The 1914 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Lyon on 4 July 1914. Hailed as one of the greatest races of the twentieth century,[1] it was a contest between the French Peugeots and the German Mercedes. For the first time, the Grand Prix was run to an engine limitation – of 4.5L maximum capacity. It was won by the Mercedes of Christian Lautenschlager who won at an average speed of 105.7 km/h (65.7 mph) after a tense seven-hour contest with the Peugeot of Georges Boillot.
Christian Lautenschlager with his mechanic Ernst Hemminger[2] before the Grand PrixLouis WagnerGeorges Boillot
^Georgano 1971, p.87
^Ludvigsen 2009, p.34
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