The 1902 Paris – Vienna race was held on the last days of June 1902 and laid out over a distance of about 1400 kilometers. It was combined with the then still not-so-popular Gordon-Bennet Cup race. As racing was not allowed in Switzerland, the section there was neutralised. The heaviest part though, was the 1700 meter high Austrian Vorarlberg pass, just after Bregenz. In those days, it was considered to be unbeatable by cars. The leader René de Knyff on a Panhard lying wide in front, broke his differential, just on that very pass. And so victory of this city-to-city race went to Marcel Renault, who then finished in Vienna with his light 30 hp Renault in some 26 hours. Victory in the accompanying Gordon-Bennett Cup race was for Selwyn F. Edge for arriving at Innsbruck as the sole survivor of that event.