1000 km of Paris

The 1000 Kilometres of Paris was an endurance race, mainly for sports cars, which was held at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry in France from 1956 to 1995.

Map of the entire autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry.

1956

The event is called Grand Prix of the Automobile Club of Île-de-France. Following the accident of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1955 and the measures taken by the public authorities, the safety conditions of the Linas-Montlhéry autodrome were improved; in particular 34 stands, with access to refueling, were built. A Maserati 300S win at the average speed of 150.239 km/h. A Gordini T15S finished in eighth place, a DB Panhard at the thirteenth, a Ferry[1] powered by Renault at the fourteenth and a Vernet-Pairard -also powered by Renault- at the sixteenth. The three Panhard Monopoly didn't finish.[2]

1962

The race became part of the World Sportscar Championship. René Bonnet and Charles Deutsch each line up a 1000 cm3 prototype powered by Renault and Panhard. The domination of the Ferrari 250 GTO was unchallenged in the first six places: Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez win another victory at 157,727 km/h average.

1995

The race was interrupted after 540 km. The four Ferrari F40s entered in the Group GT1 were broken, as was the McLaren F1 GTR; only a Venturi 600 LM had saved the GT1's honor by finishing in fourth place.

Winners
Year Driver 1 Driver 2 Team Car Time
1956 Jean Behra Louis Rosier Private Maserati 300S 6 h 41 min 03 s 100
1957–1959No race
1960 Olivier Gendebien Lucien Bianchi Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 250 GT SWB 6 h 54 min 46 s 800
1961 Pedro Rodríguez Ricardo Rodríguez North American Racing Team Ferrari 250 GT SWB 6 h 32 min 15 s 200
1962 Pedro Rodríguez Ricardo Rodríguez North American Racing Team Ferrari 250 GTO.[3] 6 h 21 min 58 s 700
1963No race
1964 Joakim Bonnier Graham Hill Maranello Concessionaires Ferrari 330 P 6 h 32 min 53 s 100
1965No race
1966 Mike Parkes David Piper Private Ferrari 250 LM[4] 6 h 31 min 24 s 000
1967 Jacky Ickx Paul Hawkins J.W. Automotive Mirage M1 Ford.[5] 7 h 18 min 19 s 800
1968 Rolf Stommelen Hans Herrmann Porsche System Porsche 908.[6] 6 h 12 min 20 s 100
1969 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Henri Pescarolo Équipe Matra - Elf Matra-Simca MS650.[7] 3 h 27 min 23 s 000
1970 Jack Brabham François Cevert Matra Sports Matra-Simca MS660.[8] 5 h 49 min 41 s 800
1971 Derek Bell Gijs van Lennep J.W. Automotive Porsche 917 6 h 14 min 22 s 800
1972 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Gérard Larrousse Écurie Bonnier Lola T280-2 6 h 04 min 24 s 920
1973–1993No race
1994 Henri Pescarolo Jean-Claude Basso JCB Racing Venturi 600 LM 7 h 36 min 48 s 740
1995 Stefan Oberndorfer Detlef Hübner Muhlbauer Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 4 h 00 min 53 s 560

Endurance racing in Paris before 1956
Start of the 1938 12 hours of Paris at Montlhéry.

Prior to 1956 other races were held at Montlhéry for touring cars.[10] These included:

Grand Prix Tourisme of the AC.F.

24 Hours of Paris

8 Hours of Montlhéry

  • 1934 — Charles Balester won this unique edition.[12]

12 Hours of Paris

Grand Prix of the AC.F. (French Grand Prix)

References
  1. Ferry (GTFrance).
  2. 1000 km de Paris 1956 (Panhard Racing Team).
  3. 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1962 (Racing Sports Cars).
  4. 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1966 (Racing Sports Cars).
  5. 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1967 (YouTube Video).
  6. 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1968 (YouTube Video).
  7. 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1969 (Racing Sports Cars).
  8. 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1970 (Racing Sports Cars).
  9. Higham, Peter (1995). The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. p. 374. ISBN 0851126421.
  10. Les Grand Prix de Paris sur l'autodrome - P. Pannetier, Autodrome.over-blog.com, 19 décembre 2007
  11. GP de l'A.C.F. Tourisme 1925 (RacingSportsCars).
  12. 8 h Montlhéry - RacingSportsCars
  13. Affiche des 12 Heures de Paris 1939
  14. Résultats des 12 Heures de Paris 1938 - RacingSportsCars
  15. Résultats des 12 Heures de Paris 1950 - RacingSportsCars

(in French) 1000 km de Paris

Further reading
  • William Boddy, Montlhéry, the story of the Paris autodrome ISBN 1-84584-052-6


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