The 1901 Paris – Berlin race was organised by the French ACF and it ran on 27 – 29 June 1901. Laid out over a distance of about 1200 kilometers, it was to be competed in three sections; Paris-Aachen with about 460 km, Aachen-Hannover with 445 km and Hannover-Berlin with about 294 km. There were three vehicle classes: heavy cars for over 650 kg,, light from 400 – 650 kg and the voiturettes up to max 400 kg. The start of the 110 competing cars and 10 motorcycles was in the early hours, before sunrise. It was won by Henri Fournier with a Mors thereby realising an average of some 77 kmh in a totalling time of 13 hours and 33 minutes. Second and third were Panhard-Levassors, both about 1 hour in arrears. Louis Renault in his light voiturette finished eight amidst the heavy ones, doing very well.