The Renault brothers saw the point of Motorsport right from the start of their business, as it proved the performance and reliability of their cars and gained valuable publicity. However Marcel Renault was killed in a race in 1903 and after that the Renault family let others drive their car. The first ever Grand Prix race in 1906 was won by a Renault. Marcel Renault won the 1902 Rallye Paris-Vienna in the year before he was killed and Rallying was a strong part of Renault's motorsport efforts, aided by tuning from Gordini and Alpine cars built out of Renault components. Renault entered Formula One racing in 1977 and campaigned some of the earliest turbocharged F1 cars. renault-powered cars have also competed in Sports Car racing and won at Le Mans.