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Pierre Eugene Alfred Bouillin, better known under the pseudonyms "Levegh" and "Pierre Levegh" (le-VAY, born 22 December 1905 in Paris, Île-de-France, France – died 11 June 1955 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France) was a French sportsman and racing driver. He was the nephew of Alfred Velghe, who was known as "Levegh", an automobile pioneer and racing driver who died in 1904. After dabbling in ice hockey and tennis, he became obsessed by the Le Mans 24 Hour Motor Race, in which he made it his ambition to drive. In 1938 he achieved this by becoming a relief driver for the Talbot team.

Levegh had limited single seater success, finishing 2nd at Pau in 1947 driving a Delage before switching to the Talbot-Lago team, for which he would drive in 1949, 1950 and 1951, accumulating six World Championship starts, but no points.

Levegh continued his fascination with Le Mans and raced the works Talbot to fourth in 1951 but was disatisfied with the cars performance.

As the rule change in Formula One for 1952 made his car exempt, Levegh spent his money preparing his own Talbot-Lago for a unique attempt on Le Mans – to drive the whole 24 hours by himself. Leading the race in the final hour, an exhausted Levegh missed a downshift, over-revved the engine, and broke a connecting rod, forcing his retirement.

He got his next chance at Le Mans victory in 1955 when Alfred Neubauer called him up to drive the factory Mercedes. After voicing his unease at the narrowness of the straight in front of the pits, Levegh would be involved in a multi-car crash early in the race, catapulting his car into the crowd and dying instantly in the incident that claimed at least 84 lives.

Formula One Career

1950

Levegh only entered his Talbot-Lago in three World Championship events in 1950. His first entry was at the 1950 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francochamps where he finished 7th, behind Luigi Villoresi.

His next start was at the French Grand Prix where Levegh, like most of the Talbot-Lago's overheated and retired with engine trouble. His final race on the year was the Italian Grand Prix at Monza where he suffered gearbox trouble on lap 29.

1951

Formula One Statistical Overview

Formula One Record

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Points	WDC Pos.	Report
1950	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago	0	NC	Report
1951	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago	0	NC	Report

Career Statistics

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Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts	Pos Template:1950 Results/8 Template:1951 Results/8

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap	DNS	Did not start
18th^†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)	NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4th^P	Qualified for pole position	[+] More Symbols

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:"Pierre Levegh"}}
 {{Infobox Driver
-|name =Pierre Bouillin Levegh
+|name ="Pierre Levegh"
 |image =[[File:Levegh.jpg|240px]]
-|birth date =22 December 1905
+|birth date ={{birth date|1905|12|22|df=yes}}
 |birthplace = Paris, France
-|death date =11 June 1955
+|death date ={{death date and age|1955|6|11|1905|12|22|df=yes}}
 |placeofdeath =Le Mans Circuit
 |nationality = {{FRA}} French
 |status =Deceased
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 |firstrace =[[1950 French Grand Prix]]
-|firstwin =
 |lastrace =[[1951 Italian Grand Prix]]
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-Levegh was given the name of his uncle, a racer from pre-war Grand Prix and became obsessed by the [[Le Mans 24 Hour]] Motor Race which he made it his ambition to drive. In 1938 he achieved this by becoming a relief driver for the Talbot team.
+'''Pierre Eugene Alfred Bouillin''', better known under the pseudonyms "'''Levegh'''" and "'''Pierre Levegh'''" ({{Respell|le|VAY|'}}, born [[December 22|22 December]] 1905 in Paris, Île-de-France, France – died [[June 11|11 June]] 1955 at the [[Circuit de la Sarthe]], Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France) was a French sportsman and racing driver.  He was the nephew of [[Alfred Velghe]], who was known as "Levegh", an automobile pioneer and racing driver who died in 1904.  After dabbling in ice hockey and tennis, he became obsessed by the [[Le Mans 24 Hour]] Motor Race, in which he made it his ambition to drive.  In 1938 he achieved this by becoming a relief driver for the Talbot team.
-Levegh had limited single seater success, finishing 2nd at Pau in 1947 driving a Delage before switching to the Talbot which he would drive in 1949, 50 and 51, accumulating 6 World Championship starts.
+Levegh had limited single seater success, finishing 2nd at [[1947 Pau Grand Prix|Pau in 1947]] driving a {{Delage-CON}} before switching to the {{Talbot-Lago-CON}} team, for which he would drive in {{F1|1949}}, {{F1|1950}} and {{F1|1951}}, accumulating six World Championship starts, but no points.
 Levegh continued his fascination with Le Mans and raced the works Talbot to fourth in 1951 but was disatisfied with the cars performance.
-As the rule change in Formula 1 for 1952 made his car exempt, Levegh spent his money preparing his own [[Talbot-Lago]] for an attempt on Le Mans were he retired whilst leading after 22 Hours.
+As the rule change in [[Formula One]] for {{F1|1952}} made his car exempt, Levegh spent his money preparing his own Talbot-Lago for a unique attempt on Le Mans – to drive the whole 24 hours by himself.  Leading the race in the final hour, an exhausted Levegh missed a downshift, over-revved the engine, and broke a connecting rod, forcing his retirement.
-He got his next chance at Le Mans victory in 1955 when [[Alfred Neubauer]] called him up to drive the factory Mercedes. After voicing his unease at the narrowness of the straight infront of the pits, Levegh would crash at this point in the race, catapulting his car into the crowd and died instantly in the explosion that claimed 80 peoples lives.
+He got his next chance at Le Mans victory in 1955 when [[Alfred Neubauer]] called him up to drive the factory {{Mercedes-CON}}. After voicing his unease at the narrowness of the straight in front of the pits, Levegh would be involved in a multi-car [[1955 Le Mans disaster|crash]] early in the race, catapulting his car into the crowd and dying instantly in the incident that claimed at least 84 lives.
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