- any of various major automobile races over a long, arduous course, especially an international car race held each year over the same course.
- any of a series of formula motor races held to determine the annual Drivers' World Championship
- (as modifier)
- a race for three-year-old horses run at Maisons Lafitte near Paris
- a very important competitive event in various other sports, such as athletics, snooker, or powerboating
