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Tel : + 41 (0) 22 731 26 00
info@prc.ch
Pierre-Yves Meinen
Always the Free Spirit
Pierre-Yves Meinen
Always the Free Spirit
The proud grandson of a local winemaker, Peter has been passionate about fast cars since an early age. Growing up in the Geneva countryside, he first learned to drive old cars recovered from the local scrapyard after transforming them in to all-terrain vehicles.
In 1976, after receiving the logbook of his first registered car, an Autobianchi A112 Abarth, he entered Gymkhanas as a novice driver. Still a studying civil engineering at Geneva Technical College, in 1977, he borrowed an ALFA ROMEO GTV 2000 an passed his Swiss Racing License at Le Castellet circuit in southern France.
The proud grandson of a local winemaker, Peter has been passionate about fast cars since an early age. Growing up in the Geneva countryside, he first learned to drive old cars recovered from the local scrapyard after transforming them in to all-terrain vehicles.
In 1976, after receiving the logbook of his first registered car, an Autobianchi A112 Abarth, he entered Gymkhanas as a novice driver. Still a studying civil engineering at Geneva Technical College, in 1977, he borrowed an ALFA ROMEO GTV 2000 an passed his Swiss Racing License at Le Castellet circuit in southern France.
Racing Driver Learning Curb
Competing in various classes, NSU TTS Group 2, Formula Super V Horag, the Renault 5 Cup, Peter soon gain adequate experience and reached, in 1981, the semi-final of the Renault Elf Racing School at Magny-Cours. During the 1981 and 1982 seasons, he competed in a Formula 3 driving a Lola T672. His commitment as a Swiss Racing Driver, Manager, Crew Member or Organiser, competing in various events in Switzerland, France and Germany, made him realise that his future did probably not lay with racing.
Having participated to almost 90 races, at the age of 26, he decided to turn to a new challenge in the Luxury Car Rental Market. With very little or no resources and no particular knowledge in this field, through his thirst of independence and much perseverance, he opened a small arcade in the neighbourhood of the largest hotels in Geneva. With a personal and professional service, he soon gained a good reputation offering his services 7 days a week. He soon resigned as a site engineer and devoted himself exclusively to pursue his passion, and this, since 1982.
