Pierre Raymond Sommer (1906-08-31)31 August 1906 Mouzon, Ardennes, France
Died
10 September 1950(1950-09-10) (aged 44) Cadours, Haute-Garonne, France
Championship titles
Major victories 24 Hours of Le Mans (1932, 1933)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
French
Active years
1950
Teams
Ferrari, Talbot-Lago (works and non-works)
Entries
5
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
3
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1950 Monaco Grand Prix
Last entry
1950 Italian Grand Prix
Champ Car career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish
10th (1936)
First race
1936 Vanderbilt Cup (Westbury)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
0
0
0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years
1931–1935, 1937–1939, 1950
Teams
de Costier, privateer, Chinetti
Best finish
1st (1932, 1933)
Class wins
2 (1932, 1933)
Pierre Raymond Sommer (31 August 1906 – 10 September 1950)[1] was a French racing driver.[2] He raced both before and after WWII with some success, particularly in endurance racing. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in both 1932 and 1933, and although he did not reach the finishing line in any subsequent appearance at the Le Mans, he did lead each event until 1938. Sommer was also competitive at the highest level in Grand Prix motor racing, but did not win a race. He won the French Grand Prix in 1936, but the event that year was run as a sports car race.
After European racing resumed in the late 1940s, Sommer again won a number of sports car and minor Grand Prix events, and finished in fourth place in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, the second round of the newly-instituted Formula One World Drivers' Championship. He was killed toward the end of 1950, when his car overturned during a race at the Circuit de Cadours.
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chance of a repeat win ended with a blown gasket at 3am, whereupon RaymondSommer took the lead. He was forced to drive most of the race himself as his...
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finishing order. Wimille then allowed Varzi past to give him the victory. Sommer crossed the line two laps down to take third, and the crowd was very impressed...
Whitehead Ferrari Report 9 October V Grand Prix du Salon Linas-Montlhéry RaymondSommer Talbot-Lago-Talbot Report 18 December IV Gran Premio del General Juan...
owner of the aircraft and now scooter company Piaggio Andrea Piaggio, RaymondSommer, and Tazio Nuvolari. The first model was the 1931 '8C 2300', a reference...
Grands Prix. The car made its debut at the 1948 Italian Grand Prix with RaymondSommer and achieved its first win at the minor Circuito di Garda with Giuseppe...
field were made up of experienced privateers. These were Frenchman RaymondSommer (Alfa Tipo B), Italians Giuseppe Farina and Luigi Soffieti, Spaniard...
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari 125 F1 1.5 V12 s P 42 RaymondSommer Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari 125 F1 1.5 V12 s P 44 Franco...
strong quartet of privateer Alfa Romeos, including previous winners RaymondSommer, Earl Howe and Luigi Chinetti, were the favourites. Up against them...
with one of the previous year's winners, RaymondSommer From the start, the Italian cars set a strong pace. Sommer broke the track-record several times building...
for half the race, it was RaymondSommer and Philippe Étancelin, barely seconds apart, duelling for the lead. When Sommer broke his axle when he mounted...
The 43-lap race was won by Bugatti driver Jean-Pierre Wimille, with RaymondSommer over a minute behind in a Talbot-Lago and Eugène Chaboud third in a...
Bugatti Type 44 Reduced to 10 hours 1935 Not held 1936 Francesco Severi RaymondSommer Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A 15 km 1937 Not held 1938 Carlo Pintacuda Francesco...
just ahead of Yves Giraud-Cabantous. Pole position: RaymondSommer in 1:34.8 Fastest lap: RaymondSommer in 1:34.2 (96.94 km/h). Motor Sport, XXIII n°6, June...
Grand Prix was won by Jean-Pierre Wimille, driving the Bugatti T59S. RaymondSommer finished second and René Dreyfus third. Snellman, Leif (2006-10-26)...
entry 1954 Spanish Grand Prix 24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 1939, 1954 Teams RaymondSommer Aston Martin Best finish DNF (1939, 1954) Class wins 0...
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