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24 Heures du Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans 15.6.1952
24 h Le Mans
Spectators: 400 000 Started: 57 Classified: 17 Race: 13,492 km * 277 laps = 3733,800 km AVG: 155,575 km/h FL: Alberto Ascari 62 Ferrari 250S Berlinetta Vignale 4:40,500 173,159 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/retired Group Practice Classified: 1. 21 Hermann Lang / D Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Daimler Benz AG 277 1. 3000 Fritz Riess / D 2. 20 Theo Helfrich / D Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Daimler Benz AG 276 Helmut Niedermayr / D 3. 10 Leslie Johnson / GB Nash-Healey 262 1. 5000 Tommy Wisdom / GB 4. 1 Briggs Cunningham / USA Cunningham C4-R Chrysler B. S. Cunningham 252 1. 8000 William Spear / USA 5. 14 André Simon / F Ferrari 340 America B 0206A priv. 250 Vincent / F 6. 39 Gino Valenzano / I Lancia Aurelia B20 Scuderia Lancia 248 1. 2000 "Ippocampo" / I 7. 32 Peter C. T. Clark / GB Aston Martin DB2 Coupé 248 Mike Keen / GB 8. 40 Felice Bonetto / I Lancia Aurelia B20 Scuderia Lancia 247 Enrico Anselmi / I 9. 6 André Morel / F Talbot Lago T26GS André Chambas 235 1. Compres. André Chambas / F 10. 42 Rodney F. Peacock / GB Frazer Nash RMK 2 150 225 Gerry A. Ruddock / GB 11. 50 Auguste Veuillet / F Porsche 356/4 Porsche KG 220 1. 1100 Edmond Mouche / F 12. 52 Charles Plantivaux / F Dyna Panhard Coupé 217 Robert Chancel / F 13. 45 Marcel Becquart / F Jowett R1 Jupiter 210 1. 1500 Gordon Wilkins / GB 14. 60 Jean Hémard / F Monopole Panhard 208 1. 750 Eugéne Dussous / F 15. 68 de Regibus / F Renault 4CV 195 Porta / F 16. 61 R. Gaillard / F Dyna Panhard 186 Pierre Chancel / F 17. 67 Jean Redélé / F Renault 4CV 178 Guy Lapchin / F Did not finish: 2 Phil Walters / USA Cunningham C4 RK Chrysler c B. S. Cunningham Engine Duane Carter / USA 3 John Fitch / USA Cunningham C4 RK Chrysler B. S. Cunningham Engine "Rice" / USA 4 Sydney H. Allard / GB Allard 2JX Chrysler Fuel tank Jack Fairman / GB 5 Curtis / USA Allard 2JX Chrysler F. G. Curtis? Brakes Zora Arkus Duntov / USA 8 "Pierre Levegh" / F Talbot Lago T26 GS spider Pierre Levegh Engine DNS - René Marchand / F 9 Pierre Meyrat / F Talbot Lago T26 GS Oil pump Guy Mairesse / F 11 Pierre Veyron / F Nash-Healey Gearbox Yves Giraud-Cabantous / F 12 Luigi Chinetti / USA Ferrari 340 America B 0204A Luigi Chinetti Disqualified Jean Lucas / F 15 Louis Rosier / F Ferrari 340 America 0202A? Ecurie Rosier Clutch Maurice Trintignant / F 16 "Heldé" / F Ferrari 340 America B 0116A Heldé Clutch 17 Stirling Moss / GB Jaguar C-type Jaguar Ltd. Engine Peter Walker / GB 18 Tony Rolt / GB Jaguar C-type Jaguar Ltd. Head gasket Duncan Hamilton / GB 19 Peter Whitehead / GB Jaguar C-type Jaguar Ltd. Head gasket Ian Stewart / GB 22 Karl Kling / D Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Daimler Benz AG Electrical Hans Klenk / D 25 Lance Macklin / GB Aston Martin DB3 spider Aston Martin Ltd. Accident Peter Collins / GB 26 Dennis Poore / GB Aston Martin DB3 spider Aston Martin Ltd. Water pump Pat Griffith / GB 27 Reg Parnell / GB Aston Martin DB3 coup DB3/1 Aston Martin Ltd. Transmission Eric Thompson / GB 30 "Pierre Pagnibon" / I Ferrari 225S Berline 0152EL Ignition Tom Cole / USA 31 Nigel H. Mann / GB Aston Martin DB2 N. H. Mann Starter Mortimer Morris-Goodall / GB 33 Charles Moran / USA Ferrari 212 Coupe 0070M Electrical Franco Cornacchia / I 34 Jean Behra / F Gordini 23S Automobiles Gordini Front brakes Robert Manzon / F 35 R. Lawrie / GB Morgan Plus 4-Standerd Vang Water pump J. Isherwood / GB 41 Richard Stoop / GB Frazer Nash MM 115 Transmission Peter S. Wilson / GB 43 Alexis Constantin / F Constantin C Peugeot A. Constantin Accident Jacques Poch / F 44 Roger Loyer / F Gordini Automobiles Gordini Clutch "Charles Rinen" / F 46 Bert Hadley / GB Jowett R1 Jupiter Oil leak Tommy Wise / GB 47 A. Lachaize / F Porsche 356/4 Porsche KG Accident Martin / F 48 Mario Damonte / I Osca MT4 1100 1117 Automobili Osca Clutch Martial 49 José Scaron / F Simca Water pump Norbert Mahé / F 51 Huschke von Hanstein / D Porsche 356/4 Porsche KG Gearbox Müller / D 53 Yves Lesur / F Renault 4CV Transmission André Briat / F 54 Louis Pons / F Renault 4CV Accident Moser 55 Jacques Lecat / F Renault 4CV Engine Henri Senftleben / F 56 Just-Emile Vernet / F Renault 4CV Ignition Jean Pairard / F 57 René Bonnet / F D.B. - Panhard Transmission Elie Bayol / F 58 Jean-Paul Colas / F D.B. - Panhard Fuel Schollmann 59 Jacques Savoye / F Panhard Engine Lienard / F 62 Alberto Ascari / I Ferrari 250S Berline 0156ET Scuderia Ferrari Clutch Luigi Villoresi / I 64 Maurice Gatsonides / NL Jowett Jupiter Engine Niegevelt 65 Eugéne Chaboud / F Talbot Lago T26 Accident Charles Pozzi / F Did not start: - xxx Renault 4CV Reserve entry - Capelli / I Fiat Giovanni Lurani / I - F. Bulto Pegaso Reserve entry - S. Fabreges Pegaso Jésus-Ricardo Iglesias / RA - xxx Renault 4CV Reserve entry - Palacio Pover / E Pegaso Juan J. Jover / E In entry list only: - xxx SIATA - Giuseppe Farina / I Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Piero Taruffi / I - xxx Aston Martin Aston Martin Ltd. - xxx Alfa Romeo 1900 GT S.P.A. Alfa Romeo - Juan Manuel Fangio / RA Alfa Romeo Dicso Volante S.P.A. Alfa Romeo Froilan Gonzalez / RA