Pierre Veyron
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Pierre Veyron (1 October 1903 – 2 November 1970) was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver active from 1933 through 1953.
Career
Pierre Veyron enrolled at university to study engineering. Veyron's friend, Albert Divo, convinced Veyron to take up racing and introduced Veyron to André Vagniez, an industrialist who provided financial support to Veyron. Vagniez purchased a Bugatti Type 37A that Veyron drove to his first racing victory, winning the 1930 Geneva Grand Prix.[1]
Jean Bugatti, son of Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti, hired Pierre Veyron in 1932 as a test driver and development engineer. Veyron entered races as a Bugatti company driver, winning many including the 1933 and 1934 Berlin Avus races while driving a Bugatti Type 51A. Veyron's most significant race victory was his 1939 win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, co-driving a Bugatti Type 57S Tank with Jean-Pierre Wimille.[1]
During World War II, Veyron joined the French Resistance against German occupation. For his service during the war, the Republic of France awarded him the Legion of Honour in 1945.[1]
After the war, Veyron continued racing, but his main focus was on his family and his oil-drilling technology company. Veyron died in Èze, France in 1970.[1]
Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. named the Veyron 16.4 supercar in honor of Veyron.[1]
Racing record
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Template:24hLM | Template:Flagicon Roger Labric (private entrant) |
Template:Flagicon Roger Labric | Bugatti Type 50S | 5.0 | 73 | DNF | |
| Template:24hLM | Template:Flagicon Roger Labric (private entrant) |
Template:Flagicon Roger Labric | Bugatti Type 50S | 5.0 | 116 | DNF | |
| Template:24hLM | Template:Flagicon Roger Labric (private entrant) |
Template:Flagicon Roger Labric | Bugatti Type 57G Tank | 5.0 | 130 | DNF | |
| Template:24hLM | Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Wimille (private entrant) |
Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Wimille | Bugatti Type 57C Tank | 8.0 | 249 | 1st | 1st |
| Template:24hLM | Template:Flagicon Amédée Gordini Template:Flagicon Automobiles Gordini |
Template:Flagicon José Scaron | Simca-Gordini T8 | S1.1 | 88 | DNF (Transmission) | |
| Template:24hLM | Template:Flagicon Manufactures d'Armes de Paris |
Template:Flagicon Fernand Lacour | M.A.P. Diesel | S5.0 | 39 | DNF (Overheating) | |
| Template:24hLM | Template:Flagicon Equipe Gordini | Template:Flagicon Georges Monneret | Gordini T15S | S1.5 | 130 | DNF (Engine) | |
| Template:24hLM | Template:Flagicon Donald Healey Motor Co. | Template:Flagicon Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Nash-Healey | S5.0 | ? | DNF (Engine) | |
| 1953]] | Template:Flagicon Nash-Healey Inc. | Template:Flagicon Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Nash-Healey Sports | S5.0 | 9 | DNF (Engine) | |
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References
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