1914 French Grand Prix

1914 French Grand Prix
Race details
Date 4 July 1914
Official name Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location Lyon, France
Course Public roads
Course length 37.629 km (23.380 miles)
Distance 20 laps, 752.58 km (467.600 miles)
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Max Sailer Mercedes GP
Time 20:06.0
Podium
First Mercedes GP
Second Mercedes GP
Third Mercedes GP

The 1914 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Lyon on 4 July 1914. Hailed as one of the greatest races of the twentieth century,[1] it was a contest between the French Peugeots and the German Mercedes. For the first time, the Grand Prix was run to an engine limitation – of 4.5L maximum capacity. It was won by the Mercedes of Christian Lautenschlager who won at an average speed of 105.7 km/h (65.7 mph) after a tense seven-hour contest with the Peugeot of Georges Boillot.

Christian Lautenschlager with his mechanic Ernst Hemminger[2] before the Grand Prix
Louis Wagner
Georges Boillot
  1. ^ Georgano 1971, p.87
  2. ^ Ludvigsen 2009, p.34

1914 French Grand Prix

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