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    See also the 1911 Paris to Madrid air race. The ParisMadrid race of May 1903 was an early experiment in auto racing, organized by the Automobile Club...
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    The 1911 Paris to Madrid air race was a three-stage international flying competition, the first of several European air races of that summer. The winner...
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    Marcel Renault (category Racing drivers from Paris)
    died at 31 years old due to injuries from the ParisMadrid race of 1903. Renault was born in 1872 in Paris to a bourgeoisie family of five children (two...
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  • make a 3616 cc V-8 which was fitted to a car that ran in the 1903 Paris-Madrid race. That year Ader listed twin-cylinder cars of 904 cc and 1571 cc, as...
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    in Paris were organized by Bennett and they attracted top racers from the United States and Western Europe. But after the 1903 Paris-Madrid race, the...
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    of 2 miles (3 km) in 1881. In 1903, he devised a V8 engine for the ParisMadrid race, but although three or four were produced, none was sold. Following...
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    world's first competitive motor race. The contest was organised by the newspaper Le Petit Journal and ran from Paris to Rouen in France on 22 July 1894...
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    Rallying (redirect from Rally race)
    a Panhard, a Panhard, and a three-wheeler De Dion-Bouton. In the ParisMadrid race of May 1903, the Mors of Fernand Gabriel took just under five and...
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    1913 Coupe de l'Auto. The "Anasagasti" was winner of the 1515 km Paris-Madrid race. Anasagasti then returned home to Argentina, where he is believed...
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  • fatal crash near Angoulême in the ParisMadrid race. Nine fatalities caused the French government to stop the race in Bordeaux and ban open-road racing...
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    mechanism for control, this was the type in which Jules Védrines won the Paris-Madrid race on 26 May 1911. Morane-Saulnier's first commercially successful design...
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    Madrid (/məˈdrɪd/ mə-DRID; Spanish: [maˈðɾið] ) is the capital and most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan...
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    the 1901 Paris-Bordeaux Rally, in which at least eight people had been killed, and severe crashes during the 24 May 1903 Paris-Madrid race where more...
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    Renault in the 1903 Paris-Madrid race, Szisz took over as a driver. In 1905, he finished fifth in the Gordon Bennett Cup elimination race on the Circuit d'Auvergne...
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    and the 1912 DFP 12/15. Early motor racing events included the 1903 ParisMadrid race, the 1905-1907 Herkomer Trophy, the 1908-1911 Prince Henry Tour and...
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    aid for marketing. In May 1903 Rougier finished 11th overall in the Paris-Madrid race driving a 45 hp Turcat-Méry. He was also classified 9th in the heavy...
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    Spijker for the 1903 ParisMadrid race (although Bill Boddy, in a 1995 article for Motor Sport, states the Gordon Bennett race, the fore-runner of the...
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    Aunay-sous-Auneau, a village 40 miles from Paris. At three years old, she witnessed the 1903 ParisMadrid race passing near to Aunay at Bourdinière. In...
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    Street racing (redirect from Street race)
    end of the 19th century. The races died away when the chaotic 1903 ParisMadrid race was canceled at Bordeaux for safety reasons after numerous fatalities...
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  • du Sud-Ouest, with Pau Grand Prix as the main category, is the first ever race with the name "Grand Prix". Etzrodt, Hans. "Grand Prix Winners 1895–1949 :...
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    Championships were held in Paris. Every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ancient oppidum that...
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  • tiebreakers Paris Saint-Germain v Real Madrid Real Madrid v Club Brugge Galatasaray v Real Madrid Real Madrid v Galatasaray Real Madrid v Paris Saint-Germain...
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    Louis and Marcel raced company vehicles, but Marcel was killed in an accident during the 1903 Paris-Madrid race. Although Louis never raced again, his company...
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    manufacturer Fiat from 1904 to 1906. It competed in races such as the ParisMadrid race of 1903, (driven by Vincenzo Lancia and Luigi Storero) and the Circuit...
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    Dion axle. In 1903, two vehicles took part in the ParisMadrid race, subsequently known as the "Race of Death". Jacques De Boisse was classified 87th out...
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    not distinguished", including Charles Jarrott's third in the 1903 ParisMadrid race and a 1-2-3 in the 1906 Circuit des Ardennes, led by ace works driver...
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  • Turkish army. May 18 – The port of Burgas, Bulgaria opens. May 24 – The ParisMadrid race for automobiles begins, during which at least eight people are killed;...
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    Madrid Paris Saint-Germain v Real Madrid Real Madrid v Paris Saint-Germain Shakhtar Donetsk v Real Madrid Real Madrid v Malmö FF Roma v Real Madrid Real...
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    the 1901 Paris-Bordeaux Rally, in which at least eight people had been killed, and severe accidents during the 24 May 1903 Paris-Madrid race where more...
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    The 2021–22 Real Madrid Club de Fútbol season was the 118th season in existence and the club's 91st consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football...
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