy Mairesse19610:01:1–0 : 0Compare
Jo Siffert19621:00:1–0 : 0Compare
John Campbell-Jones19621:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Jackie Stewart19650:10:1–0 : 6Compare
Graham Hill19650:10:1–0 : 2Compare
Gino Munaron19600:02:0–0 : 0Compare
Ludovico Scarfiotti19681:01:0–4 : 3Compare
Chris Bristow19600:00:1–1 : 0Compare
Trevor Taylor19620:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Chris Amon19630:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Brian Redman19680:00:1–1 : 0Compare
Bruce Halford19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Michael May19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Chuck Daigh19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Jack Fairman19600:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Keith Greene19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Tony Marsh19610:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Tim Parnell19610:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Gerry Ashmore19610:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Tony Maggs19610:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Wolfgang Seidel19610:00:1–0 : 0Compare

Green: Lucien Bianchi came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Spa-Francorchamps68.3
Reims-Gueux2–
Nürburgring216