Pierre Bardinon (1931 – August 2012) was a French businessman and collector of Ferrari cars. Pierre Bardinon was born in 1931, an heir to the Chapal family. He later inherited their leather and fur business. Bardinon owned the Circuit du Mas du Clos racing track near his "Mas du Clos" estate near Aubusson in central France. He had three children, Patrick, Anne and Jean-Francois Bardinon. Anne and Jean-Francois sued Patrick for breach of trust after he sold

Ferrari 250 GTO The Ferrari 250 GTO is a GT car produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for homologation into the FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring Car category. It was powered by Ferrari's ''Tipo 168/62'' Colombo V12 engine. The "250" in its name denotes the disp ...

for Euro 38 million to a Taiwanese buyer in 2014, and although they lost the case, the appeals court in

Limoges Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...

ruled in their favour in 2020, and ordered Patrick to pay Euro 52.3 million euros to their common inheritance fund. His grandson

Alexandre Bardinon Alexandre Bardinon (born 9 May 2002) is a French-Swiss racing driver who last competed in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship under a French license for FA Racing. He is the grandson of French businessman and Ferrari collector Pierr ...

, son of Patrick, is a racing driver.

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