The multi-talented writer and racer Paul Frere died on this day in 2008. The Belgian always saw himself as "sportsman" rather than a full-blooded racing driver, but his undoubted ability brought him a famous Le Mans win. The affable raconteur tells his story in today's Great Read
Just occasionally, to keep a sense of perspective over the subject about which they are writing, motoring journalists try their hand at active motor racing. Some in recent years have achieved a fair degree of prowess in saloon car racing categories (including one of our number at Standard House) while others have contented themselves to "dip their feet" from time to time, usually retiring a discreet distance away from the action to consider the folly of their ways. At the upper end of today's single-seater world, bearded Austrian journalist Harald Ertl currently drives a privately-operated Hesketh 308, but his role is more that of a racing driver who contributes articles rather than a professional journalist who races for sport.
This article deals with an individual who falls into the latter category. Genial Belgian Paul Frere began motor racing in 1948, gained a reputation as a sports-car driver and Formula 1 driver of considerable ability and successfully maintained his status as "a journalist who races" right up to the pinnacle of his racing achievement, victory with Olivier Gendebien at Le Mans in 1960.
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