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{{Former F1 driver|
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  Name = Jacques Swaters |
  Nationality = {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Belgium|Belgian]] |
  Years = {{F1|1951}}, {{F1|1953}} - {{F1|1954}} |
  Team(s) = Ecurie Belgique ([[Talbot-Lago]]), [[Ecurie Francorchamps]] ([[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]) |
  Races = 8 (7 starts) |
  Championships = 0 |
  Wins = 0 |
  Podiums = 0 |
  Points = 0 |
  Poles = 0 |
  Fastest laps = 0 |
  First race = [[1951 German Grand Prix]] |
  First win = |
  Last win = |
  Last race = [[1954 Spanish Grand Prix]] |
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'''Jacques Swaters''' (born [[October 30]], [[1926]]) is a former [[racing driver]] from [[Belgium]] and former team owner of [[Ecurie Francorchamps]] and [[Ecurie Nationale Belge]].

Swaters made his debut in the [[24 Hours of Spa]] in an [[MG (car)|MG]] co-driven by his friend and racer-turned-journalist [[Paul Frère]], entered under the Ecurie Francorchamps banner. In 1950 Swaters, Frère and [[André Pilette]] established Écurie Belgique, a banner in which they prepared cars for themselves and other Belgian races, both in Grand Prix and sports car racing. Swaters himself raced a yellow [[Talbot-Lago]] in several events, including two World Championship rounds, the 1951 [[1951 German Grand Prix|German]] and [[1951 Italian Grand Prix|Italian]] Grands Prix.

However, in 1952, Swaters and another Belgian, [[Charles de Tornaco]], restarted Ecurie Francorchamps, a racing stable mainly associated with [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]. Swaters drove the team [[Ferrari Tipo 500|Ferrari 500]] in a small number of events, but did manage to take a victory at the 1953 [[Avusrennen]], a [[Formula 2]] race. As a driver, Swaters later concentrated in sports car racing at the hand of a [[Jaguar C-Type]] and [[Jaguar D-Type|D-Type]].

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. The ENB entered several [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]] cars in Formula 2 racing for both experienced and upcoming Belgian drivers, and helped launch the career of [[Olivier Gendebien]], [[Lucien Bianchi]] and [[Mauro Bianchi]]. The team moved into F1 in 1960 and later reworked the [[Emeryson]] into the ENB chassis.

However, by 1964 Swaters was no longer interested in ENB and had turned his attention to sports car racing completely. 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. An overall victory at the 1965 [[1000km Spa|500Km Spa]] was Swaters' crowning achievement as a manager.

The Ecurie Francorchamps stopped operating in 1982, but Swaters retained his Garage Francorchamps, a Ferrari dealership.

== Complete World Championship Grand Prix results ==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! WDC
! Points
|-
| [[1951 Formula One season|1951]]
! Ecurie Belgique
! [[Talbot-Lago]] [[Talbot-Lago T26C|T26C]]
! [[Talbot]] [[Straight-6]]
| [[1951 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small></small>
| [[1951 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br><small></small>
| [[1951 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small></small>
| [[1951 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small></small>
| [[1951 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1951 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>10</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1951 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
| [[1951 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br><small></small>
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[1953 Formula One season|1953]]
! [[Ecurie Francorchamps]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari Tipo 500|500]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Straight-4]]
| [[1953 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br><small></small>
| [[1953 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br><small></small>
| [[1953 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small></small>
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| [[1953 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>DNS</small>
| [[1953 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small></small>
| [[1953 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1953 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>7</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1953 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small>Ret</small>
| [[1953 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small></small>
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[1954 Formula One season|1954]]
![[Ecurie Francorchamps]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari Tipo 500|500/625]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Straight-4]]
| [[1954 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br><small></small>
| [[1954 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br><small></small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1954 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>Ret</small>
| [[1954 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small></small>
| [[1954 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small>
| [[1954 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small></small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1954 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small>8</small>
| [[1954 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small></small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1954 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br><small>Ret</small>
! NC
! 0
|}

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[[Category:Belgian racecar drivers]]
[[Category:Belgian Formula One drivers]]
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