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.
On the same track as the Gordon Bennett three years earlier, Germany staged its second large international event in 1907, the Kaiserpreis auto race (after sailing and rowing events were also named so). Entries were limited to touring cars with engines of less than eight litres. The race was won by Italian Felice Nazzaro in a Fiat 130 HP, against competition from Opel, Mercedes, Eisenach, Adler and others.
In 1908, the Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt resumed until 1911.
Results
Heat 1 +PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired 1 8B Vincenzo Lancia Fiat 130 HP 2 2h56m17 2 3A Friedrich Opel Opel 2 3h01m00 3 16A Lucien Hautvast Pipe 2 3h02m56 4 19A P. Geller Adler 2 3h02m56 5 35A Alessandro Cagno Itala 2 3h07m26 6 37A Hugo Wilhelm Metallurgique 2 3h08m05 7 3B Carl Jörns Opel 2 3h10m08 8 26A R. Schmidt Eisenach 2 3h11m39 9 14A Vincenzo Florio Darracq 2 3h11m50 10 7A Victor Hémery Benz 2 3h12m52 11 10A Moore-Brabazon Minerva 2 3h14m56 12 13A Fernand Gabriel Arthur Duray Lorraine-Dietrich 2 3h16m01 13 15A Gerhard Adelberger Protos 2 3h34m20 14 6A Marc Jeannin Sun 2 3h35m18 15 40A Henze Imperia 2 3h37m43 16 31A Douet Gobron-Brillié 2 3h41m36 17 1A F. Schmidt Dürkopp 2 3h44m41 18 33A Gianmaria Tomaselli Bianchi 2 3h48m25 19 34A Camille Jenatzy Mercedes 2 3h50m55 20 32A Beutler Martini 2 3h57m06 21 41A Saze Gräf & Stift 2 3h58m54 22 20A Ferey Vinot 2 3h59m52 23 22A Emil Mathis Mathis 2 4h03m17 24 23A Franz Kirchheim Ehrhardt 2 4h16m01 25 12A A. Lavergne Mors 2 4h28m25 Ret 1B Rudolf Oelerisch Dürkopp 1 Ret 18A B. Buckner Horch 1 Ret 4A Taddioli Rebour 1 Ret 42A Carl Fritsch NAG 1 Ret 5A Flohr Argus 0 Ret 9A "Alexander Burton" Mercedes 0 Ret 11A A. Villemain Martin-Lethimonnier 0 Ret 27A Vincenzo Trucco Isotta Fraschini 0 Ret 28A Enrico Maggioni Zust 0 Ret 29A Oliver Bush Daimler 0 Ret 30A Emile Stricker Protos 0 Ret 36A Otto Hyeronymous Gaggenau 0 Ret 7B Dietrich Spamann Benz 0 Ret 39A Lord Glentworth Napier 0 DNA 17A Carlo Raggio FLAG DNA 21A Wladin Rochet-Schneider DNA 24A Boschis Fiat Brevetti DNA 25A Leon Collinet Ariès DNA 25B Jean Vallée Ariès DNA 28B Marco Conti Zust DNA 37C Bussing Metallurgique DNA 38A G. Busson Lucia 7C Schulz Benz Alternative driver 9B Ferdinand Porsche Mercedes Alternative driver 19C Christer Junk Adler Alternative driver 42B R. Scholz NAG Alternative driver 1C Beneslav Jarosch Dürkopp
Heat 2 +PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired 1 8B Felice Nazzaro Fiat 130 HP 2 2h50m11 2 8C Louis Wagner Fiat 130 HP 2 2h56m55 3 16C C.Deplus Pipe 2 3h01m45 4 13C Arthur Duray Lorraine-Dietrich 2 3h09m45 5 34B Willy Poege Mercedes 2 3h09m56 6 34C Otto Salzer Mercedes 2 3h11m37 7 35C Maurice Fournier Itala 2 3h12m32 8 27B Ferdinando Minoia Isotta Fraschini 2 3h12m42 9 10C Albert Guyot Minerva 2 3h13m01 10 13B Henri Rougier Lorraine-Dietrich 2 3h13m27 11 35B Maurice Fabry Itala 2 3h14m20 12 26B Salmann Eisenach 2 3h14m21 13 3C Michel Opel 2 3h19m05 14 29B G.Ison Daimler 2 3h25m28 15 32B Beck Martini 2 3h25m43 16 33B Carlo Maserati Bianchi 2 3h27m02 17 14C Brauda Darracq 2 3h28m00 18 42B W Salzer NAG 2 3h48m25 19 21B Viton Rochet-Schneider 2 3h32m33 20 31B F.Terry Gobron-Brillie 2 3h35m54 Ret 19C Dietrich Goebel Adler 1 Ret 23B K.Beireis Ehrhardt 1 Ret 7C Clemente de Bojano Benz 1 Ret 18B H.Hoffmann Horch 1 Ret 11B Ducon Martin-Lethimonnier 0 Ret 36B David Lucke Gaggenau 0 Ret 18C Wilhelm Krapff Horch 0 Ret 27C Giuseppe Tamagni Isotta-Fraschini 0 Ret 29C Hodierne Daimler 0 Ret 36C Robl Gaggenau 0 Ret 42C H.Ernecke NAG 0
Final +PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired 1 8B Felice Nazzaro Fiat 130 HP 3 5h34m28.2 2 16A Lucien Hautvast Pipe 3 5h39m12.4 3 3B Carl Jorns Opel 3 5h39m51.0 4 3C Michel Opel 3 5h49m36.8 5 8C Louis Wagner Fiat 3 5h50m54.8 6 8A Vincenzo Lancia Fiat 3 5h51m03.6 7 27B Ferdinando Minoia Isotta-Fraschini 3 5h53m20.2 8 35C Maurice Fournier Itala 3 5h53m20.2 9 34C Otto Salzer Mercedes 3 5h57m34.8 10 35A Alessandro Cagno Itala 3 5h59m14.0 11 26A R.Schmidt Eisenach 3 6h03m32.2 12 32A Beutler Martini 3 6h07m12.4 13 13B Henri Rougier Lorraine-Dietrich 3 6h08m17.0 14 34A Camille Jenatzy Mercedes 3 6h08m56.4 15 32B Beck Martini 3 6h20m15.8 16 35B Maurice Fabry Itala 3 6h28m59.6 17 33A Gianmaria Tomaselli Bianchi 3 6h32m47.4 18 42B W. Salzer NAG 3 6h35m34.4 19 1A F.Schmidt Dürkopp 3 6h46m47.4 20 31B F.Terry Gobron-Brillie 3 6h56m08.22115AGerhard AdelbergerProtos37h13m10.0NC16CC.DeplusPipe3NC33BCarlo MaseratiBianchi3NC21BVitonRochet-Schneider3NC40AHenzeImperia3 Ret 31A Douet Gobron-Brillie 2 Ret 3A Fritz von Opel Opel 2 Ret 19A P.Geller Adler 2 Ret 26B Salmann Eisenach 2 Ret 7A Victor Hemery Benz 1 Ret 10C Albert Guyot Minerva 1 Ret 13C Arthur Duray Lorraine-Dietrich 1 Ret 14C Brauda Darracq 1 Ret 29B G.Ison Daimler 1 Ret 10A Moore Brabazon Minerva 0 Ret 13A Fernand Gabriel Arthur Duray Lorraine-Dietrich 0Ret14AVincenzo FlorioDarracq0Ret34BWilly PoegeMercedes0Ret37AHugo WilhelmMetallurgique0DNS6AMarc JeanninSun0
References
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20060420013018/http://www.gpracing.net192.com/history/golden_age.cfm https://www.goldenera.fi/gpw1.htm