1959 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 27th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 20 and 21 1959. It was also the fourth round of the World Sportscar Championship.

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
1	S 3.0	5	Template:Country flagicon David Brown Racing Dept.	Template:Country flagicon Carroll Shelby Template:Country flagicon Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Aston Martin 3.0L I6	323
2	S 3.0	6	Template:Country flagicon David Brown Racing Dept.	Template:Country flagicon Maurice Trintignant Template:Country flagicon Paul Frère	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Aston Martin 3.0L I6	322
3	GT 3.0	11	Template:Country flagicon Equipe Nationale Belge	Template:Country flagicon Jean Blaton Template:Country flagicon Leon Dernier	Ferrari 250 GT LWB Coupe	Ferrari 3.0L V12	297
4	GT 3.0	18	Template:Country flagicon North American Racing Team (NART)	Template:Country flagicon André Pilette Template:Country flagicon George Arents	Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta	Ferrari 3.0L V12	296
5	GT 3.0	16	Template:Country flagicon Fernand Tavano Template:Country flagicon North American Racing Team (NART)	Template:Country flagicon Fernand Tavano Template:Country flagicon Bob Grossman	Ferrari 250 GT California	Ferrari 3.0L V12	294
6	GT 3.0	20	Template:Country flagicon Lino Fayen	Template:Country flagicon Lino Fayen Template:Country flagicon Gino Munaron	Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta	Ferrari 3.0L V12	293
7	GT 2.0	29	Template:Country flagicon Rudd Racing Ltd.	Template:Country flagicon Ted Whiteaway Template:Country flagicon John Turner	AC Ace	Bristol 2.0L I6	273
8	GT 1.5	41	Template:Country flagicon William S. Frost	Template:Country flagicon Peter Lumsden Template:Country flagicon Peter Riley	Lotus Elite Mk14	Coventry Climax 1.2L I4	270
9	GT 750	46	Template:Country flagicon Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Template:Country flagicon René Cotton Template:Country flagicon Louis Cornet	DB HBR4	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	258
10	GT 1.5	42	Template:Country flagicon Border Reivers	Template:Country flagicon Sir John Whitmore Template:Country flagicon Jim Clark	Lotus Elite Mk14	Coventry Climax 1.2L I4	257
11	GT 750	45	Template:Country flagicon Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Template:Country flagicon Bernard Consten Template:Country flagicon Paul Armagnac	DB HBR4	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	247
12	GT 750	44	Template:Country flagicon Sture Nottorp	Template:Country flagicon Sture Nottorp Template:Country flagicon Gunnar Bengtsson	Saab 93 Sport	Saab 0.7L I3 (2-Stroke)	232

Not Classified

Failed to complete 70% of winner's distance (226 laps)

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
13	S 750	55	Template:Country flagicon Automobili Stanguellini	Template:Country flagicon Roger Delageneste Template:Country flagicon Paul Guiraud	Stanguellini 750 Sport BA	Fiat 0.7L I4	220

Did Not Finish

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
14	GT 750	48	Template:Country flagicon Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Template:Country flagicon René Bartholoni Template:Country flagicon Francois Jaeger	DB HBR5	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	169
15	GT 2.0	27	Template:Country flagicon Standard Triumph	Template:Country flagicon Ninian Sanderson Template:Country flagicon Claude Dubois	Triumph TR3S	Triumph 2.0L I4	114
16	S 1.1	48	Template:Country flagicon Roger Masson	Template:Country flagicon Roger Masson Template:Country flagicon Jean Vinatier	DB HBR5	Panhard 0.9L Flat-2	179
17	GT 2.0	33	Template:Country flagicon F.W.R. Lund	Template:Country flagicon Ted Lund Template:Country flagicon Colin Escott	MG MGA Twin Cam	MG 1.6L I4	185
18	S 3.0	14	Template:Country flagicon Scuderia Ferrari	Template:Country flagicon Phil Hill Template:Country flagicon Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari 250 TR59	Ferrari 3.0L V12	263
19	S 1.5	35	Template:Country flagicon Jean Kerguen	Template:Country flagicon Jean Kerguen Template:Country flagicon Robert La Caze	Porsche 550 RS	Porsche 1.5L Flat-4	229
20	S 1.5	37	Template:Country flagicon Ed Hugus	Template:Country flagicon Ed Hugus Template:Country flagicon Ray Erickson	Porsche 718 RSK	Porsche 1.5L Flat-4	240
21	S 1.5	36	Template:Country flagicon Baron Carel Godin de Beaufort	Template:Country flagicon Carel Godin de Beaufort Template:Country flagicon Christian Heins	Porsche 718 RSK	Porsche 1.5L Flat-4	186
22	S 750	53	Template:Country flagicon Team Lotus Engineering	Template:Country flagicon Alan Stacey Template:Country flagicon Keith Greene	Lotus 17	Coventry Climax 0.7L I4	156
23	S 1.5	34	Template:Country flagicon Porsche KG	Template:Country flagicon Edgar Barth Template:Country flagicon Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche 718 RSK	Porsche 1.5L Flat-4	168
24	S 2.0	31	Template:Country flagicon Porsche KG	Template:Country flagicon Jo Bonnier Template:Country flagicon Wolfgang von Trips	Porsche 718 RSK	Porsche 1.6L Flat-4	182
25	S 3.0	8	Template:Country flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Country flagicon Ron Flockhart Template:Country flagicon John Lawrence	Tojeiro	Jaguar 3.0L I6	137
26	GT 1.5	38	Template:Country flagicon Equipe Los Amigos	Template:Country flagicon Jean-Claude Vidilles Template:Country flagicon Jean-François Malle	Lotus Elite Mk14	Coventry Climax 1.2L I4	105
27	S 2.0	25	Template:Country flagicon Standard Triumph	Template:Country flagicon Peter Jopp Template:Country flagicon Richard Stoop	Triumph TR3S	Triumph 2.0L I4	245
28	S 3.0	12	Template:Country flagicon Scuderia Ferrari	Template:Country flagicon Dan Gurney Template:Country flagicon Jean Behra	Ferrari 250 TR59	Ferrari 3.0L V12	129
29	S 3.0	30	Template:Country flagicon Team Lotus Engineering	Template:Country flagicon Graham Hill Template:Country flagicon Derek Jolly	Lotus 15	Coventry Climax 2.0L I4	119
30	S 750	52	Template:Country flagicon O.S.C.A. Automobili	Template:Country flagicon Jean Laroche Template:Country flagicon André Testut	O.S.C.A. 750 Sport	O.S.C.A. 0.7L I4	88
31	GT 750	50	Template:Country flagicon Alejandro de Tomaso	Template:Country flagicon Alejandro de Tomaso Template:Country flagicon Colin Davis	DB HBR5	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	63
32	S 3.0	1	Template:Country flagicon Brian Lister	Template:Country flagicon Ivor Bueb Template:Country flagicon Bruce Halford	Lister LM	Jaguar 3.0L I6	121
33	S 3.0	19	Template:Country flagicon Edwin D. Martin	Template:Country flagicon Edwin D. Martin Template:Country flagicon William Kimberley	Ferrari 250 TR58	Ferrari 3.0L V12	108
34	S 3.0	3	Template:Country flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Country flagicon Innes Ireland Template:Country flagicon Masten Gregory	Jaguar D-Type Modified	Jaguar 3.0L I6	70
35	S 2.0	24	Template:Country flagicon Cooper Car Company	Template:Country flagicon Jim Russell Template:Country flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper T49 Monaco Mk1	Coventry Climax 2.0L I4	79
36	S 2.0	32	Template:Country flagicon Porsche KG	Template:Country flagicon Hans Herrmann Template:Country flagicon Umberto Maglioli	Porsche 718 RSK	Porsche 1.6L Flat-4	78
37	S 2.0	23	Template:Country flagicon Scuderia Ferrari	Template:Country flagicon Giulio Cabianca Template:Country flagicon Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari Dino 196S	Ferrari 1.9L V6	63
38	GT 1.1	59	Template:Country flagicon Jacques Faucher	Template:Country flagicon Jacques Faucher Template:Country flagicon Gérard Leffargue	DB HBR4	Panhard 0.9L Flat-2	53
39	S 750	56	Template:Country flagicon Automobili Stanguellini	Template:Country flagicon René Louis Revillon Template:Country flagicon Joseph Dieu	Stanguellini 750 Sport Bialbero	Fiat 0.7L I4	37
40	S 3.0	4	Template:Country flagicon David Brown Racing Dept.	Template:Country flagicon Stirling Moss Template:Country flagicon Jack Fairman	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Aston Martin 3.0L I6	70
41	GT 750	43	Template:Country flagicon S.A. Hurrell / R.M. North	Template:Country flagicon Sydney H. Hurrell Template:Country flagicon Roy North	Saab 93 Sport	Saab 0.7L I3 (2-Stroke)	35
42	S 750	54	Template:Country flagicon Team Lotus Engineering	Template:Country flagicon Michael Taylor Template:Country flagicon Johnathon Sieff	Lotus 17	Coventry Climax 0.7L I4	23
43	S 750	51	Template:Country flagicon O.S.C.A. Automobili	Template:Country flagicon Pedro Rodriguez Template:Country flagicon Ricardo Rodríguez	O.S.C.A. Sport 750TN	O.S.C.A. 0.7L I4	32
44	S 3.0	2	Template:Country flagicon Brian Lister	Template:Country flagicon Walt Hansgen Template:Country flagicon Peter Blond	Lister LM	Jaguar 3.0L I6	52
45	S 3.0	7	Template:Country flagicon A.G. Whitehead	Template:Country flagicon Graham Whitehead Template:Country flagicon Brian Naylor	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Aston Martin 3.0L I6	52
46	S 3.0	10	Template:Country flagicon Equipe Nationale Belga	Template:Country flagicon Lucien Bianchi Template:Country flagicon Alain de Changy	Ferrari 250 TR58	Ferrari 3.0L V12	47
47	GT 2.0	60	Template:Country flagicon John Dashwood	Template:Country flagicon John Dashwood Template:Country flagicon William Wilks	Frazer-Nash Le Mans	Bristol 2.0L I6	30
48	S 750	62	Template:Country flagicon Société E.F.A.C.	Template:Country flagicon René Philippe Faure Template:Country flagicon Georges Guyot	Stanguellini Efac SP	Fiat 0.7L I4	58
49	S 3.0	15	Template:Country flagicon Scuderia Ferrari	Template:Country flagicon Cliff Allison Template:Country flagicon Hernando da Silva Ramos	Ferrari 250 TR59	Ferrari 3.0L V12	41
50	GT 2.0	26	Template:Country flagicon Standard Triumph	Template:Country flagicon Peter Bolton Template:Country flagicon Michael Rotschild	Triumph TR3S	Triumph 2.0L I4	35
51	S 3.0	17	Template:Country flagicon North American Racing Team (NART)	Template:Country flagicon Gilbert Geitner Template:Country flagicon Rod Carveth	Ferrari 250 TR58	Ferrari 3.0L V12	21
52	GT 3.0	21	Template:Country flagicon Écurie Trois Chevrons	Template:Country flagicon Hubert Patthey Template:Country flagicon Renaud Calderari	Aston Martin DB4 GT	Aston Martin 3.0L I6	21
53	GT 750	47	Template:Country flagicon Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Template:Country flagicon Pierre Chancel Template:Country flagicon Gérard Laureau	DB HBR4	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	9

Statistics

• Fastest Lap - #12 Scuderia Ferrari - 4:00.9
• Distance - 4347.9 km
• Average Speed - 181.163 km/h

Trophy Winners

• 25th Biennial Cup - #46 Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet
• Index of Performance - #46 Autombiles Deutsch et Bonnet
• Index of Thermal Efficiency - #45 Autombiles Deutsch et Bonnet