Grand Prix motor racing

Grand Prix motor racing is competition built around named Grand Prix events, often organized as rounds of a season-long championship. It includes distinct racing series with their own rules, vehicles, and histories.

Formula One: An international single-seater racing series whose season consists of Grand Prix events. Its championship is the most prominent modern example of Grand Prix motor racing.
Formula One World Championship: The annual championship awarding titles to Formula One drivers and constructors. It aggregates results from a calendar of Formula One Grand Prix races.
French Grand Prix: A historic automobile race first held in 1906 at Le Mans, France. Its 1906 running is widely recognized as the first Grand Prix automobile race.
IndyCar Series: A North American open-wheel racing championship featuring oval, street, and road-course events. It is a major open-wheel rival to Formula One, with a different calendar and sporting structure.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing: The premier international motorcycle road-racing championship, organized into classes and Grand Prix rounds. It applies the Grand Prix event format to motorcycles rather than cars.
Motor racing points system: A rule assigning championship points according to competitors' finishing positions. Points convert each Grand Prix result into a season-long standings table.
Gordon Bennett Cup: An international series of automobile races held from 1900 to 1905. Its national-team format helped shape the context for the first French Grand Prix.
NASCAR Cup Series: The premier stock-car racing championship sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. Its stock-car format contrasts with the formula-based cars common in Grand Prix racing.
Formula racing: A type of circuit racing in which vehicles follow technical rules called a formula. Formula rules define the cars used in many Grand Prix series.
Motor racing qualifying: Timed sessions or races that determine competitors' starting positions in a motor race. Qualifying establishes the grid for many Grand Prix races.

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