The French Grand Prix (French: Grand Prix de France) is one of the stages of the Formula 1 World Championship. He was included in the World Cup from the first season of 1950 to 2008. After a ten-year absence, in 2018, the French Grand Prix returned to the calendar. The first Grand Prix was held on June 26, 1906 on a circuit of public roads near Le Mans, and was the first Grand Prix in the history of motorsport.