Motorsport's 125th birthday – 125 years of motorized personal transport

The first car to reach Rouen was a De Dion-Bouton steam tractor and single-axle passenger trailer ...

This week marks the 125th anniversary of the first motor race, held between Paris and Rouen, a distance of 126 km (78 mi). The race was organized by Pierre Giffard, editor of Le Petit Journal, the Paris-based newspaper that was at that time, the largest circulation newspaper in the world, selling just short of two million copies a day.

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