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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Pilâtre de Rozier France 1785 Hot air ballooning pioneer Hot air balloon Wimille Crashed in an attempt to fly across the English Channel Percy Pilcher United...
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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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    privateers, along with Jean-Pierre Wimille in a works Bugatti and Welshman Charlie Martin who had recently bought an Alfa P3. Wimille started in pole position and...
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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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  • grid. The wins stayed with Bugatti as Jean-Pierre Wimille began his domination of Algerian racing. Wimille won by two laps ahead of the Alfa Romeo of Goffredo...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    development of the 158 taking the first three places with Jean-Pierre Wimille winning from pole position. Carlo Felice Trossi and Consalvo Sanesi were...
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     Pierre Veyron (FRA) 8.0  Jean-Pierre Wimille (FRA) Bugatti Type 57S Tank D 248 3354.76 2084.55  Jean-Pierre Wimille (FRA) 1940–1948 Not held as a consequence...
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    Jean-Pierre Wimille Bugatti 57G Tank 7.826 km (4.863 mi) 51 2:50:45.3 140.245 km/h (87.144 mph) Report 1937 July 18 12° GP de la Marne SC Jean-Pierre Wimille Bugatti...
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    Turismo Carretera Argentina 4th Chevrolet Cupé 1949 Premio Jean Pierre Wimille 1st Volpi-Chevrolet Gran Premio Mar del Plata 1st Maserati 4CLT/48 Premio...
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