The big race... June 26-27, 1906, the very first GP is the Grand Prix race. The 103.18 km distance of the approximately triangular course marked on the Le Mans - Saint Calais - Ferté Bernard highway had to be covered six times a day. There were 32 cars at the start of the two-day race, of which 16 were eliminated on the first day, and another 5 on the second, so [...]