Paul Frere, the celebrated racing driver and journalist, has died at the age of 91. The Belgian never fully recovered from an accident at the end of 2006 while he was road testing a Honda Civic Type-R at the old Nurburgring in Germany. Frere, 89 at the time, suffered a shattered pelvis, several broken ribs and punctures to both lungs.

Frere competed in 11 Grands Prix after winning the non-championship Grand Prix des Frontieres at Chimay in 1952. He was taken on by Ferrari and in 1956 finished second to Peter Collins in a Lancia-Ferrari at the Belgian Grand Prix. In addition to this in 1960 he shared a Ferrari 250TR with Olivier Gendebien to win the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Frere was also a celebrated automotive and race reporter and contributed to magazines all over the world. He published a number of books.

From Autosport.com and GrandPrix.com 

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