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Motor Sport Pioneers 1886 - 1914
1886 Benz tri-car
it made it up the hill
although with a calendar rather than a stop-watch:
1906 Darraq
4-cylinder 12.7 litre! Raced in the first Grand Prix in 1906
and was Malcolm Campbell's original 'Bluebird' raced by him at Brooklands until 1914:
1907 Renault Type 46. A replica of the winner of the first GP in 1906 was a static exhibit on the Renault stand
the original having been 'lost':
1908 Panhard et Levassor
12.8 litres. Two of the original three cars in the 1908 Grand Prix were at Goodwood:
The Barney Oldfield Benz 'Prince Henry Special' of 1909. Oldfield won his first race in 1902 and continued winning until his death in 1946. This car starred in two films
and for those of you that thing 4-valve hemi-head engines are high-tech this car had one of the first!:
1911 Fiat S74 Grand Prix:
1914 Mercedes Grand Prix:
1914 Opel
came 10th in the 1914 Grand Prix
and lapped Brooklands at 100mph in the hands of Sir Henry Seagrave after the first World War. It was owned by one family from 1931 (bought for £30!) until 2003:
