2nd Jenatzy (average speed 93.6 km/h),
3rd de Caters, both in 90 hp Mercedes cars.
In the prestigious Gordon-Bennett race on 17 June 1904, which, following the spectacular Mercedes success the previous year was held on a circuit in the Taunus region, an Opel-Darracq racing car driven by Fritz Opel competed for Germany alongside two white Mercedes 90 hp cars driven by Jenatzy and de Caters. This meant that the maximum quota of three racing cars per nation for Germany was exhausted. However, DMG still had a trump card up its sleeve and entered three more Mercedes 90 hp, which had been built by its Austrian subsidiary in Wiener Neustadt and competed in the black and yellow colour scheme that defined the Coupe Internationale regulations for Austria. These racing cars were driven by Wilhelm Werner, Hermann Braun and John B. Warden.
In the end, the previous year's winner, Belgian motor racing idol Camille Jenatzy, had to settle for second place behind the French Richard-Brasier driver Léon Théry. Baron de Caters finished in 3rd place behind Jenatzy, while the Austrian Mercedes of Hermann Braun and Wilhelm Werner took 5th and 11th place respectively. Observers attributed the Mercedes racing car's failure to win not least to the lack of shock absorbers on the wheel suspensions. The Richard-Brasier equipped with shock absorbers was able to achieve recognisable advantages in driving behaviour in the sometimes difficult road conditions.