Tag Archives: Paul Frere

The Quiet Belgian – Paul Frere

Paul Frere being congratulated by Stirling Moss for winning the non-Champinship South African Grand Prix in 1960 with a Cooper-Climax. Stirling finished second (Photo Rob Young Archive)

Many journalists have become involved in motor racing and driven racing cars but most of them raced in sports, GT or Touring cars. None, however, can claim the kind of successes achieved by Belgian motoring journalist Paul Frere. Consider this. He raced at every level of the sport, and not only won Le Mans for […]

The Founders – Part 6 – Paul Frere

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

Paul Frere was one of the youngest founder members of the Grand Prix Drivers Club and had only retired from racing two years before. He was also a very talented man with deep technical knowledge and an ability to write. Even whilst he was racing he was writing interesting technical articles for magazines and was […]