1899 Grand Prix and Paris Races

14 MarVerona-Brescia-Mantua-Verona
21 MarNice-Castelline-Nice
6 AprPau-Bayone-Pau
28 AprLimone-Cuneo-Turin
30 AprTurin-Pinerolo-Avigliana-Turin
8 MayReggio Emilia
22 MayBologna-Poggio Renatico-Malalbergo-Bologna
24 MayParis-Bordeaux Trail
19 JunPadua-Vincenza-Thiene-Bassano-Trevisio-Padua
16-24 JulTour de France Trail
30 JulParis-Saint Malo
15 AugPiacenza-Cremona-Borgo-Piacenza
16 AugPiacenza Sprint
27 AugParis-Trouville
1 SepParis-Ostende
10 SepBrescia Sprint
11 SepBrescia-Cremona-Mantua-Verona-Brescia
17 SepParis-Boulogne
20 SepBergamo-Treviglio-Crema-Bergamo
1 OctBordeaux-Biarritz
29 OctTreviso Sprint
30 OctCampionato Italiano di Resistenza

Verona-Brescia-Mantua-Verona
14 March 1899 - 161 km



Results
 1 Giovanni Agnelli           Phénix 2 seater           5h03m23, 31.880 kph
 2 Louis Bouvier              Bollée                    5h42m37
 3 Virginio Benedetti         Prinetti-Stucchi 2 seater 6h03m27
 4 Giacomo Miari              Miari-Giusti              6h58m12
 5 Edoardo Corinaldi          Miari-Giusti              7h38m38
   Ettore Bugatti             Tricycle
   Victor Rigal               Tricycle

Did Not Finish
   Guglielmo Bressi           Ricordi                   lost a wheel
   Francesco Giusti           Miari-Giusti              mechanical
   Emile Laporte              Orio-Marchand             crash
   Massimo Ricordi            Benz                      


N.B.
1) 8 other starters in the tricycle class.




Nice-Castellane-Nice
21 March 1899 - 120.7 km



Results
 1 Georges Lemaître           Peugeot                2h52m50, 41.98 kph
 2 Leonce Girardot            Panhard                3h19m20
 3 A. Koechlin                Peugeot                3h22m45
 4 Loysel                     Bollée                 3h25m55
 5 Baron de Turkheim          de Dietrich            3h26m45
 6 Georges                    Peugeot                3h35m30
 7 Fernand Charron            Panhard                3h35m40
 8 Ernest Archdeacon          Delahaye               3h40m45
 9 De Dietrich                de Dietrich            3h43m50
10 Levegh (Alfred Velghe)     Mors                   3h51m40
11 Roscoff                    Mors                   3h54m30
12 Buissot                    Delahaye               4h01m10
13 Leys                       Panhard                4h10m30
14 Schneider                  Rochet-Schneider       4h24m00
15 Decauville                 Decauville             4h27m30
16 Brouhot                    Brouhot                4h59m00


Did Not Finish
   Ducom
   Etienne Giraud             Bollée
   Comte Bozon de Perigord


N.B.
1) 15 tricycles also participated.


Pau-Bayone-Pau
6 April 1899 - 206 km


Results
 1 Lemaître                   Peugeot 10 hp             3h57m36, 54.6 kph
 2 Vasseur                    Phoebus motorcycle
 3 de Gras                    motorcycle
 4 Béconnais                  motorcycle
 5 Barbereau

Did Not Finish
   Giraud                     Bollée
   Geo                        motorcycle


Limone-Cuneo-Turin
28 April 1899 - 90 km



Results
 1 de Gras                    Peugeot 10 hp             1h46m10, 50.860 kph
 2 Gondoin                    Peugeot 7 hp              2h19m00
 3 Clérissy                   Peugeot 7 hp              2h24m00
 4 Georges Duquesne           De Dion-Bouton tricycle   2h49m00
 5 Letanturier                Panhard 8 hp              2h54m00
 6 Louis Bouvier              Bollée 3 hp               2h56m00
 7 Siegfried                  Panhard 8 hp              3h17m00
 8 Laumaillé                  De Dion-Bouton tricycle   3h20m00


N.B. - this race was reserved for French drivers only




Turin-Pinerolo-Avigliana-Turin
30 April 1899 - 90 km



Results
 1 de Gras                    Peugeot 10 hp             1h59m20
 2 Paul Chauchard             Panhard 8 hp              2h02m35
 3 Gondoin                    Peugeot 7 hp              2h26m12
 4 Carlo Quagliotti           De Dion-Bouton 2 seater   2h34m48
 5 Count Carlo Biscaretti     Phénix 2 seater           2h35m35
 6 Emile Laporte              Orio-Marchand Voiturette  2h36m12
 7 Clérissy                   Peugeot 8 hp              2h42m18
 8 Letanturier                Panhard 8 hp              2h57m25
 9 Cesare Goria-Gatti         Welleyes Vetturette       3h10m09
10 Azimonti                   Hurtu 5 hp                3h14m41
11 Siegfried                  Panhard 8 hp              3h29m54
12 Massimo Ricordi            Aigle Vetturette          3h36m00
13 Fortuné Neveux             Decauville Voiturette     5h03m45
14 Guidi                      Panhard 6 hp              5h13m20

Did Not Finish
   Oudin                      Decauville Voiturette     2h13m55/out of competition
   Delbruck                   Poney Voiturette          
   Louis Bouvier              Bollée Voiturette       
   Geninatti                  Panhard 8 hp    
   Giuseppe Ricordi           Benz 8 hp       

Tricycle Class:
 1 Ettore Bugatti             Prinetti-Stucchi          1h39m07, 54.481 kph

N.B.
1) 32 starters, 24 classified.
2) 12 other starters were tricycles.





Reggio Emilia
8 May 1899 - 85 km



Results
 1 Paul Chauchard             Panhard 8 hp              1h40m50, 50.578 kph
 2 Louis Bouvier              Bollée Voiturette         2h16m24
 3 Georges Duquesne           Panhard 8 hp              2h30m05
 4 Emile Laporte              Orio-Marchand Voiturette  2h34m32
 5 C. Gibert                  Panhard 8 hp              2h57m20


Tricycles
 1 Ettore Bugatti             Prinetti-Stucchi          1h18m35, 64.941 kph

N.B.
1) 8 classified finishers, 3 tricycles.




Bologna-Poggio Renatico-Malalbergo-Bologna
22 May 1899 - 80 km



Results
 1 Emile Laporte              Orio-Marchand Voiturette  2h23m00
 2 Louis Bouvier              Bollée Voiturette         2h32m00
 3 Georges Duquesne           Panhard 8 hp              2h35m00
 4 Marco Conti                Phebus
 5 Guido Sanguinetti          Voiturette


Tricycles
 1 Attilio Caffarati          Perfecta                  2h05m00, 38.400 kph


N.B.
1) 12 starters, 7 classified.






Paris-Bordeaux Trail
24 May 1899 - Paris-Bordeaux: 565 km



Results
 1 Fernand Charron            Panhard               11h43m20, 48.20 kph
 2 René de Knyff              Panhard               11h51m26
 3 Leonce Girardot            Panhard               12h32m35
 4 Archambault                Panhard               12h37m45
 5 Gilles Hourgieres          Panhard               13h03m44 
 6 Antony                     Mors                  13h17m43
 7 Leys                       Panhard               13h32m03
 8 Carl Voigt                 Panhard               13h49m11
 9 Maurice Farman             Panhard               14h40m32
10 Broc                       Mors                  15h19m48
11 G. de Knyff                Peugeot               15h23m25
12 Huguet                     Panhard               15h25m00
13 Hénon                      Panhard               15h48m16
14 Levegh (Alfred Velghe)     Mors                  15h51m26
15 De Castelnau               Bollée                15h52m06
16 Fougerat                   Mors                  16h33m40


Did Not Finish
   Baehni                     Henriod                
   Wehrlé                     de Dietrich            
   Etienne Giraud             Bollée
   A. Koechlin                Peugeot               
   Bolide                     Bolide
   Aubin                      Decauville
   Leon Théry                 Decauville
   Fernand Gabriel            Decauville
   Chabrières                 Decauville
   Wilfrid                    Bollée
   Georges Lemaître           Peugeot                
   

N.B.
1) 37 motorcycles also participated.



Padua-Vincenza-Thiene-Bassano-Trevisio-Padua
19 June 1899 - 175 km



Results
 1 Ettore Bugatti             Prinetti-Stucchi Quadricycle      3h55m30, 44.585 kph
 2 Virginio Benedetti         Prinetti-Stucchi Quadricycle      4h37m32
 3 Rossati                    Mors (heavy car)                  5h06m25
 4 Carlo Carbone              Phebus Quadricycle                5h10m30
 5 Lauro Bernardi             Bernardi Vetturette               7h08m15
 6 Giuseppe Ruini             Orio-Marchand Voiturette          7h25m05
 7 Giacomo Miari              Bernardi (light car)              7h36m37
 8 Edoardo Corinaldi          Bernardi Vetturette               8h06m00
 9 Countess Elsa Albrizzi     Benz (light car)                  8h12m15
10 Alfredo Glisenti           Bernardi (light car)              9h10m18


N.B.
1) 15 classified - 5 others were tricycles.



Tour de France Trail
16-24 July 1899 - France: 2172.5 km




Results
 1 René De Knyff              Panhard               44h43m39.2, 48.57 kph
 2 Leonce Girardot            Panhard               49h37m39.4
 3 Comte Gaston de Ch. Laubat Panhard               49h44m18.0
 4 Pinson                     Panhard               52h34m17.8
 5 Boileau de Castelnau       Bollee                53h29m07.0
 6 George Heath               Panhard               58h47m26.0
 7 Adolphe Clément             Panhard               75h45m35.6
 8 Levegh (Alfred Velghe)     Mors                  80h14m59.4
 9 Camille Jenatzy            Mors                 166h06m03.0
  
Did Not Finish
   Fernand Charron            Panhard                 5 stages
   Etienne Giraud             Bollée                  4 stages
   Avis                       Bollée                  3 stages
   Georges Richard            Richard                 3 stages
   Jamin                      Bollée                  2 stages
   Antony                     Mors                    1 stage
   Broc                       Mors                    1 stage
   Lefebvre                   Bollide                 1 stage
   Leys                       Panhard                 0 stages           
   Flash (Dr. Lehwess)        Vallée                  0 stages         

Voiturette ranking
 1 Fernand Gabriel            Decauville
 2 Leon Théry                 Decauville
 3 Ullmann                    Decauville


N.B.
1) Race named in retrospect the IV Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.
2) 3 classes, 19 cars, 4 voiturettes and 25 cycles.
3) Stagewinners
    1 Champigny-Nancy         René De Knyff       Panhard
    2 Nancy-Ambérieu          René De Knyff       Panhard
    3 Aix les Bains-Vichy     Fernand Charron     Panhard
    4 Vichy-Perigueux         René De Knyff       Panhard
    5 Perigueux-Nantes        Chasseloup Laubat   Panhard
    6 Nantes-Cabourg          Levegh              Mors
    7 Cabourg-Saint Germain   René De Knyff       Panhard

    


Paris-Saint Malo
30 July 1899 - 371.75 km



Results
 1 Antony                     Mors                   7h32m00s, 49.35 kph
 2 Levegh (Alfred Velghe)     Mors                   7h40m30
 3 Hénon                      Panhard                8h32m00
 4 George Heath               Panhard                8h35m00
 5 Flash (Dr. Lehwess)        Vallée                 8h51m00
 6 Champrobert                Bolide                 9h56m00
 7 Camille Jenatzy            Mors                  10h06m30
 8 Huguet                     Peugeot               10h11m00
 9 Hachette                   Panhard               10h38m00
10 Ravel                      Peugeot               11h28m00
11 De Lucenski                Panhard               11h51m00

Did Not Finish
   Broc                       Mors
   + 1 other car

Voiturette ranking:
 1 Paul Rivière                                     10h44m30
 2 Doriot                                           12h17m00
 3 Diligeon                                         13h44m00



N.B.
1) 9 voiturettes did not finish.
2) 3 classes, 13 cars, 12 voiturettes, 64 tricycles (6 finished).




Piacenza-Cremona-Borgo-Piacenza
15 August 1899 - 100 km



Results
 1 Luigi Storero              Phénix                        2h27m00     tricycle
 2 Emile Laporte              Orio-Marchand Voiturette      3h01m00
 3 Guido Sanguinetti          Prinetti-Stucchi Quadricycle  3h18m00




Piacenza Sprint
16 August 1899 - Pista del Trotto: 4.824 km (6 x 0.804 km)



Results
 1 Bartolomeo Orio              Orio-Marchand           9m58s, 29.041 kph



Paris-Trouville
27 August 1899 - 168 km



Results
 1 Antony                       Mors                    2h58m30, 56.47 kph
 2 Teste                       
 3 Hénon                        Panhard-Levassor


N.B. - was a handicap race for cars, motorcycles, bicycles, horses and
pedestrians! Race was won by a horse, but only the cars are listed above.
On the same day, the voiturette race "Coupe des Chauffeurs Amateurs" was held,
won by Louis Renault in a Renault.


Paris-Ostende
1 September 1899 - 323.5 km



Results
 1 Leonce Girardot            Panhard                6h11m, 52.32 kph
 = Levegh (Alfred Velghe)     Mors                   6h11m
 3 Georges Lemâitre           Peugeot                6h32m
 4 Fernand Charron            Panhard                6h39m
 5 Camille Jenatzy            Mors                   6h40m
 6 Broc                       Mors                   6h54m
 7 Flash (Dr. Lehwess)        Vallée                 7h47m
 8 Perrot                     Mors                   8h30m
 9 Louis Renault              Renault                9h31m voiturette
10 Doriot                     Peugeot               10h53m voiturette


Did Not Finish
   Georges                    Peugeot




Brescia Sprint
10 September 1899 - Torno della Città: 6 km



Results
 1 Toussaint                  Mors                      7m59s, 45.094 kph
 2 Marco Conti                Mors                      8m33s
 3 Emile Laporte              Orio-Marchand             9m22s



Brescia-Cremona-Mantua-Verona-Brescia
11 September 1899 - 223 km



Results
 1 Giuseppe Alberti           Mors                           5h02m38, 44.212 kph
 2 Virginio Benedetti         Prinetti-Stucchi Quadricycle   5h13m58
 3 Toussaint                  Mors                           5h25m31
 4 Gian Oberto Gulinelli      Prinetti-Stucchi Quadricycle   6h32m02
 5 Guglielmo Bressi           Benz 8 hp                      6h39m33
 6 Paolo Meda                 Benz                           8h07m35
 7 Curzio Aspergi             Prinetti-Stucchi Quadricycle   8h21m53
 8 E. Castelfranco            Orio-Marchand                  9h05m00
 9 Ettore Talé                ? (quadricycle)                9h22m00
10 Alfredo Glisenti           ? (quadricycle)               10h36m00

Tricycles
 1 Luigi Storero              De Dion-Bouton                 4h41m19, 47.568 kph 
 3 Ettore Bugatti


N.B.
1) 26 starters, 17 classified.





Paris-Boulogne
17 September - 231.5 km




Results
 1 Leonce Girardot            Panhard                4h17m44s, 53.89 kph
 2 Levegh (Alfred Velghe)     Mors                   4h19m20
 3 Broc                       Mors                   4h32m20
 4 Charles Rolls              Panhard                6h11m30
 5 Lieuliette                                        7h09m04  voiturette
 6 Lefèvre                                           7h33m15  voiturette




Bergamo-Treviglio-Crema-Bergamo
20 September 1899 - 92 km



Results
 1 Camillo Martinoni          Prinetti-Stucchi Vetturette       2h46m00, 33.253 kph
 2 Pagani                     Orio-Marchand                     4h05m00
 3 Alfredo Lechi              De Dion-Bouton (heavy car)        4h12m00
 4 Giuseppe Ruini             Orio-Marchand                     4h17m00
 5 Bartolomeo Orio            Orio-Marchand                     5h22m00
 6 Giuseppe Tamagni           ? (heavy car)                     5h33m00
 7 Pinelli                    ? (heavy car)                     5h47m00
 8 Guido Sanguinetti          ? (heavy car)                     5h59m00

Tricycles
 1 "Fulton" (Robert Walker)   Prinetti-Stucchi                  2h40m32, 34.395 kph


N.B.
1) 13 starters, 11 claissifed (inc. 2 further tricycles)






Bordeaux-Biarritz
1 October 1899 - 262.5 km



Results
 1 Levegh (Alfred Velghe)     Mors                   4h24m00s, 59.66 kph
 2 Antony                     Mors                   4h31m30
 3 Petit                      Peugeot                4h53m08
 4 A. Koechlin                Peugeot                5h19m02
 5 Broc                       Mors                   5h32m20
 6 Georges                    Peugeot                5h38m00
 7 Ravenez                    Decauville             6h23m00  voiturette





Treviso Sprint
29 October 1899 - Ippodromo: 3 km



Results
 1 Agostino Tozzi             Bollée Voiturette  4m00s, 45.000 kph




Campionato Italiano di Resistenza
30 October 1899 - Treviso-Oderzo-Codogné-Conegliano-Treviso: 80 km



Results
 1 Andrea Antonini              Benz            2h28m00, 32.432 kph     car
 2 Emile Laporte                Orio-Marchand   2h32m00                 voiturette
 3 Edoardo Corinaldi            Bernardi        2h39m30
 4 Giacomo Miari                Bernardi        3h09m00

Did Not Finish
   Nicola Braida                                                        car
   Agostino Tozzi                                                       car
   Francesco Carnera                                                    car
   Alessandro Rossi             Bernardi                                voiturette
   "S.F."                                                               voiturette


N.B.
1) 4 starters in the car class, 5 starters in the voiturette class.
2) 1 car classified, 3 voiturettes.