Ferrari Le Mans Winner Paul Frère has passed away.

.... and a great motoring journalist, too. R.I.P. Paul Frère.
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A nice guy.

RIP

 

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What an enormous loss...he was a great man, a great driver a great engineer. I talked to him at Le Mans when I went there for Cavallino 93 to 96 and he was very gracious with a kid like me the first year when discussing an article I was preparing on the Maserati tipo 151 he said you are very young to write about history so I sent him copy and the following year he said good job, that meant a lot....

I interviewed him in June from Geneva by phone for an hour for two books I am preparing he was in the south of France we did it in English since both books will be in English and he spoke it fluently. His memory was sharp, he was very perceptive, but he was tired....he was 90, born in le Havre in western France, but Belgian.

RIP Monsieur.

 

These are very sad news ! He was a GREAT man - I was honoured to meet and chat with him couple of times ! He told me some very interesting stories about Enzo !

May he rest in peace !

Here's a picture I have taken in 2004
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Very bad news.Another great one passes from the "golden age" of motor racing!
I always enjoyed his writing.


TT/SD

 

RIP

I've still got my first issue of Road & Track, from August 1986 (Ferrari Fantasy) where Frère and Phil Hill were touring in and testing all the current models from Maranello.

 

Some people told me last week at Rétromobile that he was not doing very well..... they were right....

Sad news, I met Monsieur Frére several times, always great to meet this legend, always taking time for fans.

Big lost, RIP dear Paul, another part from my favourit 'Ecurie Francorchamps' is gone for always

(pictures taken by me at Brussels Rétro festival 2004 where it was an exhibition in his honour.)
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A great guy with exceptional taste and character. A very sad loss.

RIP Monsieur Frére.

 

Very sad to hear.
Rest in peace

 

Paul Freré was invited by Matthias Ficht (Vice-President of Ferrari Club of Germany) and myself (member of The German MASERATI Club) for a combined event 4 years ago high up in the Dolomites in Bassano del Grappa were also Maria Theresa de Fillippis was present.

I remember Monsieur Paul driving Matthias`250 GT Lusso with great verve in the pouring rain. The owner was very impressed!

R.I.P.

Ciao!
Walter

 

That is sad news. May he rest in peace...

 

RIP Monsieur Paul Frere.

He will always be remembered as one of the great ones.......

Tritone

 

He was a driver, an engineer, and a writer. Like nobody else. Yes it's a great loss.

 

A great guy with exceptional taste and character. A very sad loss.

RIP Monsieur Frére.


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One among the very best. May he rest in peace.

 

A true gentleman with the motoring hearth on the right place.
An icon in Belgian Ferrari history.
This is sad news.

Rest in peace cher Paul.
My thoughts are with you.

Joren REMANS

 

very saddend about hearing the death of one of the greatest automobile race car driver. He will be missed by us all..
May he rest in peace.
john

 

This is very sad news, but he was a great man who had a very long and full life with many accomplishments which will be his legacy forever. Very hard to ask life for more than that.

Farewell and rest in peace.

Jack.

 

A great loss - such an eloquent writer and amazing driver - he enabled me (and I'm sure many others) to touch the performance most of us will never be able to experience.

Fortunately through his writing his memory will never fade!

RIP


Steve

 

Very sad news.

I enjoyed his writing in Road & Track. He seemed like a class act and a real gentleman. A life well lived.

Neil

 

RIP.

Like others here I enjoyed decades of his automotive writing.

 

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I met him in Monterey once. He really was a true gentleman. May he rest in peace.

 

RIP Mr. Frere, you were truly inspiring for the young auto enthusiast.