Raymond Sommer

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Pierre Raymond Sommer (31 August 1906 – 10 September 1950)[1] was a French racing driver.[2] He raced both before and after WWII with some success, particularly in endurance racing. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in both 1932 and 1933, and although he did not reach the finishing line in any subsequent appearance at the Le Mans, he did lead each event until 1938. Sommer was also competitive at the highest level in Grand Prix motor racing, but did not win a race. He won the French Grand Prix in 1936, but the event that year was run as a sports car race.

After European racing resumed in the late 1940s, Sommer again won a number of sports car and minor Grand Prix events, and finished in fourth place in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, the second round of the newly-instituted Formula One World Drivers' Championship. He was killed toward the end of 1950, when his car overturned during a race at the Circuit de Cadours.

Biography

Sommer was born in Mouzon in France, to a wealthy Sedan carpet-making family. His father, Roger Sommer, broke the Wright Brothers' record for the longest flight in 1909. It was not until 1931 that Raymond started to display daredevil tendencies of his own, entering motor races in a privateer Chrysler Imperial. The following year, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, despite having to drive over 20 hours solo after his teammate, Luigi Chinetti, retired ill. During the 1930s, Sommer was to dominate the French endurance classic, winning again in 1933 driving an Alfa Romeo alongside Tazio Nuvolari. He also led every race until 1938, only to suffer a mechanical failure, once when 12 laps in the lead. Sommer traveled to Long Island, New York, to compete in the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup where he finished fourth behind the winner, Nuvolari.[3]

Although a regular top-ten finisher in Grands Épreuves Sommer never won a race. At the time, the German manufacturers Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union were the dominant force in Grand Prix racing, together with the French Bugatti team. Sommer turned to sports cars once more, and in 1936 he won the French Grand Prix with Jean-Pierre Wimille, and the Spa 24 Hours endurance race with co-driver Francesco Severi. More wins came his way including at the "Marseilles Three Hours" at Miramas, the Grand Prix de Tunisie and La Turbie hill climb competition in 1938 and 1939 with Alfa Romeo 308 until the outbreak of World War II, where he played an active part in the French Resistance movement.

Following the war, Sommer claimed victory in the 1946 René Le Bègue Cup race at Saint-Cloud. At the 1947 Turin Grand Prix in Valentino Park he won the first ever Grand Prix for Enzo Ferrari as an independent constructor. The following season, Sommer switched from the Ferrari team, again for a privately owned car, this time a Talbot-Lago. In 1950, the Formula One World Championship began and Sommer drove in two Grand Prix races for Ferrari and three in a privately entered Talbot-Lago, retiring in all but one.

In July 1950, Somemr won the Aix les Bains Circuit du Lac Grand Prix with a Ferrari 166.

In September 1950, Sommer entered the Haute-Garonne Grand Prix[4] in Cadours, France, where the steering failed on his 1100 cc Cooper and the car overturned at a corner. Sommer, wearing his traditional canvas helmet, was instantly killed.

Motorsports career results

Notable career wins

European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />EDCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
1935 R. Sommer Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3 Alfa Romeo 2.9 L8 MON
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER 7th 39
Scuderia Subalpina Maserati 6C-34 Maserati 3.7 L8 FRA
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
R. Sommer Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3 Alfa Romeo 3.2 L8 SUI
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA ESP
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1936 R. Sommer Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3 Alfa Romeo 3.2 L8 MON
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SUI
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA 5th 21
1937 Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 12C-36 Alfa Romeo 4.1 V12 BEL
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SUI
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA 6th 27
R. Sommer Alfa Romeo 8C-35 Alfa Romeo 3.8 L8 GER
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1939 R. Sommer Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 Alfa Romeo 3.0 L8 BEL
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SUI 9th 23
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Post-WWII Grandes Épreuves results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5
1947 Scuderia Milano Maserati 4CL Maserati 4CL 1.5 L4s SUI
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Raymond Sommer Maserati 4CM BEL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Maserati 4CL ITA
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CTA-Arsenal CTA-Arsenal 1.5 V8s FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1948 Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini T15 Simca-Gordini 15C 1.5 L4s MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SUI
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Centre d'Etudes T.A. Maserati 4CM Maserati 4CL 1.5 L4s FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari 125 F1 1.5 V12s ITA
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1949 Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 GBR BEL SUI
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari 125 F1 1.5 V12s ITA
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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FIA World Drivers' Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />WDCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
Template:Ifnumber Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari 125 1.5 V12s GBR MON
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		500 16th 3
Ferrari 166 F2 Ferrari 166 2.0 V12 SUI
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 BEL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Automobiles Talbot-Darracq SA Talbot-Lago T26C-GS FRA
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Formula One non-championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Template:Ifnumber Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari 125 1.5 V12s PAU
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RIC SRM
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 PAR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		EMP BAR JER ALB
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAT
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NOT ULS PES STT
Automobiles Talbot-Darracq SA Talbot-Lago T26C-DA NED
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRM Ltd BRM P15 BRM P15 1.5 V16s INT
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GOO PEN
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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1931 Template:Flagicon H. de Costier
(private entrant) 		Template:Flagicon Jean Delemer Chrysler 80 5.0 14 DNF
(Radiator)
1932 Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer Template:Flagicon Luigi Chinetti Alfa Romeo 8C 2300LM 3.0 218 1st 1st
1933 Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer Template:Flagicon Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo 8C 2300MM 3.0 233 1st 1st
1934 Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer Template:Flagicon Dr. Pierre Félix Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 3.0 14 DNF
1935 Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer Template:Flagicon Raymond de Saugé Desttrez Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 3.0 69 DNF
1937 Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer Template:Flagicon Giovanni Battista Guidotti Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A Spider 5.0 11 DNF
1938 Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer Template:Flagicon Clemente Biondetti Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring 5.0 219 DNF
1939 Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer Template:Flagicon Prince Bira Alfa Romeo 6C 2500SS 3.0 173 DNF
(Engine)
1950 Template:Flagicon Luigi Chinetti Template:Flagicon Dorino Serafini Ferrari 195S Coupé S 3.0 82 DNF
(Electrics)
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References

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Sporting positions
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1932
With: Luigi Chinetti Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1933
With: Tazio Nuvolari Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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