FDC from Germany／FDC de l'Allemagne

Historic Motorsport／Motorsport Historique

The first automobile race was organized 115 years ago in France between Paris and Rouen. Four years later, were also the first race held in Germany. Even then, the motor was used to demonstrate the quality of the cars and test technical innovations. Some of these innovations improved then the production vehicles. For example, the now widely used anti-lock ABS system was originally developed for a racing car. The historic vehicles inspire today in car museums to visitors. Particularly impressive but they are at classic car races, such as at the Nürburgring in the Eifel region, to which thousands of fans.