Jean-Pierre Wimille [SEP] place of death
for the Alfa Romeo team between 1946 and 1948, winning several Grand Prix races including his second French Grand Prix.
From 1946 on, Wimille built and designed cars in Paris under the brand-name Wimille. Between 1946 and 1950 around eight cars were built, at first with Citroën-engines, later with Ford V8-engines.
Jean-Pierre Wimille died at the wheel of Simca-Gordini during practice runs for the 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix. He is buried in the Cimetière de Passy in Paris. There is
J-P Wimille
The J-P Wimille was a French automobile manufactured from 1948 until 1949. Powered by a rear-mounted 22 hp Ford V-8, it was an aerodynamic saloon designed by racing driver Jean-Pierre Wimille. No more than 20 were built. Some of the cars appeared after Wimille's death in the 1953 film "Les amours finissent à l'aube".
References.
David Burgess Wise, "The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles"