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24 h Le Mans 29.7.1956
24 h Le Mans
Spectators: 250 000 Started: 49 Classified: 14 Race: 13,461 km = 4034,929 km AVG: 168,122 km/h FL: Mike Hawthorn 1 Jaguar D-type 4:20,000 186,383 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice Classified: 1. 4 Ron Flockhart / GB Jaguar D-type XKD501 Ecurie Ecosse 1. 5000 Ninian Sanderson / GB 2. 8 Stirling Moss / GB Aston Martin DB3S DB3S/9 Aston Martin Ltd. 1. 3000 Peter Collins / GB 3. 12 Olivier Gendebien / B Ferrari 625 LM Tou 0644MDTR Scuderia Ferrari Maurice Trintignant / F 4. 5 Jacques Swaters / B Jaguar D-type XKD573 Equipe National Belge Freddy Rousselle / B 5. 25 Richard von Frankenberg / D Porsche 550A RS Coupé 0104 Porsche KG 1. 1500 Wolfgang von Trips / D 6. 1 Mike Hawthorn / GB Jaguar D-type XKD605 Jaguar Cars Ltd. Ivor Bueb / GB 7. 36 Reg Bicknell Lotus Eleven Climax 210 Lotus Engineering 1. 751-1100 Peter Jopp / GB 8. 33 Ed Hugus / USA Cooper T39 Climax Cooper Cars Ltd. John Bentley / USA 9. 30 Claude Bourillot / F Maserati 150S 1660 Claude Bourillot Henri Perroud 10. 40 Gérard Laureau / F D.B. HBR5 Panhard Automobiles D.B. 1. 501-750 Paul Armagnac / F 11. 45 Jean-Claude Vidilles / F D.B. HBR Panhard Automobiles D.B. Jean Thépenier 12. 46 André Héchard / F D.B. HBR Panhard André Hechard Roger Masson / F 13. 34 Roland Bourel / F Porsche 356A 56007 Porsche KG Maurice Slotine / F 14. 41 Jean-Marie Dumazer / F V.P. 166R Renault J. E. Vernet Lucien Campion Not classified: 14 Tony Brooks / GB Aston Martin DBR1/25 DBR1/1 Aston Martin Ltd. 246 Transmission Reg Parnell / GB Did not finish: 17 Louis Rosier / F Talbot Maserati Automobiles Talbot 220 Transmission Jean Behra / F 6 Robert Walshaw / GB Jaguar XK140 Robert Waltshaw 209 Disqualified Peter Bolton / GB 9 Peter Walker / GB Aston Martin DB3S DB3S/10 Aston Martin Ltd. 173 Accident Roy Salvadori / GB 32 Colin Chapman / GB Lotus Eleven Climax 212 Lotus Engineering 172 Engine Herbert Mackay-Fraser / USA 22 François Picard / F Ferrari 500 TR 0654MDTR Jean Lucas 137 Out of fuel Robert E. Tappan / USA 24 Umberto Maglioli / I Porsche 550A RS Coupé 0103 Porsche KG 136 Piston Hans Herrmann / D 37 Jean Py / F R.B. - FIAT OSCA René Breuil 116 Gearbox Yves Dommee / F 10 André Simon / F Ferrari 625 LM Tou 0632MDTR Scuderia Ferrari 108 Transmission Phil Hill / USA 16 Nano da Silva Ramos / F/BR Gordini T23S Automobiles Gordini 101 Clutch André Guelfi / F 23 Dick Stoop / GB Frazer Nash Sebring 205 Frazer-Nash Cars Ltd. 101 Accident Tony Gaze / GB 35 Cliff Allison / GB Lotus Eleven Climax 211 Lotus Engineering 90 Accident Keith Hall / GB 15 Robert Manzon / F Gordini T15S Automobiles Gordini 81 Engine Jean Guichet / F 19 Serge Nersessian / F Salmson 2300S J. P. Colas 81 Engine Georges Monneret / F 20 Alain de Changy / B Ferrari 500 TR 0600MDTR Ecurie National Belge 77 Steering Lucien Bianchi / B 29 André Milhoux / B Gordini T17S Automobiles Gordini 68 Tansmission "Charles Rinen" / F 48 Marcel Lauga / F Moretti 750 Grand Sport Moretti Automobili 63 Ignition Jean-Michel Durif 26 Max Nathan / D Porsche Carrera Porsche KG 62 Fire Helmut Glöckler / D 21 Pierre Meyrat / F Ferrari 500 TR 0624MDTR P. Meyrat 61 Accident Fernand Tavano / F 7 Paul Metternich / D Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Prince Metternich 59 Engine Wittigo von Einsiedel / D 49 Jean Hémard / F Panhard X89 Automobiles Panhard 51 Engine Pierre Flahault / F 27 Mathieu Hezemans / NL Porsche 550 041 Wolfgang Seidel 48 Suspension Carel Godin de Beaufort / NL 50 Pierre Chancel / F Panhard X88 Automobiles Panhard 47 Accident André Beaulieu / F 52 René Faure / F Stanguellini Automobili Stanguellini 47 Accident Gilbert Foury 28 Claude Storez / F Porsche 550 032 Gonzaque Olivier 46 Distribution Helmut Polensky / D 31 Louis Cornet / F Maserati 150S 1664 L. Cornet 35 Engine Robert Mougin / F 18 Goffredo Zehender / I Talbot Maserati Automobiles Talbot 24 Accident Jean Lucas / F 53 Pierre Duval / F Stanguellini Automobili Stanguellini 24 Engine Georges Guyot / F 47 Marceau Escules Moretti 750 Grand Sport Moretti Automobili 23 Ignition Francis Guillaud / F 42 Jean Laroche / F Osca S750 754 Automobili OSCA 4 Accident Rémy Radix / F 51 Louis Héry Panhard X86 L. Héry 4 Accident Lucien Paillier / F 2 Paul Frére / B Jaguar D-type XKD603 Jaguar Cars Ltd. 2 Accident Desmond Titterington / GB 3 Jack Fairman / GB Jaguar D-type XKD508 Jaguar Cars Ltd. 2 Accident Ken Wharton / GB 11 Alfonso de Portago / E Ferrari 625 LM Tou 0642MDTR Scuderia Ferrari 2 Accident Duncan Hamilton / GB 44 Fernand Carpentier D.B. HBR5 Panhard Automobiles D.B. 2 Accident Pierre Savary Running in practice: 2 Paul Frére / B Jaguar D-type XKD606 Jaguar Cars Ltd. Accident in pr Desmond Titterington / GB In entry list only: - xxx ERA G Bristol