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| | Grand Prix motor racing Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Formalized Grand Prix motor racing, the precursor to Formula One, began in 1906 when the Automobile Club de France held the very first Grand Prix for automobiles at the Circuit de la Sarthe, a 103 km racetrack built near the city of Le Mans in the Sarthe département. |
 | | By the mid 1920s, there were many road racing circuits throughout Europe including the improved Brooklands in England, a new facility near Marseilles in France, the Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, a reconfigured Targa Florio in Sicily, one in Monza, Italy, the Lasarte course in Spain, as well as the AVUS and Nürburgring courses in Germany. |
 | | During the years between the wars, Bugatti was one of the dominant teams on the international racing scene winning everything from hill climbs to Grand Prix races. |
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