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Paul Frère

  • 1952–1956
  • FRE
  • Born 30 January 1917 in Le Havre, France
  • Died 23 February 2008

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position11
  • Avg finish5.8
  • Retirement rate55%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+14
  • Points scored11
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak1
  • Longest points-scoring streak2
  • TeamsHWM (1952–1953) · Simca-Gordini (1952) · Gordini (1954) · Ferrari (1955–1956)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

3 1952: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P16 1953: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P15 1956: 1 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P7 195219531954195519563 1952: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P16 1953: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P15 1956: 1 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P7 195219541956
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1952HWM, Simca-Gordini32P16
1953HWM20–
1954Gordini30–
1955Ferrari23P15
1956Ferrari116P7

Every race

11 entries. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 11 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1952Belgian Grand PrixHWM8P52
German Grand PrixHWM13DNF
Dutch Grand PrixSimca-Gordini11DNF
1953Belgian Grand PrixHWM11P10
Swiss Grand PrixHWM16DNF
1954Belgian Grand PrixGordini10DNF
French Grand PrixGordini19DNF
German Grand PrixGordini6DNF
1955Monaco Grand PrixsharedFerrari–P8
Belgian Grand PrixFerrari8P43
1956Belgian Grand PrixFerrari8P26

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Peter Collins1952–19560:12:1−1.61%8 : 8Compare
Lance Macklin1952–19531:02:1−3.17%2 : 0Compare
André Pilette1954–19561:02:1−9.83%6 : 2Compare
Tony Gaze19521:02:0–2 : 0Compare
Jean Behra19540:01:2–0 : 0Compare
Nino Farina19550:20:1–3 : 7Compare
Maurice Trintignant19551:11:0–3 : 8Compare
Roger Laurent19521:01:0–2 : 0Compare
Juan Manuel Fangio19560:00:1–6 : 0Compare
Eugenio Castellotti19560:00:1–6 : 0Compare
Georges Berger19540:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Jacques Pollet19540:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Johnny Claes19520:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Clemar Bucci19540:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Piero Taruffi19550:10:0–0 : 0Compare
Albert Scherrer19530:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Harry Schell19550:00:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Paul Frère came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Spa-Francorchamps515.3
Nürburgring2–