1898 Paris–Amsterdam–Paris

The 1898 Paris–Amsterdam–Paris Race was a competitive 'city to city' motor race which ran over 7 days from 7–13 July 1898 and covered 1,431 km. It was won by Fernand Charron driving a Panhard et Levassor for 33 hours at an average speed of 43 km/h over unsurfaced roads. http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/upto1903/1898.html Motoring Results Archive 1898 results TeamDan 7 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150714213249/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/upto1903/1898.html 14 July 2015 dead The event was organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF) and was sometimes retrospectively known as the III Grand Prix de l'A.C.F. Results Paris-Amsterdam-Paris Race - 7–13 July 1898 - 1,431 km The Categorie Vitesse (Speed category) was sub-divided into classes 'A' - vehicles with 2-3 seats; 'B' - (vehicles with 4 seats and 'C' - General. Overall The overall results for class A in the 'Categorie Vitesse' were: Pos No Driver Car Time Notes 1 FRA Fernand Charron Panhard & Levassor 33:04:34 43.26 km/h 2 FRA Léonce Girardot Panhard & Levassor 33:25:18 3 FRA "Gaudry" (Etienne Giraud) Amédée Bollée 34:08:58 4 BEL Rene de Knyff Panhard & Levassor 34:58:50 5 FRA René Loysel Amédée Bollée 35:19:09 6 FRA Adam Panhard & Levassor 35:45:57 7 FRA Auguste Doriot Peugeot 36:20:47 8 FRA Émile Kraeutler Peugeot 38:26:55 9 FRA Levegh (Alfred Velghe) Mors 38:41:02 10 FRA Antony Peugeot 39:30:14 11 FRA E. Chesnay Mors 43:58:40 12 FRA Gilles Hourgières Panhard & Levassor 46:50:19 13 USA 1896 George Heath Panhard & Levassor 48:58:26 14 FRA Parix Panhard & Levassor 52:30:58 15 FRA Védrine Georges Richard 57:27:05 Stage Winners The stage winners were: Stage Itinerary Length Driver Car Time Speed Notes 1 Champigny-Chateau d'Ardenne 294.90 FRA Fernand Charron Panhard & Levassor 6:56:07s 42.52 km/h 2 Chateau d'Ardenne-Nijmegen 251.35 FRA Gilles Hourgières Panhard & Levassor 6:00:23s 41.84 km/h 3 Nijmegen-Amsterdam 112.00 FRA Léonce Girardot Panhard & Levassor 2:20:40s 47.77 km/h 4 Amsterdam-Liège 269.55 FRA Fernand Charron Panhard & Levassor 5:30:43s 48.90 km/h 5 Liège-Verdun 259.90 FRA "Gaudry"(Etienne Giraud) Amédée Bollée 5:57:09s 43.66 km/h 6 Verdun-Paris 243.30 FRA Fernand Charron Panhard & Levassor 5:34:08s 43.69 km/h Did not finish Entrants who did not finish : Did Not Finish Driver No. Car stagescompleted Notes Amédée Bollée Amédée Bollée 3 stages Gustave Leys Panhard & Levassor 3 stages Roscoff Mors 3 stages Vinet Amédée Bollée 3 stages Baron de Turkheim Amédée Bollée 2 stages Breuil Peugeot 2 stages A. Koechlin Peugeot 1 stage Marcellin De Dion-Bouton tricycle 0 stages Max Richard Georges Richard 0 stages Georges Richard Georges Richard 0 stages See also Paris–Rouen (motor race) Paris–Bordeaux–Paris 1896 Paris–Marseille–Paris References L'Histoire de l'Automobile par Pierre Souvestre Gallica online archive of the Library of France. Le Matin, 8 July 1898. La course Paris-Amsterdam-Paris. Le Départ des chauffeurs de vitesse Gallica online archive of the Library of France. Le Matin, 13 July 1898. La course Paris-Amsterdam-Paris. Seconde étape du retour - l'arrivée à Liège Gallica online archive of the Library of France. Le Matin, 14 July 1898. La course Paris-Amsterdam-Paris. Dernière étape des chauffeurs de vitesse. Arivée de Charron Gallica online archive of the Library of France. Le Matin, 15 July 1898. La course Paris-Amsterdam-Paris. Terminée pour les chauffeurs de vitesse. Category:Auto races Category:Motorsport competitions in France Category:Motorsport competitions in Belgium Category:Motorsport competitions in the Netherlands Category:1898 in French motorsport Category:1898 in Dutch sport Category:International sports competitions in Paris Category:1898 in motorsport Category:July 1898 in Europe