XVI Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1939
Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France

 

Date: June 17-18, sunny Track Length (m): 13 492
Attendance:   Fastest Lap: Robert Mazaud, Delahaye, 5:12.1 = 155.627 km/h on lap 25
Entries:   Pole Position:  
Practiced:   Distance (km): 3354.760
Starters: 42 Average Speed (km/h): 139.781
Classified: 20    

 

Pos Clas-
sific.
# Team / Entrant
Car - Engine
Driver, Nationality Engine
Vol
(cc)
Engine
Type
Group Laps /
Km /
Hour
Reason Out
1 1 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille, FRA
Bugatti T57 C 'Tank'
Jean-Pierre Wimille, FRA
Pierre Veyron, FRA
3251
sc
L8 8.0 3354.760  
2 2 21 Ecurie Walter Watney
Delage D6-3 L
Louis Gérard, FRA
Georges Monneret, FRA
2991 L6 3.0 3312.222  
3 3 5 Lagonda Ltd, GBR
Lagonda V12
Austin (Arthur ?) Dobson, GBR
Charles Brackenbury, GBR
4479 V12 5.0 3229.451  
4 4 6 Lord Selsdon, GBR
Lagonda V12
Lord Selsdon, GBR
Lord William Waleran, GBR
4479 V12 5.0 3219.481  
5 5 26 BMW, DEU
BMW 328 Touring Coupé "Stromlinien-Innenlenker"
Prince Max 'Sause' zu Schaumburg-Lippe, AUT
Fritz Hans Wenscher, DEU
1976 L6 2.0 3188.450  
6 6 12 Louis Villeneuve, FRA
Delahaye 135 CS
Louis Villeneuve, FRA
René Biolay, FRA
3590 L6 5.0 3180.287  
7 7 27 BMW, DEU
BMW 328
Ralph Röese, DEU
Paul Heinemann, DEU
1976 L6 2.0 3106.969  
8 8 20 Count Heyden, GBR
Delahaye 135 CS
R.R.C. 'Rob' Walker, GBR
Ian Connell, GBR
3557 L6 5.0 3025.799  
9 9 28 BMW, DEU
BMW 328
Willi Briem, DEU
Rudolf Scholz, DEU
1976 L6 2.0 2975.903  
10 10 39 Gordini, FRA
Simca Huit - Fiat
Amedée Gordini, FRA
José Scaron, BEL/FRA
1087 L4 1.1 2885.906  
11 11 14 Joseph Chotard, FRA
Delahaye 135 SC
Joseph Chotard, FRA
"Jacques Seylair" (Lucien Langlois), FRA
3575 L6 5.0 2733.409  
12 12 29 Commander R.P. Hitchens, GBR
Aston Martin Speed Model
Commander Robert P. Hitchens, GBR
Mortimer Morris-Goodall, GBR
1969 L4 2.0 2688.148  
13 13 41 Gordini, FRA
Simca Huit - Fiat
Guy Lapchin, FRA
Charles Plantivaux, FRA
1087 L4 1.1 2640.811  
14 14 32 Ecurie Lapin Blanc, GBR
HRG (- Singer ?)
P.C.T. 'Peter' Clark, GBR
Marcus Chambers, GBR
1496 L4 1.5 2599.700  
15 15 37 Mrs Marjorie Fawcett, GBR
Morgan 4+4 - Standard Ten
Geoffrey White, GBR
C.M. (Cuthbert Marc) Anthony, GBR
1104 L4 1.1 2493.292  
16 16 34 Just Emile Vernet, FRA
Riley TT Sprite Pourtout
Just-Emile Vernet, FRA
Carl de Bodard, FRA
1496 L4 1.5 2434.625  
17 17 38 Victor Camerano, FRA
Simca Huit - Fiat
Victor Camerano, FRA
Henri Louveau, FRA
1090 L4 1.1 2212.264  
18 18 45 Arthur W. Jones, GBR
Singer Le Mans Replica
Arthur W. Jones, GBR
Gordon Wilkins, GBR
972 L4 1.1 2090.423  
19 19 48 Gordini, FRA
Simca Cinq - Fiat
Adrien Alin, FRA
Albert Alin, FRA
566 L4 750 1999.472  
20 20 49 Gordini, FRA
Simca Cinq - Fiat
Maurice Aimé, FRA
Albert Leduc, FRA
570 L4 750 1987.249  
                   
21 DNF 25 Raymond Sommer, FRA
Alfa Romeo 6C 2500SS
Raymond Sommer, FRA
"B. Bira" (Prince Birabongse Banutej Bhanuband), SIAM
2443 L6 3.0 173
2334.116
Engine
22 DNF 18 Ecurie Francia, FRA
Delahaye 135 CS
Marcel Contet, FRA
Robert Brunet, FRA
3575 L6 5.0 171
2307.132
Suspension
23 DNF 31 Victor Polledry, FRA
Aston Martin 1½
Victor Polledry, FRA
R Robert, FRA
1497 L4 1.5 155
2091.260
 
24 DNF 3 Luigi Chinetti, ITA
Talbot T26
Luigi Chinetti, ITA
T.A.S.O. 'Donald' Mathieson, GBR
4483 L6 5.0 154
2077.768
Accident
25 DNF 22 Ecurie Walter Watney, GBR
Delage D6-3L
Armand Hug, SUI
Roger Loyer, FRA
2968 L6 3.0 152
2064.276
Accident
26 DNF 15 Robert Mazaud, FRA
Delahaye 135 CS
Robert Mazaud, FRA
Marcel Mongin, FRA
3565 L6 5.0 115
1551.580
Fire
27 DNF 44 Archie Scott, GBR
Singer Nine Le Mans Replica
Archie (Jack?) Scott, GBR
Tommy Wisdom, GBR
980 L4 1.1 105
1416.660
Dirty fuel
28 DNF 9 Luigi Chinetti, ITA
Talbot Lago SS
René Le Begue, FRA
"Pierre Levegh" (Pierre Boullin) , FRA
3996 L6 5.0 102
1376.184
Ignition
29 DNF 19 Ecurie Francia, FRA
Delahaye 135 CS
Eugene Chaboud, FRA
Yves Giraud-Cabantous, FRA
3568 L6 5.0 99
1335.708
 
30 DNF 8 T.A.S.O. Mathieson, GBR
Talbot 150SS Figoni
Philippe de Massa, FRA
Norbert Jean Mahé, FRA
3998 L6 5.0 88
1187.296
Valve spring
31 DNF 7 Luigi Chinetti, ITA
Talbot T26
André Morel, FRA
Jim Bradley, GBR
DNS Cholsol
4468 L6 5.0 88
1187.296
 
32 DNF 10 Jean Trémoulet, FRA
Talbot Lago SS
Jean Trémoulet, FRA
Raoul Forestier, FRA
3997 L6 5.0 68
876.980
 
33 DNF 36 Michael Collier, GBR
MG Midget PA
Mike Collier, GBR
Lewis Welch, GBR
847 L4 1.1 63
849.996
 
34 DNF 16 Ecurie Francia, FRA
Delahaye 135 CS
Joseph Paul, FRA
Jean Trévoux, FRA
3604 L6 5.0 62
849.996
 
35 DNF 11 André Bellecroix, FRA
Delahaye 135CS
André Belleroix, FRA
Gaston Serraud, FRA
3604 L6 5.0 50
674.600
Accident
36 DNF 43 Just Emile Vernet, FRA
Simca Huit - Fiat
Robert Cayeux, FRA
Gaston Tramer, FRA
1090 L4 1.1 50
674.600
 
37 DNF 4 Luigi Chinetti, ITA
Talbot T26
"Heldé", (Pierre Louis-Dreyfus), FRA
"Nime", (Antoine 'Tony' Schumann, FRA
DNS Shrubsall, GBR
DNS Anthony Heal, GBR
4483 L6 5.0 45
607.140
 
38 DNF 47 Claude Bonneau, FRA
MG Midget PB
Claude Bonneau, FRA
Max Mathieu, FRA
954 L4 1.1 40
539.680
Carburettor
39 DNF 40 Gordini, FRA
Simca Huit - Fiat
Jean Breillet, FRA
Albert Debille, FRA
1087 L4 1.1 29
391.268
Accident
40 DNF 42 Mme Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier, FRA
Simca Huit - Fiat
Mme Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier, FRA
Mme Suzanne Largeot, FRA
1087 L4 1.1 26
350.792
Accident
41 DNF 30 Adler, DEU
Adler Trumpf
Otto Löhr, DEU
Paul von Guilleaume, DEU
1498 L4 1.5 6
80.952
Piston
42 DNF 46 Jacques Savoye, FRA
Singer NineLe Mans Replica Savoye Special
Jacques Savoye, FRA
Pierre Savoye, FRA
967 L4 1.1 4
53.968
 
                   
43 DNS   Adler, DEU
Adler Trumpf
Baron Huschke von Hanstein, DEU
Karkmann, DEU
         
                   
44 DNA   Lucy O'Reilly Schell, USA/FRA
Delahaye 145
           
45 DNA  
Atalanta
           
46 DNA  
Bentley
           
47 DNA   Robert Arbuthnot, GBR
Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A
Robert Arbuthnot, GBR
-
         
48 DNA     Charles Dodson, GBR
Sammy Davis, GBR
         

 

Class Winners:

14th Biennial Cup
(Rudge-Whitworth Cup)
A. Gordini / J. Scaron Simca Huit
Index of Performance - 2nd Annual Cup A. Gordini / J. Scaron Simca Huit
3001 - 5000 cc J. P. Wimille / P. Veyron Bugatti 57 C
2001 - 3000 cc L. Gérard / G. Monneret Delage 3 L
1501 - 2000 cc von Schaumberg-Lippe / F Wencher BMW 328
1101 - 1500 cc P. Clark / M. Chambers HRG
751 - 1100 cc A. Gordini / J. Scaron Simca Huit
501 - 750 cc Ad. Alin / Al. Alin Simca Cinq

 

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