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24 h Le Mans 12.6.1955
24 h Le Mans
Started: 60 Classified: 21 Race: 13,492 km = 4135,380 km AVG: 172,308 km/h FL: Mike Hawthorn 6 Jaguar D-type 4:06,600 196,963 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice Classified: 1. 6 Mike Hawthorn / GB Jaguar D-type XKD505 Jaguar Cars Ltd. 1. 5000 Ivor Bueb / GB 2. 23 Peter Collins / GB Aston Martin DB3S DB3S/6 Aston Martin Ltd. 1. 3000 Paul Frére / B 3. 10 Johnny Claes / B Jaguar D-type XKD503 Ecurie Francorchamps 5000 Jacques Swaters / B 4. 37 Helmut Polensky / D Porsche 550 RS Spyder 1 046 Porsche KG 1. 1500 Richard von Frankenberg / D 5. 66 Olivier Gendebien / B Porsche 550 RS Spyder 1 015 Ecurie Bege/Gonzague Olivie 2. 1500 Wolfgang Seidel / D 6. 62 Helmut Glöckler / D Porsche 550 RS Spyder 1 047 Porsche KG 3. 1500 Jaroslav Juhan / GUA 7. 34 Peter S. Wilson / GB Bristol 450C Bristol Aeroplane Co 1. 2000 Jim Mayers / GB 8. 33 Mike Keen / GB Bristol 450C open Bristol Aeroplane Co 2. 2000 John Line / GB 9. 32 Tommy Wisdom / GB Bristol 450C open Bristol Aeroplane Co 3. 2000 Jack Fairman / GB 10. 35 Marcel Becquart / F Frazer Nash Sebring 205 Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd 2000 Dick Stoop / GB 11. 40 Giulio Cabianca / I Osca MT4 1500 1157 E. Fronteras 4. 1500 Roberto Sgorbati / I 12. 41 Ken Miles / USA MG EX 182 MG Cars Ltd. 1500 John Lockett / GB 13. 49 Auguste Veuillet / F Porsche 550 048 Porsche KG 1. 751-1100 Zora Arcus-Duntov / USA 14. 28 Robert Dickson / GB Triumph TR2 Standard Triumph Ltd. 2000 Ninian Sanderson / GB 15. 29 Ken Richardson / GB Triumph TR2 Standard Triumph Ltd. 2000 Bert Hadley / GB 16. 63 Louis Cornet / F D.B. Panhard Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet 1. 501-750 Robert Mougin / F 17. 64 Ted Lund / GB MG EX 182 MG Cars Ltd. 1500 Hans Waeffler 18. 65 Gustave Olivier / F Porsche 550 016 Gonzague Olivier 1500 Josef Jeser 19. 68 Leslie Brooke / GB Triumph TR2 Standard Triumph Ltd. 2000 Mortimer Morris-Goodall / GB 20. 59 Georges Trouis / F D.B. HBR Panhard Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet 501-750 Louis Héry 21. 47 Edgar B. Wadsworth / GB Cooper T39 Climax Cooper Cars Co 751-1100 John Brown / GB Did not finish: 16 Luigi Musso / I Maserati 300S Officine Alfieri Maserati 239 Transmission 3000 Gino Valenzano / I 22 Briggs Cunningham / USA Cunningham C6-R Offenhauser Briggs Cunningham 196 Piston 3000 Sherwood Johnston / USA 7 Tony Rolt / GB Jaguar D-type XKD506 Jaguar Cars Ltd. 186 Fuel leak 5000 Duncan Hamilton / GB 52 Jean Hémard / F Monopole Panhard Société Monopole 145 Accident 501-750 Pierre Flahault / F 30 Jacques Pollet / F Gordini T20S Automobiles Gordini 144 Holed radiator 2000 Nano da Silva Ramos / F/BR 60 René Faure / F Stanguellini Automobili Stanguellini 136 Ignition 501-750 Pierre Duval / F 19 Juan Manuel Fangio / RA Mercedes-Benz 300 S 0003/55 Daimler Benz AG 133 Withdrawn 3000 Stirling Moss / GB 21 Karl Kling / D Mercedes-Benz 300 S 0004/55 Daimler Benz AG 130 Withdrawn 3000 André Simon / F 51 René Cotton / F Panhard VM5 Automobiles Panhard 109 Gearbox 751-1100 André Beaulieu / F 5 Maurice Trintignant / F Ferrari 121 LM 0546LM Scuderia Ferrari 109 Overheating 5000 Harry Schell / USA 8 Don Beauman / GB Jaguar D-type XKD508 Jaguar Cars Ltd. 106 Accident 5000 Norman Dewis / GB 24 Roy Salvadori / GB Aston Martin DB3S DB3S/7 Aston Martin Ltd. 105 Engine 3000 Peter Walker / GB 12 "Heldé" / F Ferrari 750 Monza 0440M F. Heldi (Heldé) 104 Distributor 3000 Jean Lucas / F 58 Paul Armagnac / F D.B. HBR Panhard Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet 101 Wheel bearing? 501-750 Gérard Laureau / F 48 Colin Chapman / GB Lotus 9 Climax Lotus Engineering 99 Disqualified 751-1100 Ron Flockhart / GB 50 Pierre Chancel / F Panhard VM5 Automobiles Panhard 95 alimentation 751-1100 Robert Chancel / F 31 Carlo Tomasi / RA Maserati 200S Officine Alfieri Maserati 95 Distribution 2000 Francesco Giardini / I 1 Reg Parnell / GB Lagonda DP166 DP166/1 Aston Martin Ltd. 93 Out of fuel 5000 Dennis Poore / GB 25 Tony Brooks / GB Aston Martin DB3S DB3S/8 Aston Martin Ltd. 84 Battery 3000 John Riseley-Pritchard / GB 27 Jean-Paul Colas / F Salmson 2300S Spyder Jean Paul Colas 81 Oil leak 3000 "Franc" / F 3 Umberto Maglioli / I Ferrari 121 LM SP 0558LM Scuderia Ferrari 76 Clutch 5000 Phil Hill / USA 38 Walter Ringgenberg / CH Porsche 550 Spyder 003 Walter Ringgenberg 64 Engine 1500 Hans-Jörg Gilomen 43 Ken McAlpine / GB Connaught AL/SR Lea Francis Connaught Engineering 60 Engine 1500 Eric Thompson / GB 69 Jacques Savoye / F Constantin C Peugeot A. Constantin 51 Transmission 2000 Jacques Poch / F 4 Eugenio Castellotti / I Ferrari 121 LM 0532LM Scuderia Ferrari 50 Engine 5000 1. Paolo Marzotto / I 46 Alan Rippon / GB Kieft - Climax Kieft Cars Ltd. 46 Oil leak 751-1100 Ray Merrick / USA 9 William Spear / USA Jaguar D-type XKD507 Briggs Cunningham 44 Valve 5000 Phil Walters / USA 57 René Bonnet / F D.B. HBR Panhard Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet 43 distribution 501-750 Claude Storez / F 11 Peter Whitehead / GB Cooper T38 Jaguar Cooper Cars Co 36 Oil pressure 5000 Graham Whitehead / GB 36 Cecil Vard / IRL Frazer Nash Sebring 207 Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd 34 Engine 2000 Dick Odlum 20 Pierre Levegh / F Mercedes-Benz 300 S 0006/55 Daimler Benz AG 32 Fatal accident 3000 John Fitch / USA 53 Francis Navarro Monopole Sport Panhard Société Monopole 31 Oil leak 501-750 Jean de Montrémy / F 26 Lance Macklin / GB Austin-Healey 100S Lance Macklin 28 Accident 3000 Les Leston / GB 42 Dick Jacobs / GB MG EX 182 MG Cars Ltd. 26 Accident 1500 Joe Flynn / IRL 56 Yves Giraud-Cabantous / F V.P. R166 Renault Automobiles VP 25 Engine 501-750 Yves Lesur / F 15 Roberto Miéres / RA Maserati 300S Officine Alfieri Maserati 23 Transmission 3000 Cesare Perdisa / I 14 Mike Sparken / F Ferrari 750 Monza 0504M M. Sparken 22 Engine 3000 Masten Gregory / USA 61 Mario Damonte / I Nardi LM Nardi Automobili 6 Accident 501-750 Roger Crovetto / F 39 Berwyn Baxter / GB Kieft - Turner Kieft Cars Ltd. 4 Engine 1500 John Deeley / GB Did not start: - Louis Rosier / F Talbot Lago Ecurie Rosier - Elie Bayol / F Gordini 3.0 Automobiles Gordini Accident in pr Robert Manzon / F - Jim Russell / GB Arnott - Climax D. Arnott Dennis Taylor / GB - xxx Moretti Not allowed to - xxx Moretti Did not practice: - xxx Jaguar D-type XKD504 Jaguar Cars Ltd. spare car