Second largest importer of Ferrari after Luigi Chinetti, driver and team owner, Jacques Swaters died on the 10th of December 2010.

It was after WWII that Jacques Swaters, born in 1926, came to the automobile, after studying law. He had his first race at the 24 Hours of Francorchamps in 1948 in an MG, with teammate Paul Frere, the eventual winner at Le Mans in 1960. L'Ecurie Francorchamps born in 1952 and his famous yellow will become as famous as the red of Ferrari. It is thus in company with NART of Luigi Chinetti, Maranello Concessionaires and Scuderia Filipinetti, he was one of the greatest representatives of the Prancing Horse in competition, both in GT and at Le Mans.

In 1965, Ferrari had their last overall victory in la Sarthe, with the NART 250 LM driven by Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt. But this success was nearly that of the Ecurie Francorchamps: "When the 250 LM of Pierre Dumay and Gustave Gosselin was leading again,  I had a lap in hand and one fuel stop ahead of NART", said Jacques Swaters in 2007, during the sixtieth anniversary of Ferrari. "Florini Gaetano and Mauro Forghieri came to me and proposed to freeze positions, and I agreed. But Luigi Chinetti refused: Ecurie Francorchamps and the NART were then battling like crazy until Sunday afternoon. I had a fuel stop ahead, and this is when the right rear tyre of our 250 LM shredded and destroyed the body. We changed the tyre, wheel, somehow repaired the rear bodywork, while the 250 LM of NART passed and won the race. "

Five years later, Jacques Swaters provided valuable assistance to Steve McQueen and his production company Solar for the film 'Le Mans': "I welcomed the film crew in my pit for 24 hours 1970, and rented a Ferrari 512S to Solar and my mechanics as well  for the two months following the race, and also a driver for the shoot. When it came to buying an extra 512, I went back to Modena in a Solar plane parked at Orleans (very expensive)  to negotiate buying a spare chassis, and went back to Le Mans in a Mercedes taxi with the 512 chassis placed on the roof! I was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time, and the movie made my bail. It was the time of my life!"  Ecurie Francorchamps finally ceased operations in 1982.

Jacques Swaters had also contested the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times as a driver from 1954 to 1957. Fourth in 1954 and 1956, he had his best result finishing 3rd in the 1955, driving a Jaguar D type shared with Johnny Claes.