When L'Autos circulation did not match the hopes of its backers, Lefèvre was the youngest at a crisis conference held on the first floor of L'Auto's office in the rue Faubourg Montmartre in Paris. He said in subsequent interviews that he suggested a six-day race round France only because he could think of nothing else to say.
When L'Autos circulation failed to meet expectations, Lefèvre, the youngest person present at a crisis meeting held on the first floor of L'Auto's office in Paris, suggested a six-day race around France as an impromptu solution.