To honour their centenary of existance, Bugatti introduced four unique Veyron Centenaire-models back in 2009. All four cars had a unique colour and a reference to an important event or car in their history. The Bugatti Veyron Centenaire Edition Blue, as it’s named in full, was captured in Monaco on a very delicate way.
The Centenaire-models are all references to special races Bugatti took part in. In the post war-era of Bugatti there were four racing drivers for Bugatti, these were Jean-Pierre Wimille, Achille Varzi, Hermann Zu Leiningen and Malcolm Campbell. Each car had a unique colour which accorded to the driver. The blue car was driven by Jean-Pierre Wimille (France, 1908-1949). He made his debut in 1930 in the Bugatti 37A, during the Grand Prix of France which he won on the age of 22 years. This was just the beginning, he was victorious in several races with his Bugatti. With the T51 he won the Grand Prix of Oran in 1932 just like the Grand Prix of Lorraine. Behind the wheel of the T59, he also won the Grand Prix of France, six years after his debut as a racing driver. Too bad Jean-Pierre Wimille died when he was just fourty years old, during a training session for the Grand Prix of Buenos Aires back in 1949.
