1906 Grand Prix season
The age of Grand Prix racing began in 1906 with the first Grand Prix de l'ACF .
After the conditions for the previous Gordon Bennett Cup were rejected by the French automotive industry, a new format was launched this season with the Grand Prix , which was intended to ensure more equal opportunities among manufacturers of the automotive nations. The Targa Florio in Sicily also served a similar purpose, but for which other provisions applied and which established itself in the following years as a kind of alternative to the "French" Grand Prix . These most important motorsport events were already (unofficially) referred to as Grandes Épreuves in common parlance .
Racing calendar
Grandes Épreuves
date | run | route | winner | statistics | |
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1 | June 26-27 | ACF Grand Prix | Le Mans | Ferenc Szisz ( Renault ) | statistics |
More races
date | run | route | winner | statistics |
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02/12 | Grand Prix of Cuba | Havana | Victor Demogeot ( Darracq ) | |
06.05. | Targa Florio | Grande circuito delle Madonie | Alessandro Cagno ( Itala ) | statistics |
08/13 | Ardennes races | Bastogne | Arthur Duray ( Lorraine-Dietrich ) | |
07.06. | Vanderbilt Elimination Race | long Island | Joe Tracy ( Locomobile ) | |
June 13-14 | Vanderbilt Cup | long Island | Louis Wagner ( Darracq ) | statistics |
Race results
Grandes Épreuves
French Grand Prix - Le Mans
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Ferenc Szisz | Renault | 12: 07-14.0 h |
2 | Felice Nazzaro | Fiat | + 31.19.4 min |
3 | Albert Clement | Clement-Bayard | + 35.39.2 min |
The French Grand Prix was held on a 103 km long Circuit de la Sarthe circuit near Le Mans , which had to be lapped a total of twelve times on two days on June 26 and 27, 1906. 32 drivers in twelve different teams, including Renault , Brasier , Mercedes-Benz , Fiat and Itala , competed.
The Hungarian Ferenc Szisz , who lives in France and a former mechanic for Louis Renault , took the lead on the fourth lap. After six laps there was a break and on the second day the drivers started according to the time gap of the previous day. Thanks to a safe, car-friendly driving style, Szisz defended his lead and won with a 31-minute lead over Felice Nazzaro .
More races
Ardennes Race - Bastogne
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Arthur Duray | Lorraine-Dietrich | 5: 38.39.2 h |
2 | René Hanriot | Darracq | + | 1.41.8 min
3 | Henri Rougier | Lorraine-Dietrich | + 11.32.2 min |
On August 13, 1906, the Ardennes race was held again. It is a circuit race near Bastogne that has been held since 1902 .
In 1906, with the victory of Belgian Arthur Durays , the race once again brought the triumph of a French vehicle.
Vanderbilt Cup - Long Island
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Louis Wagner | Darracq | 4: 50.10.0 h |
2 | Vincenzo Lancia | Fiat | + | 3.18.0 min
3 | Arthur Duray | Lorraine-Dietrich | + | 3.34.0 min
On October 6, 1906, the invitation race for the Vanderbilt Cup of the American industrialist William Kissam Vanderbilt II took place on Long Island for the third time .
It brought the first major victory for Louis Wagner , who became one of the stars of the French pre-war era.
Web links
- Hans Etzrodt: GRAND PRIX WINNERS 1895–1949. www.kolumbus.fi, June 9, 2013, accessed April 12, 2015 .
- 1906 Grand Prix. (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on December 3, 2018 ; accessed on February 12, 2020 (English).