World Record
Lambert became the first person to cover a hundred miles in an hour. The record was set at Brooklands Weybridge, Surrey, England on 15 February 1913 when driving his 4.5 litre side valve Talbot. He actually covered 103 miles and 1470 yards in sixty minutes. There is a film of his exploits at the Brooklands Museum which was made on that day.
Percy Lambert’s record in 1913 was a huge publicity coup for Clement Talbot and generated much public interest. He achieved it in a car with a fairly standard chassis and an engine of only 4.5 litres, whereas the only other attempts on the record that had come close were in monster racing cars of 9.1 and 15 litres.
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