- Gérard Crombac
Gérard "Jabby" Crombac (
March 7 ,1929 in Zurich –November 18 2005 in Paris) was a Swiss auto-racing journalist.In 1954 he purchased the
Lotus Mk4 owned by Lotus founderColin Chapman and began racing with this car. While this was the beginning of a long friendship with Chapman, Crombac realised he was not racing driver material, and stood down in 1958.In 1959 he began managing the interests of
Jo Schlesser in association withJean Lucas , while working forPrisunic . With Lucas, he founded the magazine "Sport-Auto" magazine in 1962 and was chief editor until 1989.Crombac shared an apartment in Paris with racer
Jim Clark when Clark officially lived in Switzerland for tax reasons.Crombac and his wife Catherine had a son who was named Colin James in honour of his close friends
Colin Chapman andJim Clark .His biography of Chapman, "Colin Chapman:The Man and His Cars", was published in 1986.
He died in a
hospice inParis onNovember 18 ,2005 after a long fight againstcancer . His funeral was held onNovember 28 ,2005 at the Crematorium inPère Lachaise Cemetery inParis . In August 2007 his ashes were scattered in the Gulf ofSaint-Tropez in accordance with his wishes.External links
* [http://www.grandprix.com/ft/ft15941.html An Appreciation of Jabby Crombac's Life]
* [http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/cref-crojab.html Biography of Jabby Crombac]
* [http://www.crombac.com/index.html Jabby Crombac's Official Website (French)]
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