UKGPL Season 16 (2008) - Zandvoort (1967) - 69mod - Dec 14

[MikeBeattie]

If Wiki said a GP, then they are well wrong, as Bugatti won many GP before the WW2, Renault and Peugeot won the GPs before WW1 and even after WW2 Lago Talbot also won some GP events in the late 1940s. However, Matra would be the first French car to win a World Championship race or F1 as they are currently called as I don't think Gordini ever won any championship races in the early 1950s

[bernie]

In 1906 The French held the very first Grand Prix for manufactures over a 64-mile course near Le Mans. Of the 32 cars that started the race 11 remained after 12 laps split over two days.

The winner was Ferenc Szisz, a Hungarian, driving a 90hp Renault. His Renault utilized detachable rims created by Michelin which enabled him to change tires in 2 to 3 minutes instead of the normal 15 minutes.

The World Championship for Drivers began in 1950 but as we all know J. Young Stewart  was most certainly not French