(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000

Родился: 05.01.1920 Париж Умер: 11.07.2012 Эвиан Сезонов в Ф1: 5 Лет в Ф1: 7 Гран При: 12 Старты: 11* *не стартовал: 2 Победы: - подряд: Подиумы: - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: 6 Лучший старт: 4 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: Круги: 402 - лидирования: Километры: 2872.01 - лидирования: Очки: - за один сезон: - подряд:

Ф1: 1951-1957

Год	Команда	Шасси
1951	Equipe Gordini	Simca Gordini Type 15
1952	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500
1955	Ecurie Rosier	Maserati 250F
	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F
	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W196
1956	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16
	André Simon	Maserati 250F
1957	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati 250F
	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F

Now a somewhat forgotten figure, Simon was a key member of the Simca-Gordini team in 1950, taking a string of second-place finishes (German GP, Aix-les-Bains, Angoulême, Reims, Geneva and Périgueux) that year. He continued to race the light-blue cars in both Grands Prix and Formula 2 the following season, winning at Les Sables d'Olonne. For 1952 Simon joined Ferrari but raced in only a few events, although he did share the winning T500 with Ascari at Comminges, and took second place in the Paris GP and the Autodrome GP at Monza, and fourth in the Monaco sports car race.

From 1953 on, André raced intermittently as an independent in both Grands Prix and sports car events, taking a third for Gordini in the 1954 International Trophy. In 1955 he replaced the injured Herrmann in the Mercedes at short notice at Monaco and also raced the German team's sports cars, taking third in the Tourist Trophy. Driving a Maserati 250F, Simon won the Albi GP in 1955, but it was by then a much less important event than in previous years. He raced in a few more Grands Prix without success, his last decent placing being second in the rain-soaked 1956 Caen GP in a Gordini.

Turning to sports car and GT racing, Simon was third in the Paris 1000 Km at Montlhéry in Schlesser's Ferrari, and third in the Auvergne Trophy and Coupe de la Marne Debouteville at Rouen in 1961, also in a Ferrari. In 1962 he won the Tour de France with co-driver Dupeyren - his last major win, though he continued racing through until 1965 when he finished 12th in the Nürburgring 1000 Km in a Ford France AC Cobra with his old friend Jo Schlesser.

(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000