|
F1 - Grandprix.com > Features > Feature > Why I look forward to... the French Grand Prix (1423 words) |
 | The race was the French GP of 1959, at Rheims, and the winner was Tony Brooks in a 2.5-litre Ferrari Dino V6. |
| French motorsport owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the eccentric millionaire Paul Ricard, who opened his privately-financed permanent circuit near Toulon in 1971. |
| He was convinced (probably correctly) that French government ministers were in corrupt thrall to the construction industry, so he built his circuit to show that good roads needn't be expensive. |
|
GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY | FORMULA ONE RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES | THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC ... (14761 words) |
| This was true of the Le Mans circuit of the 1906 Grand Prix, as well as the Targa Florio (run on 93 miles of Sicilian roads), the German Kaiserpreis circuit (75 miles long), and the French circuit at Dieppe (a mere 48 miles), used for the 1907 Grand Prix. |
| The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was the first time in the history of the sport that the grid was deciding by timed qualifying rather than the luck of a draw. |
| The French Grand prix was held at on the Bugatti circuit at LeMans. |
Feeds |
Contact