• 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).

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