Wimille (French pronunciation: [vimil]; Picard: Wimil) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Wimille is...
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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...
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The J-P Wimille was a French automobile manufactured from 1946 until 1950. Powered by a rear-mounted 22 hp Ford V-8, it was an aerodynamic saloon designed...
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Romeo team held out a pit board for Wimille reading "1. Varzi; 2. Wimille", dictating the desired finishing order. Wimille then allowed Varzi past to give...
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Wimille-Wimereux is a railway station serving the communes of Wimille and Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. It is on the Boulogne–Calais...
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Jean-Pierre Wimille and Raymond Sommer held the race until piston troubles show up and oblige the Maserati 4CL to retire. Since then, Wimille wasn't in...
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Grand Prix. Bugatti's racing success culminated with driver Jean-Pierre Wimille winning the 24 hours of Le Mans twice (in 1937 with Robert Benoist and...
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advanced to the final Pole position : Jean-Pierre Wimille, 1:37.5 Fastest lap : Jean-Pierre Wimille, 1:47.2 Drivers in bold advanced to the final Pole...
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engineer, test driver and company race driver who, with co-driver Jean-Pierre Wimille, won the 1939 24 Hours of Le Mans while driving a Bugatti. The "EB" refers...
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Hours of Le Mans, co-driving a Bugatti Type 57S Tank with Jean-Pierre Wimille. During World War II, Veyron joined the French Resistance against German...
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was the first Frenchman to win the French Grand Prix since Jean-Pierre Wimille in 1948. The race featured one of the fiercest battles ever for second...
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driver Jean-Pierre Wimille, with Raymond Sommer over a minute behind in a Talbot-Lago and Eugène Chaboud third in a Delahaye. Wimille set fastest lap. "The...
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Trajan's Column and other triumphal columns in Rome) on the Rue Napoleon in Wimille, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. The column was intended to commemorate...
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Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille Carlo Felice Trossi Alfa Romeo Report 18 July French Grand Prix Reims-Gueux Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre...
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came in practice for the 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix, where Jean-Pierre Wimille was killed in an accident (driving with Simca-Gordini). In 1950, the 158...
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1980s and his remains transferred to the Terlincthun British Cemetery near Wimille in 1989, having originally been listed on the Runnymede Memorial. Killed...
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recruited two fellow race-car drivers, Robert Benoist and Jean-Pierre Wimille, into his network and the trio used their wives and other women as couriers...
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Prix de Bourgogne, Jean-Pierre Wimille 1946 Grand Prix du Roussillon - Circuit des Platanes - Perpignan, Jean-Pierre Wimille 1947 Grand Prix de Rosario,...
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are the 1962 statue of Napoleon atop the Column of the Grande Armée in Wimille near Boulogne, the crucified Christ in the Le Gros Moulin church south...
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(1896–1930) Inaltera (1976–1978) Induco (1921–1924) Inter (1953–1956) J-P Wimille (1948–1949) Jack Sport (1925–1930) Janémian (1920–1923) Janoir (1921–1922)...
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the company's Le Mans programme. In 1937 he partnered with Jean-Pierre Wimille to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. Following that victory,...
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Jean-Pierre Wimille, driving an Alfa Romeo 158. Official practice was held in very wet conditions. In spite of this Jean-Pierre Wimille was able to set...
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at his funeral, when he was buried at the Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille. Although sick, he had refused to leave his post until the Armistice. On...
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Turin, Italy on 5 September 1948. It was won by French driver Jean-Pierre Wimille in an Alfa Romeo 158. http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1948/1948...
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Farina Jean-Pierre Wimille Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo Report 1 September Turin Grand Prix Valentino Park Giuseppe Farina Jean-Pierre Wimille Achille Varzi...
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Luigi Arcangeli Clemente Biondetti Antonio Ascari Ugo Sivocci Jean-Pierre Wimille Guy Moll Gastone Brilli-Peri Baconin Borzacchini Other Alfa Romeo I Alfa...
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The event was marred by the death of popular French driver Jean-Pierre Wimille. He was driving his first flying lap during practice, when his car swerved...
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Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Romeo Report 29 June Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre...
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"Sebastien" Robert Benoist (1904-1944), code name "Lionel" Jean-Pierre Wimille (1908-1949) Robert Dowlen (1907-1945), wireless operator, code name "Richard"...
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