# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-mairesse
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:05:06.255Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-mairesse"
name: "Willy Mairesse"
slug: "willy-mairesse"
description: "Willy Mairesse was a Formula One and sports-car driver from Belgium. He participated in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 June 1960. He achieved one podium and scored a total of seven championship points. He committed suicide in a hotel room in Ostend after a crash at the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans forced an end to his career."
tagline: "Racecar driver (1928-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willy_Mairesse.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1928-10-01"
deathDate: "1969-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump