Industrialist Alexandre Lamblin hired René Jamin to design the 2.548 km (1.583 mi) oval-shaped track. It was initially called Autodrome Parisien and featured especially high banking. A road circuit was added in 1925.
The first race, the 1925 French Grand Prix, was held on 26 July 1925 and organized by the Automobile Club of France. Robert Benoist won in a Delage, but Antonio Ascari died in an Alfa Romeo P2. The Grand Prix revisited the track in 1927 and each year between 1931 and 1937.
In 1939, the track was sold to the government, which deprived it of maintenance during the war. In December 1946, it was again sold to Union technique de l’automobile et du cycle (Utac). The last certification for racing was gained in 2001.
The 1925 French Grand Prix was the first race held at the circuit. In July 1926, Violette Cordery led a team driving an Invicta and became the first woman to be awarded the Dewar Trophy by the Royal Automobile Club. In 1929, Hellé Nice drove an Oméga-Six to victory in the all-female Grand Prix of the third Journée Feminine at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry.
The "Coupe du Salon", "Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or" and the "1000 km" were arranged irregularly due to high-speed problems. Fatal accidents at Autodrome de Montlhéry include Benoît Nicolas Musy in 1956, and the one in which Peter Lindner, Franco Patria and three flag marshals died in 1964.
The Grand Prix de France (UMF French Federation) was organized in Linas-Montlhéry in 1925, 1931, 1935 and 1937. A competitor Grand Prix de France (MCF Club) was also organized from 1924 to 1937.
The Bol d'or, a French motorcycle endurance race, was held in Linas-Montlhéry before the Second War from 1937 to 1939, and after the Second War in 1949, 1950, from 1952 to 1960, in 1969 and in 1970. British motorcycles like Velocette, Norton or Triumph were usually victorious from 1931 to 1959. Gustave Lefèvre (Norton Manx) holds the record with 7 victories. In 1969, a Honda Four won for the first time. In 1970, a Triumph Trident won for the last time.
Another race, the Côte Lapize, was open in France. In the early 1950s, Pierre Monneret riding the Gilera Four was one of the competitors. Some races were open to production motorcycles like the Coupe du Salon or the Coupes Eugène Mauve.
In 1933, the circuit hosted the UCI Road World Championships for cycling. In 1961 at Montlhery circuit, Veloce used a team of eight riders, including managing director Bertram 'Bertie' Goodman and Motorcycling staff writer Bruce Main-Smith, to set a world record on a Velocette Venom Clubman machine. In 2010, the Speed Ring played host to Ken Block's Gymkhana Three video, an advertisement for his company, DC Shoes.
As of May 1995, the fastest official race lap records at Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry are listed.
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