1899 Grand Prix and Paris Races
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.