s in the past two years, the Qatar Airways Paris E-Prix, on April 28, will be contested on the Circuit des Invalides, a tight 1.9-kilometer (1.2 mile) racecourse on city streets that loops around the historic Les Invalides complex. The Paris race sends drivers through 14 challenging turns, passing landmarks that include the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte, the French national military museum and the Hôtel des Invalides, built by Louis XIV in the 1670s as a retirement home for war veterans.
