Olivier Gendebien

Olivier Gendebien (born 12 January 1924 in Brussels, died 2 October 1998 in Les Baux-de-Provence, France) was a Belgian racing driver. Widely regarded as one of the greatest sportscar drivers of all time, his F1 career started before his sportscar success really took off. Making his début in 1953 shortly after a local victory in Spa, he occasionally took up driving duties for Ecurie Nationale Belge, then for Cooper, before reaching further success around 1960, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times.

His first Formula One points (and also fastest lap) came at the 1958 Italian Grand Prix, where he finished fifth.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Pts.
1953	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Bentley Speed 3	Bentley 163-1 3.0 V16	MON	NED	BEL DNPQ	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA				NC	0
		Aston Martin AM-03	Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12									USA Ret
1954	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Aston Martin AM-03	Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12	MON	FRA	BEL	NED	GBR	SUI	GER DNQ	USA	ITA			NC	0
1956	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T41	Climax FPF I 2.0 L4	MON	FRA	BEL 11	GER Ret	GDR	IRL	SCO					NC	0
			Maserati 56A 2.5 V8								GBR DNQ	ITA	THA
1957	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari R560	Ferrari RS560 2.5 L4	MAR	MON	FRA	BEL	NED	IRL	GBR	GER DNQ				NC	0
	Alexander Racing Team	Guidobaldi FG01	Loonmotor SAMC-1A 1.5 L8									ITA DNPQ	ESP	USA
1958	Team Lotus	Lotus 12	O.S.C.A. 1558 1.5 L4s	AUS	MON DNQ	FRA	NED		GER Ret	GBR	POR	ITA 5	MAR Ret	USA	22nd	2
	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 246	Ferrari 143 2.5 L4					BEL Ret