1914 French Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 4 July 1914 | ||
Official name | Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | ||
Location | Lyon, France | ||
Course | Public roads | ||
Course length | 37.629 km (23.380 miles) | ||
Distance | 20 laps, 752.58 km (467.600 miles) | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
![]() | Mercedes GP | |
Time | 20:06.0 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Mercedes GP | ||
Second | Mercedes GP | ||
Third | Mercedes GP |
The 1914 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Lyon on 4 July 1914. Hailed as one of the greatest races of the twentieth century,[1] it was a contest between the French Peugeots and the German Mercedes. For the first time, the Grand Prix was run to an engine limitation – of 4.5L maximum capacity. It was won by the Mercedes of Christian Lautenschlager who won at an average speed of 105.7 km/h (65.7 mph) after a tense seven-hour contest with the Peugeot of Georges Boillot.