Les pilotes d'essai de 35 pays ont rallie en cinq étapes Paris à Pékin - à travers deux continents et neuf pays plus de 13000 Kms ce plus grand Marathon Automobile des temps modernes - Je suis arrive a Pekin Beijing le 17 Novembre 2006 a bord de la voiture No 18 du Team France (Alexandra Legendre - Pierre Mirochnikoff - Dominique Fontenat) L'arrivee sur la place Tian an Men est un moment inoubliable et unique. Ce challenge incroyable a pu voir le jour grace a Mercedes Benz et une equipe de passionnne comme Rene Metge pour la partie technique et son assistante Chinoise Bravo a tous ces moments seront graves a jamais dans la memoire de tout les participants - The Greatest Diesel Marathon of All Times Reaches Its Final Destination in Beijing on 17 November 2006 The 36 Mercedes-Benz E-Class cars, which left Paris on 21 October on a transcontinental rally covering about 14,000 kilometres, arrived safe and sound in the Chinese capital after traversing Europe and Asia. After the start in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on 21 October, the route of the ”E-Class Experience” initially led through France, Germany, Poland and the Baltics to St. Petersburg, where the first change of drivers took place after seven days. In this case, the route followed the path of the legendary first transcontinental automobile race held 99 years ago, which ran in the opposite direction from Beijing to Paris and wrote automotive history. I will never forget those days, the team, the experiences - once in a lifetime a dream becomes real - thanks to Daimler-Chrysler, you made it real Specially the arrival on the Mythic Tian an Men square .Unbelievable the good time we have had! - I was one of the lucky ones, who was allowed to drive the French Team Car (car. no. 18 ) (Alexandra Legendre - Pierre Mirochnikoff - Dominique Fontenat) through China! UNBELIEVABLE!! Celebrating the original of 1907, we have certainly advanced in the world of the automobile. P.M
