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Jacques Swaters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (367 words) |
 | October 30, 1926) is a former Formula One driver from Belgium and former team owner of Ecurie Francorchamps and Ecurie Nationale Belge. |
| After retiring from racing in 1957, Swaters became manager of the Ecurie Nationale Belge, which had been formed in 1955 as a merger of his Francorchamps, Frère's Ecurie Belgique and Johnny Claes' Ecurie Belge. |
| Swaters' Ecurie Francorchamps, which had remained independent from the ENB effort during the 1950s and 1960s, was always a top contender, with occasional class wins (including the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans) and frequent class podiums. |
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| This was followed by Ecurie Nationale Belge set up in 1959 by Jacques Swaters. |
| Lucien Bianchi drove one of the cars in the Brussels GP in April 1962 and the car reappeared at Pau, where Bianchi crashed it. |
| Bianchi appeared with a Lotus at the Belgian GP but was back in the ENB at the Nurburgring in August. |
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