The Renault AK 90CV was a
race car
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manufactured between 1906 and 1908 by
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car maker
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Renault
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. It was also known as Renault Grand Prix de l'A.C.F. (Renault Grand Prix of the ''Automobile Club de France''). The A.C.F. Grand Prix was created in 1906, where Renault and the other racing leaders like
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started racing again after the 1903 tragedy where
Marcel Renault and nine other people lost their lives.
Renault adopted
Michelin
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tyres for the car. Michelin tyres were also used one hundred years later on Renault's 2006 World Championship winning
Renault R26
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car.
Ferenc Szisz
Ferenc Szisz (September 20, 1873 – February 21, 1944), was a Hungarian racing driver and the winner of the first Grand Prix motor racing event on a Renault AK 90CV on 26 June, 1906.
Early life
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won the first A.C.F. Grand Prix race on June 27, 1906, with an average speed of .
Grand Prix
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Vehicles introduced in 1906
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