1956 Le Mans 24 Hours


18-29 July 1956 - Le Mans (F): Non-Championship Event
24 Hour duration on a 8.364 mile/13.461 km circuit - 299 laps - 2507.193 miles/4034.929 km
Weather: rain
Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps DNF Reason Group Group Pos
1 4 Ron Flockhart/Ninian Sanderson Jaguar D-Type Ecurie Ecosse 300   Sports 5000 1
2 8 Stirling Moss/Peter Collins Aston Martin DB3S [9] David Brown 299   Sports 3000 1
3 12 Olivier Gendebien/Maurice Trintignant/Andre Simon*/Luigi Musso* Ferrari 625LM [0644LM] Ferrari 293   Sports 3000 2
4 5 Jacques Swaters/Freddy Rousselle/Roger Laurent^ Jaguar D-Type [XKD573] Jacques Swaters 284   Sports 5000 2
5 25 Richard von Frankenberg/Wolfgang von Trips/Umberto Maglioli* Porsche 550 RS [0104] Porsche 282   Sports 1500 1
6 1 Mike Hawthorn/Ivor Bueb/Desmond Titterington* Jaguar D-Type [XKD605] Jaguar 280   Sports 5000 3
7 36 Reg Bicknell/Peter Jopp/Cliff Allison*/Graham Hill* Lotus-Climax Eleven [210] Lotus 253   Sports 1100 1
8 33 Ed Hugus/John Bentley Cooper-Climax T39 Cooper 252   Sports 1100 2
NRF 14 Tony Brooks/Reg Parnell/Peter Walker* Aston Martin DBR1 [1] David Brown 246 axle Sports 3000  
9 30 Claude Bourillot/Henri Perroud/Francois Chambelland* Maserati 150S [1660] Claude Bourillot 245   Sports 1500 2
10 40 Gerard Laureau/Paul Armagnac D.B.-Panhard HBR5 Deutsch et Bonnet 231   Sports 750 1
11 45 Jean-Claude Vidilles/Georges Thepenier D.B.-Panhard HBR Deutsch et Bonnet 225   Sports 750 2
12 46 Andre Hechard/Roger Masson D.B.-Panhard HBR Deutsch et Bonnet 220   Sports 750 3
NRF 17 Louis Rosier/Jean Behra/Jean Lucas*/Geoffredo Zehender* Talbot-Maserati Lago Sport 2500 [139] Talbot 220 axle Sports 3000  
13 34 Roland Bourel/Michel Slotine Porsche 365A [56007] Rene Bourel 212   Sports 1500 3
14 41 Jean-Marie Dumazer/Lucien Campion V.P.-Renault 166R Just-Emile Vernet 210   Sports 1100 3
DNF 6 Robert Walshaw/Peter Bolton/Ronnie J.Adams* Jaguar XK140 [S804231] Robert Walshaw 206 out of fuel Sports 5000  
DNF 9 Peter Walker/Roy Salvadori/Reg Parnell* Aston Martin DB3S [10] David Brown 175 accident Sports 3000  
DNF 32 Colin Chapman/Herbert Mackay-Fraser/Graham Hill^ Lotus-Climax Eleven [212] Lotus 172 engine Sports 1500  
DNF 24 Umberto Maglioli/Hans Herrmann/Richard von Frankenberg* Porsche 550 RS [0103] Porsche 136 engine Sports 1500  
DNF 22 Francois Picard/Robert Tappan/Howard Hively^ Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa [0654MDTR] Robert Tappan 135 DSQ - illegal refuel Sports 2000  
DNF 37 Jean Py/Yves Dommee/Rene Breuil* R.B.-OSCA Prototype Rene Breuil 116 gearbox Sports 1100  
DNF 10 Phil Hill/Andre Simon/Eugenio Castellotti^/Harry Schell*/Maurice Trintignant*/Juan Manuel Fangio* Ferrari 625LM [0632] Ferrari 107 axle Sports 3000  
DNF 23 Richard Stoop/Tony Gaze Frazer Nash Sebring Frazer Nash 100 accident Sports 2000  
DNF 16 Hermano da Silva Ramos/Andre Guelfi/Andre Pilette* Gordini T15S [15-0017S] Amedee Gordini 90 clucth Sports 3000  
DNF 35 Cliff Allison/Keith Hall/Reg Bicknell*/Graham Hill* Lotus-Climax Eleven [211] Lotus 89 accident Sports 1100  
DNF 15 Robert Manzon/Jean Guichet/Hermano da Silva Ramos* Gordini T17S [0043] Amedee Gordini 80 oil pressure Sports 3000  
DNF 19 Serge Nercessian/Georges Monneret Salmson 2300S Jean-Paul Colas 80 engine Sports 3000  
DNF 20 Alain de Changy/Lucien Bianchi Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa [0618MDTR] Jacques Swaters 76 steering Sports 2000  
DNF 29 Andre Milhoux/Charles de Clareuer/Jean Guichet* Gordini T17S [0039] Amedee Gordini 67 fuel system Sports 1500  
DNF 48 Marcel Lauga/Jean-Michel Durif Moretti 750 Zagato Moretti 62 engine Sports 750  
DNF 26 Max Nathan/Helmut Gloeckler Porsche 356 Carrera Porsche 61 accident Sports 1500  
DNF 21 Pierre Meyrat/Fernand Tavano Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa [0624MDTR] Pierre Meyrat 61 accident Sports 2000  
DNF 7 Wittigo von Einsiedel/Paul Metternich Mercedes-Benz 300SL [0405500223] Paul Metternich 58 ignition Sports 3000  
DNF 49 Pierre Hemard/Pierre Flahaut Panhard Monopole X89 Panhard-Monopole 50 engine Sports 750  
DNF 27 Mathieu Hezemans/Carel Godin de Beaufort/Wolfgang Seidel^/Helmut Gloeckler* Porsche 550 RS [041] Porsche 48 suspension Sports 1500  
DNF 50 Pierre Chancel/Andre Beaulieux Panhard Monopole X88 Panhard-Monopole 46 accident Sports 750  
DNF 28 Claude Storez/Helmut Polensky/Gustave Olivier*/Auguste Veuillet* Porsche 550 Spyder [0032] Gustave Olivier 45 ignition Sports 1500  
DNF 52 Philippe Faure/Gilbert Foury^ Stanguellini 750 Sport Stanguellini 36 accident Sports 750  
DNF 31 Louis Cornet/Robert Maughin/Georges Thepenier* Maserati 150S [1664] Louis Cornet 35 engine Sports 1500  
DNF 18 Jean Lucas/Geoffredo Zehender/Louis Rosier*/Jean Behra*/Yves Giraud-Cabantous* Talbot-Maserati Lago Sport 2500 [138] Talbot 32 accident Sports 3000  
DNF 53 Rene Duval/Georges Guyot^ Stanguellini 750 Sport Stanguellini 23 engine Sports 750  
DNF 47 Marceau Escules/Francis Guillaud^/Aquilino Branca* Moretti 750 Gran Sport Moretti 22 ignition Sports 750  
DNF 51 Louis Hery/Lucien Pailler^ Panhard Monopole X86 Panhard-Monopole 5 accident Sports 750  
DNF 42 Jean Laroche/Remy Radix^ OSCA S750 OSCA 4 accident Sports 750  
DNF 3 Jack Fairman/Ken Wharton^/Paul Frere* Jaguar D-Type [XKD602] Jaguar 3 accident Sports 5000  
DNF 2 Paul Frere/Desmond Titterington^ Jaguar D-Type [XKD603] Jaguar 2 accident Sports 5000  
DNF 11 Alfonso de Portago/Duncan Hamilton^/Eugenio Castellotti* Ferrari 625LM [0642LM] Ferrari 2 accident Sports 3000  
DNF 44 Fernand Carpentier/Perre Savary^ D.B.-Panhard HBR5 Deutsch-Bonnet 2 accident Sports 750  
DNS 2 Paul Frere/Desmond Titterington/Duncan Hamilton*/Ivor Bueb* Jaguar D-Type [XKD606] Jaguar   accident Sports 5000  
DNA   Giulio Cabianca/Luigi Villoresi OSCA MT4 OSCA     Sports 1500  
DNA   Jaques Pollet Mercedes-Benz 300SL Jacques Pollet     Sports 3000  
DNA   Raymond Flower/Mike Llewellyn Phoenix (EGY)-Turner 2SR6 Phoenix     Sports 2000  
DNA   Jack Brabham/Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax T39 Cooper     Sports 1500  
DNA   Robert Chancel Panhard Monopole Littery     Sports 750  
DNA     Frazer Nash-BMW Continental Frazer Nash     Sports 3000  
DNA     Stanguellini-Bialbero Stanguellini     Sports 1100  
DNA   Michel Dubonnet/Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 250GT [0393] Michel Dubonnet     Sports 3000  
NAC     MG A Dick Fitzwilliam     Sports 1500  

N.B. Louis Henry killed
 
 
Winning Time: 104.466 mph/168.122 kph
Fastest Lap: Mike Hawthorn #1 (Jaguar D-Type), 4m20.0, 115.813 mph/186.383 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



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