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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. Pierre Veyron enrolled at...
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    repeatedly delaying production until September 2005. The Veyron EB 16.4 is named in honor of Pierre Veyron, a Bugatti development engineer, test driver and company...
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  • Veyron may refer to: Bugatti Veyron, a supercar named after Pierre Veyron Pierre Veyron, a Grand Prix motor racing driver active from 1933 until 1953...
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    Bugatti (section Pre-Veyron)
    culminated with driver Jean-Pierre Wimille winning the 24 hours of Le Mans twice (in 1937 with Robert Benoist and in 1939 with Pierre Veyron). Bugatti cars were...
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    Bugatti T57S45 24 hours of Le Mans – Bugatti Type 57C driving with Pierre Veyron Post War – 1945: Coupe des Prisonniers [fr] – Bugatti Type 59 [fr] 1946:...
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  • (b. 1892) 1970 – Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895) 1970 – Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (b. 1903) 1971 – Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer...
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    Scaron, in his 1.1-litre supercharged Amilcar, and Bugatti test-driver Pierre Veyron surprisingly in a Maserati. At the start, Varzi surged from the third...
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  • product specialist for Bugatti and is usually seen demonstrating the Veyron. Pierre-Henri Raphanel is also the uncle of the French-Algerian driver Julien...
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    drivers, such as Juan Manuel Fangio, José Froilán González, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Pierre Veyron and Maurice Trintignant, have been regular participants. The...
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  • 59. In his stead, the team hired the young Jean-Pierre Wimille to join René Dreyfus, while Pierre Veyron competed in the voiturette races. They convinced...
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    emblem and the logo of the ACO commissioned by the sporting director Jean-Pierre Moreau in 1993. All three-time consecutive winning manufacturers permanently...
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  • Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer (d. 1989) 1903 – Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (d. 1970) 1904 – Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English...
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    cross. Pierre Veyron (1903-1970), Grand Prix motor racing driver, was born in Berc. Bugatti Automobiles named one of its models, the Bugatti Veyron, after...
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  • to an issue regarding electronic limiters. On 4 July 2010, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport reached 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph) for a two-way average. Bugatti...
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    1952 Donald Healey Motor Company Pierre Veyron Nash-Healey 5.0 (3hrs) DNF (Engine) 1953 Nash-Healey Inc. Pierre Veyron Nash-Healey 5.0 9 DNF (Engine) 1954...
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    Preceded by Jean-Pierre Wimille Robert Benoist Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1938 With: Jean Trémoulet Succeeded by Jean-Pierre Wimille Pierre Veyron...
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    them, looking to be a showdown between Seaman's ERA and the Bugattis of Veyron and Czech local Bruno Sojka. Despite there only being the nine Group 1 cars...
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    Dreyfus and William Grover-Williams now became full-time team-members. Pierre Veyron ran one of the new 1.5-litre Type 51A cars in the voiturette races,...
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    44 Juan Zanelli Private entry Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3 L8 ? Pierre Veyron Automobiles E. Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti T51 2.3 L8 ? Louis Joly Private...
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    Andretti, Phil Hill, Pedro and Ricardo Rodríguez, Graham Hill, and Jean-Pierre Jarier. One driver that Chinetti tried to promote was journalist Denise...
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     France Jean Trémoulet 1939  United States Wilbur Shaw  France Pierre Veyron  France Jean-Pierre Wimille 1940  United States Wilbur Shaw Not held due to World...
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    Chassis Engine Tyre Laps Distance/Retired 1 8.0 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille Pierre Veyron Bugatti Type 57C Tank Bugatti 3.3L Supercharged I8...
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    engine (a supercharged 4.9L engine), with veteran racer and 1939 winner Pierre Veyron. The first Americans to race at Le Mans in 21 years arrived - Briggs...
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    the beginning, he was accompanied by pianist and harpsichordist Robert Veyron-Lacroix, whom he had met at the Paris Conservatoire in 1946. By contrast...
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    swimmer; in Ishiki, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan (d. 1986) Pierre Veyron, French Grand Prix motor racing driver; in Berc, Lozère, France (d....
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  • Maserati 8C3000 2'05" 13 26 Renato Balestrero Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza 2'05" 14 12 Pierre Veyron Bugatti T51 2'06" 15 2 Earl Howe Maserati 8CM 2'08"...
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    Malcolm Mitchell-Thomson Sporting positions Preceded by Jean-Pierre Wimille Pierre Veyron Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1949 with: Luigi Chinetti Succeeded by...
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    company even gave up on voiturette racing and their regular works driver, Pierre Veyron, only competed at Albi. Both Maserati and ERA had sold a number of their...
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    9.226 km GP 3:44.000 Whitney Straight Maserati Tipo 26M 1933 Albi Grand Prix Voiturette 4:16.000 Pierre Veyron Bugatti Type 51A 1933 Albi Grand Prix...
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    of Southern France. The first race took place in 1933 and was won by Pierre Veyron in a Bugatti Type 51A. After the Second World War, the Grand Prix was...
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