How to Use grand prix in a Sentence

grand prix

noun

• Iswaran is widely credited for playing a key role in the city’s bid to host the grand prix.
  — Time, 14 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Well, Gilles Villeneuve may have been the fastest and boldest driver in Formula One, winner of six grand prix races, before his death in a racing crash a dozen years before the question.
  — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2022
• Seeking a victory in his home grand prix, Sainz later was blown off course by the wind in the same spot as Verstappen but ultimately rallied to finish fourth.
  — Joseph Wilson, ajc, 22 May 2022
• The Thomases turned the ranch into something of family amusement park by building a grand prix go-kart track, a movie theater, a dance hall and a covered full basketball court on the property.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 11 May 2022
• There will only be 311 examples, one for each of Agostini’s grand prix race victories.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2021
• The Mercedes driver wore a Black Lives Matter helmet with a black racing suit, while also taking the knee before each grand prix and encouraging his colleagues to do the same.
  — John Sinnott, CNN, 3 July 2021
• Gasly had only ever finished on the podium once before -- coming second in Brazil last year -- and had never previously led a lap of a grand prix.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 6 Sep. 2020
• One successful title defense later, Bader tested the heavyweight waters by being part of the eight-man grand prix.
  — Brian Martin/los Angeles Daily News, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2019
• After seven years of testing and debate, a head protection system will appear on racecars for the first time in a Formula One grand prix on Sunday.
  — Ian Parkes, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024