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Category: Founders

Founders

A look at the Founding Members of the Club International des Anciens Pilotes de Grand Prix F1 (The Grand Prix Drivers Club)

The Founders – Part 8 – Giuseppe Farina

By Graham GauldOctober 1, 2016September 30, 2016 Categories: Articles, Founders Tags: founder, Giuseppe Farina Leave a comment

The last of this series of notes on the Founders of the Club International des Anciens Pilotes de Grand Prix…

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The Founders – Part 7 – Franco Comotti

By Graham GauldAugust 1, 2016September 30, 2016 Categories: Articles, Founders Tags: Franco Comotti Leave a comment

Of all the founders of the Grand Prix Drivers Club Gianfranco, Alessandro, Maria, “Franco” Comotti probably led the most colourful…

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Paul Frere is congratulated by Stirling Moss in winning the South African Grand Prix in 1960 in a Cooper. It was a Formula Libre event

The Founders – Part 6 – Paul Frere

By Graham GauldJune 1, 2016September 30, 2016 Categories: Articles, Founders Tags: Paul Frere Leave a comment

Paul Frere was one of the youngest founder members of the Grand Prix Drivers Club and had only retired from…

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Yves-Giraud-Cabantous at the wheel of his Talbot-Lago, Charterhall 1952

The Founders – Part 5 – Yves-Giraud Cabantous

By Graham GauldApril 1, 2016September 30, 2016 Categories: Articles, Founders Tags: Cabantous Leave a comment

Of all the founder members of the Grand Prix Drivers Club the one who is probably least known to racing…

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Fangio at the wheel of the Alfa Romeo 158 Alfetta

The Founders – Part 4 – Juan Manuel Fangio

By Graham GauldFebruary 1, 2016September 30, 2016 Categories: Articles, Founders Tags: Fangio Leave a comment

When the Grand Prix Drivers Club was formed fifty four years ago the great Juan Manuel Fangio had been retired…

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Albert Divo, right with Sir Henry Seagrave and the Sunbeam they raced

The Founders – Part 3 – Albert Divo

By Graham GauldDecember 1, 2015September 30, 2016 Categories: Articles, Founders Tags: Albert Divo Leave a comment

When the original group of drivers got together to form what is now the Grand Prix Drivers club, the oldest…

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Baron Emmanuel de Graffenried.

The Founders – Part 2 – Tuolo de Graffenreid

By Graham GauldOctober 1, 2015September 30, 2016 Categories: Articles, Founders, News Tags: Tuolo Leave a comment

It could be said that the true driving force behind the creation of the Club International des Anciens Pilotes de…

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Louis Chiron at the wheel of his Bugatti for the 1926 Grand Prix of Provence held at the Miramas circuit

Founders – Part 1 – Louis Chiron

By Graham GauldJuly 22, 2015September 30, 2016 Categories: Articles, Founders Tags: chiron, f1gpdc, founder, monaco

There is a famous photograph, taken on the stairway of the hotel in Villars, Switzerland when the Club International des…

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