Circuit des Ardennes
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The Circuit des Ardennes was an auto race
held annually at the Circuit de Bastogne, Bastogne
, from 1902 to 1907. It was the first major race to run on a closed course instead of from one city to another.
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held annually at the Circuit de Bastogne, Bastogne
Bastogne
Bastogne Luxembourgish: Baaschtnech) is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes. The municipality of Bastogne includes the old communes of Longvilly, Noville, Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, and Wardin...
, from 1902 to 1907. It was the first major race to run on a closed course instead of from one city to another.
Winners of the Circuit des Ardennes
| Year | Formula | Driver | Constructor | Location | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | Grand Prix | Charles Jarrott | Panhard Panhard Panhard is currently a French manufacturer of light tactical and military vehicles. Its current incarnation was formed by the acquisition of Panhard by Auverland in 2005. Panhard had been under Citroën ownership, then PSA , for 40 years... 70 |
Bastogne | Report |
| 1903 | Grand Prix |  Pierre de Crawhez |
Panhard Panhard Panhard is currently a French manufacturer of light tactical and military vehicles. Its current incarnation was formed by the acquisition of Panhard by Auverland in 2005. Panhard had been under Citroën ownership, then PSA , for 40 years... 70 |
Bastogne | Report |
| 1904 | Grand Prix |  George HeathGeorge Heath George Heath was an early American racing driver. A native Long Islander who spent much of his time in France, he won the first Vanderbilt Cup race in 1904 driving a Panhard and was retroactively awarded the 1904 National Championship in 1951. Heath returned to the Vanderbilt Cup in 1905 and... |
Panhard Panhard Panhard is currently a French manufacturer of light tactical and military vehicles. Its current incarnation was formed by the acquisition of Panhard by Auverland in 2005. Panhard had been under Citroën ownership, then PSA , for 40 years... 70 |
Bastogne | Report |
| 1905 | Grand Prix | Victor Hémery Victor Hémery Victor Hémery was a champion driver of early Grand Prix motor racing who was born in Sillé-le-Guillaume, France, Sarthe, France. In 1904 he joined Automobiles Darracq S.A. as their chief tester and helped prepare cars to compete in that year's Gordon Bennett Cup... |
Darracq Darracq Automobiles Darracq S.A. was a French motor vehicle manufacturing company founded in 1896 by Alexandre Darracq.Using part of the substantial profit he had made from selling his Gladiator bicycle factory, Alexandre Darracq began operating from a plant in the Parisian suburb of Suresnes... |
Bastogne | Report |
| 1906 1906 Grand Prix season The 1906 Grand Prix season was the first Grand Prix racing season.-Grandes Épreuves:-Other Grands Prix:... |
Grand Prix | Arthur Duray Arthur Duray Arthur Duray was born in New York City of Belgian parents and later became a French citizen. An early aviator, he held Belgian license #3. He is probably best known today for breaking the land speed record on three separate occasions between July, 1903 and March, 1904... |
Lorraine-Dietrich Lorraine-Dietrich Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissments de Dietrich and Cie branched into the manufacture of automobiles... |
Bastogne | Report 1906 Circuit des Ardennes The 1906 Circuit des Ardennes was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Bastogne circuit on August 13, 1906.- Classification :... |
| 1907 1907 Grand Prix season The 1907 Grand Prix season was the second Grand Prix racing season.-Grandes Épreuves:-Other Grands Prix:... |
Grand Prix |  Pierre de CatersPierre de Caters Baron Pierre de Caters was a Belgian adventurer, aviator and car and motorboat racer. He was the first Belgian to fly an aircraft in 1908.... |
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Bastogne | Report |
| Kaiserpreis Kaiserpreis The Kaiserpreis auto race, named after Emperor Wilhelm II, was held in 1907. Like his brother's Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt held from 1908 to 1911, it was a precursor to the German Grand Prix.... |
John Moore-Brabazon John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara, GBE, MC, PC was an English aviation pioneer and Conservative politician... |
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