- Motorsports
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- Races, record runs & touring car competitions, 1894 - 1916
- Races, 1894 - 1916
- Races 1901
- Nice week 1901
Nice Week
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- Date: 25. - 29.03.1901
- Location: Nice
- Nice-Salon-Nice race (392 km):
Winner: Wilhelm Werner in a 35 hp Mercedes. Average speed 58.1 km/h.
First victory of a Mercedes car.
- Nice - La Turbie hillclimb race (15.5 km):
Winner in the "2-seated racing cars" class:
Wilhelm Werner (average speed 51.4 km/h),
2nd Lemaitre, both in Mercedes 35 hp cars.
- Record runs during the Nice Week:
Loraine-Barrow achieves an average speed of 79.7 km/h for a mile from a standing
start in the Nice Week, driving a 35 hp Mercedes (measured mile world record).