Our new ‘Racing Rarities’ puzzle: Red doesn’t always mean Ferrari

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Here’s a hint for the new quiz: in Formula 1, red doesn’t always automatically mean Ferrari.

Our clue for the last task was: ‘This is one of the great all-round racing drivers of the 1960s.’ Pictured is Lucien Bianchi, seen in our photo in Monaco in 1968 driving a Cooper-BRM; he finished third behind Graham Hill (Lotus) and Dick Atwood (BRM) – this was Lucien Bianchi’s best F1 result.

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Lucien Bianchi in Monaco 1968

Foto: Grand Prix Photo

In the 1960s, it was common for many racing drivers to compete in a wide variety of racing categories, even on the same weekend. A typical example of such an all-rounder was Luciano ‘Lucien’ Bianchi.

The Bianchi family lived in Milan; before the Second World War, his father was a mechanic in the Alfa Romeo racing team. After the war, work was hard to come by, so the Bianchis moved to Belgium.

Lucien Bianchi began his career in rallying and eventually drove almost anything with four wheels: rally cars, marathon rally cars, touring cars, sports cars, Formula 3, Formula 2 and Formula 1.

1968 was Lucien’s most successful season: victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, alongside Pedro Rodríguez in a Ford GT40, plus third place at Monaco.

Le Mans became a fateful venue for both Lucien and his brother Mauro. In the 1968 race, Mauro was involved in a horrific fire accident in his Alpine sports car and suffered severe burns (though he fought his way back onto the racetrack), whilst Lucien won the same race.

A year later, during the 1969 Le Mans pre-race test, Lucien’s Alfa Romeo T33 veered off the track for reasons that were never fully clarified and was torn to pieces; Bianchi was killed instantly. Mauro subsequently ended his career.

Mauro’s grandson was Jules Bianchi, who, as a Ferrari protégé, made it all the way to the top flight, suffered a horrific crash at Suzuka in 2014, fell into a coma and never woke up again. On 17 July 2015, Jules Bianchi’s heart stopped beating.