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24 h Le Mans 13.6.1954
24 h Le Mans
Started: 57 Classified: 18 Race: 13,492 km = 4061,150 km AVG: 169,215 km/h FL: Froilan Gonzalez 4 Ferrari 375 Plus 4:16,800 189,139 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice Classified: 1. 4 Froilan Gonzalez / RA Ferrari 375 Plus 0396AM Scuderia Ferrari 1. 5000 Maurice Trintignant / F 2. 14 Duncan Hamilton / GB Jaguar D-type XKC402 Jaguar Cars Ltd. Tony Rolt / GB 3. 2 William Spear / USA Cunningham C4-R Chrysler Briggs Cunningham 1. 8000 Sherwood Johnston / USA 4. 16 Roger Laurent / B Jaguar C-type XKC012 Ecurie Francorchamps Jacques Swaters / B 5. 1 Briggs Cunningham / USA Cunningham C4-R Chrysler Briggs Cunningham John Gordon-Bennett / USA 6. 30 André Guelfi / F Gordini T30S Equipe Gordini 1. 3000 Jacques Pollet / F 7. 35 Peter S. Wilson / GB Bristol 450 Bristol Aeroplane Co. 1. 2000 Jim Mayers / GB 8. 33 Tommy Wisdom / GB Bristol 450 Bristol Aeroplane Co. Jack Fairman / GB 9. 34 Mike Keen / GB Bristol 450 Bristol Aeroplane Co. John Line / GB 10. 57 René Bonnet / F D.B. HBR Panhard Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn 1. 501-750 Elie Bayol / F 11. 36 Maurice Gatsonides / NL Frazer Nash Le Mans Cou 186 Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd Marcel Becquart / F 12. 39 Johnny Claes / B Porsche 550/1500 RS 012 Porsche KG 1. 1500 Pierre Stasse / B 13. 55 Jean Hémard / F Monopole X84 Panhard Ets. Monopole Pierre Flahault / F 14. 47 Zora Arcus-Duntov / USA Porsche 550/1500 RS Spy 013 Porsche KG 1. 751-1100 Gustave Olivier / F 15. 62 Edgar B. Wadsworth / GB Triumph TR2 E. B. Wadsworth John Brown / GB 16. 56 Marc Gignoux / F D.B. HBR Panhard Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet Louis Cornet / F 17. 59 René Cotton / F Panhard X88 Automobiles Panhard et Leva André Beaulieu / F 18. 54 René Breuil / F BG Le Mans Renault P. Garzynski Jean Py / F Disqualified: 11 Serge Blanc / F Talbot T26 110059 Georges Grignard Last lap over Serge Nersessian / F Did not finish: 43 Lance Macklin / GB Osca MT4 1500 1147 Automobili OSCA 247 DQ: outside he Pierre Leygonie / F 42 Jacques Péron / F Osca MT4 1500 1143 Automobili OSCA 243 Accident Francesco Giardini / I 8 Reg Parnell / GB Aston Martin DB3S s/ DB3S/1 Aston Martin Lagonda 222 Head gasket Roy Salvadori / GB 63 Lucien Farnaud / F Osca MT4 1100 1125 Lucien Farnaud 199 Transmission Adolfo Macchieraldo / I 49 Yves Giraud-Cabantous / F V.P. R166 Renault Automobiles VP 190 Accident Just-Emile Vernet / F 5 Robert Manzon / F Ferrari 375 Plus 0392AM Scuderia Ferrari 177 Transmission Louis Rosier / F 58 Chancel / F Panhard X88 Automobiles Panhard et Leva 157 Engine Chancel / F 41 Hans Herrmann / D Porsche 550/1500 RS 011 Porsche KG 148 Engine Helmut Polensky / D 20 B. Bira / SIAM Aston Martin DB3S co DB3S/6 Aston Martin Lagonda 138 Accident Peter Collins / GB 15 Peter Whitehead / GB Jaguar D-type XKC404 Jaguar Cars Ltd. 131 Out of fuel Ken Wharton / GB 27 Jean-Paul Colas / F Aston Martin DB2/4 (DB3 eng Jean-Paul Colas 121 Transmission Nano da Silva Ramos / F/BR 6 Phil Walters / USA Ferrari 375 MM 0372AM Briggs Cunningham 120 Transmission John Fitch / USA 28 Alfonso de Portago / E Maserati A6GCS Officine Alfieri Maserati 116 Engine Carlo Tomasi / RA 38 Sture Nottorp / S Frazer Nash Le Mans 199 Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd 109 DQ: refuelling Ivar Andersson / S 52 Marc Azéma / F D.B. HDR Renault Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet 102 Wheels Alphonse de Burnay 18 Porfirio Rubirosa / DR Ferrari 375 MM Berli 0380AM Luigi Chinetti 98 Accident Innocente Baggio 44 Edmond Mouche / F Constantin Peugeot Compres. Alexis Constantin 95 Gearbox Alexis Constantin / F 12 Stirling Moss / GB Jaguar D-type XKC403 Jaguar Cars Ltd. 92 Brakes Peter Walker / GB 3 Umberto Maglioli / I Ferrari 375 Plus 0394AM Scuderia Ferrari 88 Transmission Paolo Marzotto / I 46 Alan Rippon / GB Kieft - Coventry Climax Kieft Cars Ltd. 86 Transmission Bill Black / GB 65 Gilberte Thirion / F Gordini T17S Equipe Gordini 76 Distribution André Pilette / B 19 Jean Behra / F Gordini T24S Equipe Gordini 74 Ignintion André Simon / F 22 Carroll Shelby / USA Aston Martin DB3S DB3S/3 Aston Martin Lagonda 74 Front axle Paul Frére / B 50 Guy Michel / F Renault R1063 Guy Michel et André Guillar 73 Engine Guillard / F 21 Jimmy Stewart / GB Aston Martin DB3S co DB3S/7 Aston Martin Lagonda 64 Accident Graham Whitehead / GB 9 Jean-Louis Rosier / F Talbot T26GS 110055 Ecurie Rosier 62 Accident Pierre Meyrat / F 31 "Charles Rinen" / F Gordini T30S Equipe Gordini 54 DNF André Moynet / F 37 Rodney F. Peacock / GB Frazer Nash Le Mans 150 Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd 49 Accident Gerry A. Ruddock / GB 10 Pierre Levegh / F Talbot T26GS 110056 "Pierre Levegh" 33 Accident Lino Fayen / YV 48 Georges Trouis / F Kieft Sport MG Kieft Cars Ltd. 26 Cooling Alfred P. Hitchings / GB 7 Eric Thompson / GB Lagonda DP115 DP115/1 Aston Martin Lagonda 25 Accident Dennis Poore / GB 66 Jean Faucher / F Renault 4CV Jacques Faucher 20 Disqualified Jean Hébert / F 51 "Heldé" / F D.B. HDR Renault Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn 8 Transmission Jean Lucas / F 53 Alexandre Gacon Nardi 750 LM Crosley Nardi et Co. 7 Water pump Mario Damonte / I 60 Lucien Paillier / F Panhard X88 Automobiles Panhard et Leva 5 Accident "Franc" / F 40 Richard von Frankenberg / D Porsche 550/1500 RS 010 Porsche KG 4 Engine Helmut Glöckler / D 64 Claude Storez / F D.B. HDR Renault Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet 4 Transmission Jean-Claude Vidilles / F 61 Eugéne Dussous / F Panhard X84 Automobiles Panhard et Leva 0 Accident Jacques Savoye / F Did not start: - Roberto Miéres / RA Maserati Accident Mike Sparken / F Did not practice: - Nigel H. Mann / GB Aston Martin DB3 DB3/5 Nigel Mann Charles Brackenbury / GB In entry list only: - xxx Austin-Healey Donald Healey Motor Co Withdrawn - xxx Austin-Healey Donald Healey Motor Co Withdrawn - Mike Hawthorn / GB Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Giuseppe Farina / I - xxx Maserati - Giannino Marzotto / I Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Piero Carini / I - Reg Parnell / GB Lagonda DP115 Aston Martin Lagonda Roy Salvadori / GB