Émile Mayade

Émile Mayade ( born August 21, 1853 in Clermont- Ferrand, † September 18, 1898 in Chevanceux, Charente -Maritime ) was a French pioneer and car racers.

Mayade was an early employee of René Panhard and Émile Levassor, which (later Panhard ) produced the Panhard & Levassor cars from the brand, and has been in this business workshop manager.

On Panhard he also launched the very first car race in history, so on 22 July 1894 with Paris -Rouen 127 km, where he finished seventh, on February 25, 1895 in the Paris- Bordeaux - Paris ( 1178 km ), which he on the finished sixth. He celebrated his biggest success by winning the race Paris -Marseille- Paris 1896 1710 km, where he also won the last three ( out of ten) day stages. In this race, his employer Émile Levassor crashed hard; he died six months later as a result. Already on 14 November took Mayade the historic Emancipation Act 86 miles from London to Brighton, where he finished fourth behind two motor tricycles of Leon Bollee Panhard & Levassor and another. This vehicle remained in the UK and was sold in 1897 for GB £ 1,200 to Sir Charles Rolls. It still exists today.

In the fall of 1898 died Émile Mayade - no fault - for one of the first fatal traffic accidents involving an automobile history.