Pau Grand Prix

Pau Grand Prix
Circuit de Pau-Ville
Race information
Number of times held73
First held1933
Most wins (drivers)United Kingdom Jim Clark (4)
Most wins (constructors)Italy Dallara (12)
Circuit length2.760 km (1.714 miles)
Race length91.1 km (56.562 miles)
Laps16
Last race (2023)
Pole position
Podium
Fastest lap
Circuit de Pau-Ville
LocationPau, France
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
CEST (DST)
Coordinates43°17′33″N 000°21′47″W / 43.29250°N 0.36306°W / 43.29250; -0.36306
FIA Grade3
Opened19 February 1933; 91 years ago (1933-02-19)
Major eventsFormer:
TCR Europe (2023)
French F4 (2011–2019, 2022–2023)
FIA ETCR (2022)
FFSA GT (1999, 2001–2003, 2005, 2017–2019)
WTCR Race of France (2022)
Euroformula Open (2019, 2022)
WTCC Race of France
(2007–2009)
Formula Renault Eurocup (2017)
FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2011–2012, 2014–2018)
Formula 3 Euro Series (2003–2005, 2008)
FIA European Formula 3 Cup (1999–2003)
F3000 (1985–1998)
European F2 (1964–1984)
Websitehttp://www.grandprixdepau.fr/
Grand Prix Circuit (1935–present)
Length2.769 km (1.721 miles)
Turns15
Race lap record1:09.788 (Germany Maximilian Günther, Dallara F316, 2017, F3)
Original Circuit (1933)
Length2.649 km (1.646 miles)
Turns14
Race lap record2:04.000 (France Philippe Étancelin, Alfa Romeo Monza, 1933, Formula Libre)
Brazilian driver Átila Abreu drives the picturesque Pau Circuit in 2005

The Pau Grand Prix (French: Grand Prix de Pau) is a motor race held in Pau, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of southwestern France. The French Grand Prix was held at Pau in 1930, leading to the annual Pau Grand Prix being inaugurated in 1933. It was not run during World War II and in 2020–2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The race takes place around the centre of the city, where public roads are closed to form a street circuit, and over the years the event has variously conformed to the rules of Grand Prix racing, Formula One, Formula Two, Formula 3000, Formula Three, Formula Libre, sports car racing, and touring car racing.

In 2021, Autocar included the Pau Grand Prix in its list of "The 10 best street circuits in the world".[1]

  1. ^ "The 10 best street circuits in the world". Autocar. Retrieved 2021-05-26.