Marathon de la Route

[1] Many renowned drivers participated such as Olivier Gendebien, Willy Mairesse, Lucien Bianchi, and Jacky Ickx.

Belgium's Ginet Trasenster of Bugatti and France's Jean Trevoux in a Hotchkiss tied for first place, denying the German works teams shortly before their countries were overrun.

The Liège continued as uncompromisingly an open road event run to an impossible time schedule, and remained Europe's toughest rally until it had moved to Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.

This reflected the desire of the organizer — the Royal Motor Union of Liège to diversify the route and to find traffic-free roads.

[5] Record holder of number of victories: Ginet Trasenster, 5 *Multiple teams finished without penalties or with equal points and were declared co-winners

Porsche 356SL Gmünd coupé. This model won the Liège-Rome-Liège in 1952 and 1954.
Bugatti Type 49, the winning model of the first edition of the Marathon
Olivier Gendebien (left) and co-driver Pierre Stasse with their Ferrari 250 Europa during the 1956 Liège-Rome-Liège