GRAND PRIX WINNERS 1895-1949

by Hans Etzrodt

Part 1 (1895-1916)

Date	Event	Circuit	Driver	Car

1895 Emile Levassor, My Driver of the Year

18 May	Torino - Asti - Torino	Simone Fledermann	Daimler 4-seat Omnibus
11-13 Jun	Paris-Bordeaux-Paris	Emile Levassor	Panhard 4 hp
28 Nov	Times-Herald Contest Chicago-Evanston	Frank Duryea	Duryea

1896 Emile Mayade, My Driver of the Year

24-25 May	Bordeaux-Agen-Bordeaux	Bousquet	Peugeot
30 May	Cosmopolitan Magazine N.Y.City-Irvington	Frank Duryea	Duryea
24 Sep-3 Oct	Paris-Marseille-Paris	Emile Mayade	Panhard 8 hp

1897 Gilles Hourgières, My Driver of the Year

29-31 Jan	Marseille-Nice-La Turbie	G de Chasseloup-Laubat	De Dion 18 hp steamer
24 Jul	Paris-Dieppe	Albert de Dion	De Dion 20 hp steamer
14 Aug	Paris-Trouville	Gilles Hourgières	Panhard 6 hp
22 - 23 Aug	Lyon-Uriage-Lyon	Etienne Giraud	Panhard
12 Sep	Arona-Stresa-Arona	Giuseppe Cobianchi	Benz

1898 Fernand Charron, My Driver of the Year

6-7 Mar	Marseille-Nice		Fernand Charron	Panhard 6 hp
1 May	Périgueux-Mussidan-Périgueux	Périgueux	G. Leys	Panhard 6 hp
11-12 May	Paris-Bordeaux (Critérium des Entraineurs)		René de Knyff	Panhard 6 hp
24 May	Berlin-Potsdam-Berlin		?	Daimler 4-seat Phaeton
29 May	Bordeaux-Agen		Petit	Peugeot 8 hp
25-26 Jun	Bruxelles-Spa		Pierre de Crawhez	Panhard
7-13 Jul	Paris-Amsterdam-Paris		Fernand Charron	Panhard 8 hp
17 Jul	Torino-Asti-Alessandria-Torino		Ehrenfreund, Guido	Miari & Giusti-Bernardi
31 Jul-1 Aug	Lille-Calais-Lille		Kraeutler	Peugeot 8 hp
20-21 Aug	Bordeaux-Biarritz		René Loysel	Bollée 8 hp
21 Aug	Lyon-Lagnieu		Eldin	Peugeot
27-29 Aug	South-Tyrol (Trafoi-Mendelpass)		Wilhelm Bauer	Daimler 6 hp
20 Oct	St. Germain-Vernon-St. Germain		"Levegh"	Mors

1899 René de Knyff, My Driver of the Year

26 Jan	Paris-Rouen-Paris (Coupe de Périgord)	Léonce Girardot	Panhard 6 hp
14 Mar	Verona-Brescia-Mantova-Verona	Louis Bouvier	3 hp Bollée
21 Mar	Nice-Castellane-Nice	Albert Lemaître	Peugeot 17 hp
6 Apr	Pau-Bayonne-Pau	Albert Lemaître	Peugeot
28 Apr	Limone-Cuneo-Torino (French cars & drivers)	De Gras	Peugeot 10 hp
30 Apr	Torino-Pinerolo-Avigliani-Torino	De Gras	Peugeot 10 hp
8 May	Reggio-Brescello-Parma-Reggio	Paul Chouchard	Panhard Levassor
14 May	Anvers	Pierre De Crawhez	Daimler
22 May	Bordeaux-Périgueux-Bordeaux	Barbereau	Bollée
22 May	Bologna-Poggio-Renatico-Malalbergo-Bologna	Emilio Laporte	Orio & Marchand (Vtte.)
24 May	Paris-Bordeaux	Fernand Charron	Panhard 12 hp
6 Jun	Critérium d. Voiturettes (Etampes-Chartres & back)	Wilfrid	Bollée (265 kg)
11 Jun	Aubagne-Aix (AC Marseille)	Gras	Peugeot
19 Jun	Padova-Vicenza-Thiene-Bassano-Treviso-Padova	Rossati	Mors
1 Jul	Bruxelles-Namur-Spa	Gaétan de Knyff	Panhard 16 hp
2 Jul	Frankfurt-Cologne	Fritz Held	Benz
2 Jul	Salon-Arles-St.Gabriel-Salon	de Farconnet	Turcat-Méry
4 Jul	Spa-Bastogne-Spa	René de Knyff	Panhard 16 hp
14 Jul	Mainz-Bingen-Coblenz-Mainz	Eugène de Dietrich	De Dietrich 20 hp
16-24 Jul	Tour de France	René de Knyff	Panhard 16 hp
23 Jul	Innsbruck-Munich	Eugène de Dietrich	De Dietrich 16 hp
30 Jul	Paris-Saint Malo	Antony	Mors 16 hp
15 Aug	Piacenza-Cremona-Borgo-Piacenza	Emilio Laporte	Orio & Marchand 7 hp
27 Aug	Paris-Trouville	Antony	Mors 16 hp
1 Sep	Paris-Oostende	Léonce Girardot	Panhard 12 hp
	(Dead heat Girardot & Levegh)	"Levegh"	Mors 16 hp
11 Sep	Brescia-Cremona-Mantova-Verona-Brescia	Giuseppe Alberti	Mors
17 Sep	Paris-Boulogne	Léonce Girardot	Panhard 12 hp
20 Sep	Berlin-Leipzig	F Held & Richard Benz	Benz 12 hp
1 Oct	Bordeaux-Biarritz	"Levegh"	Mors 16 hp
8 Oct	Paris-Rambouillet-Paris	Louis Renault	Renault 2 hp Voiturette
30 Oct	Treviso-Oderzo-Codogne-Conegliano-Treviso	Andrea Antonini	Benz

1900 Fernand Charron & Levegh, My Drivers of the Year

18 Feb	Course du Catalogue		Léonce Girardot	Panhard 12 hp
25 Feb	Circuit du Sud-Ouest	Pau	René de Knyff	Panhard 16 hp
26 Mar	Nice-Marseille-Nice	Nice-Marseille	René de Knyff	Panhard 16 hp
18 Apr	Long Island Road Race	Springfield	Andrew L. Riker	Riker Electric
23 Apr	Torino-Pinerolo-Saluzzo-Cuneo-Torino		Cuchelet	Peugeot 20 hp
28 Apr	Torino-Asti		"Casore" (F. di Nazzaro)	FIAT 6 hp
13 May	Mannheim-Pforzheim-Mannheim		Fritz Held	Benz (voiturette)
28 May	Bologna-Corticella-Pog.R-Malalbergo-Bologna		Lorenzo Ginori	Bolide
1-2 Jun	Salzburg-Linz-Vienna		Richard von Stern	Daimler 24 hp
3-4 Jun	Bordeaux-Périgieux-Bordeaux		"Levegh"	Mors 28 hp
14 Jun	Gordon Bennett Race	Paris-Lyon	Fernand Charron	Panhard 24 hp
1 Jul	Padua-Vicenza-Bassano-Treviso-Padua		Vicenzo Lanzia	FIAT 6 hp
1 Jul	Criterium de Provence	Salon-Arles-Salon	Camille Jenatzy	Bolide 30 hp
25, 27-28 Jul	Paris-Toulouse-Paris		"Levegh"	Mors 24 hp
29 Jul	Frankfurt Circuit Race	Oberforsthaus	Richard Benz	Benz 16 hp
30 Aug-2 Sep	Berlin - Aachen		Kraeutler	Peugeot
10 Sep	Coppa Brescia		Alberto Franchetti	Panhard Levassor 12 hp

1901 Henry Fournier, My Driver of the Year

17 Feb	Circuit du Sud-Ouest	Pau	Maurice Farman	Panhard 24 hp
25 Mar	Nice-Salon-Nice		Wilhelm Werner	Mercedes 35 hp
12 May	Mannheim-Pforzheim-Mannheim		Willy Tischbein	de Dietrich
29 May	Paris-Bordeaux		Henry Fournier	Mors 60 hp
29 May	Gordon Bennett Race	Paris-Bordeaux	Léonce Girardot	Panhard 40 hp
27-29 Jun	Paris-Berlin		Henry Fournier	Mors 60 hp
30 Jun	Coppa Italia	Padua	Guido Adami	Panhard 16 hp
24 Aug	Piombino-Grosseto		Felice Nazzaro	FIAT 12 hp
3 Sep	Oostende Meeting	Oostende	Pierre de Caters	Mors 24 hp

1902 Selwyn Edge, My Driver of the Year

15-16 May	Circuit du Nord	Paris-Arras-Paris	Maurice Farman	Panhard 40 hp
26-28 Jun	Gordon Bennett Race	Paris-Innsbruck	Selwyn Edge	Napier 40 hp
26-29 Jun	Paris-Vienna		Marcel Renault	Renault 28 hp (Light Car)
31 Jul	Ardennes Circuit	Bastogne	Charles Jarrott	Panhard 70 hp
31 Aug	Frankfurt Circuit Race	Oberforsthaus	Wilhelm Werner	Mercedes-Simplex 40 hp
14 Sep	Critérium de Provence	Salon-Arles-Salon	Paul Chauchard	Panhard 70 hp

1903 Pierre de Crawhez, My Driver of the Year

24 May	Paris-Madrid	Paris-Bordeaux	Fernand Gabriel	Mors 70 hp
22 Jun	Ardennes Circuit	Bastogne	Pierre de Crawhez	Panhard 70 hp
2 Jul	Gordon Bennett Race	Athy	Camille Jenatzy	Mercedes 85 hp
30 Aug	Frankfurt Circuit Race	Oberforsthaus	Willy Pöge	Mercedes 60 hp
18 Oct	Westend (Berlin)	Trabrennbahn	Gustav? Müller	Mercedes 42 hp

1904 George Heath, My Driver of the Year

20 May	French G.B. Elimination Trials	Argonne	Léon Théry	Richard-Brasier 80 hp
17 Jun	Gordon Bennett Race	Homburg	Léon Théry	Richard-Brasier 80 hp
19 Jun	Frankfurt Circuit Race	Oberforsthaus	Willy Pöge	Mercedes-Simplex 60 hp
25 Jul	Ardennes Circuit	Bastogne	George Heath	Panhard 90 hp
5 Sep	Coppa Brescia	Brescia	Vincenzo Lancia	FIAT 75 hp
8 Oct	Vanderbilt Cup	Long Island	George Heath	Panhard 90 hp
23 Oct	Bahrenfeld (Hamburg)	Trabrennbahn	Victor Hémery	Opel-Darracq 40 hp

1905 Victor Hémery, My Driver of the Year

15 Feb	Cuban Race	Havana	Ernesto Carricaburu	Mercedes 90 hp
30 May	English G.B. Elimination Trials	Isle of Man	Clifford Earp	Napier 80 hp
16 Jun	French G.B. Elimination Race	Auvergne	Léon Théry	Richard-Brasier 96 hp
5 Jul	Gordon Bennett Race	Auvergne	Léon Théry	Richard-Brasier 96 hp
7 Aug	Ardennes Circuit	Bastogne	Victor Hémery	Darracq 80 hp
27 Aug	Frankfurt Circuit Race	Oberforsthaus	Fritz Opel	Opel 75 hp
3 Sep	Bahrenfeld (Hamburg)	Trabrennbahn	Henri Jeannin	Argus 35 hp
9 Sep	Coppa Florio (1st)	Brescia	Giovanni Battista Raggio	Itala 112 hp
23 Sep	Vanderbilt Elimination Race	Long Island	Albert Dingley	Pope-Toledo 60 hp
14 Oct	Vanderbilt Cup	Long Island	Victor Hémery	Darracq 80 hp

1906 Ferenc Szisz , My Driver of the Year

12 Feb	Cuban Race	Havana	Victor Demogeot	Darracq
26-27 Jun	GRAND PRIX de l'A.C.F.	Le Mans	Ferenc Szisz	Renault AK
13 Aug	Ardennes Circuit	Bastogne	Arthur Duray	de Dietrich 130 hp
22 Sep	Vanderbilt Elimination Race	Long Island	Joe Tracy	Locomobile 90 hp
6 Oct	Vanderbilt Cup	Long Island	Louis Wagner	Darracq 120 hp

1907 Felice Nazzaro, My Driver of the Year

22 Apr	Targa Florio	Madonie, big	Felice Nazzaro	FIAT
7 Jun	Moscow-St. Petersburg		Arthur Duray	Lorraine-Dietrich 60 hp
13 Jun	Kaiserpreis 1. Elimination Race	Taunus	Vincenzo Lancia	FIAT
13 Jun	Kaiserpreis 2. Elimination Race	Taunus	Felice Nazzaro	FIAT
14 Jun	Kaiserpreis	Taunus	Felice Nazzaro	FIAT
2 Jul	GRAND PRIX de l'A.C.F.	Dieppe	Felice Nazzaro	FIAT
25 Jul	Ardennes Circ./Kaiser Formula	Bastogne	Moore Brabazon	Minerva
27 Jul	Ardennes Circuit/GP Formula	Bastogne	Pierre de Caters	Mercedes
1 Sep	Coppa Florio (2nd)/Kaiser Formula	Brescia	Ferdinando Minoia	Isotta-Fraschini
2 Sep	Coppa della Velocita/GP Formula	Brescia	Alessandro Cagno	Itala

1908 Christian Lautenschlager, My Driver of the Year

18 May	Targa Florio	Madonie, big	Vincenzo Trucco	Isotta-Fraschini
1 Jun	St. Petersburg-Moscow		Victor Héméry	Benz GP
7 Jul	GRAND PRIX de l'A.C.F.	Dieppe	C. Lautenschlager	Mercedes GP
6 Sep	Coppa Florio (3rd)	Bologna	Felice Nazzaro	FIAT
7 Sep	Targa Bologna	Bologna	Jean Porporato	Berliet
24 Oct	Vanderbilt Cup	Long Island	George Robertson	Locomobile
26 Nov	American Grand Prize	Savannah	Louis Wagner	FIAT

1909

2 May	Targa Florio	Madonie, big	Francesco Ciuppa	SPA
10 Jul	Dick Ferris Trophy	Santa Monica	Harris Hanshue	Apperson Jackrabbit
30 Oct	Vanderbilt Cup	Long Island	Harry Grant	ALCO-Berliet

1910

15 May	Targa Florio	Madonie, big	Tullio Cariolato	Franco
27 Aug	Elgin National Trophy	Elgin, IL.	Ralph Mulford	Lozier
1 Oct	Vanderbilt Cup	Long Island	Harry Grant	ALCO-6
12 Nov	American Grand Prize	Savannah	David Bruce-Brown	Benz GP
24 Nov	Free-For-All Race	Santa Monica	Ted Tetzlaff	Lozier

1911

14 May	Targa Florio	Madonie, big	Ernesto Ceirano	SCAT
30 May	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Ray Harroun/Cyrus Patschke	Marmon "Wasp"
23 Jul	Grand Prix de France	Sarthe	Victor Hémery	FIAT S61
26 Aug	Elgin National Trophy	Elgin, IL.	Len Zengle	National
14 Oct	Free-For-All Race	Santa Monica	Harvey Herrick	National
27 Nov	Vanderbilt Cup	Savannah	Ralph Mulford	Lozier
30 Nov	American Grand Prize	Savannah	David Bruce-Brown	FIAT S74

1912 Georges Boillot, My Driver of the Year

4 May	Free-For-All Race	Santa Monica	Teddy Tetzlaff	FIAT
30 May	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Joe Dawson/Don Herr	National
25-26 Jun	GRAND PRIX de l'A.C.F.	Dieppe	Georges Boillot	Peugeot L76
31 Aug	Elgin National Trophy	Elgin, IL.	Ralph DePalma	Mercedes GP
9 Sep	Sarthe Cup	Sarthe	Jules Goux	Peugeot L76
2 Oct	Vanderbilt Cup	Milwaukee	Ralph DePalma	Mercedes GP
5 Oct	American Grand Prize	Milwaukee	Caleb Bragg	FIAT S74

1913 Georges Boillot, My Driver of the Year

30 May	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Jules Goux	Peugeot L76
7 Jun	Russian Grand Prix	St. Petersburg	G. Suvorin	Benz 29/60 hp
12 Jul	GRAND PRIX de l'A.C.F.	Amiens	Georges Boillot	Peugeot L5
5 Aug	Grand Prix de France	Sarthe, Le Mans	Paul Bablot	Delage Type Y
9 Aug	Santa Monica Road Race	Santa Monica	Earl Cooper	Stutz
30 Aug	Elgin National Trophy	Elgin, IL.	Gil Anderson	Stutz

1914 Christian Lautenschlager, My Driver of the Year

26 Feb	Vanderbilt Cup	Santa Monica	Ralph DePalma	Mercedes GP
28 Feb	American Grand Prize	Santa Monica	Eddie Pullen	Mercer 35-R
30 May	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	René Thomas	Delage Type Y
31 May	Coppa Florio (4th)	Long Madonie	Felice Nazzaro	Nazzaro
31 May	Russian Grand Prix	St. Petersburg	Willy Scholl	Benz 55/150 hp
10-11 Jun	Tourist Trophy	Isle of Man	K. Lee Guinness	Sunbeam 4-cyl. 3255 cc
4 Jul	GRAND PRIX de l'A.C.F.	Lyon	C. Lautenschlager	Mercedes 18/100
22 Aug	Elgin National Trophy	Elgin, IL.	Ralph DePalma	Mercedes 18/100

1915

27 Feb	American Grand Prize	San Francisco	Dario Resta	Peugeot
6 Mar	Vanderbilt Cup	San Francisco	Dario Resta	Peugeot
31 May	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Ralph DePalma	Mercedes 18/100
21 Aug	Elgin National Trophy	Elgin, IL.	Gil Anderson	Stutz

1916

30 May	Indianapolis 300	Indianapolis	Dario Resta	Peugeot L45
16 Nov	Vanderbilt Cup	Santa Monica	Dario Resta	Peugeot
18 Nov	American Grand Prize	Santa Monica	H. Wilcox/J. Aitken	Peugeot

List Guidelines History & Formulae Part 2 (1919-1933) Part 3 (1934-1949)

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