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XXVII Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 21.6.1959
24 h Le Mans
Started: 53 (SP - 31, GT - 22) Classified: 13 (SP - 3, GT - 10) Race: 13,461 km = 4347,900 km AVG: 181,163 km/h FL: Jean Behra 12 Ferrari 250 TR59 4:00,900 201,161 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice Classified: 1. 5 Roy Salvadori / GB Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/2 David Brown Racing Dept. 1. S Carroll Shelby / USA 2. 6 Maurice Trintignant / F Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/4 David Brown Racing Dept. 2. S Paul Frére / B 3. 11 "Jean Beurlys" / B Ferrari 250 GT Berli 1321GT Equipe Nationale Belge 1. GT "Eldé" / B 4. 18 André Pilette / B Ferrari 250 GTB E 1461GT North American Racing Team 2. GT George Arents / USA 5. 16 Bob Grossman / USA Ferrari 250 GT Calif 1451GT Fernand Tavano 3. GT Fernand Tavano / F 6. 20 Lino Fayen / YV Ferrari 250 GT 1377GT Lino Fayen 4. GT Gino Munaron / I 7. 29 Ted Whiteaway / GB AC Ace Bristol AC Cars Ltd. 5. GT Jack Turner / GB 8. 41 Peter Lumsden / GB Lotus Elite Mk.14 Clim 1016 Car Exchange 6. GT Peter Riley / GB 9. 46 Louis Cornet / F D.B. HBR4 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn 7. GT René Cotton / F 10. 42 John Whitmore / GB Lotus Elite Mk.14 Climax Border Reivers 8. GT Jim Clark / GB 11. 45 Bernard Consten / F D.B. HBR4 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn 9. GT Paul Armagnac / F 12. 44 Sture Nottorp / S SAAB 93 Sture Nottorp 10. GT Gunnar Bengtsson / S 13. 55 Roger de Lageneste / F Stanguellini B.A. - Fiat Automobili Stanguellini 3. S Paul Guiraud / F Did not finish: 1 Ivor Bueb / GB Lister Jaguar BHL2.59 Brian Lister Engine S Bruce Halford / GB 2 Walt Hansgen / USA Lister Jaguar BHL3.59 Brian Lister Engine S Peter Blond / GB 3 Masten Gregory / USA Jaguar D-type XKD603 Ecurie Ecosse Engine S Innes Ireland / GB 4 Stirling Moss / GB Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/3 David Brown Racing Dept. Engine S Jack Fairman / GB 7 Graham Whitehead / GB Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/5 A. G. Whitehead Accident S Brian Naylor / GB 8 Ron Flockhart / GB Tojeiro Jaguar TAD-1-59 Ecurie Ecosse Engine S John Lawrence / GB 10 Lucien Bianchi / B Ferrari 250 TR58 0736TR Equipe Nationale Belge Fuel feed S Alain de Changy / B 12 Jean Behra / F Ferrari 250 TR59 0774TR Scuderia Ferrari Transmission S Dan Gurney / USA 14 Olivier Gendebien / B Ferrari 250 TR59 0766TR Scuderia Ferrari Engine S Phil Hill / USA 15 Cliff Allison / GB Ferrari 250 TR59 0770 Scuderia Ferrari Gearbox S Nano da Silva Ramos / F/BR 17 Gil Geitner Ferrari 250 TR58 0666MM North American Racing Team Gearbox S Rod Carveth 19 Ed Martin / USA Ferrari 250 TR58 0730TR E. D. Martin transmission S William Kimberly / USA 23 Giulio Cabianca / I Ferrari Dino 196S 0740 Scuderia Eugenio Castelotti Fuel S Giorgio Scarlatti / I 24 Jim Russell / GB Cooper Monaco Mk.1 Climax Cooper Car Company Accident S Bruce McLaren / NZ 30 Graham Hill / GB Lotus 15 Climax 626 Team Lotus Engineering Engine S Derek Jolly 31 Jo Bonnier / S Porsche 718 RSK 008 Porsche KG Clutch S Wolfgang von Trips / D 32 Hans Herrmann / D Porsche 718 RSK 007 Porsche KG Fuel S Umberto Maglioli / I 34 Edgar Barth / D Porsche 718 RSK 006 Porsche KG Gearbox S Wolfgang Seidel / D 35 Jean Kerguen / F Porsche 550 0142 J. Kerguen Clutch S Robert La Caze / MA 36 Carel Godin de Beaufort / NL Porsche 718 RSK 027 C. G. de Beaufort Engine S Christian Heins / CH 37 Ed Hugus / USA Porsche 718 RSK 024 Ed Hugus Engine S Ray (Ernie) Erickson / USA 49 Roger Masson / F D.B. HBR5 Panhard Roger Masson Clutch S Jean Vinatier / F 51 Ricardo Rodriguez / MEX Osca S750 766 OSCA Automobili Water pump S Pedro Rodriguez / MEX 52 Jean Laroche / F Osca S750 761 OSCA Automobili Gearbox S André Testut / MC 53 Alan Stacey / GB Lotus 17 Climax 663 Team Lotus Engineering Head gasket S Keith Greene / GB 54 Mike Taylor / GB Lotus 17 Climax 659 Team Lotus Engineering Distributor S Jonathan Sieff / GB 56 René Louis Revillon / F Stanguellini Bialbero Automobili Stanguellini out of fuel S Joseph Dieu 62 Philippe Faure / F Stanguellini Efac SP 56-01 E.F.A.C. Accident S Georges Guyot / F 21 Hubert Patthey / CH Aston Martin DB4 Coupé Ecurie 3 Chevrons Engine GT Jacques Calderari / CH 25 Peter Jopp / GB Triumph TR3S Standard Triumph Engine GT Dick Stoop / GB 26 Peter Bolton / GB Triumph TR3S Standard Triumph Holed radiator GT Mike Rothschild / USA 27 Ninian Sanderson / GB Triumph TR3S Standard Triumph Radiator GT Claude Dubois / B 33 Ted Lund / GB M.G. A Twin Cam F. W. R. Lund Gearbox GT Colin Escott / GB 38 Jean-Claude Vidilles / F Lotus Elite 1007 Los Amigos Fire GT Jean-François Malle / F 43 Sydney Hurrell SAAB 93 S. A. Hurrell Engine GT Roy North 47 Pierre Chancel / F D.B. HBR5 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn Engine GT Gérard Laureau / F 48 René Bartholoni / F D.B. HBR5 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn Clutch GT François Jaeger / F 50 Colin Davis / GB D.B. HBR5 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn transmission GT Alejandro de Tomaso / RA 59 Jean Faucher / F D.B. HBR4 Panhard C. Faucher Engine GT Gérard Laffargue 60 John Dashwood / GB Frazer Nash Le Mans 203 John Dashwood Accident GT William Wilks Did not start: - Trintignant / F Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/1 David Brown Racing Dept. T-car Frére / B 9 Bianchi / CH Lister Jaguar Equipe Nationale Belge Croisier / B - Ed Hugus / USA Ferrari 250 TR J. E. Hugus Erickson / USA - xxx AC Ace Bristol Rudd Racing Ltd. - Alejandro de Tomaso / RA Osca A. de Tomaso Colin Davis / GB 58 Héchard / F D.B. Panhard Héchard - Dough Graham / GB Lotus Elite J. R. Stoop Mike McKee / GB - xxx Stanguellini Stanguellini In entry list only: 39 xxx Alfa Romeo Virgilio Conrero 40 xxx Alfa Romeo Virgilio Conrero 45 P. Alfranco Fiat Pagani Poltonieri