{"id":494173,"date":"2014-12-01T19:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T03:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.sportscardigest.com\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:08:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:08:54","slug":"lyon-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lyon-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyon King"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_667366\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-667366\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FEA-p1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-667366 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FEA-p1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Prior to the 1914 French Grand Prix, the ultimately successful Mercedes team lines up in preparation. Eventual winner Lautenschlager's car is second from left.Photo: Daimler AG\" width=\"1080\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FEA-p1-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FEA-p1-1-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FEA-p1-1-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FEA-p1-1-100x59.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FEA-p1-1-770x456.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FEA-p1-1-293x174.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-667366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prior to the 1914 French Grand Prix, the ultimately successful Mercedes team lines up in preparation. Eventual winner Lautenschlager&#8217;s car is second from left.<br \/>Photo: Daimler AG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was the race every manufacturer and driver wanted to win. Having created the Grand Prix de l\u2018Automobile Club de France in 1906, France hosted the single most important automobile contest in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although the ACF retrospectively awarded its august title (not merely the French GP please note) to its epic road races back to 1895, it was at Le Mans that the true story of the Grand Prix began. The race graced Dieppe on three subsequent occasions before moving to Amiens in 1913, but in 1914 the great honor was bestowed upon France\u2019s second city, the self-appointed capital of gastronomy, Lyon. 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Although the ACF retrospectively awarded its august title (not merely the French GP please note) to its epic road races [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":667364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18331,18207],"tags":[17152,10350,11657,12412,11349,17140,548,18332,17236,17143],"class_list":["post-494173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-motorsport-profiles","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-french","tag-grand-prix","tag-belgium-grand-prix","tag-gp-history","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-profiles-motorsport-all","tag-profiles-races","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lyon King<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lyon King\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lyon-king\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lyon-king\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lyon King\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lyon King\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lyon-king\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-12-02T03:00:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:08:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FEA-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris Willows\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chris Willows\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"17 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/lyon-king\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/lyon-king\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chris Willows\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/30c26351f818ee21f0f76e590b6373db\"},\"headline\":\"Lyon King\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-02T03:00:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T03:08:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/lyon-king\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":3226,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/lyon-king\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/FEA-p1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car Culture\",\"French\",\"Grand Prix\",\"Grand Prix (Belgium)\",\"History (Grand Prix)\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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