Jean Lucas
Jean Lucas ( born April 25, 1917 in Le Mans, † 27 September 2003) was a French racing driver.
Career
Jean Lucas began his racing career as a rally driver. End of the 1940s he moved to circuit racing and celebrated as a partner of Luigi Chinetti in the 24- hour race at Spa -Francorchamps on a Ferrari 166MM his first major success in international motor sport.
1953 Lucas was team manager at Gordini and was at the team as a replacement driver. But the same time he denied further sports car races in Europe and North Africa, where Lucas was a very popular rider in the 1950s. His only Formula 1 World Championship race, the Frenchman drove the 1955 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Gordini race driver Robert Manzon had to cancel and Lucas stepped in. In the race engine damage it stopped at the Gordini Type 32 and forced him to prematurely task.
In 1956 he was 625F1 fifth at the Grand Prix of Caen and 1957, second in the Coupe de Vitesse at Reims in a borrowed by Alan Brown Formula 2 Cooper on a Ferrari. At the 24 - hour race in Le Mans he took third on a Jaguar D -Type with Jean -Marie Brousselet as a partner.
A serious accident at the Grand Prix of Morocco with a Maserati 250F ended the athletic career of Lucas. He took over after his recovery administrative activities in sports car racing and founded in 1962 together with Gérard Crombac the automobile magazine sport auto.