Grand Prix
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Grand Prix may refer to:
Competitions
- Grand Prix (snooker)Grand Prix (snooker)The World Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It has previously been known as the Professional Players Tournament, the LG Cup and the Grand Prix. During 2006 and 2007, it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to association football and rugby tournaments than the...
, a former name of the World Open - Six-red World Grand Prix, a former name of the Sangsom Six-red World Championship
- IAAF Grand Prix FinalIAAF Grand Prix FinalThe IAAF Grand Prix Final was an athletics competition featuring track and field events staged by the International Association of Athletics Federations...
, an athletics competitions replaced by the IAAF World Athletics Final - Grand Prix de FutsalGrand Prix de FutsalThe Grand Prix de Futsal is an international futsal competition of the same kind of the FIFA Futsal World Championship but with invited nations and held annually in Brazil. It was first held in 2005.-Competition format:...
, international futsal competition - Grand Prix glidingGrand Prix glidingFAI World Grand Prix Gliding Championships are gliding competitions promoted by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale for gliders that are both more spectacular and more easily understood by the public than conventional gliding competitions....
- Grand Prix tennis circuit
- ISU Grand Prix of Figure SkatingISU Grand Prix of Figure SkatingThe ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international invitational competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Elite figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...
- FIVB World Grand Prix
- World Grand Prix (darts)
- Grand Prix (Magic: The Gathering)Grand Prix (Magic: The Gathering)Grands Prix are professional Magic: The Gathering tournaments, awarding cash prizes, Pro Points and invitations to Pro Tours. They are open to all players and are usually the biggest Magic tournaments. The first Grand Prix was held on 22–23 March 1997 in Amsterdam...
- Aero GPAero GPAero GP is an international air racing series with up to eight specially designed high-performance sports planes all racing together at speeds of up to around a tight circuit just metres off the ground and from each other. The competing pilots are military and civilian pilots from around the world...
, flying competition
Racing
- Grand Prix motor racingGrand Prix motor racingGrand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver...
, form of racing that has evolved into Formula One racing- List of Formula One Grands Prix
- Formula OneFormula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
- Grand Prix motorcycle Road RacingGrand Prix motorcycle racingRoad Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing currently divided into three distinct classes: 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP. The 125cc class uses a two-stroke engine while Moto2 and MotoGP use four-stroke engines. In 2010 the 250cc two-stroke was replaced...
, known commonly as MotoGP after its premier class.- List of Grand Prix motorcycle races
- Grand Prix Chantal BiyaGrand Prix Chantal BiyaGrand Prix Chantal Biya is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Cameroon and sponsored by the Fédération Camerounaise de Cyclisme/Ateba Koungou. The race is named in honor of Chantal Biya, the First Lady of Cameroon as wife of President Paul Biya.-Winners:-External links:*...
, a road bicycle racing event - Grand Prix MastersGrand Prix MastersGrand Prix Masters was a one-make motor racing series featuring retired Formula One drivers. The inaugural event, at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa, took place on 11–13 November, but the series folded after a 2 race season in 2006....
- A1 Grand PrixA1 Grand PrixA1 Grand Prix was a 'single make' open-wheel auto racing series. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most formula racing series. As such, it was often promoted as the "World Cup of Motorsport"...
- D1 Grand PrixD1 Grand PrixThe , abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift, is a production car drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Option magazine & Tokyo Auto Salon founder Daijiro Inada, and drifting legend Keiichi Tsuchiya hosted a professional level drifting...
- Speedway Grand PrixSpeedway Grand PrixSpeedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. As of 2008, all of the events take place in Europe.- Event format :...
(motorcycle speedway)
Chess
- Grand Prix Attack, a chess opening
- USCF Grand Prix
- FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2009
Equestrianism
- Grand Prix (horse race), the original name of the Prix Gladiateur, a horse race in France
- Nakayama Grand Prix, original name of the Arima KinenArima KinenThe Arima Kinen is a Grade I flat horse race in Japan open to Thoroughbreds which are three-years-old or above. It is run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Nakayama Racecourse, and it takes place annually in late December...
horse race in Japan - Grand Prix Dressage
- Grand Prix show jumping
Combat sports
- K-1 World Grand PrixK-1 World Grand PrixK-1 World Grand Prix, also known as the K-1 World GP, is an elimination kickboxing tournament that has been held annually since 1993 by the K-1 organization. Each year, K-1 holds various 16-men, 8-match grand prix style tournaments throughout the world to determine which 16 fighters will compete in...
, K-1's annual kickboxing World Grand Prix tournaments - Strikeforce Grand Prix, the name for a competition run by Strikeforce
- Pride Grand Prix, the name for a series of tournaments held by Pride
- DREAM Grand Prix, the name for DREAM's various mixed martial arts Grand Prix tournaments
- IFL Grand Prix, the name for International Fight League's various mixed martial arts Grand Prix tournaments
Awards
- Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. It is the second-most prestigious prize of the festival after the Palme d'Or...
- Grand Prix de Littérature PolicièreGrand Prix de Littérature PolicièreThe Grand Prix de Littérature Policière is a French literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. It is the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction in France...
, annual literary award for French and international crime fiction - Grand Prix de la ville d'AngoulêmeGrand Prix de la ville d'AngoulêmeEvery year, the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême is awarded during the Angoulême International Comics Festival to an author for his body of work and/or for his achievement in the evolution of comics....
, a comics award - Prix Saint-MichelPrix Saint-MichelThe Prix Saint-Michel is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels, with a focus on Franco-Belgian comics. They were first awarded in 1971, and are the second oldest comics award in Europe still presented, behind the Adamson Awards...
, another comics award - Grand Prix at International Film Festival BratislavaInternational Film Festival BratislavaThe International Film Festival Bratislava is an international film festival established in 1999 and held annually in Bratislava, Slovakia....
Entertainment and arts
- Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song ContestThe Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
(originally named Grand Prix d'Eurovision de la Chanson) - *Melodi Grand PrixMelodi Grand PrixMelodi Grand Prix is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1960.The festival has produced three Eurovision winners and...
- Norwegian selection for Eurovision- Dansk Melodi Grand Prix - Danish selection for Eurovision
- Grand Prix (album)Grand Prix (album)-Personnel:...
, by Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix (1934 film)Grand Prix (1934 film)Grand Prix is a 1934 British sports drama film written and directed by St. John Legh Clowes and starring John Stuart, Gillian Sande, Milton Rosmer and Peter Gawthorne. A racing car driver accidentally kills his fiancee's father.-Cast:...
, a British film - Grand Prix (1966 film), a 1966 film about Formula One motor racing
- Grand Prix (2010 film)Grand Prix (2010 film)Grand Prix is 2010 South Korean sports romance film by Yang Yun-Ho, who directed the television series Iris. It stars Kim Tae-hee and Yang Dong-geun in lead roles as horse jockeys.-Plot:...
, a South Korean film - "Grand Prix" (CSI: Miami), seventh episode from second season of CSI: Miami
- Grand Prix (band), a hard rock and AOR band from the early 1980s
Video games
- F-1 SensationF-1 Sensationis a Family Computer video game that allows players to compete with up to eleven other Formula One greats. They are divided into three levels based on real-life skill; A-level, B-level, and C-level. Each track and driver is based on the 1992 Formula One season. Pit stops are included and the crew...
, the Japanese/European version of the cancelled NES game Grand Prix - Formula One Grand Prix (video game)
- Grand Prix 2
- Grand Prix 3Grand Prix 3Grand Prix 3 is a computer racing simulator by MicroProse. Released in 2000 by Hasbro Interactive featuring the 1998 Formula One season...
- Grand Prix 4Grand Prix 4Grand Prix 4, commonly known as GP4 was released for the PC on June 21, 2002, is currently the last Formula One racing simulator released by the developer Geoff Crammond and the MicroProse label...
- Grand Prix (video game)Grand Prix (video game)Grand Prix is one of the first side-scrolling racing video games, made in 1982. It was developed by Activision for the Atari 2600. This game was later incorporated into the Activision Anthology....
by Activision - Grand Prix ChallengeGrand Prix ChallengeGrand Prix Challenge is a Formula One video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 developed by Australian developer Melbourne House and published by Atari. It was released in Europe on the 21st November 2002, and was officially licensed by Formula One Administration...
, by Atari - Grand Prix CircuitGrand Prix CircuitGrand Prix Circuit is a motor racing computer game released for the ZX Spectrum, PC, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. It was first released in 1987 by Accolade. For PC, it was released in 1988. There are eight GPs in the game: Brazil, Monaco, Canada, Detroit, Britain, Germany, Italy and...
, by Accolade - Grand Prix LegendsGrand Prix LegendsGrand Prix Legends is a computer racing simulator developed by Papyrus Design Group and published in 1998 by Sierra Entertainment...
(1967 season) - A gameplay mode in many Mario KartMario Kartis a series of go-kart-style racing video games developed by Nintendo as a series of spin-offs from its trademark Mario series of platformer adventure-style video games...
games
Other uses
- Pontiac Grand PrixPontiac Grand PrixPicking up where the Pontiac Ventura model left off, the Grand Prix first appeared in the Pontiac line for 1962. It was essentially a standard Pontiac Catalina coupe with minimal outside chrome trim and a sportier interior...
, an automobile formerly manufactured by General Motors - Grand Prix (drinks), a line of soft drinks sold in Canada by Dominion Stores in the 1960s