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| | Grand Prix: France is first and last at home - Sports - International Herald Tribune |
 | | MAGNY-COURS, France With a French car equipped with French tires and powered by French fuel dominating the Formula One season, the French Grand Prix this weekend will celebrate the centennial of the first-ever Grand Prix race, which took place outside Le Mans in June 1906. |
 | | On the other hand, Montagny, who was called on to race at the European Grand Prix at the beginning of May to replace Yuji Ide, a Japanese driver who was removed for causing too many accidents, said that driving at the back of the pack was more difficult. |
 | | Then again, even that first Grand Prix in 1906, although won by a Renault with Michelin tires, had a Hungarian driver, Ferenc Szisz. |
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