Jacques Swaters
Nation: | Belgium | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 1951 German Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1954 Spanish Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1951 Ecurie Belgique 1953 and 1954 Ecurie Francorchamps | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
Podiums : | - | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | - |
Jacques Swaters (born October 30, 1926 in Brussels ; † December 10, 2010 there ) was a Belgian racing driver and racing team owner.
Career
Jacques Swaters made his racing debut at the Spa 24 Hours in 1948, together with his compatriot Paul Frère as the second pilot, on a MG .
In 1950 Swaters was one of the founders of the "Ecurie Belgique", which competed in sports car races and in Formula 1 in the 1950s . Swaters initially drove vehicles from the German brand Veritas . In 1951 he got into Formula 1. André Pilette , who was designated as the driver, was injured, whereupon Swaters drove his first monoposto race at the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring . In 1953 he drove the Ferrari 500 of the Ecurie in two world championship races and won the Formula 2 race at the AVUS in autumn .
In 1952 Swaters also founded his own racing team, the Ecurie Francorchamps . In Formula 1, Swaters started with a Ferrari 625F1 , in the sports car world championship with a Jaguar C-Type . Formula racing was only a sideline, Swaters celebrated his greatest successes as a driver in a sports car.
In 1954 he finished fourth with Roger Laurent at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , a success that he even surpassed in 1955 with third place overall. His partner this time was Johnny Claes . In 1956 he rounded off his Le Mans successes with another fourth place. In 1955 and 1956 the racing car was a Jaguar D-Type , in 1956 Freddy Rousselle was his partner.
In 1957, after his last appearance at Le Mans, Swaters withdrew from active racing and from then on took care of the organization of the successful Ecurie Francorchamps.
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
general overview
season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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1951 | Ecurie Belgique | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot 4.5 L6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
1953 | Ecurie Francorchamps | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.0 L4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
1954 | Ecurie Francorchamps | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.5 L4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
total | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 |
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1951 | |||||||||
10 | DNF | ||||||||
1953 | |||||||||
DNS | 7th | DNF | |||||||
1954 | |||||||||
DNF | 8th | DNF | |||||||
1955 | |||||||||
DNA |
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1954 | Ecurie Francorchamps | Jaguar C-Type | Roger Laurent | Rank 4 | |
1955 | Ecurie Francorchamps | Jaguar D-Type | Johnny Claes | Rank 3 | |
1956 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Jaguar D-Type | Freddy Rousselle | Rank 4 | |
1957 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Ferrari 290MM | Alain de Changy | failure | Engine failure |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th |
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1953 | Ecurie Francorchamps |
Ferrari 225S Jaguar C-Type |
SEB | MIM | LEM | SPA | ONLY | RTT | CAP |
DNF | DNF | ||||||||
1954 | Ecurie Francorchamps | Jaguar C-Type | BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | CAP | |
4th | 7th | ||||||||
1955 | Ecurie Francorchamps Equipe Nationale Belge |
Jaguar D-Type Ferrari 750 Monza |
BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | TAR | |
3 | 13 | ||||||||
1957 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Ferrari 290MM | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR |
DNF | DNF |
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.finecars.cc/en/editorial/article/news/in-memoriam-jacques-swaters-30101926-10122010/index.html
- ↑ Data on the Ecurie Francorchamps
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Swaters, Jacques |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 2010 |
Place of death | Brussels |