The 1906 French Grand Prix was a
motor race held on 26 and 27 June 1906, on closed public roads outside the city of
Le Mans. The Grand Prix was organised by the
Automobile Club de France (ACF) at the prompting of the French
automobile industry as an alternative to the
Gordon Bennett races, which limited each competing country's number of entries regardless of the size of its industry. The ACF chose a 103.18-kilometre (64.11 mi) circuit, composed primarily of dust roads sealed with
tar, which would be lapped six times on both days by each competitor, a combined race distance of 1,238.16 kilometres (769.36 mi). Lasting for more than 12 hours overall, the race was won by
Ferenc Szisz driving for the
Renault team. Renault's victory contributed to an increase in sales for the French manufacturer in the years following the race. Despite being the second to carry the title, the race has become known as the first Grand Prix. The success of the 1906 French Grand Prix prompted the ACF to run the Grand Prix again the
following year, and the German automobile industry to organise the
Kaiserpreis, the forerunner to the
German Grand Prix, in 1907. (more...)
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The 1906 French Grand Prix was a
motor race held on 26 and 27 June 1906, on closed public roads outside the city of
Le Mans. The Grand Prix was organised by the
Automobile Club de France (ACF) at the prompting of the French
automobile industry as an alternative to the
Gordon Bennett races, which limited each competing country's number of entries regardless of the size of its industry. The ACF chose a 103.18-kilometre (64.11 mi) circuit, composed primarily of dust roads sealed with
tar, which would be lapped six times on both days by each competitor, a combined race distance of 1,238.16 kilometres (769.36 mi). Lasting for more than 12 hours overall, the race was won by
Ferenc Szisz driving for the
Renault team. Renault's victory contributed to an increase in sales for the French manufacturer in the years following the race. Despite being the second to carry the title, the race has become known as the first Grand Prix. The success of the 1906 French Grand Prix prompted the ACF to run the Grand Prix again the
following year, and the German automobile industry to organise the
Kaiserpreis, the forerunner to the
German Grand Prix, in 1907. (more...)
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
3,640,605 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.