1907 Grand Prix season

Felice Nazzaro 1907

The 1907 Grand Prix season brought the new edition of the French Grand Prix, which began a new era in motorsport in 1906. Smaller races in Germany , Italy and Belgium indicated the growing interest in motorsport.

The dominant racing driver in 1907 was Felice Nazzaro , who won the Kaiserpreis , the Grand Prix of France and the Targa Florio .

The Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island in New York City was not held this year due to organizational problems related to the expansion of the route.

Racing calendar

Grande Épreuve

	date	run	route	winner	statistics
1	02.07.	ACF Grand Prix	Circuit de Dieppe	Felice Nazzaro ( Fiat )	statistics

More races

date	run	route	winner	statistics
04/22	Targa Florio	Grande circuito delle Madonie	Felice Nazzaro ( Fiat )	statistics
07.06.	Moscow - St. Petersburg	-	Arthur Duray ( Lorraine-Dietrich )
June 13-14	Kaiser Prize	Taunus	Felice Nazzaro ( Fiat )	statistics
25.06.	Ardennes Race (Grand Prix)	Bastogne	Pierre de Caters ( Mercedes )
06/27	Ardennes Race (Kaiser Prize)	Bastogne	John Moore-Brabazon ( Minerva )
01.09.	Coppa Florio	Brescia	Ferdinando Minoia ( Isotta Fraschini )
02.09.	Coppa della Velocità	Brescia	Alessandro Cagno ( Itala )

Race results

Grande Épreuve

French Grand Prix - Dieppe

→ Main article : 1907 French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Felice Nazzaro	Fiat	6: 46.33.0 h
2	Ferenc Szisz	Renault	+ 06.37.6 min
3	Paul Baras	Brasier	+ 18.32.6 min

As in the previous year, the biggest motorsport event was the French Grand Prix , which this time was held on July 2, 1907 on the 76 km Circuit de Dieppe near Dieppe in the Seine-Maritime department .

As in the previous year, there was a duel between Ferenc Szisz in a Renault and Felice Nazzaro in a Fiat , but this time the Italian was ahead. The result was clouded by the death of Frenchman Albert Clément , last year third, who had a fatal accident in training.

More races

Imperial Prize - Taunus

space	driver	team	time
1	Felice Nazzaro	Fiat	5: 34.28.2 h
2	Lucien Hautvast	Pipe	+ 04.44.2 min
3	Carl Jörns	Opel	+ 05.22.8 min

The Kaiserpreis on June 14, 1907 was the second major motorsport event in Germany after the Gordon Bennett Race in 1904 . It was held on a 117 km long route through the Taunus , which led from the Thron monastery (Wehrheim) via Oberursel , Königstein, Esch to Weilburg and back via Usingen.

Numerous German brands ( Opel , Mercedes , Eisenach , Adler and others) competed, but victory went to the Italian Felice Nazzaro in a Fiat .

Ardennes Race - Bastogne (Grand Prix)

space	driver	team	time
1	Pierre de Caters	Mercedes	6: 29.10.0 h
2	Kenelm Lee Guinness	Darracq	+ 01.24.0 min
3	Camille Jenatzy	Mercedes	+ 10.30.0 min

The Ardennes race in Bastogne was held for the sixth time on July 27, 1907. In the absence of Fiat , the German vehicles could make out victory among themselves; in the end the Belgian Count Pierre de Caters got the upper hand.

Coppa della Velocità - Brescia

space	driver	team	time
1	Alessandro Cagno	Itala	4: 37.36.6 h
2	Victor Demogeot	Darracq	+ 03.16.8 min
3	René Hanriot	Benz	+ 20.11.2 min

The Coppa della Velocità on September 2, 1907 was launched by Vincenzo Lancia , who wanted to revive motor sports in Italy, similar to the Targa Florio .

A 60 km long circuit near Brescia had to be lapped eight times. In the end, Alessandro Cagno , who had already won the Targa Florio in 1906, won.

References

Web links

Commons : Automobilsport 1907  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Hans Etzrodt: GRAND PRIX WINNERS 1895–1949. www.kolumbus.fi, June 9, 2013, accessed April 12, 2015 . 
• 1907 Grand Prix. (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on December 14, 2018 ; accessed on February 12, 2020 (English). 

Explanations

1. ↑ ^{a b} The term " Grande Épreuve " means something like "Great Trial" or "Great Competition".