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Latest revision as of 17:15, 30 April 2023

Paul Frère (born 30 January 1917 in Le Havre, France, died 23 February 2008 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France) was a Belgian journalist and racing driver. Interested in many sports and an engineer by education, Frère was at first an automotive journalist who dabbled in motorsport on-and-off from the late 1940s, racing touring cars. Making his Formula 1 début in the 1950 Belgian Grand Prix for Jacques Swaters and his Ecurie Nationale Belge, he began accepting one-off drives from various teams before signing full-time for Maserati in 1952. This coincided with a litany of bad decisions from the rapidly sinking team, resulting in few good opportunities for Frère. He was not retained for the 1955 season, but he was tempted back to the sport in 1956 by British Racing Motors. The team was equally uncompetitive, but thanks to the controversial and attrition-fuelled circumstances surrounding the 1956 East German Grand Prix, Frère scored a surprise third place out of four finishers.

More successful outside of the world championship, notably winning the Grand Prix des Frontières in 1952 and the 24 Hours of le Mans in 1960, with Olivier Gendebien.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 WDC Pts.
1950 Ecurie Nationale Belge Bugatti T15 ENB-Gordini 15C 1.5 L4s GBR MON 500 SUI BEL
DNQ
FRA ITA NC 0
1951 Jaguar-Aston Martin Racing Jaguar B-Type Aston Martin 4.5 V6 MON
DNQ
500 NC 0
Team Metcalf GP Metcalf MET1 Metcalf 3.4 L6 BEL
Ret
FRA GBR GER NED ITA
1952 Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM Maserati A6 2.0 L6 MON
DNPQ
ENG
Ret
FRA
DNQ
GBR
Ret
GER
15
NED
Ret
ITA
DNQ
USA AUS
12
NC 0
Ecurie Nationale Belge BEL
Ret
1953 Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati AM53 Maserati 200F 2.0 L6 MON
DNPQ
NED
DNPQ
BEL
DNQ
FRA
DNQ
GBR
DNPQ
GER
DNQ
SUI
DNQ
ITA
DNQ
USA
Ret
NC 0
1954 Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati AM53 Maserati 200F 2.0 L6 MON
DNPQ
FRA
DNPQ
BEL
DNPQ
NED
DNPQ
GBR
DNPQ
SUI
DNPQ
GER
DNQ
USA
11
ITA
DNQ
NC 0
1956 British Racing Motors AAC 555 AAC 555 2.5 L4 MON
DNPQ
FRA
DNPQ
IRL
DNA
SCO
DNA
18th 4
BRM P25 GBR
DNQ
BRM P25 2.5 L4 BEL
Ret
GER
DNQ
GDR
3
ITA
DNQ
THA
1957 British Racing Motors BRM P25 BRM P26 2.5 L4 MAR
DNQ
MON
DNQ
FRA NC 0
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari R560 Ferrari RS560 2.5 L4 BEL
Ret
NED IRL GBR GER ITA ESP USA
1958 Paul Frère Vanwall VW57 Hernandez H/258A AUS MON FRA
DNPQ
NED BEL GER GBR POR ITA MAR USA NC 0

* denotes season still in progress