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Olivier Gendebien

  • 1956–1961
  • GEN
  • Born 12 January 1924 in Brussels
  • Died 2 October 1998
  • Olivier Jean Marie Fernand Gendebien

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position8.7
  • Avg finish6.3
  • Retirement rate21%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+31
  • Points scored18
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak2
  • Longest points-scoring streak2
  • TeamsFerrari (1956, 1958–1959, 1961) · Cooper (1960) · Emeryson (1961) · Lotus (1961)

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

5 1956: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P19 1958: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1959: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P15 1960: 5 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P6 1961: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P13 195619581959196019615 1956: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P19 1958: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1959: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P15 1960: 5 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P6 1961: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P13 1956195819601961
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1956Ferrari22P19
1958Ferrari30–
1959Ferrari23P15
1960Cooper5210P6
1961Emeryson, Ferrari, Lotus23P13

Every race

15 entries, 14 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 15 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1956Argentine Grand PrixFerrari10P52
French Grand PrixFerrari11DNF
1958Belgian Grand PrixFerrari6P6
Italian Grand PrixFerrari5DNF
Moroccan Grand PrixFerrari6DNF
1959French Grand PrixFerrari11P43
Italian Grand PrixFerrari6P6
1960Belgian Grand PrixCooper4P34
French Grand PrixCooper11P26
British Grand PrixCooper12P9
Portuguese Grand PrixCooper14P7
United States Grand PrixCooper8P12
1961Monaco Grand PrixEmeryson–DNQ
Belgian Grand PrixFerrari3P43
United States Grand PrixLotus15P11

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 Brabham19600:50:5+2.34%10 : 35Compare
Bruce McLaren19601:42:3+0.29%10 : 23Compare
Phil Hill1958–19610:42:4+0.17%6 : 32Compare
Tony Brooks1959–19600:31:5+1.28%7 : 12Compare
Masten Gregory1960–19612:12:2+0.58%6 : 0Compare
Henry Taylor19602:13:0−1.51%6 : 3Compare
Wolfgang von Trips1958–19610:22:1−0.10%3 : 6Compare
Mike Hawthorn19580:10:3+0.84%0 : 19Compare
Lucien Bianchi19601:03:0−1.75%10 : 1Compare
Ian Burgess19601:03:0−7.42%6 : 0Compare
Peter Collins1956–19580:00:3+2.51%2 : 8Compare
Juan Manuel Fangio19560:10:2–4 : 9Compare
Luigi Musso1956–19580:10:2–2 : 4Compare
Dan Gurney19590:11:1–3 : 3Compare
Gino Munaron19601:02:0–6 : 0Compare
Maurice Trintignant19601:02:0–6 : 0Compare
Eugenio Castellotti19560:00:2–2 : 6Compare
Richie Ginther19610:11:0–3 : 4Compare
Bruce Halford19601:01:0–6 : 0Compare
Cliff Allison19590:11:0–0 : 2Compare
Roy Salvadori19600:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Pete Lovely19600:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Innes Ireland19610:10:1–0 : 9Compare
Jim Clark19610:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Peter Ryan19610:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Chris Bristow19600:01:0–4 : 0Compare
Alfonso de Portago19560:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Jean Behra19590:00:1–3 : 0Compare
Chuck Daigh19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Jack Fairman19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Keith Greene19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Mário de Araújo Cabral19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Ron Flockhart19600:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Lloyd Ruby19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Jim Hall19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Stirling Moss19610:00:1–0 : 0Compare

Green: Olivier Gendebien 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
Reims-Gueux313
Spa-Francorchamps314.3
Monza26