How to Use grand prix in a Sentence

grand prix

noun
  • There are three grands prix per year in the United States.
    — Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Iswaran is widely credited for playing a key role in the city’s bid to host the grand prix.
    — Time, 14 July 2023
  • That power plant helped propel the Type 49 to four grand prix wins that first year, with Jim Clark behind the wheel.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2025
  • With a sprint race and two grands prix to go, the constructors’ championship isn’t wrapped up just yet.
    — Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Teams can repair crash damage before the grand prix but can’t swap out the whole chassis.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 May 2024
  • Drivers will be able to compete on two grand prix-style indoor tracks.
    — Bob Bong, Daily Southtown, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The sprint is a shorter race that, for the first time, will have no implications on Sunday's grand prix.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Races sometimes take place within one week of each other, and there may be as many as six major changes from one grand prix to the next.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Any race penalty in a Sprint race that would normally kick over to the next race will be served during that weekend’s grand prix.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 May 2024
  • In fact, only one driver in the top six had ever won a grand prix before -- the 40-year-old Kimi Räikkönen.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 6 Sep. 2020
  • After all, a female has not raced in F1 for more than 40 years, and just six women have taken part in a grand prix weekend.
    — Sarah Holt, CNN, 20 Aug. 2020
  • For his first grand prix, Hamilton had qualified fourth.
    — Aimee Lewis, CNN, 2 July 2020
  • Lewis Hamilton wins his fifth race in six grands prix to extend his lead to 66 points over Sebastian Vettel.
    — Matthew Knight, CNN, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Perez will remain in self-isolation for 10 days, per the UK's guidelines, which also rules him out of next weekend's grand prix at the same track.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 31 July 2020
  • White went on to win the halfpipe competition in all five of grand prix events that would qualify him for the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics.
    — Aliyah Thomas, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Horses There are lots of equestrian events, from dressage and cross-country to jumping and grand prix.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 24 July 2024
  • Cannes grand prix winner about two teenage friends whose bond is suddenly shattered.
    — Shalini Dore, Variety, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The lack of drivers won’t be the only thing that separates the grand prix from other races on the motorsports calendar.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Madden, who made her grand prix debut in 1985, is currently in the final stages of training in Europe.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 25 July 2016
  • Her one podium during the grand prix season was at Skate Canada in October.
    — Maggie Hendricks, For The Win, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Obviously, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone was key globally and was the signature grand prix of the year.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Those that love to be the red flag wavers walking in front of progress will not be employed to do so because the fastest car in this race wins the geopolitical grand prix and the hegemony cup.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Team Lotus also gained access to Honda's engines in 1987, winning two grands prix that year.
    — Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Apart from some periodic pyrotechnic bursts, the only props used were a vintage grand prix race car, four black-and-white race flags and the red race driver’s suit worn by Lamar.
    — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 May 2018
  • The pair had an even better time guessing the next clip — a video from the dressage individual grand prix freestyle, an event where horses get to show off their best moves to music.
    — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Verstappen’s resilience pays off Verstappen had to battle more later in the year, failing to win a grand prix in 10-race weekends.
    — Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
  • At Jeddah, Hülkenberg finished 10th and Magnussen finished 12th, with Hülkenberg scoring the first point for the team, the goal this year merely to score points in as many grands prix as possible.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Run over 100 kilometers during grand prix weekends, sprint qualifying will give the winner three points down to one point for third.
    — John Sinnott, CNN, 4 July 2021
  • Under the new format, one of the qualifying sessions determine the order for Sunday's grand prix, while the other decides the starting grid for the sprint race.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • In November, the young skater earned a bronze medal at the 2017 Bridgestone Skate America competition, her grand prix debut.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 6 Jan. 2018

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