{"id":38955,"date":"2020-12-06T18:59:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T18:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:15:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T10:15:19","slug":"jean-pierre-wimille","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Pierre Wimille"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"wimille\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/wimille-200x200.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"38955\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>France\u2019s greatest racing driver before Alain Prost and a Resistance hero during World War II, Jean-Pierre Wimille\u2019s fame does not match his talent or what might have been. But for his untimely death, he would probably have been Formula 1\u2019s first world champion, a pedestal instead reserved for Giuseppe Farina.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Background and Grand Prix debut<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The son of the motoring correspondent of the Petit Parisien newspaper, he was inspired by the exploits of Robert Benoist during the 1920s. Wimille persuaded Bugatti\u2019s Nice concessionaire Ernest Friedrich to lend him a car and he retired the Bugatti T37A from his debut at the 1930 French Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Having earned a wild reputation during a crash-filled 1931, Wimille won the La Turbie hillclimb at the start of 1932. A winner at Nancy and Oran, he led the GP du Comminges into the last lap but a serious accident made him temporarily reconsider his future.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Wimille had made an impression and he was hired by a Bugatti team now managed by Benoist. Unfortunately, that opportunity coincided with the arrival of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union teams that rendered all other marques uncompetitive against German state-funded might.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Sports car success<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>All French races were switched to sports car rules in 1936 and success followed for Bugatti and Wimille. He shared the winning Bugatti T57G with Raymond Sommer in that year\u2019s French GP before making his debut in the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1937 when driving a T57G &#8220;tank&#8221; with Benoist. They dominated in the rain to win by over 100kms with Wimille also setting the race\u2019s fastest lap.<\/p>\n<p>By now at the height of his powers, Wimille apparently received an offer to drive for Mercedes which he turned down. He raced for Enzo Ferrari\u2019s factory Alfa Romeo team in 1938 but the new 12-cylinder car was another disappointment and third at the Coppa Ciano was the highlight.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>World War II<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>He won the 1939 Le Mans 24 Hours with Pierre Veyron and a Bugatti T57C with Europe on the brink of war once more. Wimille served with the French Air Force but France was soon occupied and so he joined Benoist in the Paris Resistance.<\/p>\n<p>They were involved in the D-Day diversions near Nantes in 1944 before their network was trapped in a German raid two weeks later. Benoist was arrested in Paris and later executed while Wimille avoided capture at Sermaise by hiding in a stream. His wife Christine was not so fortunate but she managed to escape while being deported to Germany.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Post-war superstar<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Both survived the war and he returned to racing with an altogether smoother and more mature driving style than before. The first post-war event was held in Paris\u2019s Bois de Boulogne on September 9 1945. Held in honour of Benoist, Wimille fittingly won the Coupe des Prisonniers from the back of the grid having arrived too late to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>He emerged as the fastest and most respected driver of the 1940s. Having driven a private Alfa Romeo 308 during 1946, he joined the all-conquering works team in 1947. Victories in the Swiss and Belgian GPs established the Frenchman as Alfa Romeo\u2019s natural team leader when Italian national pride did not demand a victory for team-mates Achille Varzi or Count Trossi.<\/p>\n<p>He raced a Simca-Gordini in lesser events and defeated local hero Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1948 Rosario GP. Wimille returned to Argentina at the start of 1949 for the annual Temporada. Practising in Buenos Aires\u2019 Palermo Park, Wimille lost control of his Simca-Gordini and rolled into a tree.<\/p>\n<p>The cause was something of a mystery for swerving to avoid a spectator, the sudden blinding from the sunlight and mechanical failure have all been quoted as the reason. Suffering from head and chest injuries, Wimille lost consciousness in the ambulance and died before reaching hospital.<\/p>\n<p>F1 and France had lost their natural first champion. He was posthumously awarded the L\u00e9gion d\u2019Honneur and a monument to Wimille stands at the Porte de Dauphine in Paris.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-seasons-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"non-championship-races\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Non Championship Races\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-races-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"teams\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Teams\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-teams-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n                            <section class=\"c-broadcast-space content-section block_5fc172d85c387_leaderboardtop div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <div class=\"container container--full-mobile\">\n                <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n    \n\n    <section\n        class=\"c-latest-products latest-products content-section\"\n        data-behaviour=\"tag-automation\"\n        data-automation-type=\"related-products\"\n        data-tags=\"[&quot;Jean-Pierre Wimille&quot;]\"\n        data-current-post=\"38955\"><\/section>\n\n\n        <section class=\"c-article-listing article-listing content-section\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <header class=\"content-header\">\n    <div class=\"content-header__intro user-content\">\n        <h1 class=\"content-header__title sanomat\">Related articles<\/h1>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-header__button\">\n            <a class=\"button button--outline button--full\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\">\n                View all\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"content-section__inner-content container\">\n            <div class=\"article-grid article-grid--no-ads\">\n                <div class=\"article-grid__wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"article-grid__nested-grid\">\n                        <div class=\"article-grid__column\">\n                                                            \n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/sports-cars\/le-mans\/le-mans-24-hours-shows-its-cruel-side-again-what-happened-overnight\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Toyota-winning-Le-mans-car-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"Toyota wins closely fought 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours to end Ferrari run\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Toyota-winning-Le-mans-car-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Toyota-winning-Le-mans-car-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Le Mans News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tToyota wins closely fought 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours to end Ferrari run\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\" data-cf-ignore>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Toyota wins the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours after a closely-fought three-way battle for victory with BMW and Cadillac<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-06-14\">14th June 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDominic Tobin<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>                                                                                            \n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/sports-cars\/le-mans\/george-kurtz-how-billionaire-entrepreneur-used-business-skills-to-win-at-le-mans\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/George-Kurtz-on-the-Le-Mans-24-Hours-grid-in-2025-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"George Kurtz: How billionaire entrepreneur used business skills to win at Le Mans\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/George-Kurtz-on-the-Le-Mans-24-Hours-grid-in-2025-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/George-Kurtz-on-the-Le-Mans-24-Hours-grid-in-2025-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Le Mans News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Kurtz: How billionaire entrepreneur used business skills to win at Le Mans\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\" data-cf-ignore>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The founder of a $275bn company; a co-owner of the Mercedes Formula 1 team; and a Le Mans 24 Hours winner. George Kurtz has used his set of skills to succeed in widely different areas \u2014 and it&#8217;s not just his ability to thrive with little sleep<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-06-13\">13th June 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDominic Tobin<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>                                                                                            \n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/mark-hughes-barcelona-offers-russell-the-reset-he-desperately-needs\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/M602156-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"Mark Hughes: Barcelona offers Russell the reset he desperately needs\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/M602156-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/M602156-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>F1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Hughes: Barcelona offers Russell the reset he desperately needs\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\" data-cf-ignore>\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mark Hughes<\/strong> examines why Barcelona&#8217;s high-energy demands could be the perfect antidote to Russell&#8217;s Monaco misery, and why Leclerc&#8217;s brake woes are harder to solve than they appear<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-06-12\">12th June 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Hughes<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>                                                                                            \n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/sports-cars\/le-mans\/full-starting-grid-for-2026-le-mans-24-hours-bmw-takes-pole-after-qualifying-drama\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BMW-at-Le-Mans-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"Full starting grid for 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours &#8211; BMW takes pole after qualifying drama\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BMW-at-Le-Mans-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BMW-at-Le-Mans-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Le Mans News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFull starting grid for 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours &#8211; BMW takes pole after qualifying drama\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\" data-cf-ignore>\n\t\t\t\t<p>BMW will start on pole for the Le Mans 24 Hours after the fastest lap of the Hyperpole session \u2014 by Cadillac \u2014 was deleted. See the full starting grid for the race&#8217;s 94th running this weekend<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-06-12\">12th June 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDominic Tobin<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"article-grid__column\">\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section\n        class=\"c-article-listing article-listing content-section\"\n        data-behaviour=\"tag-automation\"\n        data-automation-type=\"related-issue-articles\"\n        data-tags=\"[&quot;Jean-Pierre Wimille&quot;]\"\n        data-current-post=\"38955\"\n        data-count-override=\"8\"><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-database-cats database-cats content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"database-cats__content\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/series.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">3,496<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Championships<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/championships\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/results.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">20,180<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Results<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/races\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/drivers.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">26,099<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Drivers<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/drivers\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/team-driver-image.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">14,830<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Teams<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/teams\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/circuits.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">935<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Circuits<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/circuits\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"author":849,"featured_media":53587,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[32169],"series":[119,132,144,181,191,202,241],"country":[782],"gender":[28],"class_list":["post-38955","driver","type-driver","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-jean-pierre-wimille","series-formule-libre","series-gp","series-indycars","series-non-championship-f1","series-non-championship-sportscars","series-other-gps","series-voiturette","country-france","gender-male"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jean-Pierre Wimille \u2022 Career &amp; Character Info | Motorsport Database<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out about Formule Libre driver, Jean-Pierre Wimille, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jean-Pierre Wimille \u2022 Career &amp; Character Info | Motorsport Database\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find out about Formule Libre driver, Jean-Pierre Wimille, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-08T10:15:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/wimille.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/drivers\\\/jean-pierre-wimille\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/drivers\\\/jean-pierre-wimille\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jean-Pierre Wimille \u2022 Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/drivers\\\/jean-pierre-wimille\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/drivers\\\/jean-pierre-wimille\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/wimille.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-06T18:59:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-08T10:15:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"Find out about Formule Libre driver, Jean-Pierre Wimille, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/drivers\\\/jean-pierre-wimille\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/drivers\\\/jean-pierre-wimille\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/drivers\\\/jean-pierre-wimille\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/wimille.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/wimille.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/drivers\\\/jean-pierre-wimille\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Drivers\\\/Riders\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/drivers\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Jean-Pierre Wimille\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/\",\"name\":\"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jean-Pierre Wimille \u2022 Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database","description":"Find out about Formule Libre driver, Jean-Pierre Wimille, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jean-Pierre Wimille \u2022 Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database","og_description":"Find out about Formule Libre driver, Jean-Pierre Wimille, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/","og_site_name":"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine","article_modified_time":"2023-11-08T10:15:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/wimille.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/","name":"Jean-Pierre Wimille \u2022 Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/wimille.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-06T18:59:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-08T10:15:19+00:00","description":"Find out about Formule Libre driver, Jean-Pierre Wimille, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/wimille.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/wimille.jpg","width":300,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-pierre-wimille\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Drivers\/Riders","item":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Jean-Pierre Wimille"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/","name":"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/driver\/38955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/driver"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/driver"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/849"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/driver\/38955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161485,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/driver\/38955\/revisions\/161485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38955"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=38955"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=38955"},{"taxonomy":"gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gender?post=38955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}