Jean-Pierre Wimille was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
11 Facts About Jean-Pierre Wimille
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Jean-Pierre Wimille died in a crash at the 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix.
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Jean-Pierre Wimille is considered the best driver of his time and one of the greatest French drivers of all time.
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Jean-Pierre Wimille was 22 years old when he made his Grand Prix debut, driving a Bugatti 37A at the 1930 French Grand Prix in Pau.
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In 1936, Jean-Pierre Wimille traveled to Long Island, New York to compete in the Vanderbilt Cup where he finished 2nd, behind the winner, Tazio Nuvolari.
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Jean-Pierre Wimille competed in the 24 hours of Le Mans endurance race, winning in 1937 and again in 1939.
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Jean-Pierre Wimille married Christiane de la Fressange with whom he had a son, Francois, born in 1946.
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Jean-Pierre Wimille had a long-standing affair with French singer Juliette Greco, whom he met in 1947 at the Tabou in Paris.
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From 1946 on, Jean-Pierre Wimille built and designed cars in Paris under the brand-name Jean-Pierre Wimille.
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Jean-Pierre Wimille died when he lost control of his Simca-Gordini and crashed into a tree during practice runs for the 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix.
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Jean-Pierre Wimille is buried in the Cimetiere de Passy in Paris.