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One hundred years of Grand Prix history will be celebrated at this year���s Goodwood Festival of Speed held on 7-9th July when Renault takes centre stage, assisted by Malaysian Grand Prix winner Giancarlo Fisichella.
Last year���s World Championship-winning Renault R25 will run from a display in front of Goodwood House together with the closest-surviving relative of the car that won the first-ever Grand Prix.
That first Grand Prix ��� the French Grand Prix which was held over two days on a 60-mile road course near Le Mans in June 1906 ��� was won by Renault���s Hungarian driver Ferenc Szisz aboard his 13-litre 90CV AX.
The car disappeared soon after the race and has never been found but it���s nearest successor is the Vanderbilt Cup Renault from 1907, virtually identical in shape and size to the victor of the first Grand Prix ��� and two examples of the car will be at Goodwood in July.
Renault���s R25 Formula One car will be driven on Festival Sunday by Fisichella and on Friday and Saturday by the team���s third driver Heikki Kovalainen.
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