Benoit Musy
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Benoît Nicolas Musy (December 13, 1917 - October 7, 1956) was a Swiss Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and race car driver.
Musy was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, the son of president Jean-Marie Musy. He got an agriculture engineering degree in Bern, and served in the air force during World War II, during which he in 1944 became famous for rescuing a large number (1200) of Jews from the concentration camp Theresienstadt with the aid of his father.
He acquired further fame as a racing driver of Moto Guzzi motorcycles, as well as various cars, the Maserati A6 GCS, Maserati 150S, Maserati 200S and Maserati 300S (#3057). In total, he attended eleven mid-1950s European sports car championships, of which he won five.
He died in a racing event at Autodrome de Montlhéry, France, driving a Maserati 200S.
