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1 April 1903
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The Nice - La Turbie hillclimb ends in a one-two finish for the 60 hp Mercedes-Simplex models of Otto Hieronimus and Wilhelm Werner. However, victory is overshadowed by the death of the British driver Count Zborowski, who comes to grief in his 60 hp car at the same spot as Wilhelm Bauer three years earlier. On 7 April Mercedes tastes success once again, this time in the mile race and record-breaking attempts on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice.
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9/10 June 1903
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A major fire at Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft’s Cannstatt plant destroys the production hall, gutting a total of 90 cars in the process – some already completed, some still under construction. Among the vehicles lost are the three 90 hp racing cars intended for the Gordon Bennett Race. As a result of the devastating blaze, work is stepped up on the new factory in Untertürkheim, with day and night shifts introduced.
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