Talk:Écurie Nationale Belge

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Equipe Nationale Belge redirects here, and is confusing. Equipe Nationale Belge competed for several years using various cars and drivers. For instance, Olivier Gendebien drove a Ferrari for Equipe Nationale Belge in the 1961 Belgian Grand Prix.--SportWagon (talk) 03:55, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

This webpage suggests Gendebien drove a works Ferrari at the 1961 Belgian Grand Prix. Regardless, I've added a full results table for the team to the article. DH85868993 (talk) 08:37, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm pretty certain it was entered by Ecurie Belge. It carried that team's yellow racing color instead of Ferrari's "Rosso corsa".Tvx1 16:15, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Here is some interesting information about it.Tvx1 16:24, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Interesting. Everyone (Motor Sport, grandprix.com and also Mike Lang's Grand Prix! Vol 1) seems to agree that Scuderia Ferrari loaned a car to Equipe Nationale Belge, but there seems (to me) to be a lack of clarity over which organisation actually entered the car - FORIX (usually very reliable) lists the entrant as "Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC", and it's not listed as an ENB entry at ChicaneF1 (note that Ferrari is only listed as a Car/Engine Manufacturer for 1955, not 1961). The original source I quoted back in 2008 is now dead (and archive.org reports that it is currently "having issues"). DH85868993 (talk) 10:18, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

You are quite correct: 'Écurie Nationale Belge' never existed, the accurate name of that Belgian team being 'Équipe Nationale Belge'; not to be confused with the 'Écurie Belge', earlier created by Johnny Claes, or 'Écurie Francorchamps', directly connected to Jacques Swaters' Garage Francorchamps (with close connection with Enzo Ferrari, as its Belgian importer). F3promo (talk) 12:18, 16 November 2024 (UTC)