1000 km of Paris explained

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.

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 Monopoles did not 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
1957–1959	No 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
1963	No race
1964	Joakim Bonnier	Graham Hill	Maranello Concessionaires	Ferrari 330 P	6 h 32 min 53 s 100
1965	No 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
1973–1993	No 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

• Note: The 1972 race was held at Rouen-Les-Essarts.^[9]

Endurance racing in Paris before 1956

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

Grand Prix Tourisme of the AC.F.

• 1925 (1000 kilometers of Paris) — won by André Boillot in a Peugeot 18CV ahead of Pierre Gaudermen, covering nearly 10501NaN1 in less than 12 hours 13 minutes.^[11]

24 Hours of Paris

• 1927 — George Duller and Frank Clement led from start to finish in a Bentley 4½ Litre.
• 1955 — Auguste Veuillet and Gonzague Olivier, in a 1.1 L Porsche 550 Spyder.

8 Hours of Montlhéry

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

12 Hours of Paris

• 1938 — René Le Bègue and André Morel, in a Talbot Lago T26 for the first Olazur Cup.
• 1939 — Ten days before the scheduled race date Germany invades Poland, starting the Second World War. Race is cancelled.^[13]
• 1947 — Guy Mairesse, in a Delahaye 135.
• 1948 — Luigi Chinetti, in a Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa.^[14]
• 1950 — Luigi Chinetti and Jean Lucas, in a Ferrari 166 MM.^[15]

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

• 1931 French Grand Prix – The Grand Prix was held as a 10 hour endurance race for Grand Prix cars, won by Louis Chiron and Achille Varzi driving a Bugatti.
• 1936 French Grand Prix – The Grand Prix was held as a 1000km race for Sports Cars. Won by Jean-Pierre Wimille and Raymond Sommer driving a Bugatti.
• 1937 French Grand Prix – The Grand Prix was held as a 500km race for Sports Cars. Won by Louis Chiron driving a Talbot.

Further reading

• William Boddy, Montlhéry, the story of the Paris autodrome

External links

• Livre : les 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1956-1994 (Edition Palmier)
• 1000 km de Paris 1960 (Panhard Racing Team)
• Montlhéry - 1000 km 1971 (Classic Courses)

Notes and References

1. http://gtfrance.free.fr/ferry.html Ferry
2. http://panhard-racing-team.fr/?page_id=1843- 1000 km de Paris 1956
3. http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Montlhery-1962-10-21.html 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1962
4. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Montlhery-1966-10-16.html 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1966
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSmCP43_Ejc 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1967
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0HCvTsL-cc 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1968
7. http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Montlhery-1969-10-12.html 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1969
8. http://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Montlhery-1970-10-18.html 1000 kilomètres de Paris 1970
9. Book: Higham . Peter . The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing . 1995 . 0851126421 . 374.
10. http://autodrome.over-blog.com/article-14781491.html Les Grand Prix de Paris sur l'autodrome
11. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Montlhery-1925-07-19-7754.html GP de l'A.C.F. Tourisme 1925
12. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Montlhery-1934-03-25-7483.html 8 h Montlhéry
13. https://www.amazon.com/Coupe-Olazur-Paris-Print-Archival/dp/B00GOH35KU Affiche des 12 Heures de Paris 1939
14. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Montlhery-1948-09-12.html Résultats des 12 Heures de Paris 1938
15. http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Montlhery-1950-07-23.html Résultats des 12 Heures de Paris 1950