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One hundred years of Grand Prix history will be celebrated at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed held on 7-9th July when Renault takes centre stage, assisted by Malaysian Grand Prix winner Giancarlo Fisichella.
Last year’s World Championship-winning Renault R25 will run from a display in front of Goodwood House together with the closest-surviving relative of the car that won the first-ever Grand Prix.
That first Grand Prix – the French Grand Prix which was held over two days on a 60-mile road course near Le Mans in June 1906 – was won by Renault’s Hungarian driver Ferenc Szisz aboard his 13-litre 90CV AX.
The car disappeared soon after the race and has never been found but it’s nearest successor is the Vanderbilt Cup Renault from 1907, virtually identical in shape and size to the victor of the first Grand Prix – and two examples of the car will be at Goodwood in July.
Renault’s R25 Formula One car will be driven on Festival Sunday by Fisichella and on Friday and Saturday by the team’s third driver Heikki Kovalainen.
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