A sad day - Paul Frere passes away
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A sad day - Paul Frere passes away
if you know your Porsche history, you'll know this is indeed a sad day...
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Porsche mourns Paul Frère
Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart mourns a great journalist
and racing driver: Paul Frère has died at the age of 91. Anton Hunger,
Porsche’s Head of Press and Public Relations, paid tribute to the deceased:
“Paul Frère lived life at racing speed. Whether as an engineer, a race
driver or a journalist, he was a man who commanded the widespread
admiration of the international motoring scene. With his passing, Porsche
loses a connoisseur of many years, who actively accompanied the enterprise
and its products from their beginnings right up to the present day.”
A Belgian citizen, Paul Frère was born in 1917 in the French town of Le
Havre. He made his way into motor sport in the late 1940s and subsequently
drove for various different teams. He started for the first time for
Porsche in 1953 with Richard von Frankenberg in a Porsche 550 Spyder at Le
Mans, where he gained a best of class victory. In the 1958 Le Mans,
together with Edgar Barth in a Porsche 718 RSK, he finished in fourth place
overall, besides winning best of class in the category up to 1500 cubic
centimeters.
In parallel to his career as a racing driver, in 1945 he began a career in
freelance journalism and was much in demand as an expert worldwide. Paul
Frère continued his activities as a journalist and test driver to a ripe
old age and wrote various books on automobiles, including the “Porsche 911
Story”, a standard work which is in print to this day. An enthusiastic
aficionado of the sports cars from Zuffenhausen, he was still driving his
first Porsche – a 356 – as well as an Indian red 911 Carrera in the last
years of his life.
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Porsche mourns Paul Frère
Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart mourns a great journalist
and racing driver: Paul Frère has died at the age of 91. Anton Hunger,
Porsche’s Head of Press and Public Relations, paid tribute to the deceased:
“Paul Frère lived life at racing speed. Whether as an engineer, a race
driver or a journalist, he was a man who commanded the widespread
admiration of the international motoring scene. With his passing, Porsche
loses a connoisseur of many years, who actively accompanied the enterprise
and its products from their beginnings right up to the present day.”
A Belgian citizen, Paul Frère was born in 1917 in the French town of Le
Havre. He made his way into motor sport in the late 1940s and subsequently
drove for various different teams. He started for the first time for
Porsche in 1953 with Richard von Frankenberg in a Porsche 550 Spyder at Le
Mans, where he gained a best of class victory. In the 1958 Le Mans,
together with Edgar Barth in a Porsche 718 RSK, he finished in fourth place
overall, besides winning best of class in the category up to 1500 cubic
centimeters.
In parallel to his career as a racing driver, in 1945 he began a career in
freelance journalism and was much in demand as an expert worldwide. Paul
Frère continued his activities as a journalist and test driver to a ripe
old age and wrote various books on automobiles, including the “Porsche 911
Story”, a standard work which is in print to this day. An enthusiastic
aficionado of the sports cars from Zuffenhausen, he was still driving his
first Porsche – a 356 – as well as an Indian red 911 Carrera in the last
years of his life.
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Yes, very sad indeed, since my beginings dealing with Porsches, I have read almost all his writings,"My Life Full of Cars" was my favorite, RIP.
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RIP He was one of the finest. For those of you who don't know, Paul didn't limit his passions to Porsche. He owned and raced Ferraris and a variety of interesting cars. He was a genuine CAR and life enthusiast.
My first ever driving instruction book was "Sports Car and Competition Driving, 1963... and still worthwhile today. You can pick up a hb copy at Amazon for under $7.00.
JR
My first ever driving instruction book was "Sports Car and Competition Driving, 1963... and still worthwhile today. You can pick up a hb copy at Amazon for under $7.00.
JR
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