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Ferenc Szisz
1944Feb, 21

Ferenc Szisz

Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
Ferenc Szisz (September 20, 1873 – February 21, 1944), was a Hungarian race car driver and the winner of the first Grand Prix motor racing event on a Renault Grand Prix 90CV on 26 June, 1906.

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