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16èmes Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1939

Circuit de la Sarthe

 

Date:

June 17-18, sunny

Track Length (m):

13 492

Attendance:

 

Fastest Lap:

Robert Mazaud, Delahaye, 5:12.1 = 155.627 km/h on lap 25

Entries:

 

Pole Position:

 N/A

Practiced:

 

Distance (km):

3354.760

Starters:

42

Average Speed (km/h):

139.781

Classified:

20

 

 

 

Pos

Clas-
sific.

#

Team / Entrant
Car - Engine

Driver, Nationality

Engine
Vol
(cc)

Engine
Type

Group

Laps /
Km /
Hour

Reason Out

1

1

1

Jean-Pierre Wimille, F
Bugatti T57 C 'Tank'

Jean-Pierre Wimille, F
Pierre Veyron, F

3251
sc

8

8.0

3354.760

 

2

2

21

Ecurie Walter Watney
Delage D6-3 L

Louis Gérard, F
Georges Monneret, F

2991

6

3.0

3312.222

 

3

3

5

Lagonda Ltd, GB
Lagonda V12

Austin Dobson, GB
Charles Brackenbury, GB

4479

V12

5.0

3229.451

 

4

4

6

Lord Selsdon, GB
Lagonda V12

Lord Selsdon (Hon. Peter Mitchell-Thompson), GB
Wiliam Waleran, GB

4479

V12

5.0

3219.481

 

5

5

26

BMW, D
BMW 328 Touring Coupé

Prince Max (Paul ?) von Schaumburg-Lippe, D
Fritz Wenscher, D

1976

6

2.0

3188.450

 

6

6

12

Louis Villeneuve, F
Delahaye 135 CS

Louis Villeneuve, F
René Biolay, F

3590

6

5.0

3180.287

 

7

7

27

BMW, D
BMW 328

Ralph Röese, D
Paul Heinemann, D

1976

6

2.0

3106.969

 

8

8

20

Count Heyden, GB
Delahaye 135 CS

R.R.C. 'Rob' Walker, GB
Ian Connell, GB

3557

6

5.0

3025.799

 

9

9

28

BMW, D
BMW 328

Willi Briem, D
Rudolf Scholz, D

1976

6

2.0

2975.903

 

10

10

39

Gordini, F
Simca Huit - Fiat

Amedée Gordini, F
José Scaron, B/F

1087

4

1.1

2885.906

 

11

11

14

Joseph Chotard, F
Delahaye 135 SC

Joseph Chotard, F
Jacques Seylair, F

3575

6

5.0

2733.409

 

12

12

29

Commander R.P. Hitchens, GB
Aston Martin Speed Model

Commander Robert P. Hitchens, GB
Mortimer Morris-Goodall, GB

1969

4

2.0

2688.148

 

13

13

41

Gordini, F
Simca Huit - Fiat

Guy Lapchin, F
Charles Plantivaux, F

1087

4

1.1

2640.811

 

14

14

32

Ecurie Lapin Blanc, GB
HRG (- Singer ?)

P.C.T. 'Peter' Clark, GB
Marcus Chambers, GB

1496

4

1.5

2599.700

 

15

15

37

Mrs Marjorie Fawcett, GB
Morgan 4+4 - Standard Ten

Geoffrey White, GB
C.M. Anthony, GB

1104

4

1.1

2493.292

 

16

16

34

Just Emile Vernet, F
Riley TT Sprite Pourtout

Just-Emile Vernet, F
Carl de Bodard, F

1496

4

1.5

2434.625

 

17

17

38

Victor Camerano, F
Simca Huit - Fiat

Victor Camerano, F
Henri Louveau, F

1090

4

1.1

2212.264

 

18

18

45

Arthur W. Jones, GB
Singer Le Mans Replica

Arthur W. Jones, GB
Gordon Wilkins, GB

972

4

1.1

2090.423

 

19

19

48

Gordini, F
Simca Cinq - Fiat

Adrien Alin, F
Albert Alin, F

566

4

750

1999.472

 

20

20

49

Gordini, F
Simca Cinq - Fiat

Maurice Aimé, F
Albert Leduc, F

570

4

750

1987.249

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

DNF

25

Raymond Sommer, F
Alfa Romeo 6C 2500SS

Raymond Sommer, F
"B. Bira" (Prince Birabongse Banutej Bhanuband), SIAM

2443

6

3.0

173
2334.116

Engine

22

DNF

18

Ecurie Francia, F
Delahaye 135 CS

Marcel Contet, F
Robert Brunet, F

3575

6

5.0

171
2307.132

Suspension

23

DNF

31

Victor Polledry, F
Aston Martin 1½

Victor Polledry, F
R Robert, F

1497

4

1.5

155
2091.260

 

24

DNF

3

Luigi Chinetti, I
Talbot T26

Luigi Chinetti, I
T.A.S.O. 'Donald' Mathieson, GB

4483

6

5.0

154
2077.768

Accident

25

DNF

22

Ecurie Walter Watney, GB
Delage D6-3L

Armand Hug, CH
Roger Loyer, F

2968

6

3.0

152
2064.276

Accident

26

DNF

15

Robert Mazaud, F
Delahaye 135 CS

Robert Mazaud, F
Marcel Mongin, F

3565

6

5.0

115
1551.580

Fire

27

DNF

44

Archie Scott, GB
Singer Nine Le Mans Replica

Archie (Jack?) Scott, GB
Tommy Wisdom, GB

980

4

1.1

105
1416.660

Dirty fuel

28

DNF

9

Luigi Chinetti, I
Talbot Lago SS

René Le Begue, F
"Pierre Levegh" (Pierre Boullin) , F

3996

6

5.0

102
1376.184

Ignition

29

DNF

19

Ecurie Francia, F
Delahaye 135 CS

Eugene Chaboud, F
Yves Giraud-Cabantous, F

3568

6

5.0

99
1335.708

 

30

DNF

8

T.A.S.O. Mathieson, GB
Talbot 150SS Figoni

Philippe de Massa, F
Norbert Jean Mahé, F

3998

6

5.0

88
1187.296

Valve spring

31

DNF

7

Luigi Chinetti, I
Talbot T26

André Morel, F
Jim Bradley, GB
DNS Cholsol

4468

6

5.0

88
1187.296

 

32

DNF

10

Jean Trémoulet, F
Talbot Lago SS

Jean Trémoulet, F
Raoul Forestier, F

3997

6

5.0

68
876.980

 

33

DNF

36

Michael Collier, GB
MG Midget PA

Mike Collier, GB
Lewis Welch, GB

847

4

1.1

63
849.996

 

34

DNF

16

Ecurie Francia, F
Delahaye 135 CS

Joseph Paul, F
Jean Trévoux, F

3604

6

5.0

62
849.996

 

35

DNF

11

André Bellecroix, F
Delahaye 135CS

André Belleroix, F
Gaston Serraud, F

3604

6

5.0

50
674.600

Accident

36

DNF

43

Just Emile Vernet, F
Simca Huit - Fiat

Robert Cayeux, F
Gaston Tramer, F

1090

4

1.1

50
674.600

 

37

DNF

4

Luigi Chinetti, I
Talbot T26

"Ano-Nyme" ("Heldé", Pierre-Louis Dreyfus), F
Tony Schumann, F
DNS Shrubsall, GB
DNS Anthony Heal, GB

4483

6

5.0

45
607.140

 

38

DNF

47

Claude Bonneau, F
MG Midget PB

Claude Bonneau, F
Max Mathieu, F

954

4

1.1

40
539.680

Carburettor

39

DNF

40

Gordini, F
Simca Huit - Fiat

Jean Breillet, F
Albert Debille, F

1087

4

1.1

29
391.268

Accident

40

DNF

42

Mme Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier, F
Simca Huit - Fiat

Mme Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier, F
Mme Suzanne Largeot, F

1087

4

1.1

26
350.792

Accident

41

DNF

30

Adler, D
Adler Trumpf

Otto Löhr, D
Paul von Guilleaume, D

1498

4

1.5

6
80.952

Piston

42

DNF

46

Jacques Savoye, F
Singer NineLe Mans Replica Savoye Special

Jacques Savoye, F
Pierre Savoye, F

967

4

1.1

4
53.968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43

DNS

 

Adler, D
Adler Trumpf

Baron Huschke von Hanstein, D
Karkmann, D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44

DNA

 

Lucy O'Reilly Schell, F
Delahaye 145

 

 

 

 

 

 

45

DNA

 


Atalanta

 

 

 

 

 

 

46

DNA

 


Bentley

 

 

 

 

 

 

47

DNA

 

Robert Arbuthnot, GB
Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A

Robert Arbuthnot, GB
-

 

 

 

 

 

48

DNA

 

 

Charles Dodson, GB
Sammy Davis, GB

 

 

 

 

 

Class Winners:

14th Biennial Cup
(Rudge-Whitworth Cup)

A. Gordini / J. Scaron

Simca Huit

Index of Performance - 2nd Annual Cup

A. Gordini / J. Scaron

Simca Huit

3001 - 5000 cc

J. P. Wimille / P. Veyron

Bugatti 57 C

2001 - 3000 cc

L. Gérard / G. Monneret

Delage 3 L

1501 - 2000 cc

von Schaumberg-Lippe / F Wencher

BMW 328

1101 - 1500 cc

P. Clark / M. Chambers

HRG

751 - 1100 cc

A. Gordini / J. Scaron

Simca Huit

501 - 750 cc

Ad. Alin / Al. Alin

Simca Cinq

 

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