{"id":490627,"date":"2009-04-17T23:18:44","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T23:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=332657"},"modified":"2025-01-10T21:31:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:31:38","slug":"1921-french-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1921-french-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Formula 1 Races &#8211; The 1921 French Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1921 French Grand Prix &#8211; When America Won The Grand Prix<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Peter de Paolo<\/h3>\n<p class=\"bodyText\"><span class=\"bodyText\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/leman23.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-610009 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/leman23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/leman23.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/leman23-112x300.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/leman23-37x100.jpg 37w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/leman23-293x788.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>After the Pay-off Banquet at Indianapolis where the prize money and the various trophies were awarded with the usual ceremony, we packed up, and the next day left for France, where Uncle Ralph de Palma was scheduled to drive in the French Grand Prix, a road race that was being run that year at the Le Mans course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bodyText\">However, brother Johnny and I did not cross the Atlantic with Uncle. 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