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1947 General Juan Perón Grand Prix

The 1947 General Juan Perón Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Retiro street circuit in Buenos Aires on 9 February 1947.

1954 French Grand Prix

The 1954 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims on 4 July 1954, the same date of 1954 Football (Soccer) World Cup Final.

1964 News of the World Trophy

The 1st News of the World Trophy, previously known as the Glover Trophy, was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 30 March 1964 at Goodwood Circuit, England.

1965 Italian Grand Prix

The 1965 Italian Grand Prix (formally the XXXVI Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on September 12, 1965.

1980 British Grand Prix

The 1980 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXIII Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 13 July 1980.

1997 French Grand Prix

The 1997 French Grand Prix (formally the LXXXIII French Grand Prix) was a Formula Onemotor race held at Circuit de Nevers, Magny-Cours, France on 29 June 1997.

1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix

The 1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix (formally the VI Großer Warsteiner Preis von Luxemburg) was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany on September 27, 1998.

1999 Australian Grand Prix

The 1999 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LXIV Qantas Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 7 March 1999 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia.

1999 French Grand Prix

The 1999 French Grand Prix (formally the LXXXV Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held on 27 June 1999 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours near Magny-Cours, France.

2001 European Grand Prix

The 2001 European Grand Prix (formally the XLV Warsteiner Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One motor race on June 24, 2001 held at Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany.

2001 French Grand Prix

The 2001 French Grand Prix (formally the Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France on 1 July 2001.

2007 Japanese Grand Prix

The 2007 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XXXIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 2007 at the Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka.

2011 German Grand Prix

The 2011 German Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland 2011, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 24 July 2011, at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany.

2012 Hungaroring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

The 2012 Hungaroring GP2 Series round and the 2012 Hungaroring GP3 Series round was a group of motor races held at the Hungaroring circuit near Mogyoród in Hungary for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships.

2012 Monza GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

The 2012 Monza GP2 series round and the 2012 Monza GP3 Series round were a group of motor races held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Monza in Italy for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships.

2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

The 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round and the 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round was a group of motor races held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa in Belgium for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships.

Doriot

Auguste Doriot racing motorist, finished third in the world's first motor race Paris–Rouen 1894

Kanonloppet

Kanonloppet ("the cannon race") was an annual motor race, run at the Karlskoga Motorstadion in Gelleråsen in the outskirts of Karlskoga, Sweden.

Mozambique Grand Prix

The Mozambique Grand Prix or Grand Prix de Moçambique, was an open-wheel motor race held in the 1950s and 60s in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) the capital of the colony of Portuguese Mozambique.


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1928 Australian Grand Prix

The 1928 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held on the Phillip Island road course, on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia on 31 March 1928.

1950 Pau Grand Prix

The 1950 Pau Grand Prix was a Non-Championship Formula One motor race held on 10 April 1950 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.

1972 Sandown 250

The 1972 Sandown 250 was an endurance motor race for Group E Series Production Touring Cars.

1994 San Marino Grand Prix

The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the 14° Gran Premio di San Marino) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 May 1994 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, located Imola, Italy.

1995 Italian Grand Prix

The 1995 Italian Grand Prix (formally the LXVI Pioneer Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held on September 10, 1995 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy.

1995 Pacific Grand Prix

The 1995 Pacific Grand Prix (formally the II Pacific Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 22 October 1995 at the TI Circuit, Aida, Japan.

2000 Italian Grand Prix

The 2000 Italian Grand Prix (formally the LXXI Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held on September 10, 2000 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Monza, Italy.

2003 European Grand Prix

The 2003 European Grand Prix (formally the Allianz Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One motor race held on June 29, 2003 at the Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany.

2003 German Grand Prix

The 2003 German Grand Prix (formally the Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2003 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany.

2005 German Grand Prix

The 2005 German Grand Prix (formally the LXVII Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race, held on July 24, 2005 at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany.

2005 Imola GP2 Series round

The 2005 San Marino GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 23 April and 24 April 2005 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy.

2005 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round

The 2005 French GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 2 and July 3, 2005 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours, France.

2005 Nürburgring GP2 Series round

The 2005 European GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 28 May and 29 May 2005 at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany.

2006 French Grand Prix

The 2006 French Grand Prix (formally the XCII Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, near Magny-Cours, France on 16 July 2006.

2006 San Marino Grand Prix

The 2006 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the XXVI Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy on 23 April 2006.

2007 French Grand Prix

The 2007 French Grand Prix (formally the XCIII Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held on July 1, 2007 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France.

2008 French Grand Prix

The 2008 French Grand Prix (formally the XCIII Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held on June 22, 2008 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, France.

2009 Catalunya GP2 Series round

The 2009 Spanish GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on May 9 and May 10, 2009 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain.

2009 Italian Grand Prix

The 2009 Italian Grand Prix (formally the LXXX Gran Premio Santander d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held on September 13, 2009 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy.

2012 Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event

The 2012 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi (V8) Grand Prix was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars racing cars.

Calverstown

It was the first international motor race to be held in Great Britain, an honorific to Selwyn Edge who had won the 1902 event in Paris driving a Napier.

Dix, New York

Watkins Glen International – A motor race track southwest of Watkins Glen.

Georges Bouton

Georges Bouton was the nominal winner of the 'world's first motor race' on 28 April 1887, when he drove a de Dion-Bouton vehicle 2 kilometers from Neuilly Bridge to the Bois de Boulogne.

John FitzRoy, 9th Duke of Grafton

The duke died aged twenty-two, unmarried and childless, after his Bugatti crashed during a motor race in Limerick, Ireland.

Monasterevin

It was the first international motor race to be held in either Ireland or Great Britain, an honorific to Selwyn Edge who had won the 1902 event in Paris driving a Napier.

Paris–Rouen

:For the world's first motor race in 1894 see 1894 Paris–Rouen

Spencer Martin

After spectating at Mount Druitt in the late 1950s Martin entered his first motor race in 1960 in a self built car at Gnoo Blas circuit.

Theodor Weissenberger

Weissenberger became a motor racing driver after the war and was killed at the infamous Nürburgring circuit on 10 June 1950, when his BMW-powered single seater crashed on the first lap of the XV Eifelrennen motor race.