# 1000 km of Paris

The 1000 Kilometres of Paris was an endurance race, mainly for sports cars, which was held at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry in France from 1956 to 1995.

## 1956

The event is called Grand Prix of the Automobile Club of Île-de-France. Following the accident of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1955 and the measures taken by the public authorities, the safety conditions of the Linas-Montlhéry autodrome were improved; in particular 34 stands, with access to refueling, were built. A Maserati 300S win at the average speed of 150.239 km/h. A Gordini T15S finished in eighth place, a DB Panhard at the thirteenth, a Ferry powered by Renault at the fourteenth and a Vernet-Pairard — also powered by Renault — at the sixteenth. The three Panhard Monopoles did not finish.

## 1962

The race became part of the World Sportscar Championship. René Bonnet and Charles Deutsch each line up a 1000 cm3 prototype powered by Renault and Panhard. The domination of the Ferrari 250 GTO was unchallenged in the first six places: Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez win another victory at 157,727 km/h average.

## 1995

The race was interrupted after 540 km. The four Ferrari F40s entered in the Group GT1 were broken, as was the McLaren F1 GTR; only a Venturi 600 LM had saved the GT1's honor by finishing in fourth place.

## Winners

| Year | Driver 1 | Driver 2 | Team | Car | Time |
| 1956 | Jean Behra | Louis Rosier | Private | Maserati 300S | 6 h 41 min 03 s 100 |
| 1957–1959 | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
| 1960 | Olivier Gendebien | Lucien Bianchi | Ecurie Francorchamps | Ferrari 250 GT SWB | 6 h 54 min 46 s 800 |
| 1961 | Pedro Rodríguez | Ricardo Rodríguez | North American Racing Team | Ferrari 250 GT SWB | 6 h 32 min 15 s 200 |
| 1962 | Pedro Rodríguez | Ricardo Rodríguez | North American Racing Team | Ferrari 250 GTO. | 6 h 21 min 58 s 700 |
| 1963 | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
| 1964 | Joakim Bonnier | Graham Hill | Maranello Concessionaires | Ferrari 330 P | 6 h 32 min 53 s 100 |
| 1965 | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
| 1966 | Mike Parkes | David Piper | Private | Ferrari 250 LM | 6 h 31 min 24 s 000 |
| 1967 | Jacky Ickx | Paul Hawkins | J.W. Automotive | Mirage M1 Ford. | 7 h 18 min 19 s 800 |
| 1968 | Rolf Stommelen | Hans Herrmann | Porsche System | Porsche 908. | 6 h 12 min 20 s 100 |
| 1969 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Henri Pescarolo | Équipe Matra - Elf | Matra-Simca MS650. | 3 h 27 min 23 s 000 |
| 1970 | Jack Brabham | François Cevert | Matra Sports | Matra-Simca MS660. | 5 h 49 min 41 s 800 |
| 1971 | Derek Bell | Gijs van Lennep | J.W. Automotive | Porsche 917 | 6 h 14 min 22 s 800 |
| 1972 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Gérard Larrousse | Écurie Bonnier | Lola T280-2 | 6 h 04 min 24 s 920 |
| 1973–1993 | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
| 1994 | Henri Pescarolo | Jean-Claude Basso | JCB Racing | Venturi 600 LM | 7 h 36 min 48 s 740 |
| 1995 | Stefan Oberndorfer | Detlef Hübner | Muhlbauer Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT2 | 4 h 00 min 53 s 560 |
* Note: The 1972 race was held at Rouen-Les-Essarts.

## Endurance racing in Paris before 1956

Prior to 1956 other races were held at Montlhéry for touring cars. These included:
Grand Prix Tourisme of the AC.F.
* 1925 (1000 kilometers of Paris) — won by André Boillot in a Peugeot 18CV ahead of Pierre Gaudermen, covering nearly 1,050 km (652.4 mi) in less than 12 hours 13 minutes.
24 Hours of Paris
* 1927 — George Duller and Frank Clement led from start to finish in a Bentley 4½ Litre.
* 1955 — Auguste Veuillet and Gonzague Olivier, in a 1.1 L Porsche 550 Spyder.
8 Hours of Montlhéry
* 1934 — Charles Balester won this unique edition.
12 Hours of Paris
* 1938 — René Le Bègue and André Morel, in a Talbot Lago T26 for the first Olazur Cup.
* 1939 — Ten days before the scheduled race date Germany invades Poland, starting the Second World War. Race is cancelled.
* 1947 — Guy Mairesse, in a Delahaye 135.
* 1948 — Luigi Chinetti, in a Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa.
* 1950 — Luigi Chinetti and Jean Lucas, in a Ferrari 166 MM.
Grand Prix of the AC.F. (French Grand Prix)
* 1931 French Grand Prix – The Grand Prix was held as a 10 hour endurance race for Grand Prix cars, won by Louis Chiron and Achille Varzi driving a Bugatti.
* 1936 French Grand Prix – The Grand Prix was held as a 1000km race for Sports Cars. Won by Jean-Pierre Wimille and Raymond Sommer driving a Bugatti.
* 1937 French Grand Prix – The Grand Prix was held as a 500km race for Sports Cars. Won by Louis Chiron driving a Talbot.