1955 24h Le Mans

Poster


Event Guide


1 6 Jaguar Cars Ltd. Mike Hawthorn - Ivor Bueb Jaguar D-Type Jaguar 3.4L I6 307 Laps


2 23 Aston Martin Ltd. Peter Collins - Paul Frère Aston Martin DB3S Aston Martin 2.9L I6 302 Laps


3 10 Ecurie Francorchamps Johnny Claes - Jacques Swaters Jaguar D-Type Jaguar 3.4L I6 296 Laps


4 37 Porsche KG Helmut Polensky - Richard von Frankenberg Porsche 550/4 RS 1500 Spyder Porsche 1.5L Flat-4 284 Laps


5 66 Equipe Nationale Belge Wolfgang Seidel - Olivier Gendebien Porsche 550/4 RS 1500 Spyder Porsche 1.5L Flat-4 276 Laps


6 62 Porsche KG Helm Glöckler - Jaroslav Juhan Porsche 550/4 RS 1500 Spyder Porsche 1.5L Flat-4 273 Laps


7 34 Bristol Aeroplane Company Peter S. Wilson - Jim Mayers Bristol 450C Open Bristol 2.0L I6 271 Laps


8 33 Bristol Aeroplane Company Mike Keen - Tommy Line Bristol 450C Open Bristol 2.0L I6 270 Laps


9 32 Bristol Aeroplane Company Tommy Wisdom - Jack Fairman Bristol 450C Open Bristol 2.0L I6 268 Laps


10 35 Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd. Marcel Becquart - Richard Stoop Frazer Nash Sebring Bristol 2.0L I6 260 Laps


11 40 Edgar Fronteras Giulio Cabianca - Giuseppe Scorbati OSCA MT-4 1500 OSCA 1.5L I4 256 Laps


12 41 MG Cars Ltd. Ken Miles - Johnny Lockett MG EX182 MG 1.5L I4 249 Laps


13 49 Porsche KG Auguste Veuillet - Zora Arkus-Duntov Porsche 550/4 Spyder Porsche 1.1L I4 245 Laps


14 28 Standard Triumph Motor Company Ltd. Robert Dickson - Ninian Sanderson Triumph TR2 Triumph 2.0L I4 242 Laps


15 29 Standard Triumph Motor Company Ltd. Ken Richardson - Bert Hadley Triumph TR2 Triumph 2.0L I4 242 Laps" />

16 63 Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet Louis Cornet - Robert Mougin DB HBR Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 236 Laps


17 64 MG Cars Ltd. Ted Lund - Hans Waeffler MG EX182 MG 1.5L I4 234 Laps


18 65 Gonzague Olivier Gonzague Olivier - Josef Jeser Porsche 550/4 Spyder Porsche 1.5L Flat-4 234 Laps


19 68 Standard Triumph Motor Company Ltd. Leslie Brooke - Mortimer Morris-Goodall Triumph TR2 Triumph 2.0L I4 214 Laps


20 59 Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet Georges Trouis - Louis Héry DB HBR Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 209 Laps


21 47 Cooper Car Company Edgar Wadsworth - John Brown Cooper T39 Coventry Climax 1.1L I4 207 Laps

Disqualified

22 48 Lotus Engineering Colin Chapman - Ron Flockhart Lotus Mk9 Coventry Climax 1.1L I4 99 Laps

Did Not Finish

23 16 Officine Alfieri Maserati Luigi Musso - Luigi Valenzano Maserati 300S Maserati 3.0L I6 239 Laps


24 22 Briggs Cunningham Briggs Cunningham - Sherwood Johnston Cunningham C6-R Offenhauser 2.9L I4 196 Laps


25 7 Jaguar Cars Ltd. Tony Rolt - Duncan Hamilton Jaguar D-Type Jaguar 3.4L I6 186 Laps


26 52 Société Monopole Pierre Hémard - Pierre Flahault Monopole X88 Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 145 Laps


27 30 Automobiles Gordini Jacques Pollet - Hernando da Silva Ramos Gordini T15S Gordini 2.0L I8 145 Laps


28 60 Automobili Stanguellini René Philippe Faure - Pierre Duval Stanguellini 750 Bialbero Fiat 0.7L I4 136 Laps


29 19 Daimler-Benz A.G. Juan Manuel Fangio - Stirling Moss Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Mercedes-Benz 3.0L I8 134 Laps


30 21 Daimler-Benz A.G. Karl Kling - André Simon Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Mercedes-Benz 3.0L I8 130 Laps

31 51 Automobiles Panhard et Levassor René Cotton - André Beaulieux Panhard VM5 Panhard 0.9L Flat-2 108 Laps


32 5 Scuderia Ferrari Maurice Trintignant - Harry Schell Ferrari 121LM Ferrari 4.4L I6 107 Laps


33 8 Jaguar Cars Ltd. Don Beauman - Norman Dewis Jaguar D-Type Jaguar 3.4L I6 106 Laps


34 24 Aston Martin Ltd. Roy Salvadori - Peter Walker Aston Martin DB3S Aston Martin 2.9L I6 105 Laps


35 12 Pierre Louis-Dreyfus Pierre Louis-Dreyfus - Jean Lucas Ferrari 750 Monza Ferrari 3.0L I4 104 Laps


36 58 Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet Paul Armagnac - Gérard Laureau DB HBR Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 101 Laps


37 50 Automobiles Panhard et Levassor Pierre Chancel - Robert Chancel Panhard VM5 Panhard 0.9L Flat-2 94 Laps


38 31 Officine Alfieri Maserati Carlo Tomasi - Francesco Giardini Maserati 200S Maserati 2.0L I4 96 Laps


39 1 Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. Reginald Parnell - Dennis Poore Lagonda DP166 Lagonda 4.5L V12 93 Laps


40 25 Aston Martin Ltd. Tony Brooks - John Riseley-Prichard Aston Martin DB3S Aston Martin 2.9L I6 83 Laps


41 27 Jean-Paul Colas Jean-Paul Colas - Jacques Dewez Salmson 2300S Spyder Salmson 2.3L I4 82 Laps


42 3 Scuderia Ferrari Umberto Maglioli - Phil Hill Ferrari 121LM Ferrari 4.4L I6 76 Laps


43 38 Walter Ringgenberg Walter Ringgenberg - Hans-Jörg Gilomen Porsche 550/4 Spyder Porsche 1.5L Flat-4 65 Laps


44 43 Connaught Engineering Kenneth McAlpine - Eric Thompson Connaught AL/SR Lea-Francis 1.5L I4 60 Laps


45 69 Alexandre Constantin Jacques Savoye - Jacques Poch Constantin C Barquette Peugeot 2.0L I4 52 Laps

46 4 Scuderia Ferrari Eugenio Castellotti - Paolo Marzotto Ferrari 121LM Ferrari 4.4L I6 52 Laps


47 46 Kieft Cars Ltd. Alan Rippon - Ray Merrick Kieft 1100 Coventry Climax 1.1L I4 47 Laps


48 57 Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet René Bonnet - Claude Storez DB HBR Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 44 Laps


49 9 Briggs Cunningham Bill Spear - Phil Walters Jaguar D-Type Jaguar 3.4L I6 43 Laps


50 11 Cooper Car Company Peter Whitehead - Graham Whitehead Cooper T38 Jaguar 3.4L I6 38 Laps


51 20 Daimler-Benz A.G. Pierre Levegh - John Fitch Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Mercedes-Benz 3.0L I8 34 Laps


52 36 Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd. Cecil Vard - Dick Odlum Frazer Nash Sebring Bristol 2.0L I6 33 Laps


53 53 Société Monopole Francis Navarro - Jean de Montrémy Monopole X88 Sport Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 30 Laps


54 26 Lance Macklin Lance Macklin - Les Leston Austin-Healey 100S BMC 2.7L I4 28 Laps


55 42 MG Cars Ltd. Dick Jacobs - Joe Flynn MG EX182 MG 1.5L I4 27 Laps


56 56 Automobiles VP Yves Giraud-Cabantous - Yves Lesur VP 166R Renault 0.7L I4 26 Laps


57 15 Officine Alfieri Maserati Roberto Mières - Cesare Perdisa Maserati 300S Maserati 3.0L I6 24 Laps


58 14 Michel Poberejsky Michel Poberejsky - Masten Gregory Ferrari 750 Monza Ferrari 3.0L I4 23 Laps


59 61 Nardi Automobili Mario Damonte - Roger Crovetto Nardi Bisiluro Giannini 0.7L I4 5 Laps


60 39 Kieft Cars Ltd. Berwyn Baxter - John Deeley Kieft Coventry Climax 1.5L I4 4 Laps

Did not start

61 2 Ecurie Rosier Louis Rosier - Georges Grignard Talbot Lago Sport Accident during Practice


62 17 Automobiles Gordini Élie Bayol - Robert Manzon Gordini T24S Gordini 2.0L I8 Accident during Practice


63 54 Moretti Automobili Lino Fayen - Herman Rogenry Moretti 750 Grand Sport Moretti 0.7L I4 To late at the Start


64 55 Moretti Automobili Giorgio Ubezzi - Mesnest Bellanger Moretti 750 Grand Sport Moretti 0.7L I4 broken Engine


65 45 Arnott Sports Jim Russell - Peter Taylor Arnott Sports Coventry Climax 1.1L I4 Accident during Practice

Reserve Entry

66 70 Pierre Ferry Jacques Blanche - Louis Pons Ferry F750 Renault 0.7L I4


67 72 Automobiles VP Jean-Marie Dumazer - André Hechard - Jerome Pourond VP 155R Renault 0.7L I4


68 73 Ecurie Rosier Louis Rosier - Jean-Louis Rosier - Jean Estager Renault 4CV 1063 Renault 0.7L I4

Start

WARNING
Pictures of the fatal Accident

Spoiler:

Finish

Celebration

Podium

Ambience

One again fantastic job specialy for LE MANS fan:D