1905 Gordon Bennett Trail
5 July - Circuit d'Auvergne:4 x 137.354 km = 549.415 Km

Fastest lap: Vincenzo Lancia (FIAT)  lap 1: 1:34'57  (86,795 kmh)

Results:
   
 1  1 Leon Théry                 Richard-Brasier      7:02'42"6 France
 2 16 Felice Nazzaro             FIAT                 7:10'09"2 Italia     
 3 10 Alessandro Cagno           FIAT                 7:21'22"6 Italia
 4  7 Gustave Caillois           Richard-Brasier      7:27'06"4 France     
 5 15 Christian Werner           Mercedes             8:03'30"0 Deutschland
 6 13 Arthur Duray               de Dietrich 24/28    8:05'00"0 France
 7  9 Baron Pierre de Caters     Mercedes             8:07'11"6 Deutschland
 8  8 Charles Rolls              Wolseley             8:26'42"2 Great Britain & Ireland
 9  2 Clifford Earp              Napier               8:27'29"8 Great Britain & Ireland
10  5 Edgar Braun                Mercedes             8:33'05"6 Österreich
11 14 Cecil Bianchi              Wolseley             8:38'32"4 Great Britain & Ireland
12  6 Herbert Lyttle             Pope-Toledo          9:30'32"0 America

Retirements:
    4 Vincenzo Lancia            FIAT                    2 engine/radiator     Italia
    3 Camille Jenatzy            Mercedes                2 tyres/broke spring  Deutschland
   17 "Alexander Burton"         Mercedes                2 tyres               Österreich
   18 Joe Tracy                  Locomobile              1 engine/clutch       America
   11 Otto Hieronymus            Mercedes                1 tyres               Österreich
   12 Bert Dingley               Pope-Toledo             0 water pipe          America

NOTES:

 1: race also known as VI Coupe Internationale
 2: As in 1904 the three 'Austrain' Mercedes were reported as replicas of the German-built
    Mercedes.