Motorsport year 1899

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The highlight of the motorsport year 1899 was the Tour de France automobile organized by the Automobile Club de France , a stage tour through France over a total of 2,172 km of driving distance, a distance that has not been reached in any other city-to-city race .

Race results

The race winner Fernand Charron

Paris – Bordeaux

space driver team time
1 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Fernand Charron Panhard & Levassor 11: 43.20 h
2 Third French RepublicThird French Republic René de Knyff Panhard & Levassor + 8.06 min
3 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Léonce Girardot Panhard & Levassor + 49.15 min

On May 24, 1899, another race was held on the Paris – Bordeaux route. In contrast to the previous year (cf. motorsport year 1898 ), the event was not held over two days, but only on one day. 65 vehicles were registered. One of them was an under 18-year-old apprentice from the Italian manufacturer Prinetti & Stucchi , who started with a three-wheeler with two engines that he had converted: Ettore Bugatti . He did not reach his goal.

Panhard & Levassor , the big brand of the turn of the century, took places one to six. Victory on the 565 km long route went to Fernand Charron with an average speed of around 49 km / h.

René de Knyff on the Panhard & Levassor 16 CV winning car

Tour de France automobile

space driver team time
1 Third French RepublicThird French Republic René de Knyff Panhard & Levassor 44: 43.39.2 h
2 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Léonce Girardot Panhard & Levassor + 4: 53.00.2 h
3 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat Panhard & Levassor + 5: 01.38.8 h

In search of new challenges for cars and drivers, the French automobile club chose a circuit across France. The race, called the Tour de France , ran from July 16 to 24, 1899 in seven stages over 2172 km from Paris via Vichy , Périgueux , Nantes and back to Paris.

It was noteworthy that Fernand Charron covered 40 km in reverse after a gearbox failure before he had to retire. The race nevertheless ended with a quadruple victory for Panhard & Levassor by Baron René de Knyff , Léonce Girardot , Baron Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat and Émile Voigt .

Start of the Paris – Ostend race: on the far left one of the eventual winners, " Levegh " (No. 7)

Paris – Ostend

space driver team time
1 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Léonce Girardot Panhard & Levassor 6:11 h
1 Third French RepublicThird French Republic "Levegh" Mors 6:11 h
3 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Georges Lemaitre Peugeot + 21.0 min

In the 324 km race from Paris to Ostend on September 1, 1899, the French team Mors was able to break through the dominance of Panhard & Levassor for the first time. Since the time was only measured to the minute, Girardot and "Levegh" were declared winners at the same time.

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