| Mauro Bianchi | |||||||||||
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 Bianchi's and Vinatier's Alpine A210 Renault at the 1967 Targa Florio | |||||||||||
| Born | 31 July 1937 (1937-07-31) (age 88) Milan, Italy | ||||||||||
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Mauro Bianchi (born 31 July 1937) is an Italian-born Belgianracing driver. He won the 1965 Nürburgring 500 km with his brotherLucien and the 1966Macau Grand Prix and participated in six editions of the24 Hours of Le Mans in 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968.
Bianchi was born inMilan,Italy, but moved toBelgium in 1946 when he was still a child, with his father who was a race mechanic working, before theSecond World War, in the Alfa Romeo competition department.[1] His brother, Lucien Bianchi, was also a racing driver. They drove to victory together in the 1965 Nürburgring 500 km. Bianchi's grandson,Jules Bianchi, who made hisFormula One debut with theMarussia team for the2013 season competing under the French flag, also died as a result of injuries sustained ina racing accident.[2]
Bianchi joined theAlpine team in 1964, with which he raced in various categories includingFormula 3,Formula 2 andendurance.[3] He won the 1966Macau Grand Prix, making him the only Belgian to do so.[4] Bianchi later won the P1.6 class at the1967 24 Hours of Le Mans.[5] During the1968 24 Hours of Le Mans he was involved in a very serious accident.[6][7] Following his brother's fatal accident atLe Mans in 1969, Bianchi retired from racing.[8]
Subsequently he was an engineer and test driver forVenturi, andAlpine developing the A310.