Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Fwd: Bernard Cahier

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

Jesse Alexander came to Tucson for a book signing of his work, 'Driven' 
inÂ2002. ÂWe had a chance to chat for a few minutes about the old days of 
Grand Prix racing. A very interesting man andÂI bought a copy. Also one night, 
Mario Andretti was in town at a Ford dealer signing autographs, and we brought 
a few pictures, etc for him to sign. My son Harrison even had his picture taken 
beside Mario.Too bad that Mario's son Michael couldn't be as nice.

Yer pal, Ferrari BubbaÂ


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From: francis 
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Fwd: Bernard Cahier



Yes
RIP Bernard
I never met him, but have met his son Paul Henri, who is a charming  
an, a couple of times. Both father and son have produced some quite  
emorable images. I never knew the full story of Bernard.
  I am lucky also to have met Jesse Alexander, and also Rainer  
chlegelmilch and his son Boris. Is Boris still a subscriber here?
Francis

n 11 Jul 2008, at 00:12, Red5hilser [at] aol.com wrote:
> I first saw his work in 1957 when I bought my Jaguar XK-120MC and  
 then subscribed to R&T. He was their European reporter/photographer  
 at the time. That was before Henry Maney, and later, Rob Walker. I  
 saw him a few times in the '60s/'70s and '80s in the pits at U.S. GP  
 races, but never talked to him.

 Too bad that Journalism at the time didn't delve into the tabloid  
 style that we have today. Oh, the stories that he could have told.

 RIP Bernard, you20will be sorely missed, and can never really be  
 replaced.

 Your long time admirer, Bubba












 JULY 10, 2008

 Bernard Cahier 1927-2008


 Top: Bernard Cahier, Bottom: PH Cahier, Enzo Ferrari, Bernard  
 Cahier, 1964 Italian GP

  Â The Cahier Archive


 Bernard Cahier, who has died at the age of 81, was the prototype  
 Formula 1 photo-journalist. Beginning his career in Grand Prix  
 racing in 1952 he was a leading figure in F1 right through until the  
 early 1980s. His photographs, and those of his son Paul-Henri, have  
 charted virtually the entire history of the sport and his work as  
 president of the International Racing Press Association (IRPA) laid  
 the foundations for the modern system of F1 media passes. In the  
 1960s and 1970s a red IRPA armband was the ultimate ticket for any  
 journalist in the sport. Eventually this put Cahier into conflict  
 with the FIA and FOCA, a battle which he could not win, but he  
 remained close to the sport, running the Cahier Archive, one of the  
 sport's most complete=2
 0archives.
 Born in Marseilles in 1927, the son of a soldier (who ultimately  
 became a general) Bernard caught the motor racing bug early in life,  
 after attending the Marseilles GP at Miramas in 1932. He was 12 when  
 World War II broke out and at the age of 17 he joined the resistance  
 in Brittany, being active before the Normandy landings, unlike many=2
0 
 who would claim resistance affiliations.
 After the region was liberated in the summer of 1944 he joined  
 General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division and worked as an  
 engineer, clearing mines and was involved in the clearing of the  
 Royan Pocket in western France and the liberation of southern  
 Germany in the spring of 1945. He was then sent off to the French  
 colony of Cameroon for a year, before heading to the United States  
 to study at UCLA. While there he met and married Joan Updike. He  
 also became involved in the southern California sports car scene and  
 worked at Roger Barlow's International Motors, which was the largest  
 foreign car dealership in Los Angeles at the time, selling European  
 sports cars to the Americans. One of his fellow salesman was a  
 youngster called Phil Hill and the chief mechanic was Ritchie  
 Ginther. Barlow did some racing and Cahier also became involved at  
 the wheel of a MG before deciding to write about the sport. In 1952  
 the Cahiers moved to Paris and Bernard set off to Monza to  
 photograph the Italian Grand Prix. On the strength of that trip the  
 publisher LV Roussel gave him the job of writing about F1 for  
 L'Action Automo
 bile. He quickly became one of the inner circle in F1 getting to  
 know all the drivers, team managers and sponsors in the sport. In  
 time he became a celebrity in his own right, the public warming to  
 his20anecdotes and photographs that had the personal feel of holiday  
 snaps. He played an important role in linking up the American racing  
 scene with Formula 1 and helped to get Phil Hill and Dan Gurney into  
 their drives in Europe. He then became the public relations  
 consultant of Goodyear in F1 and was celebrated not only for his  
 connections inside the business but also for his charm and  
 hospitality. He knew everyone and brokered many deals. When there  
 was time he raced himself, winning the GT class on the Targa Florio  
 in 1967. He provided the very first F1 motorhome - a caravan - for  
 the use of the media. In the 1950s and 1960s he developed strng  
 friendships with many of the great names of the sport, notably Juan  
 Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss. When Hollywood came to F1 in 1966  
 Cahier helped John Frankenheimer to make the movie happen and ended  
 up playing a role himself. In 1968 he bcame one of the founder  
 members of the IRPA and in later years became its chief advocate and  
 the representative of the media in F1 circles. This led to  
 inevitable tension with Jean-Marie Balestre and Bernie Ecclestone,  
 but Cahier fought well and when denied a pass for the French GP  
 fought back by using his connections to get around the system. The  
 fact that his sister was married to Robert Mitterand, brothe
 r of President Francois Mitterand, was obviously useful. He  
 continued to
 play a role in F1 until 1983 when a change in  
 management at Goodyear resulted in the termination of his contract  
 with the US tyre company. he stepped back from the sport, leaving  
 the work to his son.
 Bernard and Joan remained regular visitors to the F1 scene and were  
 always to be found at the FIA prizegiving ceremonies.





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