1958 Le Mans 24 Hours


21-22 June 1958 - Le Mans (F): Round 5, World Sportscar Championship
24 Hour duration on a 8.364 mile/13.461 km circuit - 304 laps - 2548.823 miles/4101.926 kms
Weather: rain


Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps DNF Reason Group Group Pos
1 14 Olivier Gendebien/Phil Hill/Mike Hawthorn^ Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 58 [0728] Scuderia Ferrari 305   Sports 3000 1
2 5 Graham Whitehead/Peter Whitehead Aston Martin DB3S [6(11)] A. G. Whitehead 293   Sports 3000 2
3 29 Jean Behra/Hans Herrmann Porsche 718 RSK [005] Porsche KG 291   Sports 2000 1
4 31 Edgar Barth/Paul Frére Porsche 718 RSK [003/033] Porsche KG 290   Sports 1500 1
5 32 Carel Godin de Beaufort/Herbert Linge/Art Bunker* Porsche 550A RS [0145] Carel Godin de Beaufort 288   Sports 1500 2
6 21 Alain de Changy/"Jean Beurlys"/Claude Dubois*/Hermano da Silva Ramos*/Jean-Francois Malle* Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa [0736] Equipe Nationale Belge 279   Sports 3000 3
7 22 Ed Hugus/Ernie Erickson/Ed W.Crawford* Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa [0732] Ed Hugus 278   Sports 3000 4
8 28 Peter Bolton/Richard Stoop A.C. Ace LM Bristol [LM5000] A.C. Cars Ltd. 257   Sports 2000 2
9 27 Hubert Patthey/Georges Berger A.C. Ace Bristol [BEX 399] A.C. Cars Ltd. 255   Sports 2000 3
10 34 Jean Kerguen/Jacques Dewez Porsche 550A RS [0142] Jean-Paul Colas 254   Sports 1500 3
11 42 Alejandro de Tomaso/Colin Davis OSCA Sports 750 TN Automobili OSCA 252   Sports 750 1
  8 Ivor Bueb/Duncan Hamilton Jaguar D-type [XKD 601] J. Duncan Hamilton 251 Accident Sports 3000  
12 44 Gérard Laureau/Louis Cornet D.B. HBR4 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet 250   Sports 750 2
13 46 Paul Armagnac/Jean-Claude Vidilles/R.Adda*/Lucien Bonnet* D.B. HBR4 Panhard [988] Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet 242   Sports 750 3
14 41 Jean Laroche/Rémy Radix OSCA Sports 750 Automobili OSCA 241   Sports 750 4
15 10 Bruce Halford/Brian Naylor Lister - Jaguar [BHL 5] Bruce Halford 241   Sports 3000 5
16 24 Peter Jopp/Percy Crabb/Ian B.Baillie* Peerless GT Coupé Triumph Peerless Cars 240   Sports 2000 4
17 51 Jacques Poch/Guy Dunand-Saultier Panhard Monopole X86 Equipe Monopole Courses 218   Sports 750 5
18 45 Robert Mougin/Lucien Bonnet/Paul Armagnac*/Jean-Claude Vidilles* D.B. HBR4 Panhard Coupé Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet 214   Sports 750 6
NC 53 Fernand Sigrand/René Revillon/Michel Nicol Stanguellini 750 Sport Automobili Stanguellini 211   Sports 750 7
NC 55 Alan Stacey/Tom Dickson/Peter Ashdown*/Mike Parkes* Lotus Eleven Climax [514] Team Lotus Engineering 202   Sports 750 8
DNF 3 Tony Brooks/Maurice Trintignant/Stuart Lewis-Evans^/Roy Salvadori* Aston Martin DBR1 [2] David Brown Racing Dept. 173 Gearbox Sports 3000  
DNF 38 Innes Ireland/Mike Taylor/Jay Chamberlain*/Mike Parkes* Lotus Eleven Climax [513] Team Lotus Engineeering 162 Ignition Sports 1100  
DNF 1 Francisco Godia-Sales/Jo Bonnier Maserati 300S [3066] Francisco Godia 142 Engine Sports 3000  
DNF 47 René Bartholoni/Marcel Lailler/Bernard Deviterne* D.B. HBR5 Panhard Bernard Deviterne 129 Engine Sports 750  
DNF 25 Pedro Rodriguez/José Behra/Jan de Vroom*/Ricardo Rodriguez* Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa [0600MDTR] North American Racing Team 119 Overheating Sports 2000  
DNF 12 Mike Hawthorn/Peter Collins/Luigi Musso* Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 58 [0704] Scuderia Ferrari 112 Clutch Sports 3000  
DNF 54 René Philippe Faure/Michel Nicol Stanguellini 750 Sport Automobili Stanguellini 110 Engine Sports 750  
DNF 16 Wolfgang von Trips/Wolfgang Seidel/Olivier Gendebien^ Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 58 [0726] Scuderia Ferrari 101 Accident Sports 3000  
DNF 48 Maurice van der Bruwaene/Jacques Lefourel Panhard Monopole X89 Equipe Monopole Courses 101 Gearbox Sports 750  
DNF 40 Tommy Bridger/Peter Blond Tojeiro - Climax John Ogier 83 Rear axle Sports 1100  
DNF 19 Edwin D. Martin/Fernand Tavano Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa [0730] North American Racing Team 77 Ignition, clutch Sports 3000  
DNF 20 François Picard/Jaroslav Juhan/Gotfrid Koechert* Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa [0754] Equipe Los Amigos 72 Accident Sports 3000  
DNF 18 Dan Gurney/Bruce Kessler Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa [0666] North American Racing Team 64 Collision,fire Sports 3000  
DNF 37 Marcel Lauga/Jean Hébert Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato Virgilio Conrero 59 Accident Sports 1500  
DNF 30 Claude Storez/Richard von Frankenberg Porsche 718 RSK [004] Porsche KG 55 Accident Sports 2000  
DNF 4 Roy Salvadori/Stuart Lewis-Evans/Carroll Shelby* Aston Martin DBR1 [1] David Brown Racing Dept. 49 Accident Sports 3000  
DNF 11 André Guelfi/Jean-Marie Brousselet Jaguar D-type [XKD 513] Henri Peignaux 47 Fatal accident Sports 3000  
DNF 17 Alfonso Gomez-Mena/Piero Drogo Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa [0722] Fernand Tavano 45 Engine Sports 3000  
DNF 50 Bernard Consten/Jean Vinatier/Pierre Chancel* Panhard Monopole VM5 Equipe Monopole Courses 44 Engine Sports 750  
DNF 9 Freddy Rousselle/Claude Dubois/Alain de Changy*/Lucien Bianchi* Lister - Jaguar [BHL 105] Equipe Nationale Belge 43 Oil pressure Sports 3000  
DNF 35 Jay Chamberlain/Pete Lovely/Keith Hall*/Mike Parkes* Lotus 15 Climax [608] Lotus Engineering 39 Accident Sports 1500  
DNF 52 Georges Guyot/Pierre Ros/Rene Revillon* Stanguellini 750 Sport Automobili Stanguellini 38 Accident Sports 750  
DNF 58 Lucien Bianchi/Willy Mairesse^/Jacques Swaters*/Alain de Changy* Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa [0724] Ecurie Francorchamps 33 Accident Sports 3000  
DNF 36 Eric Catulle/Giorgio Ubezzi/Jean Estager* Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato Virgilio Conrero 31 Fuel feed Sports 1500  
DNF 2 Stirling Moss/Jack Brabham^ Aston Martin DBR1 [3] David Brown Racing Dept. 30 Con rod Sports 3000  
DNF 57 Maurice Charles/John Young^ Jaguar D-type [XKD 502] Maurice Charles 29 Accident Sports 3000  
DNF 39 N. Robert Hicks/William Frost^ Lotus Eleven Climax [519] Car Exchange 28 Spun Sports 1100  
DNF 23 Eugéne Martin/Michel Dagorne^/Georges Thepenier^/John H.Simone* Maserati 200SI [2428] Jean Thépenier 20 Gearbox Sports 2000  
DNF 56 André Héchard/Roger Masson^ Lotus Eleven Climax [324] Equipe Lotus France 19 Accident Sports 750  
DNF 49 René Cotton/André Beaulieux^ Panhard Monopole X86 Equipe Monopole Courses 10 Engine Sports 750  
DNF 6 Jack Fairman/Masten Gregory^/Ron Flockhart* Jaguar D-type [XKD 603] Ecurie Ecosse 7 Engine Sports 3000  
DNF 26 Cliff Allison/Graham Hill^/Pete Lovely^/Mike Parkes* Lotus 15 Climax [607] Team Lotus Engineeering 3 Engine Sports 2000  
DNF 7 Ninian Sanderson/John Lawrence^/Ivor Bueb* Jaguar D-type [XKD 504] Ecurie Ecosse 2 Engine Sports 3000  
DNF 43 Jean-Marie Dumazer/Robert Dutoit^ V.P. - Renault Just-Emile Vernet 2 Gearbox Sports 750  
  59 Heinz Schiller/Claude Tot/Hans Wirz* Porsche 550 RS Leman     Sports 1500  
  60 Roger Castelain/Pierre Ros Stanguellini Bialbero Automobili Stanguellini     Sports 1100  
  61 Louis Chardin/Michel Heymel V.P. - Renault Just-Emile Vernet     Sports 750  
  63 Ian B. Baillie/Richard Gibson/John Dalton* Peerless GT Coupe Peerless Cars     Sports 2000  
  1   Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Claude Bourillot     Sports 3000  
  14   Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa [Jacques Swaters]   Sports 3000  
  15   Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Jo Bonnier     Sports 3000  
  15 Olivier Gendebien/Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 250 GT Scuderia Ferrari     Sports 3000  
  16   Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Francois Picard     Sports 3000  
  21   Aston Martin DB3S [117] Jean-Paul Colas     Sports 3000  
  22   Frazer Nash Continental BMW Frazer Nash     Sports 3000  
  32   Porsche 550 RS Ed Hugus     Sports 1500  
  33   Porsche 550 RS Christian Goethals     Sports 1500  
  55   Elva Mk.II Climax Elva     Sports 750  
  62 Laforcade/Gaston Serraud CTAP - Renault De Pontac     Sports 750  
  15 Luigi Musso/Gino Munaron Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scuderia Ferrari        

Jean-Pierre Brousselet (raced as "Mary") killed
 
 
Winning Time: 106.201 mph/170.914 kph
Fastest Lap: Mike Hawthorn #12 (Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa), 4m08.0, 121.417 mph/195.402 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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