The 1906 French Grand Prix was the first automobile race that 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 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 ferme and the remaining six laps were completed the following day with Szisz winning for Renault, finishing 32 m ahead of Felice Nazzaro's Fiat.
Classification[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3A | [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Austria-Hungary | 22x20px}}|Template:Country alias Austria-Hungary]] 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 | [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Unknown | 22x20px}}|Template:Country alias Unknown]] "Pierry" | Brasier 105 hp | +4:01:00.6 | |
| 10 | 6A | Camille Jenatzy Hermann Braun †
|
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 | [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Unknown | 22x20px}}|Template:Country alias Unknown]] 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 |
† Braun raced under the pseudonym "Alexander Burton".
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