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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.

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.

Results

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

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Notes
1	FRA Fernand Charron	Panhard & Levassor	33:04:34	43.26 km/h
2	FRA Léonce Girardot	Panhard & Levassor	33:25:18
3	FRA "Gaudry" (Etienne Giraud)	Amédée Bollée	34:08:58
4	BEL Rene de Knyff	Panhard & Levassor	34:58:50
5	FRA René Loysel	Amédée Bollée	35:19:09
6	FRA Adam	Panhard & Levassor	35:45:57
7	FRA Auguste Doriot	Peugeot	36:20:47
8	FRA Émile Kraeutler	Peugeot	38:26:55
9	FRA Levegh (Alfred Velghe)	Mors	38:41:02
10	FRA Antony	Peugeot	39:30:14
11	FRA E. Chesnay	Mors	43:58:40
12	FRA Gilles Hourgières	Panhard & Levassor	46:50:19
13	USA George Heath	Panhard & Levassor	48:58:26
14	FRA Parix	Panhard & Levassor	52:30:58
15	FRA Védrine	Georges Richard	57:27:05

Stage Winners

The stage winners were:

Stage	Itinerary	Length	Driver	Car	Time	Speed
1	Champigny-Chateau d'Ardenne	294.90	FRA Fernand Charron	Panhard & Levassor	6:56:07s	42.52 km/h
2	Chateau d'Ardenne-Nijmegen	251.35	FRA Gilles Hourgières	Panhard & Levassor	6:00:23s	41.84 km/h
3	Nijmegen-Amsterdam	112.00	FRA Léonce Girardot	Panhard & Levassor	2:20:40s	47.77 km/h
4	Amsterdam-Liège	269.55	FRA Fernand Charron	Panhard & Levassor	5:30:43s	48.90 km/h
5	Liège-Verdun	259.90	FRA "Gaudry"(Etienne Giraud)	Amédée Bollée	5:57:09s	43.66 km/h
6	Verdun-Paris	243.30	FRA Fernand Charron	Panhard & Levassor	5:34:08s	43.69 km/h

Did not finish

Entrants who did not finish :

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

References

L'Histoire de l'Automobile par Pierre Souvestre

References

"Motoring Results Archive". TeamDan.
[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5574715/f4.zoom Gallica online archive of the Library of France]. ''[[Le Matin (France). Le Matin]]'', 8 July 1898. La course Paris-Amsterdam-Paris. Le Départ des chauffeurs de vitesse
[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5574762/f4.zoom Gallica online archive of the Library of France]. ''[[Le Matin (France). Le Matin]]'', 13 July 1898. La course Paris-Amsterdam-Paris. Seconde étape du retour - l'arrivée à Liège
[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k557477f/f3.zoom Gallica online archive of the Library of France]. ''[[Le Matin (France). Le Matin]]'', 14 July 1898. La course Paris-Amsterdam-Paris. Dernière étape des chauffeurs de vitesse. Arivée de Charron
[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k557478t/f4.zoom Gallica online archive of the Library of France]. ''[[Le Matin (France). Le Matin]]'', 15 July 1898. La course Paris-Amsterdam-Paris. Terminée pour les chauffeurs de vitesse.

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