X Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1932
Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France

 

Date: June 18-19, hot & sunny Track Length (m): 13 492
Attendance:   Fastest Lap: Ferdinando Minoia, Alfa Romeo, 5'41" = 142.437 km/h
Entries:   Pole Position:  
Practiced: 26 Distance (km): 2954.038
Starters: 25 Average Speed (km/h): 123.084
Classified: 9   New circuit layout - 'Rue du circuit or 'Terte Rouge'

 

Pos Clas-
sific.
# Team / Entrant
Car - Engine
Driver, Nationality Engine
Vol
(cc)
Engine
Type
Group Laps
Km
Hour
Reason out / Notes
1 1 8 Raymond Sommer, FRA
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 LM
Raymond Sommer, FRA
Luigi Chinetti, ITA
2337
sc
8 3.0 2954.038  
2 2 11 Soc. An. Alfa Romeo, ITA
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 LM
Franco Cortese, ITA
Giovanni Battista Guidotti, ITA
2337
sc
8 3.0 2927.278  
3 3 6 Arthur W. Fox, GBR
Talbot AV105 (GBR)
Hon. Brian E. "Bug" Lewis (Lord Essendon), GBR
Tim Rose-Richards, GBR
2970 6 3.0 2441.606  
4 4 18 Mme Odette Siko, FRA
Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
Mme Odette Siko, FRA
"Jean Sabipa" (Louis Charaval), FRA
1746 6 2.0 2417.694  
5 5 20 Aston Martin Ltd, GBR
Aston Martin 1˝ LM
Sammy Newsome, GBR
Henken Widengren, SWE
1495 4 1.5 2348.842  
6 6 23 Jean Sébilleau, FRA
Bugatti T40
Jean Sébilleau, FRA
Georges Delaroche, FRA
1499 4 1.5 2327.030  
7 7 21 Aston Martin Ltd, GBR
Aston Martin 1˝ LM
A.C. (Augustus Cesare) 'Bert' Bertelli, GBR
Pat Driscoll, GBR
1495 4 1.5 2268.087  
8 8 29 Ecurie de l'Ours, FRA
Amilcar CORA
Charles Auguste Martin, FRA
Auguste Bodoignet, FRA
1089 6 1.1 2043.077  
9 9 26 Roger Labric, FRA
Caban Spéciale
Roger Labric, FRA
Yves Giraud-Cabantous, FRA
1096 4 1.1 1981.262  
                   
10 DNF 16 Count Stanislaus Czaykowski, POL
Bugatti T55
Count Stanislaus Czaykowski, POL
Ernest Friederich, FRA
2260 8 3.0 180
2428.560
Piston
11 DNF 28 Juste-Emile Vernet, FRA
Salmson GS
Just-Emile Vernet, FRA
Fernand Vallon, FRA
1092 4 1.1 111
1497.612
Clutch
12 DNF 9 Lord Howe, GBR
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 LM
Lord Howe (5th Earl Howe, Edward Richard Francis Assheton, Viscount Curzon), GBR
Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin, GBR
2337
sc
8 3.0 110
1484.120
Head gasket
13 DNF 24 Charles Druck, FRA
Bugatti T40
Charles Druck, FRA
Lucien Virlouvet, FRA
1496 4 1.5 98
1322.216
Accident
14 DNF 32 Francis Samuelson, GBR
MG Midget C
F.H.B. Samuelson (Sir Francis), GBR
Norman Black, GBR
746 4 750 57
769.044
Fuel tank
15 DNF 22 Aston Martin Ltd, GBR
Aston Martin 1˝ LM
Kenneth 'Kim' Peacock, GBR
Jack Bezzant, GBR
1495 4 1.5 53
716.076
Valve
16 DNF 12 "Heldé", FRA
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
"Ano" (a.k.a. "Heldé", Pierre Louis-Dreyfus), FRA
"Nime" (Antoine 'Tony' Schumann), FRA
DNS ? Mme "Hellé-Nice" (Mariette Delangle), FRA
2337
sc
8 3.0 25
337.300
Accident
17 DNF 15 Guy Bouriat, FRA
Bugatti T55
Guy Bouriat, FRA
Louis Chiron, MON
2260 8 3.0 23
1310.316
Fuel tank
18 DNF 10 Soc. An. Alfa Romeo, ITA
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
Ferdinando 'Nando' Minoia, ITA
Carlo Canavesi, ITA
2337
sc
8 3.0 22
296.824
Accident
19 DNF 1 Henri Stoffel, FRA
Mercedes-Benz SSK
Marcel Foucret, FRA
Paul Foucret, FRA
7050 6 8.0 22
296.824
Piston
20 DNF 3 E.H. Brisson, FRA
Stutz DV 32
Édouard Brisson, FRA
Joseph (Guido?) "Papa" Cattaneo, ITA
5355 8 8.0 19
256.348
Accident
21 DNF 14 Prince Djordjadzé, RUS
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
Attilio Marinoni, ITA
Angelo Guatta, ITA
2337
sc
8 3.0 14
188.888
Accident
22 DNF 27 Roger Labric, FRA
B.N.C.
Gustave Duverne, FRA
Georges Boréal, FRA
1093 4 1.1 9
121.428
Piston
23 DNF 30 John Ludovic Ford, GBR
Alta
John Ludovic Ford, GBR
Maurice Baumer, GBR
1074 4 1.1 6
80.952
Clutch
24 DNF 25 Jean Danne, FRA
Rally N.C.P.
Jean Danne, FRA
Jacques Gergaud, FRA
1362   1.5 6
80.952
Ignition
25 DNF 19 Henri de la Sayette, FRA
Citroën
Henri de la Sayette, FRA
Charles Wolf, FRA
    2.0 2 Magneto
26 DNF 5 Jean Trévoux, FRA
Bentley C "Blower"
Jean Trévoux, FRA
"Mary", FRA
4398
sc
6 5.0 1
--
Accident
                   
27 DNS   Raymond Sommer, FRA
Chrysler
  4900        
                   
28 DNA? 6 Arthur W. Fox, GBR
(R.I. Nicholl, GBR ?)
Talbot AV105 (GBR)
  2970       T-car ?
29 DNA 28? A. de Choquese, FRA
G.A.R.
  750        
30 DNA 31? Roger Labric, FRA
Unspecified
           
31 DNA   Hon. Mrs Joan Chetwynd, GBR
MG
Hon Mrs Joan Chetwynd, GBR
-
746        
31 DNA 2? Prince Djordjadzé, RUS
Mercedes-Benz SSK
  7050        
32 DNA   De Tatarinoff,
Mercedes-Benz SSK
  7050        
33 DNA   Lebas
Ford
  3282        
34 DNS?
DNA?
  Prince Djordjazé, RUS
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
Prince Dmitri Djordjadzé, RUS
Goffredo 'Freddie' Zehender, ITA
2337
sc
8     Not entered?

Class Winners:

Index of Performance R. Sommer / L. Chinetti Alfa Romeo
8th Biennial Coupe de AC de l'Ouest
(Rudge-Whitworth Cup ?)
A.C. Bertelli / L.P. Driscoll Aston Martin
2001 - 3000 cc R. Sommer / L. Chinetti Alfa Romeo
1501 - 2000 cc Mme Siko / J. Sabipa Alfa Romeo
1101 - 1500 cc S.H. Newsome / H. Widengren Aston Martin
751 - 1100 cc C.A Martin / A. Bodoignet Amilcar

 

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