Bernard Cahier was a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 Formula One

Formula One

Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...

 photo-journalist.

Cahier began photographing F1 in 1952 and in 1968 he was one of the founders of the International Racing Press Association (IRPA) which began the process of organising the media in F1. After the conflict with the FIA and FOCA

Formula One Constructors Association

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, he remained close to F1 by running the Cahier Archive, one of the sport's most complete archives.

In 1966 Cahier helped John Frankenheimer

John Frankenheimer

John Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films...

 to make the Grand Prix movie and even played a role himself.

External links

• The Cahier Archive
• Bernard Cahier 1927-2008 at Grandprix.com, July 10, 2008
• http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?s=3a1d7118f084aa906a5981d119d61db2&threadid=102581