Paul Frere

Paul Frère

Born	(1917-01-30)30 January 1917 Le Havre, France
Died	23 February 2008(2008-02-23) (aged 91) Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Belgian
Active years	1952–1956
Teams	HWM, Gordini, Ferrari
Entries	11
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	11
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1952 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry	1956 Belgian Grand Prix

Paul Frère (30 January 1917 – 23 February 2008) was a racing driver and journalist from Belgium. 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.

Frère was born at Le Havre in 1917.

He drove for the Ferrari works team, with Peter Collins.

After retiring from active racing in 1960, he worked as an automotive journalist based in Europe (he was the European Editor for Road & Track magazine). 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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