# Motorsport before 1906

This is a list of motorsport races held before 1906, which is regarded as the first Grand Prix racing season.

## 1894

| Date | Name | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 22 July | Paris–Rouen | Jules-Albert de Dion | de Dion-Bouton |

## 1895

| Date | Name | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 18 May | Torino–Asti–Torino race | Simone Federmann | Daimler |
| 11–13 June | Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race | Paul Koechlin | Peugeot |
| 28 November | Chicago Times-Herald race | J. Frank Duryea | Duryea |

## 1896

| Date | Name | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 24–25 May | Bordeaux–Agen–Bordeaux race | Bousquet | Peugeot |
| 30 May | Cosmopolitan Magazine New York City–Irvington race | J. Frank Duryea | Duryea |
| 11 July | Meeting of Spa | Albert Laumaillé | Peugeot |
| 24 September – 3 October | Paris–Marseille–Paris race | Émile Mayade | Panhard |
| 14 November | London–Brighton race (Veteran Car Run) | Léon Bollée | Amédée Bollée |

## 1897

| Date | Name | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 29–31 January | Marseilles–Nice–La Turbie race | Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat | De Dion |
| 24 July | Paris–Dieppe race | Jules-Albert de Dion | De Dion |
| 14 August | Paris–Trouville race | Gilles Hourgières | Panhard |
| 22–23 August | Lyon–Uriage–Lyon race | Étienne Giraud | Panhard |
| 12 September | Arona–Stresa–Arona race | Giuseppe Cobianchi | Benz |

## 1898

| Date | Name | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 6–7 March | Marseille–Nice race | Fernand Charron | Panhard |
| 1 May | Course de Périgueux | Gustave Leys | Panhard |
| 11–12 May | Critérium des Entraneurs | René de Knyff | Panhard |
| 24 May | Berlin–Potsdam–Berlin race | Friedrich Greiner | Daimler |
| 29 May | Bordeaux–Agen race | Petit | Peugeot |
| 25–26 June | Bruxelles–Spa race | Pierre de Crawhez | Panhard |
| 7–13 July | Paris–Amsterdam–Paris race | Fernand Charron | Panhard |
| 17 July | Torino–Asti–Alessandria–Torino race | Guido Ehrenfreund | Miari & Giusti |
| 31 July – 1 August | Lille–Calais–Lille race | Émile Kraeutler | Peugeot |
| 20–21 August | Bordeaux–Biarritz race | René Loysel | Bollée |
| 21 August | Lyon–Lagnieu race | Eldin | Peugeot |
| 27–29 August | Trafoi–Mendelpass | Wilhelm Bauer | Daimler |
| 11 October | Kubok Obschestva Velosipednoy Ezdy | Pavel Belyaev | Clement |
| 20 October | St. Germain–Vernon–St. Germain race | Alfred Velghe | Mors |

## 1899

| Date | Name | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 26 January | Coupe de Périgord | Léonce Girardot | Panhard |
| 14 March | Verona–Brescia–Mantua–Verona race | Louis Bouvier | Bollée |
| 21 March | Nice–Castellane–Nice race | Albert Lemaître | Peugeot |
| 6 April | Pau–Bayonne–Pau race | Albert Lemaître | Peugeot |
| 28 April | Limone–Cuneo–Torino race | De Gras | Peugeot |
| 30 April | Torino–Pinerolo–Avigliani–Torino race | De Gras | Peugeot |
| 14 May | Anvers race | Pierre de Crawhez | Daimler |
| 22 May | Bordeaux–Périgueux–Bordeaux race | Barbereau | Bollée |
| 22 May | Bologna–Poggio Renatico–Malalbergo–Bologna race | Emilio Laporte | Orio & Marchand |
| 24 May | Paris–Bordeaux race | Fernand Charron | Panhard |
| 6 June | Critérium des Voiturettes | Wilfrid | Bollée |
| 11 June | Aubagne–Aix race | Gras | Peugeot |
| 19 June | Padova–Vicenza–Thiene–Bassano–Treviso–Padova race | Rossati | Mors |
| 1 July | Bruxelles–Namur–Spa race | Gaëtan De Knyff | Panhard |
| 2 July | Frankfurt–Cologne race | Fritz Held | Benz |
| 2 July | Salon–Arles–St. Gabriel–Salon race | de Farconnet | Turcat-Méry |
| 4 July | Spa–Bastogne–Spa race | René de Knyff | Panhard |
| 14 July | Mainz–Bingen–Coblenz–Mainz race | Eugène de Dietrich | De Dietrich |
| 16–24 July | Tour de France race | René de Knyff | Panhard |
| 23 July | Innsbruck–Munich race | Eugène de Dietrich | De Dietrich |
| 30 July | Paris–Saint Malo race | Antony | Mors |
| 15 August | Piacenza–Cremona–Borgo–Piacenza race | Emilio Laporte | Orio & Marchand |
| 27 August | Paris–Trouville race | Antony | Mors |
| 1 September | Paris–Oostende race | Léonce Girardot Alfred Velghe | Panhard Mors |
| 11 September | Brescia–Cremona–Mantova–Verona–Brescia race | Giuseppe Alberti | Mors |
| 11 September | Treviso–Oderzo–Codogné–Conegliano–Treviso race | Andrea Antonini | Benz |
| 17 September | Paris–Boulogne race | Léonce Girardot | Panhard |
| 20 September | Berlin–Leipzig race | Fritz Held & Richard Benz | Benz |
| 1 October | Bordeaux–Biarritz race | Alfred Velghe | Mors |
| 8 October | Paris–Rambouillet–Paris race | Louis Renault | Renault |

## 1900

| Date | Name | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 18 February | Course du Catalogue | Léonce Girardot | Panhard |
| 25 February | Circuit du Sud-Ouest | René de Knyff | Panhard |
| 26 March | Nice–Marseille–Nice race | René de Knyff | Panhard |
| 18 April | Long Island Road Race | Andrew L. Riker | Riker Electric |
| 23 April | Torino–Pinerolo–Saluzzo–Cuneo–Torino race | Cuchelet | Peugeot |
| 28 April | Torino–Asti race | Felice Nazzaro | Fiat |
| 13 May | Mannheim–Pforzheim–Mannheim race | Fritz Held | Benz |
| 28 May | Bologna–Corticella–Poggio Renatico–Malalbergo–Bologna race | Lorenzo Ginori | Bolide |
| 1–2 June | Salzburg–Linz–Vienna race | Richard von Stern | Daimler |
| 3–4 June | Bordeaux–Périgueux–Bordeaux race | Alfred Velghe | Mors |
| 14 June | Coupe Gordon Bennett | Fernand Charron | Panhard |
| 1 July | Padua–Vicenza–Bassano–Treviso–Padua race | Vincenzo Lancia | Fiat |
| 1 July | Critérium de Provence | Camille Jenatzy | Bolide |
| 25, 27–28 July | Paris–Toulouse–Paris race | Alfred Velghe | Mors |
| 29 July | Frankfurt Circuit Race | Richard Benz | Benz |
| 30 August – 2 September | Berlin–Aachen race | Émile Kraeutler | Benz |
| 10 September | Coppa Brescia | Alberto Franchetti | Panhard |

## 1901

| Date | Name | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 17 February | Grand Prix du Sud-Ouest | Maurice Farman | Panhard |
| 25 March | Nice–Salon–Nice race | Wilhelm Werner | Mercedes |
| 12 May | Mannheim–Pforzheim–Mannheim race | Willy Tischbein | De Dietrich |
| 29 May | Paris–Bordeaux race | Henri Fournier | Mors |
| 29 May | Coupe Gordon Bennett | Léonce Girardot | Panhard |
| 27–29 June | Paris–Berlin race | Henri Fournier | Mors |
| 30 June | Coppa Italia | Guido Adami | Panhard |
| 24 August | Piombino–Grosseto race | Felice Nazzaro | Fiat |
| 1 September | Oostende Meeting | Pierre de Caters | Mors |

## 1902

| Date | Name | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 15–16 May | Circuit du Nord | Maurice Farman | Panhard |
| 26–28 June | Coupe Gordon Bennett | Selwyn Edge | Napier |
| 26–28 June | Paris–Vienna race | Marcel Renault | Renault |
| 31 July | Circuit des Ardennes | Charles Jarrott | Panhard |
| 31 August | Frankfurt Circuit Race | Wilhelm Werner | Mercedes |
| 14 September | Critérium de Provence | Paul Chauchard | Panhard |

## 1903

| Name | Date | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 24 May | Paris–Madrid race | Fernand Gabriel | Mors |
| 22 June | Circuit des Ardennes | Pierre de Crawhez | Panhard |
| 2 July | Coupe Gordon Bennett | Camille Jenatzy | Mercedes |
| 30 August | Frankfurt Circuit Race | Willy Pöge | Mercedes |
| 18 October | Westend race | Gustav Müller | Mercedes |

## 1904

| Date | Name | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 20 May | Éliminatoires Françaises de la Coupe Internationale | Léon Théry | Richard-Brasier |
| 17 June | Coupe Gordon Bennett | Léon Théry | Richard-Brasier |
| 19 June | Frankfurt Circuit Race | Willy Pöge | Mercedes |
| 25 July | Circuit des Ardennes | George Heath | Panhard |
| 5 September | Coppa Brescia | Vincenzo Lancia | Fiat |
| 8 October | Vanderbilt Cup | George Heath | Panhard |
| 23 October | Bahrenfeld race | Victor Hémery | Opel-Darracq |

## 1905

| Date | Name | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
| 15 February | Cuban Race | Ernesto Carricaburu | Mercedes |
| 30 May | English Elimination Trials | Clifford Earp | Napier |
| 16 June | Éliminatoires Françaises de la Coupe Internationale | Léon Théry | Richard-Brasier |
| 5 July | Coupe Gordon Bennett | Léon Théry | Richard-Brasier |
| 7 August | Circuit des Ardennes | Victor Hémery | Darracq |
| 27 August | Frankfurt Circuit Race | Friedrich Opel | Opel |
| 3 September | Bahrenfeld race | Henri Jeannin | Argus |
| 9 September | Coppa Florio | Giovanni Battista Raggio | Itala |
| 23 September | Vanderbilt Elimination Race | Bert Dingley | Pope-Toledo |
| 14 October | Vanderbilt Cup | Victor Hémery | Darracq |