1904 Gordon Bennett Cup

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1904 Gordon Bennett Cup
Pre-1906 Grand Prix seasons
Race details
Date 17 June 1904
Official name V Coupe Internationale
Location Taunus, Germany
Course length 128 km (79.465 miles)
Distance 4 laps, 512 km (317.86 miles)
Podium
First
Richard-Brasier
Second
Mercedes
Third
Turcat-Méry

The 1904 Gordon Bennett Cup, formally titled the V Coupe Internationale, was a motor race held on 17 June 1904 on the Homburg Circuit in Germany. The race consisted of four laps of the circuit to make the total distance 527 km (327.46 miles). A German entry had won the

Automobilclub von Deutschland
(AvD). Germany was to attempt to defend the Gordon Bennett Cup against France, Great Britain, Austria and Italy, and each country was represented by three entries, with the car that finished the race in the shortest time winning the race on behalf of its country.

The race was won by

Richard-Brasier and representing France in a time of five hours and 50 minutes. Camille Jenatzy driving a Mercedes and representing Germany finished in second place and Henri Rougier driving a Turcat-Méry
and representing France finished in third place.

Race report

Oberursel control point[citation needed] to the Homburg control point[citation needed
] and back to Saalburg.

Officiating were Baron von Molitor of the Automobilclub von Deutschland, the official starter, and M. Tampier of the

Automobile Club de France, who was timekeeper
. The chronographs for timing the event were supplied by the Anglo-Swiss firm of Stauffer, Son & Co. Officials from the other competing counties were also present.

There were 18 starters from eight countries,

Napier, was reported to have held a good position during the first two laps, but was disqualified[8] on lap three after receiving outside assistance due to tyre problems.[9]

Classification

Pos Driver starting for Constructor Time/Retired
1 France Léon Théry (FRA) France
Richard-Brasier
 5:50:01
2 Belgium Camille Jenatzy (BEL) Germany
Mercedes
 6:01:29
3 France Henri Rougier (FRA) France Turcat-Méry 6:47:10
4 Belgium Pierre de Caters (BEL) Germany
Mercedes
 6:47:30
5 Austria Edgar Braun (AUT) Austria
Mercedes
 6:59:48
6 Belgium Lucien Hautvast (BEL) Belgium Pipe 7:02:35
7 France Jacques Salleron (FRA) France Mors 7:15:14
8 Italy Vincenzo Lancia (ITA) Italy FIAT 7:17:52
9 United Kingdom Sidney Girling (GBR) Great Britain Wolseley 7:22:53
10 Italy Alessandro Cagno (ITA) Italy FIAT 7:23:35
11 United Kingdom Charles Jarrott (GBR) Great Britain Wolseley 7:36:51
Ret United Kingdom Selwyn Edge (GBR) Great Britain
Napier
 *
Ret Belgium Pierre de Crawhez (BEL) Belgium Pipe *
Ret Italy Luigi Storero (ITA) Italy FIAT *
Ret Austria Johann Warden (AUT) Austria
Mercedes
 *
Ret Belgium Maurice Augieres (BEL) Belgium Pipe *
Ret
Friedrich Franz Opel (GER
) 		Germany Opel *
Ret Austria
Mercedes
 *
Source:[10]
Footnotes
  1. ^ Grand Prix History online (retrieved 11 June 2017)
  2. ^ The Times. Saturday, June 18, 1904
  3. ^ Grand Prix History online (retrieved 11 June 2017)
  4. ^ Grand Prix History online (retrieved 11 June 2017)
  5. ^ Grand Prix History online (retrieved 11 June 2017) says 54.5 mph (87.7 km/h)
  6. ^ Grand Prix History online (retrieved 11 June 2017)
  7. ^ Hull, Peter G. "Napier: The Stradivarius of the Road", in Northey, Tom, ed. The World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 13, p.1483.
  8. ^ Hull, p.1488.
  9. ^ Onlookers helped throw buckets of water over the wheels to cool the tyres.
  10. ^ (Beaulieu, p206)
Bibliography
  • Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Edward John Barrington (1963), The Gordon Bennett Races, London: Cassell & Company Ltd.
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