Remembering René Dreyfus, born #OnThisDay in 1905. Pic: Rudi Caracciola (Merc W154) outdrags pole man Dreyfus (Delahaye 145) at the start of the ’38 #PauGP, which Dreyfus won. #AnorakFact: after WW2 Dreyfus became a US citizen & a restaurateur, opening 2 restaurants in New York.
Jean-Pierre Wimille was born #OnThisDay in 1908. A French Resistance hero in WW2, he would have been a rival to Alberto Ascari & Juan Manuel Fangio in the ’50s had he not been killed in practice for the ’49 #ArgentineGP. Pic: en route to ’37 #PauGP victory in a Bugatti T59S.
Remembering Mario Alborghetti, born #OnThisDay in ’28, who was killed on his #F1 debut, in the ’55 non-championship F1 #PauGP, at the wheel of his own Volpini-Arzani Special. He was just 26.
Also #OnThisDay in ’57 another non-championship #F1 race was run, 650 miles (1046km) south of Goodwood. It was the #PauGP, won by Jean Behra in a Maserati 250F. Yes, that’s right: 2 F1 races in 2 countries on the same day. Here’s the end of Jenks’ #MotorSport report. (2/2)
#OnThisDay 70 years ago Jean Behra won the non-championship #F1 #PauGP in a Maserati 250F - one of 12 non-championship F1 wins despite his never winning a championship F1 GP. F1 debutant Mario Alborghetti, 26, the son of rich parents, was killed in his own Volpini-Arzani Special.
Jean-Pierre Wimille was born #OnThisDay in 1908. A French Resistance hero in WW2, he would have been a rival to Alberto Ascari & Juan Manuel Fangio in the ’50s had he not been killed in practice for the ’49 #ArgentineGP. Pic: en route to ’37 #PauGP victory in a Bugatti T59S.
