Career
He participated in 29 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 21 May 1950. At the time of his death, Manzon was the last surviving driver to have taken part in the first Formula One World Championship in 1950. Manzon began his career as a mechanic and after World World War II he started racing, initially with a Cisitalia D46.
He continued with Gordini into the new Formula One era, scoring points at the 1950 French Grand Prix, and finishing sixth in the World Drivers" Championship in 1952, taking third place in the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix.
He left Gordini in 1953 and joined Louis Rosier"s team, which was campaigning Ferraris. Manzon then returned to the Gordini team, but found little success in World Championship events.
Manzon died at his home in the south of France on 19 January 2015 aged 97. He was the last surviving entrant of the 1950 Formula One season.