Jean Lucas, born #OnThisDay in 1917, was the manager of the Gordini #F1 team. A sometime driver in lesser categories, he…

Jean Lucas, born #OnThisDay in 1917, was the manager of the Gordini #F1 team. A sometime driver in lesser categories, he stepped up & raced in one F1 GP, at Monza in ’55 (pic), because the team’s regular driver Robert Manzon was indisposed; Lucas qualified in P22 & DNF’d on lap 8.