SportsCarDigest·December-2014Christian Lautenschlager pressed on for victory with his Mercedes in the 1914 French GP, despite Georges BoillotÕs valiant efforts.Photo: Daimler AG
SportsCarDigest·December-2014It was during the 1903 running of the Paris-Madrid race that Marcel Renault perished.Photo: Chris Willows Archive
SportsCarDigest·December-2014The 1914 French GP victors, Christian Lautenschlager and ÒBeifahrerÓ Hans Rieger, pose in the cockpit of their Mercedes 115-PS Grand-Prix-Rennwagen.Photo: Daimler AG
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Lautenschlager, on his way to victory in the 1914 French Grand Prix, at Lyon.Photo: Daimler AG
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Picture postcards commemorate (Left to Right): the 1904 Gordon Bennett Cup; the 1905 running on the Circuit dÕAuvergne; 1905 Circuit dÕAuvergne Gordon Bennett race; the first ÒGrand PrixÓ at the Circuit de la Sarthe at Connerre, in 1906.Photo: Chris Will
SportsCarDigest·December-2014The 1903 Paris-Madrid roads were barely made.Photo: Chris Willows Archive
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Postcard photo of 1903 Paris-Madrid winner Fernand Gabriel, in his Mors.Photo: Chris Willows Archive
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Baron Pierre de CatersÕ Mercedes, during the 1905 running of the Gordon-Bennett Cup in Auvergne, France.Photo: Daimler AG
SportsCarDigest·December-2014The offical launch of the Lancia 037 rally car occurs during the Fiat Competition press conference at Corso Marche in Turin, Italy (1981).Photo: Peter Collins
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Alpine Renault A110s finish 1-2-3 in the Tour de Corse rally in France, with Jean-Pierre Nicolas and Michel Vial on board the winning car (1983).
SportsCarDigest·December-2014InoueÕs best results for Footwork in 1995 were 8th in the Italian GP and 9th in Canada.Photo: LAT
SportsCarDigest·December-2014The 1988 Esso series for British FF1600 was InoueÕs first big step toward his F1 future. Photo: James Beckett