Lucien Bianchi is a racing driver from Belgium who last raced in Formula 1 for Cooper-BRM. Bianchi has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 17 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,748 ranks Bianchi 531th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1968-11-03 | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | DNF | −30 |
| 1968-10-06 | Watkins Glen | DNF | +41 |
| 1968-09-22 | Circuit Mont-Tremblant | DNF | +33 |
| 1968-08-04 | Nürburgring | DNF | −103 |
| 1968-06-23 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | DNF | −139 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-BRM | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | P17 | +7 | 4,748 |
| 1965 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −11 | 4,741 |
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Lola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +36 | 4,751 |
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | ENB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +57 | 4,715 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −126 | 4,659 |
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | P24 | −15 | 4,785 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jim Clark | 5,692 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | 5,136 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇨🇭 Jo Siffert | 5,058 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 5,211 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
Lucien Bianchi was an Italian-born Belgian racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1960 and 1968, amassing 17 starts for Cooper-BRM. He scored a single podium finish across his career, placing third at the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix. His Racer Rating of 4,748 places him among competent professional drivers of his era, though his record against contemporary front-runners tells a consistent story. Against the strongest drivers in the field, twice world champions including Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Jack Brabham, and professionals of the calibre of Bruce McLaren, Bianchi consistently finished behind them. His head-to-head records against these rivals were uniformly one-sided, with no wins in four races against Clark, McLaren and Hill each, and no wins in three against Brabham. His average finishing position of P8.7 in classified races reflects a mid-field career.[1]
The substance of Bianchi's record lay in his occasional ability to outpace secondary professionals. He finished ahead of Jo Siffert twice across four shared races, a genuine competitive result against a driver rated in the 5,000s. He also recorded isolated victories over Denny Hulme, a future world champion, and several other capable drivers of his time. These moments aside, Bianchi's career was defined by steady but unspectacular participation in Formula 1 during an era when the grid included multiple world champions and rising stars. Cooper-BRM itself remained a modest operation during his tenure, fielding a roster that never produced a race-winning driver at the formula's highest level. Bianchi retired from racing after 1968, having left a modest but legitimate mark on professional motorsport in the 1960s.[2]