This day, 10 June, 1907, the first Peking-Paris car rally began. 12,000 kilometers long, with five cars participating, Italian driver Scipione Borghese was the first to reach the finish line in 44 days. As the world’s earliest ultra-long distance car rally and considered the toughest of its kind, the competition also helped to bring about initial understandings of China among people around the world.
这一天，1907年6月10日，第一次北京-巴黎汽车拉力赛开始了。长12000公里，有五辆汽车参加，意大利车手Scipione Borghese是44天内第一个到达终点线的人。 作为世界上最早的超长距离汽车拉力赛，被认为是同类比赛中最艰难的，这场比赛也有助于让全世界人民对中国有了初步的了解。
