Founded in 1993 by former Formula One driver Philippe Streiff, it was hosted until 2001 on a temporary circuit at the Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy.

Streiff founded the Masters with the intention of bringing together the best drivers from all disciplines of professional auto racing and karting.

In 1995, Prost and Schumacher did not participate and it was a young French driver, David Terrien who won the first race ahead of Gianni Morbidelli.

[1] Also competing were names such as Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan and Fernando Alonso who would later find success in higher racing categories.

In 2000, the three-driver relay race was reintroduced and it was the French team of Sébastien Bourdais, Jean-Christophe Boullion and Julien Poncelet that won on Saturday.

In 2011, ERDF revived the competition as a one-off event with electric karts, won by Jules Bianchi on the Saturday and Jean-Éric Vergne on the Sunday.

The track was 0.550 km (0.342 mi) long, with an average width of 8 m. Approximately half of this length was outside of the main arena, but still under cover.