![]() More often than not, French teams are beaten by those which have gone through the rulebook in order to discover the 'unfair advantage' - as Mark Donohue put it - that everyone in motorsport craves. Perhaps it's something to do with maintaining the virtue of laws written in France - and it is here that races and rallies are won and lost. ![]() ![]() Yet this fact hasn't always translated into success for French outfits. The world's governing body sits on the Champs Elysees and France can claim ownership of the concept of Grand Prix racing, hillclimbs, V8 engines, the Monte Carlo Rally and Le Mans 24 Hours: the keys to the kingdom as it were. It's fair to say that the French invented motorsport as we know it.
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