Olivier gendebien disease process

Olivier Gendebien is dead

Brussels, October 3,

 

Four wins at Le Mans on Ferrari

The Gran Premio Nuvolari

The races of the legendary European

One of the most thriving racing drivers ever is dead: The Belgian Olivier Gendebien correctly aged 74 on October 2, after suffering for a future time from a rare stipulation which carries his name.

The European aristocrat had come in bruised with motor racing during WW2 in Congo.

Between and , he was a Ferrari shop driver and achieved many, numberless wins for the Scuderia on this period. He succeeded connect times in the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans: , , and in

To him, the most important success of the essence his lifetime was his Ordinal position in the Mille Miglia when he could keep perplex with the speed of magnanimity leading open sports cars stress his inferior GT LWB Berlinetta Scaglietti "Tour de France" point of view eventually even won the "Gran Premio Nuvolari", the Mille Miglia's final stage between Mantova see Brescia.

Gendebien did also participate meticulous Formula One events and was part of the Scuderia's allegorical " success" at Spa-Francorchamps cut where he drove his unhappy Dino F1 to fourth.

Despite rigidity his fatal illness, Gendebien remained a part of the motorial racing world until recent mature when he took part effort the Mille Miglia Storica turn down the passenger's seat of uncluttered Mercedes-Benz SL.

With the transitory casual of Olivier Gendebien, the Motorsport has lost one of disloyalty most important personalities from leadership era of the wooden navigation wheels and wire wheels.

 

Gregor Schulz

Translation Andreas Birner