Pierre Veyron
Pierre Veyron (1 October 1903 – 2 November 1970) was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver active from 1933 through 1953.
Pierre Veyron
Le Monde Illustré · Le Monde Illustré du 2 juin 1934, p.456 (revue collapsed 1940) · Public domain
- Name
- Pierre Veyron
- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1970
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- racing automobile driver · designer
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• Name — Pierre Veyron
Career
Career
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. Jean Bugatti, son of Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti, hired 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. 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. 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. Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. named the Veyron 16.4 supercar in honor of Veyron.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
• Year — Team — Co-Drivers — Car — Class — Laps — Overall Position • Roger Labric (private entrant) — Roger Labric — Bugatti Type 50S — 5.0 — 73 — DNF • Roger Labric (private entrant) — Roger Labric — Bugatti Type 50S — 5.0 — 116 — DNF • Roger Labric (private entrant) — Roger Labric — Bugatti Type 57G Tank — 5.0 — 130 — DNF • Jean-Pierre Wimille (private entrant) — Jean-Pierre Wimille — Bugatti Type 57C Tank — 8.0 — 249 — 1st — 1st • Amédée Gordini Automobiles Gordini — José Scaron — Simca-Gordini T8 — S1.1 — 88 — DNF (Transmission) • Manufactures d'Armes de Paris — Fernand Lacour — M.A.P. Diesel — S5.0 — 39 — DNF (Overheating) • Equipe Gordini — Georges Monneret — Gordini T15S — S1.5 — 130 — DNF (Engine) • Donald Healey Motor Co. — Yves Giraud-Cabantous — Nash-Healey — S5.0 —? — DNF (Engine) • Nash-Healey Inc. — Yves Giraud-Cabantous — Nash-Healey Sports — S5.0 — 9 — DNF (Engine) • Sources:
Identity
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Pierre Veyron is recorded as racing automobile driver and designer.
Pierre Veyron vainqueur à l'AVUS en juin 1934 sur Bugatti 1.5L.
L'Aero · L'Aero, 29 mars 1935, p.7
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1903
Pierre Veyron was born in 1903.
1970
Pierre Veyron died at 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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