Grand Prix de Pau

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Pau Circuit
Location Pau, France
Time zone GMT +1 (DST: +2)
Major Events Formula Three; WTCC
Circuit Length 2.769 km (1.721 mi)
Turns 15
Lap Record 1:11.353 (Lewis Hamilton, ASM Formule 3 Dallara-Mercedes F305, 2005)
Dutch driver Yelmer Buurman drives the picturesque Pau Circuit in 2006
Dutch driver Yelmer Buurman drives the picturesque Pau Circuit in 2006
The BMW team prepare before the 2007 racing weekend begins
The BMW team prepare before the 2007 racing weekend begins

The Grand Prix de Pau is an auto race held annually in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, southwestern France. The race was first held in 1901 and started running regularly in 1933, with a race being held more-or-less every year since, excluding the duration of World War II. The race was the first ever to be called a Grand Prix.

The race is run around a circuit laid out on the streets of the French town, and is in many ways similar to the more famous Formula One Monaco Grand Prix.

In the 1950s the race was run sporadically as a non-championship Formula One race, with periods as a Formula Two race. From 1964 the race was part of the French, and later the European, Formula Two championships. Formula 3000 replaced Formula Two in Europe from 1985 and the race continued as part of the European championship until 1999, when the race around the streets of Pau was changed to a Formula Three event.

[edit] Winners

see: Winners of the Grand Prix de Pau, for a full list from 1933-present (and the original 1901 race).

For the previous five years, the winners of the Grand Prix de Pau have been:

Year Driver Constructor Class Report
2008 Race 1 : Flag of Brazil Augusto Farfus BMW World Touring Car Championship Report
Race 2 : Flag of the United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW
2007 Race 1 : Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu Chevrolet World Touring Car Championship Report
Race 2 : Flag of Brazil Augusto Farfus BMW
2006 Race 1 : Flag of France Romain Grosjean Dallara Formula Three Report
Race 2 : Flag of France Romain Grosjean Dallara
2005 Race 1 : Flag of the United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Dallara Formula Three Report
Race 2 : Flag of the United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Dallara
2004 Race 1 : Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green Dallara Formula Three Report
Race 2 : Flag of France Nicolas Lapierre Dallara

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Coordinates: 43°17′33″N, 000°21′47″W

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