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 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 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:
PosNoDriverCarTimeNotes
1

Stage Winners

The stage winners were:
StageItineraryLengthDriverCarTimeSpeedNotes
1Champigny-Chateau d'Ardenne294.90

Did not finish

Entrants who did not finish :
Did Not Finish
Driver
No.Carstages
completed
Notes
Amédée BolléeAmédée Bollée3 stages
Gustave LeysPanhard & Levassor3 stages
RoscoffMors3 stages
VinetAmédée Bollée3 stages
Baron de TurkheimAmédée Bollée2 stages
BreuilPeugeot2 stages
A. KoechlinPeugeot1 stage
MarcellinDe Dion-Bouton tricycle0 stages
Max RichardGeorges Richard0 stages
Georges RichardGeorges Richard0 stages