Grand Prix Explained

French: '''Grand Prix''' (pronounced as /fr/, meaning Grand Prize; plural Grands Prix), is a name rooted in competitions (such as sport events), alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honor.

Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Films

• Grand Prix (1934 film), a British motorsports drama film
• Grand Prix (1966 film), a U.S. drama film about Formula One motor racing
• Grand Prix (2010 film), a South Korean horseracing drama film
• Grand Prix (2022 film), a Czech film
• Grand Prix of Europe, an upcoming 2025 animated film

Music

• Grand Prix (album), by Teenage Fanclub
• Grand Prix (band), English rock band
• Grand Prix (song), by South Korean girl group Kep1er
• European Grand Prix for Choral Singing, an annual choral competition between the winners of six European choral competitions
• Eurovision Song Contest (originally named Grand Prix d'Eurovision de la Chanson)
  • Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, Danish selection for Eurovision Song Contest
  • Melodi Grand Prix, Norwegian selection for Eurovision Song Contest

Table or card games

• Grand Prix (Magic: The Gathering), magic tournaments

Television

• Grand Prix, a character from Adventure Time episode "Daddy-Daughter Card Wars"
• "Grand Prix" (CSI: Miami), seventh episode from second season of CSI: Miami
• Grand Prix (TV programme), BBC Television's TV coverage of Formula One motor racing
• El Grand Prix del verano, Spanish television game show

Video games

• Grand Prix (video game) by Activision
• F-1 Sensation, the Japanese/European version of the cancelled NES game Grand Prix
• Formula One Grand Prix (video game)
• Grand Prix Challenge, by Atari
• Grand Prix Circuit (video game), by Accolade
• Grand Prix Legends (1967 season)
• Mario Kart Arcade GP, an arcade game in the Mario Kart series.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, scholarship awarded in France from 1663 to 1968
• Grand Prix (Belgian Film Critics Association)
• Grand Prix at Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF)
• Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)
• Grand Prix at International Film Festival Bratislava
• Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême, a comics award
• Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, annual literary award for French and international crime fiction
• Grand prix Gobert is one of the prizes of the French Academy. It has been awarded every year in the field of history since 1834.
• Les Grands Prix, annual awards from the foundations of the Institut de France

Sports competitions

Athletics

• IAAF Grand Prix Final, an athletics competitions replaced by the IAAF World Athletics Final
• IAAF Super Grand Prix, a series of athletics meetings held until 2009

Chess

• FIDE Grand Prix
• Grand Prix Attack, a chess opening
• USCF Grand Prix

Combat sports

• D-Oh Grand Prix, annual professional wrestling tournament held by DDT Pro-Wrestling
• Dream Grand Prix, various mixed martial arts Dream Grand Prix tournaments
• International Fight League (IFL) Grand Prix, various mixed martial arts IFL Grand Prix tournaments
• International Wrestling Grand Prix, the governing body for the wrestling promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
• K-1 World Grand Prix, K-1's annual kickboxing World Grand Prix tournaments
• Pride Grand Prix, held by Pride Fighting Championships
• Strikeforce Grand Prix, a competition run by Strikeforce

Cycling

• Grand Prix Chantal Biya, a road bicycle racing event
• Grand Prix Velo Alanya (disambiguation)
• U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross, a cyclo-cross bicycle racing series

Equestrianism

• Grand Prix, now Prix Gladiateur, a horse race in France since 1862
• Grand Prix Dressage
• Grand Prix show jumping
• Nakayama Grand Prix, original name of the Arima Kinen horse race in Japan

Motorsport

• A1 Grand Prix
• Aero GP, flying competition
• D1 Grand Prix
• Grand Prix Masters
• Grand Prix motor racing, major races since 1907, governed by Formula One (F1) since 1950
• Macau Grand Prix (not F1)
• New Zealand Grand Prix (not F1)
• Grand Prix motorcycle Road Racing, known commonly as MotoGP after its premier class
• Purdue Grand Prix, a Go-Kart race held at Purdue University
• Speedway Grand Prix (motorcycle speedway)
• MXGP, main class in Motocross World Championship

Snooker

• World Grand Prix (snooker)
• Xi'an Grand Prix
• Grand Prix (snooker), a former name of the World Open
• Six-red World Grand Prix, a former name of the Six-red World Championship
• Malta Grand Prix, a former professional snooker tournament
• Norwich Union Grand Prix, a former professional snooker tournament

Tennis

• Budapest Grand Prix
• Grand Prix tennis circuit
• Marrakech Grand Prix
• Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

Other sports

• World Grand Prix (darts)
• FIVB World Grand Prix, for women's volleyball
• Grand Prix de Futsal, international futsal competition
• Grand Prix gliding
• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
• Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix Series
• Sevens Grand Prix Series, European rugby tournaments
• The Grand Prix, greyhound racing competition

Other uses

• Pontiac Grand Prix, an American automobile formerly manufactured by General Motors

See also

• Prix
• MotoGP (disambiguation)
  • Grand (disambiguation)
• GP (disambiguation)
• Tourist Trophy (disambiguation), a "big trophy" awarded in some sport competitions