Tests Day
24h of Le Mans 1959
Date
26 Avril
Weather
Averses
Race Director
Jacques Loste
Number of competitors
19
Track
13,461 km
Class
S : Sport
GT : Grand Tourisme
GT : Grand Tourisme
| Pos | Number | Photo | Team | Car | Engine Tires Numberplate Chassis |
Class | Drivers | Best lap Avg. Laps Driver |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10 | No photo | Scuderia Ferrari (I) / SEFAC | FERRARI 250 TR 59 | Ferrari 2953 V12 (N° 0766TR) |
S | 'Phil' Hill (USA) Olivier Gendebien (B) |
3:59.300 202.500 km/h |
|
| 2nd | 11 | No photo | Scuderia Ferrari (I) / SEFAC | FERRARI Dino 196S | Ferrari 1934 V6 (Nbplate: PROVAMO36) (N° 0740) |
S | Giulio Cabianca (I) Giorgio Scarlatti (I) Hermano 'Nano' da Silva Ramos (F-BR) |
4:10.700 193.290 km/h |
|
| 3rd | 4 | No photo | David Brown Racing Dept. (GB) | ASTON MARTIN DBR1/300 | Aston Martin 2993 S6 (N° DBR1/3) |
S | 'Jack' Fairman (GB) | 4:17.000 188.550 km/h |
|
| 4th | 9 | No photo | Equipe Nationale Belge (B)/Ecurie Francorchamps | FERRARI 250 GT LWB Coupé | Ferrari 2953 V12 (N° 1321GT) |
GT | 'Jean Beurlys' (Jean Blaton) (B) | 4:22.000 184.960 km/h |
|
| 5th | 6 | No photo | David Brown Racing Dept. (GB) | ASTON MARTIN DBR1/300 | Aston Martin 2993 S6 (N° DBR1/4) |
S | Carroll Shelby (USA) | 4:27.000 181.490 km/h |
|
| 6th | 16 | No photo | Eldé | FERRARI 250 GT California | Ferrari 2953 V12 (N° 1451GT) |
GT | 'Eldé' (Léon Dernier) (B) | 4:37.900 174.370 km/h |
|
| 7th | 19 | No photo | Ecurie Trois Chevrons (CH) | ASTON MARTIN DB4 GT Coupé | Aston Martin 2992 S6 |
GT | Hubert Patthey (CH) | 4:38.200 174.190 km/h |
|
| 8th | 25 | No photo | Standard Triumph (GB) | TRIUMPH TR3 S | Triumph 1985 S4 (Nbplate: XPH940) (N° X 629) |
GT | Peter Jopp (GB) 'Dickie' Stoop (GB) |
4:49.700 167.270 km/h |
|
| 9th | 34 | No photo | Jean Kerguen (F) | PORSCHE 550 RS | Porsche 1498 F4 (N° 0142) |
S | Jean Kerguen (F) | 4:50.000 167.100 km/h |
|
| 10th | 50 | No photo | OSCA Automobili (I) | OSCA Sport 750 | Osca 742 S4 (N° 761) |
S | Jean Laroche (F) | 5.26.300 148.510 km/h |
|
| 11th | 46 | No photo | Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet (F) | D.B HBR 5 ? | Panhard 744 F2 |
GT | Jean-François Jaeger (F) | 5.45.000 140.460 km/h |
|
| 12th | 26 | No photo | Standard Triumph (GB) | TRIUMPH TR3 S | Triumph 1985 S4 (N° X 627) |
GT | Ninian Sanderson (GB) Peter Bolton (GB) 'Johnny' Lockett (GB) |
5:03.800 159.510 km/h |
|
| 13th | 45 | No photo | Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet (F) | D.B HBR 4 ? | Panhard 744 F2 (N° 988) |
GT | Pierre Chancel (F) Gérard Laureau (F) |
5:16.400 153.150 km/h |
|
| 14th | 20 | No photo | Ecurie Trois Chevrons (CH) | ASTON MARTIN DB4 GT Coupé | Aston Martin 2992 S6 |
GT | 'Charly' Renaud (CH) | 5:18.100 152.340 km/h |
|
| 15th | 28 | No photo | AC Ace | A.C. Bristol | Bristol 1971 S6 |
GT | Armand 'Blary' Blaton (B) | 5:22.000 150.490 km/h |
|
| 16th | 56 | No photo | Automobili Stanguellini (I) | STANGUELLINI 750 Sport Bialbero - Fiat | Stanguellini 740 S4 |
S | René Philippe Faure (F) Maurice Michy (F) |
5:28.500 147.510 km/h |
|
| 17th | 63 | No photo | Jacques Faucher (F) | D.B HBR 4 | Panhard 851 F2 |
GT | Claude Faucher (F) Gérard Laffargue (F) Jacques Grelley (F) |
5:39.600 142.690 km/h |
|
| 18th | 52 | No photo | Roger Masson (F) | D.B HBR 5 | Panhard 851 F2 |
S | Roger Masson (F) | 5:42.700 141.400 km/h Roger Masson (F) |
|
| 19th | 55 | No photo | Automobili Stanguellini (I) | STANGUELLINI 750 Sport B A - Fiat | Stanguellini 740 S4 |
S | Georges Guyot (F) | 6:07.700 131.790 km/h |