Biography
André Simon was born in Paris in 1920 and died in 2012. The Frenchman took part in the Formula One World Championship in five seasons between 1951 and 1957: for Simca-Gordini in 1951, Ferrari in 1952, Maserati and Mercedes in 1955, Gordini and Maserati in 1956, and Maserati in 1957. He was entered for 12 races, started 11 and scored no championship points.
He had been racing at the Le Mans 24 Hours since 1949 and finished fifth in 1952, the year Mercedes won the race. In 1955 Mercedes signed him mainly to drive its sportscars. At the Monaco Grand Prix he took the car numbered 4, which had originally been entered for Hans Herrmann. At Le Mans he shared a car with Karl Kling. The pair were running third when Mercedes withdrew from the race during the night following the disaster.
Source: Wikipedia, “André Simon (racing driver)”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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