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1938 Le Mans 24 Hours Competitors & Results |
|
15émes Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1938
Circuit Permanente de la Sarthe |
| Date: |
June 17-18 |
Track Length (m): |
13 492 |
| Attendance: |
|
Fastest Lap: |
Raymond Sommer, Alfa Romeo, 5:13.8 = 154.783 km/h |
| Entries: |
56 |
Pole Position: |
|
| Practiced: |
46 |
Distance (km): |
3180.940 |
| Starters: |
42 |
Average Speed (km/h): |
132.539 |
| Classified: |
15 |
|
|
| Pos |
Clas-
sific. |
# |
Team / Entrant
Car - Engine |
Drivers, Nationality |
Engine
Vol
(cc) |
Engine
type |
Group |
Laps
Km
Hour |
Reason Out |
| 1 |
1 |
15 |
Eugéne Chaboud / Jean Trémoulet, F
Delahaye 135 CS |
Eugéne Chaboud, F
Jean Trémoulet, F |
3558 |
6 |
|
3180.940 |
|
| 2 |
2 |
14 |
Gaston Serraud, F
Delahaye 135 CS |
Gaston Serraud, F
Yves Giraud-Cabantous, F |
3558 |
6 |
|
3153.873 |
|
| 3 |
3 |
5 |
Jean Prenant, F
Talbot T 150 SS Coupé |
Jean Prenant, F
André Morel, F |
3985 |
6 |
|
2959.697 |
|
| 4 |
4 |
10 |
Louis Villeneuve, F
Delahaye 135 CS |
Louis Villeneuve, F
René Biolay, F |
3575 |
6 |
|
2945.791 |
|
| 5 |
5 |
24 |
Emile Darl'Mat, F
Darl'Mat - Peugeot DS 402 |
Charles de Cortanze, F
Marcel Contet, F |
1998 |
4 |
|
2896.981 |
|
| 6 |
6 |
28 |
Adler, D
Adler Super Trumpf Rennlimousine |
Peter Graff Orssich, D
Rudolf Sauerwein, D |
1679 |
4 |
|
2856.382 |
|
| 7 |
7 |
33 |
Adler, D
Adler Trumpf Rennlimousine |
Otto Löhr, D
Paul von Guilleaume, D |
1495 |
4 |
|
2765.037 |
|
| 8 |
8 |
46 |
Jacques Savoye, F
Singer Nine Le Mans Replica 'Savoye Special' |
Jacques Savoye, F
Pierre Savoye, F |
974 |
4 |
|
2350.982 |
|
| 9 |
9 |
42 |
Just Emile Vernet, F
(Amedée Gordini, F ?)
Simca Huit - Fiat |
Albert Debille, F
Guy Lapchin, F |
1090 |
4 |
|
2329.556 |
|
| 10 |
10 |
31 |
Ecurie Lapin Blanc, GB
(P.C.T. Clark, GB ?)
HRG Le Mans Model |
P.C.T. 'Peter' Clark, GB
Marcus Chambers, GB |
1499 |
4 |
|
2303.287 |
|
| 11 |
11 |
48 |
Victor Camerano, F
Simca Huit - Fiat |
Victor Camerano, F
R Robert, F |
1087 |
4 |
|
2249.211 |
|
| 12 |
12 |
49 |
Claude Bonneau, F
MG Midget PA (PB?) 'Special' |
ClaudeBonneau, F
Mme Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier, F |
954 |
4 |
|
2227.548 |
|
| 13 |
13 |
40 |
Miss P.M. Fawcett, GB
Morgan 4/4 - Coventry Climax |
Miss Marjorie Fawcett, GB
Geoffrey White, GB |
1098 |
4 |
|
2209.385 |
|
| 14 |
14 |
51 |
Amedée Gordini, F
Simca Cinq - Fiat |
Maurice Aimé, F
Charles Plantivaux, F |
568 |
4 |
|
2042.759 |
|
| 15 |
15 |
52 |
Amedée Gordini, F
Simca Cinq - Fiat |
Albert Leduc, F
Athos Querzola, F |
568 |
4 |
|
1891.405 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 16 |
DNF |
19 |
Raymond Sommer
Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Touring |
Raymond Sommer, F
Clemente Biondetti, I |
2905
sc |
8 |
|
219
2954.748 |
Puncture, acc., overrevved |
| 17 |
DNF |
8 |
Norbert Jean Mahé, F
Talbot T150C |
T.A.S.O. 'Donald' Mathieson, GB
Freddy Clifford, GB |
3957 |
6 |
|
159
2145.228 |
Fire |
| 18 |
DNF |
7 |
Jean Trévoux, F
Talbot T150C |
Jean Trévoux, F
"Pierre Levegh" (Pierre Boullin), F |
3994 |
6 |
|
159
2145.228 |
|
| 19 |
DNF |
27 |
Commander R.P. Hitchens, GB
Aston Martin Speed Model, GB |
Commander Robert P. Hitchens, GB
Mortimer Morris-Goodall, GB |
1967 |
4 |
|
150
2023.800 |
Burnt valves |
| 20 |
DNF |
37 |
Amedée Gordini, F
Simca Huit - Fiat |
Amedée Gordini, F
José Scaron, B/F |
1088 |
4 |
|
140
1888.880 |
Oil pipe |
| 21 |
DNF |
36 |
Pierre Ferry, F
Riley TT Sprite |
Pierre Ferry, F
Francis Noireaux, F |
1490 |
4 |
|
127
1713.484 |
Gearbox |
| 22 |
DNF |
43 |
Amedée Gordini, F
Simca - Fiat |
Robert Lévy, F
Adrien Alin, F |
996 |
4 |
|
124
1673.008 |
|
| 23 |
DNF |
38 |
Amedée Gordini, F
Simca Huit - Fiat |
Jean Viale, F
Jean Breillet, F |
1088 |
4 |
|
111
1497.612 |
Tyre fire |
| 24 |
DNF |
23 |
Mme Fernande Roux / Mme Germaine Rouault, F
Amilcar G36 'Pegase Special' |
Mme Fernande Roux, F
Mme Germaine Rouault, F |
2503 |
4 |
|
101
1362.692 |
|
| 25 |
DNF |
4 |
Luigi Chinetti, I
Talbot T150C |
René Carrière, F
René Le Begue, F |
3993 |
6 |
|
101
1362.692 |
|
| 26 |
DNF |
12 |
Georges Monneret
Delahaye 135CS |
Georges Monneret, F
Roger Loyer, F |
3571 |
6 |
|
88
1187.296 |
Fuel pump |
| 27 |
DNF |
6 |
Luigi Chinetti, I
Talbot T150SS Coupé |
Louis Rosier, F
Robert Huguet, F |
3997 |
6 |
|
81
1022.852 |
|
| 28 |
DNF |
47 |
Team Autosports, GB
Singer Nine Le Mans Replica |
John Donald Barnes, GB
Tommy Wisdom, GB |
973 |
4 |
|
74
998.408 |
Crankshaft |
| 29 |
DNF |
45 |
Just Emile Vernet, F
Simca 1000 - Fiat |
Gaston Tramer, F
Paul Samuel, F |
1011 |
4 |
|
69
930.948 |
|
| 30 |
DNF |
3 |
Luigi Chinetti, I
Talbot |
Philippe Etancelin, F
Luigi Chinetti, I |
4495 |
6 |
|
66
890.472 |
Valve |
| 31 |
DNF |
22 |
Société R.V., F
Delage D6-70 |
Louis Gérard, F
Jacques de Valence de Minardiere, F |
2988 |
6 |
|
58
782.536 |
Engine |
| 32 |
DNF |
41 |
Juse-Emile Vernet, F
Simca Huit - Fiat |
Just-Emile Vernet, F
Mme Suzanne Largeot, F |
1090 |
4 |
|
55
748.060 |
|
| 33 |
DNF |
21 |
Marcel Horvilleur, F
Alfa Romeo 2300 'Monza' |
Marcel Horvilleur, F
Yves Matra, F |
2905
sc |
6 |
|
53
715.076 |
|
| 34 |
DNF |
11 |
Joseph Paul, F
Delahaye 135CS |
Marcel Mongin, F
Robert Mazaud, F |
3575 |
6 |
|
50
674.600 |
Fire |
| 35 |
DNF |
50 |
Miss Dorothy Stanley-Turner, GB
MG Midget PB |
Mrs Elsie 'Bill' Wisdom, GB
Arthur Dobson, GB |
936 |
4 |
|
48
647.616 |
Clutch/ out of water |
| 36 |
DNF |
39 |
Just-Emile Vernet, F
Fiat 508S Balilla |
Angelo Molinari, F
Georges Sarret, F |
999 |
4 |
|
40
539.680 |
|
| 37 |
DNF |
29 |
Raoul Forestier, F
Riley TT Sprite |
Raoul Forestier, F
Roger Caron, CH (F ?) |
1500 |
4 |
|
30
404.760 |
|
| 38 |
DNF |
1 |
Ecurie Bleue (Laury Schell), F
Delahaye 145 |
René Dreyfus, F
Louis Chiron, MC |
4496 |
V12 |
|
21
283.332 |
Oil pressure |
| 39 |
DNF |
25 |
Emile Darl'Mat, F
Darl'Mat - Peugeot DS 402 |
Jean Pujol, F
Louis Rigal, F |
1998 |
4 |
|
18
242.856 |
|
| 40 |
DNF |
2 |
Ecurie Bleue (Laury Schell), F
Delahaye 145 |
Gianfranco Comotti, I
Albert Divo, F
DNS René Dreyfus, F |
4495 |
V12 |
|
7
94.444 |
Gearbox |
| 41 |
DNF |
26 |
Emile Darl'Mat, F
Darl'Mat - Peugeot DS 402 |
Maurice Serre, F
Daniel Porthault, F |
1998 |
4 |
|
6
80.952 |
|
| 42 |
DNF |
34 |
Charles Morrison, GB
Atalanta |
Charles Morrison, GB
Neil Watson, GB |
1495 |
4 |
|
4
53.968 |
Rear hub |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 43 |
DNA |
|
Pierre Pichard, F
Salmson |
|
1100 |
|
|
|
|
| 44 |
DNA |
|
T.E. Kenny
Lancia |
|
1352 |
|
|
|
|
| 45 |
DNA |
|
A.C. Scott, GB
HRG |
|
1500 |
|
|
|
|
| 46 |
DNA |
|
T.H. Wisdom, GB
Unspecified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 47 |
DNA |
|
Arthur W. Fox, GB
Unspecified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 48 |
DNA |
|
St. John Horsfall, GB
Unspecified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 49 |
DNA |
|
Roger Labric, F
Bugatti |
|
3300 |
|
|
|
|
| 50 |
DNA |
|
T.A.S.O. Mathieson, GB
Bugatti T57S |
T.A.S.O. Mathieson, GB
- |
3300 |
|
|
|
|
| 51 |
DNA |
20? |
Hans Rüesch, CH
Alfa Romeo
Delahaye ? |
|
3000 |
|
|
|
|
| 52 |
DNA |
|
Joseph Paul, F
Delahaye |
|
3500 |
|
|
|
|
| 53 |
DNA |
|
John Snow,
Delahaye |
|
3500 |
|
|
|
|
| 54 |
DNA |
|
Austin
Austin |
|
|
4 |
|
|
WD |
| 55 |
DNA |
|
Austin
Austin |
|
|
4 |
|
|
WD |
| 56 |
DNA |
|
Austin
Austin |
|
|
4 |
|
|
WD |
| 57 |
DNA |
9 |
Norbert Jean Mahé, F
Talbot T150C |
Norbert Jean Mahé, F
Heonnet, F |
|
6 |
|
|
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Class Winners:
13th Biennial Cup
(Rudge-Whitworth Cup) |
Graf Orssich / R. Sauerwein |
Adler |
| Index of Performance - 1st Annual Cup of ACO |
M. Aimé / C. Plantivaux |
Simca |
| 3001 - 5000 cc |
E. Chaboud / J. Trémoulet |
Delahaye |
| 1500 - 2000 cc |
C. de Cortanze / M. Contet |
Peugeot - Darl'Mat |
| 1100 - 1500 cc |
O. Löhr / P. von Guilleaume |
Adler |
| 750 - 1100 cc |
A. Debille / G. Lapchin |
Simca |
| < 750 cc |
M. Aimé / C. Plantivaux |
Simca |
|