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
1957–1959	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

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.

• 1925 (1000 kilometers of Paris) — won by André Boillot in a Peugeot 18CV ahead of Pierre Gaudermen, covering nearly 1,050 km (652.4 mi) 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.

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

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)