French motorcycle Grand Prix
The French motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.
Original layout of Rouen, used in 1953
Circuit Les Planques (Albi), used in 1951
The Circuit de Charade, also known as Circuit Louis Rosier and Circuit Clermont-Ferrand, is a motorsport race track in Saint-Genès-Champanelle near Clermont-Ferrand in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. The circuit, built around the base of an extinct volcano, was known for its challenging layout which favored the most skillful drivers and motorcyclists. It hosted the French Grand Prix four times and the French motorcycle Grand Prix ten times.
Yves Montand in a scene filmed at Circuit de Charade for the 1966 film, Grand Prix.
Jacky Ickx and Chris Amon competing during the 1969 French Grand Prix.