24 h Le Mans 23.6.1951

24 h Le Mans

Started: 60 Classified: 30 Race: 13,492 km * 267 laps = 3611,193 km AVG: 150,466 km/h FL: Stirling Moss 22 Jaguar XK-120C 4:46,800 169,356 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. 20 Peter Walker / GB Jaguar XK-120C Jaguar Cars Ltd. 267 1. 5000 Peter Whitehead / GB 2. 9 Pierre Meyrat / F Talbot Lago 110059 Pierre Meyrat 258 Guy Mairesse / F 3. 26 Lance Macklin / GB Aston Martin DB2 Aston Martin Ltd. 257 1. 3000 Eric Thompson / GB 4. 10 "Pierre Levegh" / F Talbot Lago 90131 René Marchand / F 5. 25 George Abecassis / GB Aston Martin DB2 LML/50/55 Aston Martin Ltd. Brian Shawe-Taylor / GB 6. 19 Tony Rolt / GB Nash-Healey coupé Duncan Hamilton / GB 7. 24 Reg Parnell / GB Aston Martin DB2 LML/50/50 Aston Martin Ltd. David Hampshire / GB 8. 15 Luigi Chinetti / USA Ferrari 340 America 0032MT Luigi Chinetti Jean Lucas / F 9. 29 Jacques Péron / F Ferrari 212 Export 0096E Guastalla ? Norbert Mahé / F 10. 28 Nigel H. Mann / GB Aston Martin DB2 LML/50/59 N. H. Mann Mortimer Morris-Goodall / GB 11. 21 R. Lawrie / GB Jaguar XK-120C R. Lawrie I. Walker / GB 12. 33 Giovanni Lurani / I Lancia Aurelia B20 1. 2000 Giovanni Bracco / I 13. 27 Peter C. T. Clark / GB Aston Martin DB2 LML/50/57 P. T. C. Clark James Scott-Douglas / GB 14. 35 Eric Winterbottom / GB Frazer Nash RLM 156 John Marshall / GB 15. 32 Yvonne Simon / F Ferrari 166MM Berline 0042M Y. Simon Betty Haig / GB 16. 31 Charles Moran / USA Ferrari 212 Export 0100E Franco Cornacchia / I 17. 11 André Morel / F Talbot Lago André Chambas André Chambas / F 18. 4 Phil Walters / USA Cunningham C2-R Chrysler B. S. Cunningham 1. 8000 John Fitch / USA 19. 34 Richard Stoop / GB Frazer Nash RLM 115 Peter S. Wilson / GB 20. 46 Auguste Veuillet / F Porsche 356/4 Porsche A.G. 1. 751-1100 Edmond Mouche / F 21. 48 René Bonnet / F D.B. - Panhard Automobiles D.B. Elie Bayol / F 22. 14 H. S. F. Hay / GB Bentley Corniche 1939 H. S. F. Hay T. Clarke / GB 23. 66 Marcel Becquart / F Jowett Jupiter 1. 1500 Gordon Wilkins / GB 24. 50 Landon / F Renault 4CV Team Renault 1. 501-750 André Briat / F 25. 60 Jean de Montrémy / F Monopole Panhard Monopole Jean Hémard / F 26. 61 R. Gaillard / F Dyna Panhard Pierre Chancel / F 27. 54 Jacques Lecat / F Renault 4CV Team Renault Henri Senftleben / F 28. 58 Jean-Paul Colas / F Callista Panhard Schollmann 29. 53 Just-Emile Vernet / F Renault 4CV Team Renault Jean Pairard / F 30. 56 Arnaud / F D.B. - Panhard Louis Pons / F Did not finish: 51 Jean-Louis Rosier / F Renault 4CV -1063- Team Renault 194 Accident Jean Estanger / F 57 L. Eggen / B D.B. - Panhard 184 Disqualified André Beaulieux / F 52 L. V. Sandt Renault 4CV -1063- Team Renault 177 Fire Moser 1 Sydney H. Allard / GB Allard J2 Cadillac S. H. Allard 134 Gearbox Tom Cole / USA 45 Caron Simca Gordini Gordini Simca 133 Engine André Guillard / F 17 Johnny Claes / B Ferrari 340 America B 0118A Bill Spear ? 132 Clutch burned William Spear / USA 37 Pierre Veyron / F Simca Gordini Gordini Simca 130 Distribution Monneret / F 7 Froilan Gonzalez / RA Talbot Lago 110056 128 Radiator Onofre Marimón / RA 18 Eddie Hall / GB Ferrari 340 America B 0120A 125 Battery Navone / I 5 George Rand / USA Cunningham C2-R Chrysler B. S. Cunningham 98 Accident Fred Wacker / USA 6 Louis Rosier / F Talbot Lago 110057 92 Oil tank Juan Manuel Fangio / RA 22 Stirling Moss / GB Jaguar XK-120C 92 Oil pressure Jack Fairman / GB 62 Leblanc / F Delahaye 88 Brakes Bertrand 43 George Phillips / GB MG TD MG Cars Ltd. 80 Piston Alan Rippon / GB 40 José Scaron / F Simca Gordini Gordini Simca 77 Fuel pump Gordini / F 3 Briggs Cunningham / USA Cunningham C2-R Chrysler B. S. Cunningham 76 Accident George Huntoon / USA 64 Robert Bouchard / F Ferrari 166MM Barchet 0068M Scuderia Guastalla? 75 Engine Lucien Farnaud / F 23 Clemente Biondetti / I Jaguar XK-120C Biondetti Sp 50 Oil pump Leslie Johnson / GB 39 Maurice Trintignant / F Simca Gordini Gordini Simca 49 Camshaft Behra / F 41 Tommy Wisdom / GB Jowett Jupiter 48 Head gasket Tommy Wise / GB 49 Jacques Poch / F Aero Minor J. Poch 40 Head gasket Vaselle 59 Schrafft / USA Crosley 40 Electrical Phil Stiles / USA 55 A. G. Claude / F Renault 4CV -1063- Satecme? 38 Ignition Robert Clause 8 Eugéne Chaboud / F Talbot Lago 110058 33 Radiator Vincent / F 16 "Heldé" / F Ferrari 340 America B 0116A 29 Disqualified Louis Chiron / F 38 Robert Manzon / F Simca Gordini Gordini Simca 26 Distribution André Simon / F 12 Jean Delettrez / F Delettrez Diesel Ets. Delettrez 24 Engine Jacques Delettrez / F 42 Bert Hadley / GB Jowett Jupiter 19 Burnt valve Charles Goodacre / GB 30 Jacques Lariviére / F Ferrari 212 Export C 0078E 5 Fatal accident André Guelfi / F 2 Peter Reece / GB Allard J2 Cadillac S. H. Allard Transmission Alfred P. Hitchings / GB Did not start: - Sauerwein / D Porsche 356/4 Porsche A.G. Accident in pr Did not qualify: - xxx Aston Martin DB2 Maurice Faulkner In entry list only: - Luigi Piotti / I Osca - Norman Culpan / GB Frazer Nash N. R. Culpan - Henri Louveau / F Talbot