Motorsport before 1906

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

1894

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

1895

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Date Name Winning driver Winning
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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

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Date Name Winning driver Winning
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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

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Date Name Winning driver Winning
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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

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Date Name Winning driver Winning
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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 ? 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

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Date Name Winning driver Winning
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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
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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

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Date Name Winning driver Winning
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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

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Date Name Winning driver Winning
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17 February   Grand Prix du Sud-Ouest[1]   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

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Date Name Winning driver Winning
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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

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Name Date Winning driver Winning
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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

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Date Name Winning driver Winning
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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

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Date Name Winning driver Winning
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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

References

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  1. ^ The Grand Prix du Sud-Ouest, with Pau Grand Prix as the main category, is the first ever race with the name "Grand Prix".
  • Etzrodt, Hans. "Grand Prix Winners 1895–1949 : Part 1 (1895–1916)". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-05.