1906 French Grand Prix

The 1906 French Grand Prix was the first official Grand Prix, held on 26-27 June 1906 at Le Mans.
Ferenc Szisz won the 1,238.16 km Grand Prix in his Renault ahead of Felice Nazzaro and Albert Clément. The race was run in two parts, with the cars completing six laps of the 103.18km course each day.
== Entry List ==
No.	Driver 	Entrant	Constructor
1A 	Fernand Gabriel	France 	Lorraine-Dietrich
1B 	Henri Rougier 	France 	Lorraine-Dietrich
1C 	Arthur Duray 	France 	Lorraine-Dietrich
2A 	Vincenzo Lancia	Italy 	
2B 	Felice Nazzaro 	Italy 	
2C 	Aldo Weilschott	Italy 	
3A 	Ferenc Szisz 	France 	
3B 	J. Edmond 	France 	
3C 	Claude Richez 	France 	
 	 	 	
== Classification ==
Pos	No 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps	Time/Retired
1 	3A 	Ferenc Szisz 	 	12 	12:14:07.4
2 	2B 	Felice Nazzaro 	 	12 	+32:19.4
3 	13A	Albert Clément 	Clément-Bayard 	12 	+35:39.2
4 	5B 	Jules Barillier 	Brasier 	12 	+1:38:53.0
5 	2A 	Vincenzo Lancia 	 	12 	+2:08:04.0
6 	10A	George Heath 	Panhard 	12 	+2:33:38.4
7 	5A 	Paul Baras 	Brasier 	12 	+3:01:43.0
8 	1C 	Arthur Duray 	Lorraine-Dietrich	12 	+3:11:54.6
9 	5C 	"Pierry" 	Brasier 	12 	+4:01:00.6
10 	6A 	Camille Jenatzy "Burton"	 	12 	+4:04:35.8
11 	6B 	"Mariaux" 	 	12 	+4:34:44.4
Ret	1B 	Henri Rougier 	Lorraine-Dietrich	10 	Punctures
Ret	3C 	Claude Richez 	 	8 	Accident
Ret	12C	Elliott Shepard 	Hotchkiss 	7 	Wheel
Ret	4A 	Victor Hémery 	Darracq 	7 	Engine
Ret	7A 	Louis Rigolly 	Gobron-Brillié 	7 	Radiator
Ret	10C	Georges Teste 	Panhard 	6 	Accident
Ret	3B 	J. Edmond 	 	5 	Driver injury
Ret	2C 	Aldo Weilschott 	 	5 	Accident
Ret	6C 	Vincenzo Florio 	 	5 	Wheels
Ret	13B	A. Villemain 	Clément-Bayard 	4 	Wheels
Ret	12A	Hubert Le Blon 	Hotchkiss 	4 	Wheel
Ret	10B	Henri Tart 	Panhard 	4 	Suspension
Ret	13C	"De la Touloubre" 	Clément-Bayard 	3 	Gearbox
Ret	12B	Jacques Salleron 	Hotchkiss 	2 	Accident
Ret	4B 	Louis Wagner 	Darracq 	2 	Engine
Ret	8A 	Alessandro Cagno 	Itala 	2 	Radiator
Ret	8C 	Pierre de Caters 	Itala 	1 	Wheel
Ret	1A 	Fernand Gabriel 	Lorraine-Dietrich	0 	Radius rod
Ret	8B 	Maurice Fabry 	Itala 	0 	Accident
Ret	9B 	Xavier Civelli de Bosch 	Grégoire 	0 	Radiator
Ret	4C 	René Hanriot 	Darracq 	0 	Engine
DNS	9A 	Philippe Tavenaux 	Grégoire 	 	Car would not start
DNS	11A	Marius Barriaux 	Vulpes 	 	Car overweight
==External Links==
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