Paul Frère
Race car driver, Deceased Person
1917 – 2008
Who was Paul Frère?
Paul Frère was a racing driver and journalist from Belgium, born in Le Havre. He participated in eleven World Championship Formula One Grands Prix debuting on 22 June 1952 and achieving one podium finish with a total of eleven championship points. He drove in several non-Championship Formula One races.
He also won the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving for Ferrari with fellow Belgian teammate Olivier Gendebien.
After retiring from active racing in 1960, he worked as an automotive journalist based in Europe. He had numerous acquaintances amongst vehicle design engineers, especially in Japan at Honda and Mazda and also worked as a consultant to automobile manufacturers. He also had the opportunity to test numerous road and racing cars as a journalist, one of the highlights being the Audi R8 which he tested and demonstrated during a break in the proceedings of the Test Day of the 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans. At the time he was 86 years old, making him the oldest racing driver to drive a then-current sportscar.
Frère, along with Piero Taruffi and Denis Jenkinson, was one of the first writers to treat motor racing as a skill that could be analyzed, explained, and taught. His 1963 book, Sports Car and Competition Driving is still a standard reference in the field. It influenced the development of competition driving schools, such as those founded by Jim Russell, Bob Bondurant, and many others.
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- Born
- Jan 30, 1917
Le Havre - Also known as
- Paul Frere
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Profession
- Lived in
- Le Havre
- Died
- Feb 23, 2008
Saint Paul de Vence
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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