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Jean-Pierre Wimille (26 February 1908 – 28 January 1949) was a French racing driver and a member of the French Resistance during World War II. He was a two-time victor of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning in 1937 and 1939.
Jean-Pierre Wimille, né le 26 février 1908 à Paris 1 et mort le 28 janvier 1949 (à 40 ans) à Buenos Aires, est un pilote automobile français. Il conduisit avant guerre pour l'écurie Bugatti et après guerre pour Alfa Romeo. Il est considéré comme le meilleur pilote de son époque et l'un des plus grands pilotes français de tous les temps.
JEAN-PIERRE WIMILLE 1908 – 1949 Right from the start of his racing career, Jean-Pierre Wimille almost always drove in a Bugatti. Wimille attracted the attention of Ettore Bugatti, and he became an official factory driver in 1933.
Dec 25, 2000 · A month after the launch of the Wimille road car Jean-Pierre raced a factory Alfa Romeo 158s in the Grand Prix des Nations on the streets of Geneva, the first international race after the war. He finished third to Giuseppe Farina and Carlo Trossi.
France’s greatest racing driver before Alain Prost and a Resistance hero during World War II, Jean-Pierre Wimille’s fame does not match his talent or what might have been. But for his untimely death, he would probably have been Formula 1’s first world champion, a pedestal instead reserved for Giuseppe Farina.
Feb 26, 2021 · Resistance fighter, racer, hero... but results do not reflect the true talent of Jean-Pierre Wimille: his life in a mini graphic novel.
Jul 7, 2014 · Jean-Pierre Wimille: Fangio's hero. Fiercely patriotic and destined to be killed before the world truly appreciated his abilities, Jean-Pierre Wimille's was a talent even Fangio looked up to. William Mearns recalls a great man. Jean-Pierre Wimille and Bugatti Type 59 race to victory at Pau in 1937.
Bugatti is honouring its former factory driver Jean-Pierre Wimille, who gained the first victory for the brand at the 24 hour Le Mans race in 1937.
Frenchman, Bugatti driver, and 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Jean-Pierre Wimille was one of a select group of men known as the Grand Prix Saboteurs, former drivers who worked with the Special Operations Executive to help run Resistance cells in Occupied France.
Feb 22, 2010 · Jean-Pierre Wimille Biography. Jean-Pierre Wimille was born in Paris, in 1908. His father, Auguste Wimille, was motoring correspondent for the Petit Parisien newspaper and later the Paris...
