1955 Le Mans 24 Hrs


11-12 June 1955 - Le Mans (F): Round 4, World Sports Car Championship
24 Hour duration on a 8.384 mile/13.492 km circuit - 306 laps - 2569.610 miles/4135.380 km
Weather: warm, rain on Sunday


Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps DNF Reason Group Group Pos
1 6 Mike Hawthorn/Ivor Bueb/Jimmy Stewart*/Norman Dewis*/Robert E.Berry*/Tony Rolt* Jaguar D-Type [XKD 505] Jaguar 307   Sports 5000 1
2 23 Peter Collins/Paul Frere Aston Martin DB3S [6] Aston Martin 302   Sports 3000 1
3 10 Jacques Swaters/Johnny Claes/Roger Laurent*/Olivier Gendebien*/Andre Pilette* Jaguar D-Type [XKD 503] Jacques Swaters 296   Sports 5000 2
4 37 Richard von Frankenberg/Helmut Polensky/Josef Jeser* Porsche 550 Spyder [0046] Porsche 284   Sports 1500 1
5 66 Wolfgang Seidel/Olivier Gendebien/Andre Milhoux^/Pierre Stasse*/Johnny Claes* Porsche 550 Spyder [0015] Jacques Swaters 276   Sports 1500 2
6 62 Helmut Gloeckler/Jaroslav Juhan Porsche 550 Spyder [0047] Porsche 273   Sports 1500 3
7 34 Peter S.Wilson/Jim Mayers/Mike Keen*/Tommy Line*/David Blakely* Bristol 450C Bristol 271   Sports 2000 1
8 33 Mike Keen/Tommy Line/Jim Mayers*/Peter S.Wilson*/David Blakely* Bristol 450C [5] Bristol 270   Sports 2000 2
9 32 Tommy Wisdom/Jack Fairman/Tommy Line* Bristol 450C Bristol 268   Sports 2000 3
10 35 Marcel Becquart/Richard Stoop Frazer Nash Sebring [421200 192] Frazer Nash 260   Sports 2000 4
11 40 Giulio Cabianca/Giuseppe Scorbatti/Carlos Braniff*/Javier Velasquez*/Edgar Fronteras* OSCA MT4 [1157] Edgar Fronteras 256   Sports 1500 4
12 41 Ken Miles/John Lockett MG Ex182 [38] MG 249   Sports 1500 5
13 49 Zora Arkus Duntov/Auguste Veuillet Porsche 550 Spyder [0048] Porsche 245   Sports 1100 1
14 28 Robert Dickson/Ninian Sanderson/Geoff Richardson*/Bert Hadley* Triumph TR2 [TS 5534/0] Standard-Triumph 242   Sports 2000 5
15 29 Geoff Richardson/Bert Hadley/Robert Dickson*/Ninian Sanderson* Triumph TR2 [C 55 82] Standard-Triumph 242   Sports 2000 6
NRF 16 Gino Valenzano/Luigi Musso/Jean Behra^/Giuseppe Cesare Perdisa* Maserati 300S [3055] Maserati 239 gearbox Sports 3000  
16 63 Louis Cornet/Robert Maugin D.B.-Panhard HBR [801] Deutsch et Bonnet 236   Sports 750 1
17 64 Ted Lund/Hans Waeffler MG Ex182 [40] MG 234   Sports 1500 6
18 65 Gustave Olivier/Josef Jeser/Auguste Veillet* Porsche 550 Spyder [0016] Gustave Olivier 234   Sports 1100 2
NC 68 Leslie Brooke/Mortimer Morris-Goodall/John H.Walton* Triumph TR2 [TS 5691] Standard-Triumph 214   Sports 2000 7
NC 59 Louis Hery/Georges Trouis D.B.-Panhard HBR Deutsch et Bonnet 209   Sports 750 2
NC 47 John Brown/Edgar B.Wadsworth/John Cooper^/Ivor Bueb* Cooper-Climax T39 [CS/11/2/55] Cooper 207   Sports 1100 3
DNF 22 Briggs Cunningham/Sherwood Johnston/Phil Walters*/John Fitch*/William Spear* Cunningham-Offenhauser C6R [R5422] Briggs Cunningham 196 engine Sports 3000  
DNF 7 Tony Rolt/Duncan Hamilton/Norman Dewis*/Robert E.Berry*/Jimmy Stewart* Jaguar D-Type [XKD 506] Jaguar 186 gearbox Sports 5000  
DNF 52 Jean Hemard/Pierre Flahault/Jean de Montremy*/Jean Herman*/Eugene Dussous* Panhard Monopole X86 [461-831] Panhard-Monopole 145 accident Sports 750  
DNF 30 Hermano da Silva Ramos/Jacques Pollet/Roger Loyer*/Roland Bourel* Gordini T15S [15-0043] Amedee Gordini 145 cooling system Sports 2000  
DNF 60 Philippe Faure/Rene Duval/Georges Guyot* Stanguellini 750 Bialbero Stanguellini 136 ignition Sports 750  
DNF 19 Juan Manuel Fangio/Stirling Moss/Rudolf Uhlenhaut* Mercedes-Benz 300SLR [0007/55] Daimler-Benz 134 withdrew Sports 3000  
DNF 21 Karl Kling/Andre Simon/Juan Manuel Fangio*/Rudolf Uhlenhaut*/Hans Hermann*/Pierre Bouillin*/John Fitch* Mercedes-Benz 300SLR [0004/55] Daimler-Benz 130 withdrew Sports 3000  
DNF 51 Rene Cotton/Andre Beaulieux Panhard VM5 [1] Panhard et Levassor 108 gearbox Sports 1100  
DNF 5 Maurice Trintignant/Harry Schell Ferrari 118LM Scaglietti [0546MM] Ferrari 107 clutch Sports 5000  
DNF 8 Don Beauman/Norman Dewis/Robert E.Berry*/Desmond Titterington* Jaguar D-Type [XKD 508] Jaguar 106 off course Sports 5000  
DNF 24 Roy Salvadori/Peter Walker/Reg Parnell* Aston Martin DB3S [7] Aston Martin 105 engine Sports 3000  
DNF 12 Pierre-Louis Dreyfus/Jean Lucas Ferrari 750 Monza [0440M] Pierre-Louis Dreyfus 104 ignition Sports 3000  
DNF 58 Paul Armagnac/Gerard Laureau/Claude Storez*/Marc Gignoux* D.B.-Panhard HBR [803] Deutsch et Bonnet 100 wheel Sports 750  
DNF 48 Colin Chapman/Ron Flockhart/Peter Jopp*/Gordon Wilkins* Lotus-Climax Mk IX [97] Lotus 99 DSQ - reversed Sports 1100  
DNF 31 Francesco Giardini/Carlo Tomasi/Gino Valenzano^/Georges Thepenier* Maserati A6GCS [2082] Maserati 96 ignition Sports 2000  
DNF 50 Pierre Chancel/Robert Chancel Panhard VM5 [2] Panhard et Levassor 94 fuel system Sports 1100  
DNF 1 Reg Parnell/Dennis Poore Lagonda DP166 [1] Lagonda 93 out of fuel Sports 5000  
DNF 25 Tony Brooks/John Riseley-Pritchard/Maurice Gatsonides*/Marcel Becquart*/Jean van Pelt* Aston Martin DB3S [8] Maurice Gatsonides 83 electrics Sports 3000  
DNF 27 Jean-Paul Colas/Jacques Dewez/Herve Coatalen* Salmson 2300S [85016] Jean-Paul Colas 82 engine Sports 3000  
DNF 3 Umberto Maglioli/Phil Hill/Giuseppe Farina* Ferrari 118LM Scaglietti [0558LM] Ferrari 76 cooling system Sports 5000  
DNF 38 Walter Ringgenberg/Hans-Joerg Gilomen/Hans Stanek*/William Honegger* Porsche 550 Spyder [0031] Walter Ringgenberg 65 engine Sports 1500  
DNF 43 Kenneth McAlpine/Eric Thompson/Don Beauman* Connaught AL/SR Connaught 60 engine Sports 1500  
DNF 4 Eugenio Castellotti/Paolo Marzotto/Piero Taruffi*/Luigi Villoresi*/Alberto Ascari* Ferrari 121LM [0532LM] Ferrari 52 engine Sports 5000  
DNF 69 Jacques Poch/Jacques Savoye Constantin-Peugeot 203 Barquette Jacques Poch 52 gearbox Sports 2000  
DNF 46 Alan Rippon/Ray Merrick/Georges Trouis* Kieft-Climax 1100 [11/54/1] Cyril Kieft 47 oil system Sports 1100  
DNF 57 Rene Bonnet/Claude Storez/Elie Bayol* D.B.-Panhard HBR [804] Deutsch et Bonnet 44 ignition Sports 750  
DNF 9 Phil Walters/William Spear/Sherwood Johnston*/Briggs Cunningham*/John Fitch* Jaguar D-Type [XKD 507] Briggs Cunningham 43 ignition Sports 5000  
DNF 11 Peter Whitehead/Graham Whitehead/Peter Walker*/Ivor Bueb*/Tony Gaze* Cooper-Jaguar T38 Cooper 38 oil pressure Sports 5000  
DNF 20 Pierre Bouillin/John Fitch^/Karl Kling*/Rudolf Uhlenhaut* Mercedes-Benz 300SLR [0006/55] Daimler-Benz 34 fatal accident Sports 3000  
DNF 36 Richard Odlum/Cecil Vard^ Frazer Nash Sebring [421200 207] Frazer Nash 33 engine Sports 2000  
DNF 26 Lance Macklin/Les Leston^ Austin-Healey 100S [SPL 226B] Lance Macklin 30 accident damage Sports 3000  
DNF 53 Fracis Navarro/Jean de Montremy^/Eugene Dussous* Panhard Monopole X86 [304-490] Panhard-Monopole 30 oil system Sports 750  
DNF 42 Richard Jacobs/Joe Flynn* MG Ex182 [39] MG 27 accident Sports 1500  
DNF 56 Yves Giraud-Cabantous/Yves Lesur^/Just-Emile Vernet*/de Croisille* V.P.-Renault 166R [123.55.75] Vernet Pairard 26 engine Sports 750  
DNF 15 Roberto Mieres/Giuseppe Cesare Perdisa^/Jean Behra* Maserati 300S [3054] Maserati 24 gearbox Sports 3000  
DNF 14 Michel Poberejsky/Masten Gregory^/Francis Picard* Ferrari 750 Monza [0504M] Michel Poberjsky 23 engine Sports 3000  
DNF 61 Mario Damonte/Roger Crovetto^/Gino Munaron*/Paul Graynet* Nardi-Giannini Bisilero [955.3] Nardi 5 accident Sports 750  
DNF 39 Berwyn Baxter/John Deeley^ Kieft-Turner [55/15/1] Cyril Kieft 5 overheating Sports 1500  
DNS 54 Lino Fayen/Herman Rogenry Moretti 750S Moretti   gridded too late Sports 750  
DNS 55 Giorgio Ubezzi/Mesnest Bellanger/Herman Rogenry* Moretti 750S Moretti   gridded too late Sports 750  
DNS 2 Louis Rosier/Georges Grignard/Jean Blanc* Talbot Sport [110 055] Talbot     Sports 5000  
DNS 17 Robert Manzon/Elie Bayol/Andre Guelfi*/Roland Bourel* Gordini T24S [0036] Amedee Gordini   accident Sports 3000  
DNS 45 Jim Russell/Peter Taylor/Dennis Taylor*/Ivor Bueb*/George R.Thornton*/Victor Ridge*/Daphne M.Arnott*/Les Leston* Arnott-Climax Sports [AT112] Arnott   accident Sports 1100  
RES 70 Jacques Blache/Louis Pons/Jesu Fritsch*/Jean Redele* Ferry-Renault F750 Pierre Ferry     Sports 750  
RES 72 Jean-Marie Dumazer/Andre Hechard/Jerome Pourond V.P.-Renault 155R Vernet Pairard     Sports 750  
RES 73 Jean-Louis Rosier/Jean Estager/Louis Rosier Renault 1063 Louis Rosier     Sports 750  
DNS T Peter Collins/Paul Frere/Roy Salvadori/Peter Walker Aston Martin DB3 [5] Aston Martin     Sports 3000  
DNS T Mike Hawthorn Jaguar D-Type [XKD 504] Jaguar   engine Sports 5000  
DNA 18 Jacques Pollet/Hermano da Silva Ramos/Charles de Clareuer Gordini T32S Amedee Gordini     Sports 3000  
DNA 47 Jacques Peron OSCA MT4 Jacques Peron     Sports 1100  
DNA 2   Lagonda DP166 Lagonda     Sports 5000  
DNA 44   Maserati 150S Maserati     Sports 1500  
REE 67 Henri Peignaux/Jean-Marie Brousselet Jaguar D-Type Henri Peignaux     Sports 5000  
REE 68 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Ferrari 750 Monza Yves Giraud-Cabantous     Sports 3000  
REE 71   Maserati 150S Maserati     Sports 1500  
NAC     Gordini T20S Charles de Clareuer     Sports 2000  
NAC     Porsche 550 Spyder Porsche     Sports 1500  
NAC     Lotus-Climax Mk IX Lotus     Sports 1100  
NAC     Panhard X88 Panhard et Levassor     Sports 750  
NAC     Panhard X88 Panhard et Levassor     Sports 750  
NAC     Nardi-Crosley Nardi     Sports 750  
NAC     Moretti 750S Moretti     Sports 750  
NAC     OSCA MT4 OSCA     Sports 1100  
NAC     OSCA MT4 OSCA     Sports 1100  
NAC     OSCA MT4 OSCA     Sports 1100  

N.B. Pierre Bouillin ("Levegh") involved in a fatal accident which killed 50 spectators
 
 
Winning Time: 107.067 mph/172.308 kph
Fastest Lap: Mike Hawthorn #6 (Jaguar D-Type), 4m06.6, 122.388 mph/196.964 kph

 
 
* Driver listed for car, but did not participate in race meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted



Last Updated on 25/11/00
By Darren Galpin
Email: darren.galpin@virgin.net