1905 Gordon Bennett Trail Eliminations.
English Elimination Trials
30 May - Isle of Man: 465.900 km
6 laps of 77.65 km
Results
1 7 Clifford Earp Napier 5:57'30"
2 4 Cecil Bianchi Wolseley 6:12'00"
3 11 Charles Rolls Wolseley 5 flagged
4 6 Cecil Francis Edge Napier 4 flagged
5 9 Hargreaves Napier 4 flagged
Retirements
1 H. Goodwin Star 4
2 F. Goodwin Star 3
12 MacDonald Napier 2
10 Sidney Girling Siddeley 1
3 Ken./Alg. Lee Guinness Darracq 1
Fastest lap: Cecil Francis Edge (Napier) lap 1: 51'45" (90,659 kmh)
Race leaders: Cecil Francis Edge (2), 1-2 ; Charles Rolls (1), 3; Clifford Earp (3), 4-6.
Notes:
1: selected for the race: 1. Earp, 2. Rolls and 3. Bianchi. Reserves: Edge and Hargreaves.
French Elimination Trials
16 June - Circuit d'Auvergne: 549.415 Km / 72.479 kmh (45.038 mph)
4 laps of 137.354 km
FP # Driver Car Time/Laps - reason out
1 1 Leon Thery Richard-Brasier 7:34'49"2
2 11 Gustave Caillois Richard-Brasier 7:43'11"0
3 27 Arthur Duray de Dietrich 24/28 7:44'47"8
4 18 Louis Wagner Darracq 7:47'11"4
5 2 Ferenc Szisz Renault AK 7:55'47"6
6 9 George Heath Panhard 70 8:11'38"6
7 5 Hubert le Blon Hotchkiss HH 8:13'13"8
8 10 Louis Rigolly Gobron-Brillié 8:16'57"8
9 8 Victor Hemery Darracq 8:21'38"0
10 14 Rene Hanriot Clement-Bayard 8:23'39"6
11 28 "De la Touloubre" Darracq 8:30'54"0
12 21 Phil Stead Richard-Brasier 8:56'08"0
13 12 J. Edmond Renault AK 8:57'24"4
14 7 Fernand Gabriel de Dietrich 24/28 9:00'29"4
15 25 A. Lavergne Hotchkiss HH 9:51'40"0
Retirements:
19 Georges Teste Panhard 70 3 front axle
24 Marc-Philippe Villemain Clement-Bayard 3
15 Achille Fournier Hotchkiss HH 3
17 Henri Rougier de Dietrich 24/28 2
3 Leonce Girardot CGV 2 crash
6 Lapertot Automoto 2
29 Henry Farman Panhard 70 1 crash
22 Maurice Bernin Renault AK 1 overheating
4 Albert Clement Clement-Bayard 1 overheating
Fastest lap: Leon Théry (Richard-Brasier): lap 2: 1:40'25" (82,070 kmh)
Race leaders: Louis Wagner (2), 1, 3; Leon Thery (2), 2, 4
Entered but did not appear:
2 entries Automoto, 2 entries Gobron-Brillié and 2 entries CGV