Mercedes-Benz has been racing since the earliest days of motorsports.
Mercedes-Benz has an illustrious motorsports history that now dates back 130 years, to the first race considered to be a world event—the 1894 Paris to Rouen race organized by the magazine Le Petit Journal.
The Peugeot wasn't the first car to cross the finish line, though. That honor went to a steam-powered car driven by Jules-Albert de Dion, though the steam car's result was disqualified as it required a stoker, which was against the rules. In 1906, the first French Grand Prix was held, marking the start of the grand prix format. The prize for that race was 45,000 French francs, the equivalent of 13 kilograms of gold. A Mercedes first won the event in 1908, and again in 1914.
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