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motor-racing and rallying - events| 20 April 1887 | France | The first motor race, organized by the French cycling magazine La Vélocipède, is held in Paris. The winner (and only entrant) is Georges Bouton on a four-seater steam quadricycle. | | 26–27 June 1906 | France, Austria-Hungary | The Hungarian driver Ferenc Szisz, in a Renault, wins the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. This is regarded as the first ever motor-racing Grand Prix. | | 3 September 1935 | USA | British driver Malcolm Campbell drives Bluebird at 484.5 kph/301.1 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA; he sets a new land speed record. | | 1947 | USA | At Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, British racing driver John Cobb extends his world land-speed record from 595.02 kph/369.74 mph, set in 1939, to 634.37 kph/394.19 mph. On one of the two runs necessary for the record, he becomes the first person to exceed 400 mph on land, attaining a speed of 648.7 kph/403.1 mph. | | 12 October 2003 | Japan | Germany's Michael Schumacher clinches a record sixth world formula one motor racing championship following the Japanese grand prix at Suzuka. |
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