Jacques Swaters

Jacques Swaters

Nation:	Belgium
Automobile world championship
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
Starts Victories Poles SR 7th - - -
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.
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
1951
						10	DNF
1953
				DNS			7th	DNF
1954
			DNF				8th		DNF
1955
				DNA

Legend
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
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
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
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

Commons : Jacques Swaters  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.finecars.cc/en/editorial/article/news/in-memoriam-jacques-swaters-30101926-10122010/index.html
2. ↑ Data on the Ecurie Francorchamps