La Coupe Gordon Bennett, Victoire de l’équipe francais – Le Vélo – 15 June 1901
Introduction on the title is on it’s way. (Translation included at the end). Avec l’autorisation du Bibliothèque national francais gallica.bnf.fr Texte et photos compilé par motorracinghistory LE VÉLO — 9e Année, No. 2,753, Vendredi, 15 Juiln 1900 La Coupe Gordon Bennett VICTOIRE DE L’EQUIPE FRANÇAISE1er CHARRON (Panhard et Levassor), en 9 heures 9 minutes ;2e […]
The Paris-Vienna Race – The Horseless Age – 2 July 1902
The 1902 Gordon Bennett race was projected from Paris to Innsbruck and was part of the Paris-Vienna race. Only six vehicles participated: France with a Mors, a Panhard and a C.G.V. versus Great Britain with a Napier and two Wolseleys. This report of The Horseless Age deals with the Paris-Vienna race and here too, the […]
Growing Tired of Racing; England and the Gordon Bennett Cup – The Horseless Age – 16 July 1902
Shortly after the Paris-Vienna race was completed and with her, the Gordon Bennett race, The Horseless Age published a general and maybe conclusive opinion on both city-to-city racing and the distance limited Gordon Bennett races. What was to become of both contests? Looking at the journalists‘ opinion, it seems they did seem to have a […]
The French Maarket and the Race – The Horseless Age – 8 May 1901
The 1901 Gordon Bennet Cup race was planned for the end of May 1901. Two months before, in the so called „Semaine du Nice“ during the last week of March, Mercedes was very succesfull. It was their break-through against French competition. As a result, Mercedes was to reconsider their participation in the Gordon Bennett race. […]
The Gordon Benett Race – The Horseless Age – 22 May 1901
Already before it started, The Horseless Age feared no good for the second Gordon bennett Cup race of 1901. Originally, it might have looked like a contest between the German Mercedes and the French Panhard and Mors racing cars. But alas, Germany withdrew from the Gordon Bennet event, in favor of the much longer Paris-Berlin […]
The Gordon Benett Cup – The Horseless Age – 20 June 1900
The Horseless Age mostly concentrated on technical issues from motors to vehicle suspension; all through the automotive field. These 1900 issues deal with the first Gordon Bennett Cup race; the magazine would gradually adress more and more pages on motor racing. With permission of hathitrust hathitrust.org == Text and fotos compiled by motorracinghistory motorracinghistory.com THE […]
The Gordon Benett International Cup Race – The Horseless Age – 4 July 1900
An all-encompassing summary of the first Gordon Bennett Cup race Paris-Lyon. The most important conclusions: „—– that the race was very badly organized, that insufficient preparations had been made for it and that it must be looked upon as a failure.“ Here you have it, the American view on an European motor racing event, initiated […]
La Coupe Gordon Bennett – La Vie au Grand Air – 24 June 1900
On 24th June 1900, the first Gordon Bennett Cup race became a fact. But a real disappointment at the same time. In this issue it is Geroge Prade, the key editor and contributor to major French sporting magazines like Le Vélo and La Vie au Grand Air, who comments on this huge disappointment. Indeed it […]
La Coupe Gordon Bennett, Translation – La Vie au Grand Air – 7 January 1900
The year 1900 has just passed the line, the rules for the first Gordon Bennett race in 1900 had been established so as the date ot the race and further agreements were made; then already the conflicts started. It was on some participating druvers, such as Antony (pseudonym for Mr. Debray), Giraud, Lemaaitre and Levegh […]
La Coupe Gordon Bennett – La Vie au Grand Air – 7 January 1900
The year 1900 has just passed the line, the rules for the first Gordon Bennett race in 1900 had been established so as the date ot the race and further agreements were made; then already the conflicts started. It was on some participating druvers, such as Antony (pseudonym for Mr. Debray), Giraud, Lemaaitre and Levegh […]