VI Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1928
Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France

 

Date: June 16-17 Track Length (m): 17 262
Attendance:   Fastest Lap: Henry Birkin, Bentley, 8'07" = 127.604 km/h
Entries: 50 Pole Position:  
Practiced:   Distance (km): 2669.272
Starters: 33 Average Speed (km/h): 111.219
Classified: 17   First year for a Greatest Distant Award

 

Pos Clas-
sific.
# Team / Entrant
Car - Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
Vol.
(cc)
Engine
Type
Group Laps
Km
Hour
Reason Out / Notes
1 1 4 Bentley Motors Ltd, GBR
Bentley 4½ Litre
Captain Woolf 'Babe' Barnato, RSA/GBR
Bernard Rubin, GBR
DNS Dr.J. Dudley Benjafield, GBR
4392 4 5.0 2669.272  
2 2 1 C.T. Weymann, FRA
Stutz DV16 Black Hawk 'Bearcat'
Édouard Brisson, FRA
Robert Bloch, FRA
DNS Anderson,
4888 8 5.0 2656.594  
3 3 8
Chrysler 72 'Six'
Henri Stoffel, FRA
André Rossignol, FRA
4076 6 5.0 2493.853  
4 4 7
Chrysler 72 'Six'
Prince Jean Ghica Cantacuzino, ROU
G Ghica Cantacuzino, ROU
4083 6 5.0 2412.187  
5 5 3 Bentley Motors Ltd, GBR
Bentley 4½ Litre
Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin, GBR
Jean Chassagne, FRA
DNS C Bloch,
4392 4 5.0 2335.351  
6 6 27
Alvis TA FWD
Major Maurice Harvey, GBR
Harold Purdy, GBR
1482 4 1.5 2286.382  
7 7 32
B.N.C.
Michel Doré, FRA
Jean Treunet, FRA
1099 4 1.1 2270.066  
8 8 12
Itala 65 S 2000
Robert Benoist, FRA
Christian Dauvergne, FRA
1991 6 2.0 2258.171  
9 9 28
Alvis TA (FA ?) FWD
S.C.H. 'Sammy' Davis, GBR
William 'Bill' Urquhart-Dykes, GBR
1482 4 1.5 2246.016  
10 10 35
Salmson GS
Georges Casse, FRA
André Rousseau, FRA
1095 4 1.1 2208.444  
11 11 16 F.E. Metcalfe, GBR
Lagonda OH 2L Speed
Baron André d'Erlanger, FRA
Douglas Hawkes, GBR
1954 4 2.0 2178.259  
12 12 29 Pierre Fenaille, FRA
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (FWD)
Maurice Benoist, FRA
Louis Balart, FRA
1481 4 1.5 2 .455  
13 13 37
Lombard AL 3
Lucien Desvaux, FRA
Pierre Goutte, FRA
1095 4 1.1 2016.707  
14 14 36 Etablissements Henri Precioux, FRA
E.H.P. - CIME
Guy Bouriat, FRA
Pierre Bussienne, FRA
1094 6 1.1 1996.891  
15 15 19
S.A.R.A. SP 7
Gaston Duval, FRA
Gaston Mottet, FRA
1806 6 2.0 1974.190  
16 16 31 Pierre Fenaille, FRA
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (FWD)
Roger Bourcier, FRA
Hector Vasena, ARG
1099 4 1.1 1905.147  
17 17 42 Pierre Fenaille, FRA
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (FWD)
Jean-Albert Grégoire, FRA
Fernand Vallon, FRA
1085 4 1.1 1870.739  
                   
18 DNF 24
S.C.A.P.
Henri Guilbert, FRA
André Lefebvre, FRA
1495 4 1.5 95
1639.890
Oil
19 DNF 39
S.C.A.P.
Lucien Lemesle, FRA
Henry Godard, FRA
1087 4 1.1 91
1570.842
 
20 DNF 26 Aston Martin Ltd / Lord Charnwood, GBR
Aston Martin International
Jack Bezzant, GBR
Cyril Paul, GBR
1491 4 1.5 82
1415.484
 
21 DNF 2 Bentley Motors Ltd, GBR
Bentley 4½ Litre
Frank Clement, GBR
Dr Dudley Benjafield, GBR
DNS Jean Chassagne, FRA
4392 4 5.0 71
1225.602
Radiator hose / oil
22 DNF 5
Chrysler 72
Cyril de Vere, FRA
Louis Chiron, MON
DNS Henri Stoffel, FRA
4099 6 5.0 66
1139.292
Clutch
23 DNF 41
Ariés 8-10 CV
Fernand Gabriel, FRA
"Michel Paris" (Louis Paris), FRA
1086 4 1.1 51
880.36
 
24 DNF 14
Itala 65 S 2000
"Jean Sabipa" (Louis Charavel), FRA
Christian,
DNS Charrier,
1991 6 2.0 50
863.100
 
25 DNF 21
A.L.P.H.I. (Alphi ?)
Henri De Costier, FRA
Sosthene de la Rochefoucauld, FRA
DNS Alain Bernard, FRA
1500   1.5 45
776.790
 
26 DNF 25 Aston Martin Ltd / Lord Charnwood, GBR
Aston Martin International
A.C. (Augustus Cesare) 'Bert' Bertelli, GBR
Capt. George E.T. Eyston, GBR
1492 4 1.5 32
552.384
Rear axle casing
27 DNF 30
Salmson GS
J Hasley, FRA
Albert Perrot, FRA
DNS George Newman, GBR
1096 4 1.1 30
517.860
 
28 DNF 20
S.A.R.A. SP7
Emile Maret, FRA
Gonzaque Lécureul, FRA
DNS Chanterelle, FRA
1806 6 2.0 25
431.550
 
29 DNF 18 F.E. Metcalfe, GBR
Lagonda OH 2L Speed
Capt. R. Clive Gallop, GBR
Major E.J. Hays, GBR
DNS W C Handley, GBR
1954 4 2.0 23
397.026
Accident
30 DNF 40
Ariés 8-10 CV
Arthur Duray, FRA
Roger Delano, FRA
1086 4 1.1 22
379.764
 
31 DNF 15 F.E. Metcalfe, GBR
Lagonda
F.H.P. Samuelson (Sir Francis), GBR
Frank King, GBR
DNS Bert Hammond, GBR
1954 4 2.0 13
224.406
Gearbox / Accident
32 DNF 6
Chrysler 72
Goffredo "Freddie" Zehender, ITA
Jérôme Ledure, FRA
DNS Mario Lepori, SUI
4083 6 5.0 5
86.310
Radiator
33 DNF 9
Ariés Surbaissée 3-litre
Robert Laly, FRA
Louis Rigal, FRA
2957 4 3.0 3
51.786
Engine
                   
34 DNS 17? F.E. Metcalfe, GBR
Lagonda OH 2L Speed
Bert Hammond, GBR
Major E.J. Hayes, GBR
W C Handley, GBR
1954 4      
35 DNS   Bentley Motors Ltd, GBR
Bentley 4½ Litre
  4392 4     T-car
                   
36 DNA  
Marendaz Special
Captain Donald M K Marendaz, GBR
P L Densham, GBR
1500   1.5    
37 DNA  
Ariés
  1086 4 1.1    
38 DNA  
Ariés
  2957 4 3.0    
39 DNA  
Aston Martin
  1481 4 1.5    
40 DNA  
Alfa Romeo 6C 1500
Boris Ivanowski, FRA/RUS
Attilio Marinoni, ITA
Rachevsky
1500   1.5   Reserve entry
41 DNA  
Lombard
  1093   1.1    
42 DNA  
Lombard
  1093   1.1    
43 DNA  
Lombard
  1093   1.1    
44 DNA  
Lombard
  1093   1.1    
45 DNA  
Lombard
  1093   1.1    
46 DNA  
D'Yrsan K Sport - Ruby
Simas,
Ego,
1098 4 1.1    
47 DNA  
D'Yrsan K Sport - Ruby
Marquis Raymond Siran de Caranac, FRA
de Soussay,
1098 4 1.1    
48 DNA   ?            
49 DNA   ?            
50 DNA   ?            
51 DNA   ?          

Class Winners:

4th Biennial Cup - Index of Performance
(Rudge Whitworth Cup)
G Casse / A Rousseau Salmson
3000 - 5000 cc W Barnato / B Rubin Bentley
1500 - 2000 cc R Benoist / C Dauvergne Itala
1100 - 1500 cc C M Harvey / H W Purdy Alvis
750 - 1100 cc M Doré / J Truenet BNC

 

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