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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Results

Paris-Amsterdam-Paris Race - 7–13 July 1898 - 1,431 km^[1] 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:^[1]

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Time	Notes
1		Fernand Charron	Panhard & Levassor	33:04:34	43.26 kph
2		Leonce Girardot	Panhard & Levassor	33:25:18
3		"Gaudry" (Etienne Giraud)	Amédée Bollée	34:08:58
4		Rene de Knyff	Panhard & Levassor	34:58:50
5		Loysel	Amédée Bollée	35:19:09
6		Adam	Panhard & Levassor	35:45:57
7		Auguste Doriot	Peugeot	36:20:47
8		Émile Kraeutler	Peugeot	38:26:55
9		Levegh (Alfred Velghe)	Mors	38:41:02
10		Antony	Peugeot	39:30:14
11		E. Chesnay	Mors	43:58:40
12		Gilles Hourgières	Panhard & Levassor	46:50:19
13		George Heath	Panhard & Levassor	48:58:26
14		Parix	Panhard & Levassor	52:30:58
15		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	Fernand Charron	Panhard & Levassor	6:56:07s	42.52 km/h
2	Chateau d'Ardenne-Nijmegen	251.35	Gilles Hourgières	Panhard & Levassor	6:00:23s	41.84 km/h
3	Nijmegen-Amsterdam	112.00	Leonce Girardot	Panhard & Levassor	2:20:40s	47.77 km/h
4	Amsterdam-Liège	269.55	Fernand Charron	Panhard & Levassor	5:30:43s	48.90 km/h
5	Liège-Verdun	259.90	"Gaudry"(Etienne Giraud)	Amédée Bollée	5:57:09s	43.66 km/h
6	Verdun-Paris	243.30	Fernand Charron	Panhard & Levassor	5:34:08s	43.69 km/h

Did not finish

Entrants who did not finish :^[1]

Did Not Finish Driver	No.	Car	stages completed	Notes
Amédée Bollée		Amédée Bollée	3 stages
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

^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

1. "Motoring Results Archive", 1898 results (TeamDan), retrieved 7 February 2013
2. L'Histoire de l'Automobile par Pierre Souvestre
3. Gallica online archive of the Library of France. Le Matin, 8 July 1898. La course Paris-Amsterdam-Paris. Le Départ des chauffeurs de vitesse
4. 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
5. 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
6. Gallica online archive of the Library of France. Le Matin, 15 July 1898. La course Paris-Amsterdam-Paris. Terminée pour les chauffeurs de vitesse.