Kaiserpreis
Sign in to savethumb|1907 Kaiserpreis. The Kaiserpreis () auto race, named after Emperor Wilhelm II, was a Grand Prix motor race held at Taunus on 13–14 June 1907. Like his brother's Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt held from 1908 to 1911, it was a precursor to the German Grand Prix.
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thumb|1907 Kaiserpreis. The Kaiserpreis () auto race, named after Emperor Wilhelm II, was a Grand Prix motor race held at Taunus on 13–14 June 1907. Like his brother's Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt held from 1908 to 1911, it was a precursor to the German Grand Prix.
As Camille Jenatzy had won the Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing in 1903 with a Mercedes, Germany had to stage the 1904 event. A long track in the Taunus mountains was selected, from Oberursel to Weilburg and back. The Cup was won by Léon Théry in a Richard-Brasier, and the Gordon Bennett race returned to France for 1905 and 1906, but was not continued as such in 1907, as Grand Prix motor racing evolved.
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