The following are 10 major moments in the early history of Mercedes-Benz’ involvement in motorsports:
| 1908 |  | Christian Lautenschläger and mechanic Meckle win the French Grand Prix near Dieppe in a Mercedes 140-horsepower racer |
| 1910 |  | Barney Oldfield exceeds 131 miles per hour for a "flying mile" in record runs on the beach at Ormond Bay near Daytona Beach, Fla. |
| 1911 |  | Bob Burman and the 200-horsepower "Blitzen Benz" set speed records at Daytona Beach |
| 1914 |  | Ralph de Palma wins the Vanderbilt race at Santa Monica in a 37/95-hp Mercedes. |
| 1922 |  | Count Giulio Masetti wins the Targa Florio in a 115-horsepower Mercedes Grand Prix racer. |
| 1928 |  | Mercedes SS racing touring cars sweep the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. |
| 1931 |  | Rudolf Caracciola and Wilhelm Sebastian win the Mille Miglia, a first for a foreigner in Italy's 1000-mile test. |
| 1935 |  | Rudolf Caracciola and his "Silver Arrow" Mercedes-Benz W25 win the French Grand Prix. |
| 1936 |  | Rudolf Caracciola sets speed records in a streamlined Mercedes-Benz W25 on the Darmstadt motorway. |
| 1937 |  | Manfred von Brauchitsch wins with teammate Rudolf Caracciola second around Loews corner on their way to a 1-2 finish in the Monaco Grand Prix. |
Photos courtesy Mercedes-Benz
