1896 Paris–Marseille–Paris

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The Motorsport 1896 had other minor races recorded a big race, which was first organized by the Automobile Club de France ( ACF).

Race Results

Cosmopolitan Road Race

This race took place on May 30 in New York City and went over 100 km. The implementation on public roads even led in the trade press ( Horseless Age) to critical comments.

Horseless Carriage Race Providence

This race was originally planned to five runs. Following a violent storm, it was on three passages reduces on 7, 8, respectively. September 11 were carried out on the new harness racing track Narragansett Trotting Park in Pawtucket near Providence (Rhode Iceland Ten teams participated, . Was considered the shortest time of all the added runs, the first two places this was probably the first round distance race in the United States occupied electric vehicles..

Paris -Marseille- Paris

32 cars started the race Paris -Marseille- Paris from September 24 to October 3, 1896, there were only two steam-powered including the gasoline vehicles had prevailed. The experiment was run in four classes: A series 1 (heavy automobiles), A Series 2 (light automobiles, B (motorcycles ) and C ( Motordreiräder.

The route took in ten -day stages from Paris to Dijon and Lyon to Marseille and back, were a total of 1711 km to cover. The second day was a terrible thunderstorm, some vehicles dropped out and a driver was followed by a wild bull. Worst of all, however, it caught Émile Levassor. The winner of Paris -Bordeaux-Paris 1895 - and the two stages (Auxerre -Dijon; 151 km) and 3 ( Dijon -Lyon, 198 km ) of the race - was thrown out of the car near Orange and seriously injured when he dodge a dog wanted. He drove the stage at the end, but he never recovered from this accident and died in the spring of 1897.

16 vehicles reached Marseilles, but these were 14 again in Paris. The winner, Émile Mayade required almost 68 hours, which corresponds to an average speed of 25 km / hr.

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