1906 French Grand Prix

1906 French Grand Prix
Race details
Date	June 26, 1906
Official name	IX Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location	Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France
Course	Public roads
Course length	103.17 km (64.11 miles)
Distance	12 laps, 1238.03 km (769.28 miles)
Fastest lap
Driver	Paul Baras	Brasier
Time	52:25.4
Podium
First	Ferenc Szisz	Renault
Second	Felice Nazzaro	FIAT
Third	Albert Clément	Clément-Bayard

The 1906 French Grand Prix was the first Grand Prix motor race and took place at Le Mans on 26th June 1906.

The Field

32 cars set off at 90-second intervals to complete 12 laps of a 64-mile (103 km) circuit on the public roads to the east of the city of Sarthe. The field was led away by Fernand Gabriel's Lorraine-Dietrich.

The Race

At the end of the first lap Vincenzo Lancia's Fiat led the way with a time of 53m42secs. At the end of the second lap Paul Baras led in a Brasier. And by the end of the third it was Ferenc Szisz in his Renault AK 90CV, the most consistent of the drivers, who moved into the lead. After six laps the racing stopped with the cars going into parc fermé and the remaining six laps were completed the following day with Szisz winning for Renault, finishing 32 minutes ahead of Felice Nazzaro's Fiat.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	3A	Ferenc Szisz	Renault AK	12	12:14:07.4
2	2B	Felice Nazzaro	FIAT 130 hp		+32:19.4
3	13A	Albert Clément	Clément-Bayard 100 hp		+35:39.2
4	5B	Jules Barillier	Brasier 105 hp		+1:38:53.0
5	2A	Vincenzo Lancia	FIAT 130 hp		+2:08:04.0
6	10A	George Heath	Panhard 130		+2:33:38.4
7	5A	Paul Baras	Brasier 105 hp		+3:01:43.0
8	1C	Arthur Duray	Lorraine-Dietrich		+3:11:54.6
9	5C	"Pierry"	Brasier 105 hp		+4:01:00.6
10	6A	Camille Jenatzy J. T. Alexander Burton	Mercedes 120		+4:04:35.8
11	6B	"Mariaux"	Mercedes 120		+4:34:44.4
NC	1B	Henry Rougier	Lorraine-Dietrich	11	+1 Lap
Ret	3C	Claude Richez	Renault AK	8	Accident
Ret	12C	Elliot Shepard	Hotchkiss HH	7	Wheel
Ret	7A	Louis Rigolly	Gobron-Brillié 110 hp	7	Radiator
Ret	4A	Victor Hemery	Darracq 120 hp	7	Engine
Ret	10C	Georges Teste	Panhard 130	7	Engine
Ret	2C	Aldo Weilschott	FIAT 130 hp	5	Accident
Ret	6C	Vincenzo Florio	Mercedes 120	5	Wheels
Ret	3B	J. Edmond	Renault AK	5	Driver injury
Ret	13B	A. Villemain	Clément-Bayard 100 hp	5	Wheels
Ret	10B	Henri Tart	Panhard 130	4
Ret	12C	Hubert le Blon	Hotchkiss HH	4	Wheel
Ret	13C	"De la Touloubre"	Clément-Bayard 100 hp	3	Gearbox
Ret	12B	Jacques Salleron	Hotchkiss HH	2	Accident damage
Ret	4B	Louis Wagner	Darracq 120 hp	2	Engine
Ret	8A	Alessandro Cagno	Itala 120 hp	2	Radiator
Ret	8C	Pierre de Caters	Itala 120 hp	1	Wheel
Ret	1A	Fernand Gabriel	Lorraine-Dietrich	0	Radius rod
Ret	8B	Maurice Fabry	Itala 120 hp	0	Accident damage
Ret	9B	Xavier Civelli De Bosch	Gregoire 70 hp	0	Radiator
Ret	4C	Rene Hanriot	Darracq 120 hp	0	Engine
DNS	11A	Marius Barriaux	Vulpes		Car overweight