Editing Marcel Balsa

{{Short description|French racing driver (1909{{ndash}}1984)}}
{{Infobox F1 driver|
  name = Marcel Balsa |
  nationality = {{flagicon|FRA}} French |
  birth_date = {{birth date|1909|1|1|df=y}} |
  birth_place = [[Creuse]], [[France]] |
  death_date = {{death date and age|1984|8|11|1909|1|1|df=y}} |
  death_place = [[Maisons-Alfort]], [[France]] |
  Years = {{F1|1952}} |
  Team(s) = non-works [[BMW in Formula One|BMW]] |
  Races = 1 |
  Championships = 0 |
  Wins = 0 |
  Podiums = 0 |
  Points = 0 |
  Poles = 0 |
  Fastest laps = 0 |
  First race = [[1952 German Grand Prix]] |
}}
'''Emanuel Marcel Lucien Balsa''' (January 1, 1909<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Marcel_Balsa |title=Marcel Balsa |publisher=oldracingcars.com |accessdate=17 April 2012}}</ref> in [[Creuse]] – August 11, 1984 in [[Maisons-Alfort]]) was a French racing driver.

Balsa started in racing after [[World War II]], when he acquired a [[Bugatti]] Type 51 and became quite competitive in the French national events. He later built a BMW-engined [[Formula 2]] car, and had a good reputation, until he tried a Jicey-BMW<ref>{{cite web |url=http://img.directindustry.fr/pdf/repository_di/7922/516_4b.jpg |title=516_4b.JPG (50x35 pixels) |accessdate=2012-07-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120712013254/http://img.directindustry.fr/pdf/repository_di/7922/516_4b.jpg |archivedate=2012-07-12 }} (fr) article about Jicey the French race car designer</ref> developed by Jean Caillas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jicey.com/pdf/JICEY%20NEWS%20FR-GB%202002.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-01-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528210336/http://www.jicey.com/pdf/JICEY%20NEWS%20FR-GB%202002.pdf |archivedate=2006-05-28 }} The Jicey of Jean Caillas has been found !</ref>
With it he finished third in the [[Circuit de Cadours|Grand Prix of Cadours]], the same event where fellow racer [[Raymond Sommer]] was killed. He returned to his previous race car and in 1952 raced in the [[1952 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] at the [[Nürburgring]], only to retire after six laps. In 1953 he won a race at [[Montlhery]] but then faded from the racing scene. 
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==Complete Formula One World Championship results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! WDC
! Points
|-
| [[1952 Formula One season|1952]]
! Marcel Balsa
! [[BMW in Formula One|BMW]] Special
! [[BMW in Formula One|BMW]] [[Straight-6]]
| [[1952 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
| [[1952 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1952 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1952 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1952 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1952 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[1952 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1952 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
! NC
! 0
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:1909 births]]
[[Category:1984 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Creuse]]
[[Category:French racing drivers]]
[[Category:French Formula One drivers]]
[[Category:BMW (1950s–60s) Formula One drivers]]