page_title: Albert Lemaître
section_title: 1901 – 1902
hierarchical_section_title: Albert Lemaître / Car racing / 1901 – 1902
caption_attribution_description: English: The Nice Week, 04 - 11.04.1902. The Nice – La Turbie mountain race on 07.04.1902. George Lemaître is pictured here with a 40 hp Mercedes Simplex. Lemaître won second place in the category: racing cars weighing more than 1000 kg.
context_page_description: Albert Lemaître, was a French sporting motorist and early racing driver. He was the first petrol powered finisher in what is described as 'the world's first competitive motoring event' when he drove his Peugeot Type 7 from Paris to Rouen at 19 km/h in 1894. The Comte de Dion had finished first but his steam-powered vehicle was ineligible for the main prize which was shared between the manufacturers Peugeot and Panhard.
  Throughout the 1890s he competed in a range of events and races driving Peugeots, but after their withdrawal from competition in the early 1900s he was contracted to drive Mercedes.
  In 1906, while he was in Paris, he murdered his wife in a domestic argument after she had filed for divorce. He then fired the third gunshot into his own head, but survived. In September 1906 he was acquitted of a crime of passion.
context_section_description: On 25 March 1901 he drove a Mercedes in the 392 km (244 mi) Nice-Salon-Nice event, but failed to finish.
  On 27–29 June 1901 he finished 28th in the Paris-Berlin Trail (Subsequently, named VI Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.) driving a Mercedes. He completed the 1,105 km (687 mi) event in 23 hours 9 minutes 53 seconds, an average speed of 47.73 km/h (29.66 mph).
  On 7 April 1902, during Nice week, Lemaître finished second in the 'Nice – La Turbie mountain race driving a 40 hp Mercedes Simplex during its first competitive event. He was competing in the category for racing cars weighing more than 1000 kg.
caption: Albert Lemaître with a 40 hp Mercedes Simplex at 1902 Nice–La Turbie mountain race
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