Le Mans 24 hour race, 1928

The winners Woolf Barnato and Bernard Rubin

Bentley 4 1/2 liter

The sixth 24-hour race of Le Mans , the 6 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also Sixiemes Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans, Circuit Permanenthe de la Sarthe , took place from 16. to 17 June 1928 on the Circuit des 24 Heures near Le Mans in north-west France.

The race

The dramatic overall victory of the Bentley team Sammy Davis and Dudley Benjafield last year meant that far more British racing teams were interested in the race than in previous years. In addition to the Bentley works team, Lagonda and Aston Martin were represented with works cars for the first time . For the second time, vehicles from the USA came to the Sarthe. Chrysler sent two 72 six to Europe to be used by the French agency. The wheel of the car with the number seven was shared by the Romanian Cantacuzino prince couple. The car with the number eight was driven by André Rossignol and Henri Stoffel . A mighty 4.9 liter Stutz also came from the USA, prepared by Charles Weymann . At the wheel was the 1926 winner , Robert Bloch , and his compatriot Édouard Brisson . The French teams mainly concentrated on the small racing classes.

Right from the start, the race was a three-way battle between Bentley, Chrysler and Stutz. Different teams replaced one another at the top and the lap record was broken several times. The Ariès , the French car with the largest displacement, was only able to keep up for three laps , then the team retired with piston damage. Sir Henry Birkin had a puncture and lost more than three hours and with it every chance of victory. During the night Stutz was in the lead, but was plagued by problems with the transmission on Sunday morning. While the Birkin / Chassagne-Bentley was brilliantly catching up, both Lagondas collided in the Mulsanne and retired.

It was only at the last refueling stop that Woolf Barnato was able to overtake the leading Stutz, but he was in big trouble himself. The chassis of the Bentley was broken and Barnato could only roll around the track at slow speed. His victory was saved by the fact that Brisson in the Stutz only drove in one gear and could no longer catch up. Barnato won by just half a lap, and Bentley was able to celebrate its third overall victory.

Results

Pilots by nationality

42 French	18 British	2 Romanians	1 Argentine	1 Belgian
1 Italian	1 Monegasse

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	5.0	4th	Bentley Motors Ltd.	Woolf Barnato Bernard Rubin	Bentley 4½ liter "Old Mother Gun"	Bentley 4.4L I6	D.	155
2	5.0	1	Société de Carrosserie Weymann	Edouard Brisson Robert Bloch	Stutz DV16 Blackhawk	Stutz 4.9L I8	D.	154
3	5.0	8th	Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris	Henri Stoffel André Rossignol	Chrysler 72 Six	Chrysler 4.1L I6	D.	144
4th	5.0	7th	Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris	Prince Ioan Ghyka Cantacuzene George Ghyka Cantacuzene	Chrysler 72 Six	Chrysler 4.1L I6	D.	140
5	5.0	3	Bentley Motors Ltd.	Sir Henry Birkin Jean Chassagne	Bentley 4½ liter	Bentley 4.4L I6	D.	135
6th	1.5	27	Alvis Car and Engineering Company	Major Maurice Harvey Harold Purdy	Alvis FA12 / 50	Alvis 1.5L I4	D.	132
7th	1.1	32	Bollack Netter et Cie	Michel Doré Jean Treunet	BNC Type H Monza	Ruby 1.1L I4	D.	131
8th	2.0	12	Fabbrica Automobili Itala	Robert Benoist Christian Dauvergne	Itala Tipo 65 S	Itala 2.0L I6	D.	131
9	1.5	28	Alvis Car and Engineering Company	Sammy Davis William Urquhart-Dykes	Alvis FA12 / 50	Alvis 1.5L I4	D.	130
10	1.1	35	Société des Moteurs Salmson	Georges Casse André Rousseau	Salmson GS	Salmson 1.1L I4	D.	128
11	2.0	16	Lagonda Motor Company	André d'Erlanger Douglas Hawkes	Lagonda OH 2 Liter Speed	Lagonda 2.0L I4	D.	126
12	1.5	29	SA of the automobile Tracta	Maurice Benoist Louis Balart	Tracta Type A	SCAP 1.5L I4	D.	119
13	1.1	37	Automobiles Lombard SA	Lucien Desvaux Pierre Goutte	Lombard AL3 Grand Air Sport	Lombard 1.1L I4	E.	117
14th	1.1	36	Establishments Henri Precioux	Guy Bouriat Pierre Bussienne	EHP type DU	CIME 1.1L I6	D.	116
15th	2.0	19th	Société des Applications à Refroidissements par Air	Gaston Duval Gaston Mottet	SARA SP7	SARA 1.8L I6	E.	115
16	1.1	31	SA of the automobile Tracta	Roger Bourcier Hector Vasena	Tracta Gephi	SCAP 1.1L I4	B F	110
17th	1.1	42	SA of the automobile Tracta	Jean-Albert Grégoire Fernand Vallon	Tracta Type A	SCAP 1.1L I4	D.	108
Disqualified
18th	5.0	5	Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris	Cyril de Vère Louis Chiron	Chrysler 72 Six	Chrysler 4.1L I6	D.	66
19th	1.5	21st	Automobiles Luart-Poniatowski-Hougardy engineer	Henri de Costier Sosthènes de la Rochefoucauld	Alphi LM	CIME 1.5L I4	D.	45
20th	1.1	30th	Société des Moteurs Salmson	Joseph Hasley Albert Perrot	Salmson GS	Salmson 1.1L I4	D.	30th
21st	2.0	20th	Société des Applications à Refroidissements par Air	Emile Maret Gonzaque Lécureul	SARA SP7	SARA 1.8L I6	E.	25th
Failed
22nd	1.5	24	Société des Construction Automobile Parisienne	Henri Guilbert André Lefèbvre	SCAP Type O	SCAP 1.5L I4	D.	95
23	1.1	39	Société des Construction Automobile Parisienne	Lucien Lemesle Henry Godard	SCAP Type M	SCAP 1.1L I4	D.	91
24	1.5	26th	Aston Martin Ltd.	Jack Bezzant Cyril Paul	Aston Martin International	Aston Martin 1.5L I4	D.	82
25th	5.0	2	Bentley Motors Ltd.	Dudley Benjafield Frank Clement	Bentley 4½ liter	Bentley 4.4L I6	D.	71
26th	1.1	41	Société des Automobile Ariès	Fernand Gabriel Louis Paris	Ariès CC4	Ariès 1.1L I4	D.	51
27	2.0	14th	Fabbrica Automobili Itala	Louis Charaval Jean-Pierre Christian	Itala Tipo 65 S	Itala 2.0L I6	D.	50
28	1.5	25th	Aston Martin Ltd.	Augustus Bertelli Capt. George ET Eyston	Aston Martin International	Aston Martin 1.5L I4	D.	32
29	2.0	18th	Lagonda Motor Company	Capt. R. Clive Gallop Major EJ Hays	Lagonda OH 2-liter Speed	Lagonda 2.0L I4	D.	23
30th	1.1	40	Société des Automobile Ariès	Arthur Duray Roger Delano	Ariès CC4	Ariès 1.1L I4	D.	22nd
31	2.0	15th	Lagonda Motor Company	Sir Francis Samuelson Frank King	Lagonda OH 2-liter Speed	Lagonda 2.0L I4	D.	13
32	5.0	6th	Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris	Goffredo Zehender Jacques Ledure	Chrysler 72 Six	Chrysler 4.1L I6	D.	5
33	3.0	9	Société des Automobile Ariès	Robert Laly Louis Rigal	Ariès Type S GP2 Surbaisée	Ariès 3.0L I4	D.	3
Not started
34	2.0	17th	Lagonda Motor Company	Berd Hammond EJ Hayes W. L. Handley	Lagonda OH 2-liter Speed	Lagonda 2.0L I4	D.	1
35	5.0		Bentley Motors Ltd.		Bentley 4½ liter	Bentley 4.4L I6	D.	2

¹ Not started ² Replacement car

Only in the entry list

Here you can find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race, but did not take part for various reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires
36	1.5	22nd	DMK Marendaz Limited	Donald Marendaz PL Densham	Marendaz Special 11/55	Anzani 1.5L I4	D.
37	1.1		Société des Automobile Ariès		Ariès CC4	Ariès 1.1L I4	D.
38	3.0	10	Société des Automobile Ariès		Ariès Type S GP3	Ariès 3.0L I4	D.
39	1.5		Aston Martin Ltd.		Aston Martin International	Aston Martin 1.5L I4	D.
40	1.5	11	Boris Ivanovsky	Boris Ivanovsky Attilio Marinoni Rachevsky	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500	Alfa Romeo 1.5L I6	P
41	1.1	38	Automobiles Lombard SA		Lombard AL3 Grand Air Sport	Lombard 1.1L I4	E.
42	1.1		Automobiles Lombard SA		Lombard AL3 Grand Air Sport	Lombard 1.1L I4	E.
43	1.1		Automobiles Lombard SA		Lombard AL3 Grand Air Sport	Lombard 1.1L I4	E.
44	1.1		Automobiles Lombard SA		Lombard AL3 Grand Air Sport	Lombard 1.1L I4	E.
45	1.1		Automobiles Lombard SA		Lombard AL3 Grand Air Sport	Lombard 1.1L I4	E.
46	1.1	33	Cyclecars D'Yrsan	Sima's ego	D'Yrsan Grand Sport	Ruby 1.1L I4	M.
47	1.1	34	Cyclecars D'Yrsan	Marquis Raymond Siran de Caranac de Souassy	D'Yrsan Grand Sport	Ruby 1.1L I4	M.
48	1.1	23	Société des Construction Automobile Parisienne		SCAP Type O	SCAP 1.5L I4	D.
49	750	43	Gordon England		Austin 7	Austin 0.7L I4	D.

Rudge Whitworth Biennale Cup

Item	No.	driver	chassis	coefficient	Placement in the overall ranking
1	35	Georges Casse André Rousseau	Salmson GS	1,300	Rank 10
2	36	Guy Bouriat Pierre Bussienne	EHP type DU	1,177	Rank 14
3	42	Jean-Albert Grégoire Fernand Vallon	Tracta Type A	1.103	Rank 17
4th	19th	Gaston Duval Gaston Mottet	SARA SP7	1,100	Rank 15

Prix ​​le Saint-Didier - Index of Performance

Item	No.	driver	chassis	coefficient	Placement in the overall ranking
1	32	Michel Doré Jean Treunet	BNC Type H Monza	1,333	Rank 7
2	35	Georges Casse André Rousseau	Salmson GS	1,300	Rank 10
3	27	Maurice Harvey Harold Purdy	Alvis FA12 / 50	1,189	Rank 6
4th	37	Lucien Desvaux Pierre Goutte	Lombard AL3 Grand Air Sport	1,182	Rank 13
5	36	Guy Bouriat Pierre Bussienne	EHP type DU	1,177	Rank 14
6th	28	Sammy Davis William Urquhart-Dykes	Alvis FA12 / 50	1,171	Rank 9
7th	4th	Woolf Barnato Bernard Rubin	Bentley 4½ liter	1,148	Overall victory
8th	1	Edouard Brisson Robert Bloch	Stutz DV16 Blackhawk	1,132	Rank 2
9	31	Roger Bourcier Hector Vasena	Tracta Gephi	1,111	Rank 16
10	42	Jean-Albert Grégoire Fernand Vallon	Tracta Type A	1.103	Rank 17

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
4th Biennial Cup	George Casse	André Rousseau	Salmson GS	Rank 10
Prix ​​le Saint-Didier - Index of Performance	Michel Doré	Jean Treunet	BNC Type H Monza	Rank 7
3000-5000 cc	Woolf Barnato	Bernard Rubin	Bentley 4½ liter	Overall victory
1500-2000 cc	Robert Benoist	Christian Dauvergne	Itala Tipo 65 S	Rank 8
1101-1500 cc	Major Maurice Harvey	Harold Purdy	Alvis FA12 / 50	Rank 6
750-1100 cc	Michel Doré	Jean Treunet	BNC Type H Monza	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 49
• Started: 33
• Valued: 17
• Race classes: 6
• Spectator: unknown
• Honorary starter of the race: unknown
• Race weekend weather: dry
• Route length: 17.262 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 155
• Total distance of the winning team: 2669.272 km
• Winner's average: 111.219 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Sir Henry Birkin - Bentley 4 ½ liter (# 3) - 8: 07,000 = 127.604 km / h
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .
• RM Clarke: Le Mans. The Bentley & Alfa Years 1923-1939. Brooklands Books, Cobham 1998, ISBN 1-85520-465-7 .
• Quentin Spurring: Le Mans The Official History 1923-29 Evro Publishing, Hardcover, 2015, ISBN 1-91050-508-0 .

Web links

Commons : 24 Hours of Le Mans 1928  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Results with 24-hour en-piste