Le Mans 24 hour race in 1960

The Maserati Tipo 61 from Camoradi Racing with the original start number 24. Chuck Daigh and Masten Gregory retired with this vehicle after 88 laps, with damage to the electrical system.

A Porsche 356 Carrera Abarth, shown here in 1981 on a demonstration lap at the Nürburgring . Herbert Linge and Heini Walter drove their Abarth in 1960 in tenth place in the overall ranking

The 28th 24-hour race at Le Mans , the 28 ^s Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , and 24 Heures du Mans Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans , was held at from 25 to 26 June 1960 the Circuit des 24 Heures .

The race

The two US racing teams of Briggs Cunningham and Lloyd Casner came to Le Mans with their Chevrolet Corvettes for the 24-hour race in 1960 . With the Jaguar D-Type 2A, Cunningham also brought a predecessor of the Jaguar E-Type to the track, with which Dan Gurney achieved the fastest lap time in practice. The vehicle had a 3-liter aluminum engine and a 4-speed high-speed transmission. Hansgen and Gurney barely missed the 300 km / h barrier with their car at the end of the Hunaudières straight. The Corvettes had 4.6-liter engines with manifold injection .

Maserati made its Le Mans comeback with the Tipo 61 . After the factory teams from Jaguar and Aston Martin withdrew , the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa were the big favorites for overall victory in this race. Ferrari was also the declared favorite in the GT class with the 250 GT . Even the detail-improved Porsche RSK could not change that.

However, the race started with a disaster for Ferrari. The technicians of the works team had miscalculated when it came to fuel consumption, which meant that both Wolfgang von Trips' works Testa Rossa and Ludovico Scarfiotti's car were left without fuel after just 22 laps on the track. Ferrari had overlooked the fact that the new, steeper windshield caused more air resistance and thus led to higher fuel consumption.

At that time, Dan Gurney's Maserati Birdcage was still at the top, which was replaced by the Cunnigham Jaguar when it started to rain. After its failure, the way was clear for the third works Testa Rossa, which had just escaped the petrol drama. Olivier Gendebien celebrated his second overall victory and his compatriot Paul Frère his first and only victory on the Sarthe.

Results

Pilots by nationality

27 French	26 British	25 Americans	8 Belgians	8 Italians
5 Germans	5 Swiss	2 Mexicans	1 Moroccan	1 Dutch
1 Portuguese	1 Swede

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	S 3.0	11	Scuderia Ferrari SpA	Paul Brother Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari 250TR59 / 60	Ferrari 3.0L V12		314
2	S 2.0	17th	North American Racing Team	Ricardo Rodríguez André Pilette	Ferrari 250TR59	Ferrari 3.0L V12		310
3	S 3.0	7th	Border Reivers	Roy Salvadori Jim Clark	Aston Martin DBR1 // 300	Aston Martin 3.0L I6		306
4th	GT 3.0	16	Fernand Tavano	Fernand Tavano Pierre Dumay	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Ferrari 3.0L V12		302
5	GT 3.0	18th	North American Racing Team	George Arents Alan Connell	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Ferrari 3.0L V12		300
6th	GT 3.0	22nd	Ecurie Francorchamps	Léon Dernier Pierre Noblet	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Ferrari 3.0L V12		300
7th	GT 3.0	19th	North American Racing Team	Ed Hugus Augie Pabst	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Ferrari 3.0L V12		299
8th	GT 5.0	3	Briggs S. Cunningham	John Fitch Bob Grossman	Chevrolet Corvette	Chevrolet 4.6L V8		281
9	S 3.0	8th	Major Ian B. Baillie	Ian B. Baillie Jack Fairman	Aston Martin DBR1 / 300	Aston Martin 3.0L I6		281
10	GT 1.6	35	Porsche KG	Herbert Linge Hans-Joachim Walter	Porsche 356B Abarth GTL	Porsche 1.6L Flat-4		269
11	S 1.6	39	Porsche KG	Edgar Barth Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche 718 RS	Porsche 1.5L Flat-4		264
12	S 2.0	32	Ted Lund	Ted Lund Colin Escott	MG MGA Twin Cam	MG 1.8L I4		262
13	GT 1.3	44	Roger Masson	Roger Masson Claude Laurent	Lotus Elite Mk14	Coventry Climax 1.2L I4		261
14th	GT 1.3	41	Team elite	John Wagstaff Tony Marsh	Lotus Elite Mk14	Coventry Climax 1.2L I4		257
15th	S 850	48	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Paul Armagnac Gérard Laureau	DB HBR4	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2		253
16	S 1.0	46	Donald Healey Motor Company	John Dalton John K. Colgate Jr.	Austin-Healey Sprite Sebring	BMC 1.0L I4		246
17th	S 1.0	47	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Pierre Lelong Maurice van der Bruwaene	DB HBR5	Panhard 0.9L Flat-2		244
18th	S 850	54	Ed Hugus	John Bentley John S. Gordon	Osca Sport 750	OSCA 0.7L I4		237
19th	S 1.0	56	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Robert Bouharde Jacques Grelley	DB HBR5 Coupe	Panhard 0.9L Flat-2		228
20th	S 1.0	52	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	René Bartholoni Bernard de Saint Auban	DB HBR4 Coupe	Panhard 0.9L Flat-2		223
Not classified
21st	GT 5.0	4th	Camoradi USA	Leon Lilley Fred Gamble	Chevrolet Corvette	Chevrolet 4.6L V8		275
22nd	S 2.0	28	Standard triumph	Keith Ballisat Marcel Becquart	Triumph TR4S	Triumph 2.0L I4		256
23	S 2.0	59	Standard triumph	Les Leston Mike Rothschild	Triumph TR4S	Triumph 2.0L I4		252
24	S 2.0	29	Standard triumph	Peter Bolton Ninian Sanderson	Triumph TR4S	Triumph 2.0L I4		249
25th	GT 2.0	30th	Ecurie Laussannoise	André Wicky Georges Gachnang	AC Ace	Bristol 2.0L I6		239
Failed
26th	GT 3.0	20th	North American Racing Team	Jo Schlesser William Sturgis	Ferrari 250 GT SWB California	Ferrari 3.0L V12		258
27	GT 3.0	15th	AG Whitehead	Graham Whitehead Henry Taylor	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Ferrari 3.0L V12		258
28	GT 5.0	2	Briggs S. Cunningham	Dick Thompson Fred Windridge	Chevrolet Corvette	Chevrolet 4.6L V8		207
29	S 3.0	10	Scuderia Ferrari SpA	Willy Mairesse Richie Ginther	Ferrari 250TRI / 60	Ferrari 3.0L V12		204
30th	S 2.0	33	Porsche KG	Joakim Bonnier Graham Hill	Porsche 718/4 RS	Porsche 1.6L Flat-4		191
31	S 1.6	38	Baron Carel Godin de Beaufort	Carel Godin de Beaufort Richard Stoop	Porsche 718/4 RS	Porsche 1.6L Flat-4		180
32	S 850	50	Abarth & Cie	Paul Condriller Jean Guichet	Fiat-Abarth 850S Bialbero	Fiat 0.8L I4		174
33	GT 1.3	43	Sir Gawaine Baillie	Mike Parkes Sir Gawaine Baillie	Lotus Elite Mk14	Coventry Climax 1.2L I4		169
34	S 3.0	5	Ecurie Ecosse	Ron Flockhart Bruce Halford	Jaguar D-Type	Jaguar 3.0L I6		168
35	GT 1.3	42	Team elite	David Buxton William EJ Allen	Lotus Elite Mk14	Coventry Climax 1.2L I4		157
36	S 1.15	45	Lola Cars	Charles Vögele Peter Ashdown	Lola MK1	Coventry Climax 1.1L I4		148
37	GT 2.0	57	Jean Rambaux	Jean Rambaux Pierre Boutin	AC Ace	Bristol 2.0L I6		130
38	S 850	55	Automobili Stanguellini	Raymond Quilico Carlos Manuel Reis	Stanguellini 740 Bialbero	Fiat 0.7L I4		103
39	S 1.15	40	Squadra Vigilio Conrero	Bernard Consten Francesco de Leonibus	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Conrero 1150	Alfa Romeo 1.1L I4		96
40	S 3.0	25th	Camoradi USA	Lloyd Casner Jim Jeffords	Maserati Tipo 61	Maserati 2.9L I4		95
41	S 1.6	36	Jean Kerguen	Jean Kerguen Robert La Caze	Porsche 718/4 RS	Porsche 1.6L Flat-4		92
42	GT 3.0	23	JC Sears	Jack Sears Peter Riley	Austin-Healey 3000	BMC 2.9L I6		89
43	S 3.0	6th	Briggs S. Cunningham	Dan Gurney Walt Hansgen	Jaguar D-Type 2A	Jaguar 3.0L I6		89
44	S 850	49	Abarth & Cie	Jacques Féret Tommy Spychiger	Fiat-Abarth 850S Bialbero	Fiat 0.8L I4		86
45	S 3.0	24	Camoradi USA	Chuck Daigh Masten Gregory	Maserati Tipo 61	Maserati 2.9L I4		82
46	S 850	53	Automobiles OSCA	Jean Laroche André Simon	Osca Sport 750	OSCA 0.7L I4		66
47	GT 1.3	63	Giorgio Ubezzi	Giorgio Ubezzi José Rosinski	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	Alfa Romeo 1.3L I4		61
48	S 2.0	34	Porsche KG	Maurice Trintignant Hans Herrmann	Porsche 718/4	Porsche 1.6L Flat-4		57
49	GT 5.0	1	Briggs S. Cunningham	Briggs Cunningham William Kimberly	Chevrolet Corvette	Chevrolet 4.6L V8		38
50	S 850	60	Abarth & Cie	Giancarlo Rigamonti Remo Cattini	Fiat-Abarth 700S	Fiat 0.7L I4		31
51	S 850	51	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Jean-Claude Vidilles Jean Vinatier	DB HBR4	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2		30th
52	GT 3.0	21st	Equipe Nationale Belge	Jean Blaton Lucien Bianchi	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Ferrari 3.0L V12		29
53	S 3.0	26th	Camoradi USA	Giorgio Scarlatti Gino Munaron	Maserati Tipo 61 longtail	Maserati 2.9L I4		22nd
54	S 3.0	12	Scuderia Ferrari SpA	Ludovico Scarfiotti Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari 250TRI / 60	Ferrari 3.0L V12		22nd
55	S 3.0	9	Scuderia Ferrari SpA	Wolfgang von Trips Phil Hill	Ferrari 250TR59 / 60	Ferrari 3.0L V12		22nd
Not started
56	GT 3.0	14th	Scuderia Serenissima	Carlo-Maria Abate Gianni Balzarini Fritz d'Orey	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Ferrari 3.0L V8		1
57	S 2.0	31	Team Lotus	Innes Ireland John Whitmore	Lotus Elite	Coventry Climax 2.0L I4		2
58	S 1.3	62	Team Lotus	Jonathan Sieff John Whitmore Christopher Martyn	Lotus Elite	Coventry Climax 1.3L I4		3
reserve
59	GT 1.6	58	Christian Goethals	Christian Goethal's André Pilette Heini Walter	Porsche 356	Porsche 1.6L Flat-4		4th
60	S 750	61	Automobili Stanguellini	Paul Guiraud Gilbert Foury	Stanguellini 750 Sport	Fiat 0.7L I4		5
61	S 750	64	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Paul Justamond Gérard Laureau	DB HBR5	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2		6th
62	S 750	65	Société EFAC	- -	EFAC			7th

¹ Accident in training ² Accident in training ³ Accident in training ⁴ Reserve ⁵ Reserve ⁶ Reserve ⁷ Reserve

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
63	GT 1600	37	Automobili OSCA		OSCA 1500S
64	S 2500		Ecurie Ecosse		Cooper T49 Monaco	Coventry Climax 2.0L I4
65	GT 4000		Briggs Cunningham	Briggs Cunningham John Fitch	Jaguar XK150S	Jaguar 3.8L I6
66	GT 2000		John Mitchell	John Mitchell Tony Lanfranchi	AC Ace	Bristol 2.0L I6
67	S 1000		Roger Masson	Roger Masson Claude Laurent	DB Le Mans	Panhard 1.0L F2
68	GT 4000		Ken Rudd	Ken Rudd	Aston Martin DB4 GT	Aston Martin 3.7L L6
69	S 1600		Ed Hugus	Ed Hugus	Porsche 718RS 60	Porsche 1.5L Flat-4
70	S 2000		Camoradi USA	Bruce Kessler	Maserati 200SI	Maserati 1.9L I4
71	S 750		Team Lotus	Alan Stacey Michael Taylor	Lotus MK17	Coventry Climax 0.7L I4
72	GT 2000		Bill Bradshaw	Bill Bradshaw	AC Ace	Bristol 2.0L I6

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Index of Performance	Paul Armagnac	Gérard Laureau	DB HBR4	Rank 15
Index of Thermal Efficiency	John Wagstaff	Tony Marsh	Lotus Elite MK14	Rank 14
26th Biennal Cup	Paul Armagnac	Gérard Laureau	DB HBR4	Rank 15
Sports car, CSI class 5, 701–850 cm³	Paul Armagnac	Gérard Laureau	DB HBR4	Rank 15
Sports car, CSI class 6, 850–1000 cm³	John Dalton	John Colgate	Austin-Healey Sprite Sebring	Rank 16
Sports car, CSI class 7, 1001–1150 cm³	no participant in the finish
Sports car, CSI class 8, 1151–1300 cm³	no participant in the finish
Sports car, CSI class 9, 1301–1600 cm³	Herbert Linge	Heini Walter	Porsche 356B Abarth GTL	Rank 10
Sports car, CSI class 10, 1601–2000 cm³	Ted Lund	Colin Escott	MG MGA Twin Cam	Rank 12
Sports car, CSI class 12, 2501–3000 cm³	Olivier Gendebien	Paul Brother	Ferrari 250TR59 / 50	Overall victory
GT car, CSI class 8, 1151–1300 cm³	Roger Masson	Claude Laurent	Lotus Elite MK 14	Rank 13
GT car, CSI class 9, 1301–1600 cm³	no participant in the finish
GT car, CSI class 12, 2501–3000 cm³	Fernand Tavano	Pierre Dumay	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Rank 4
GT car, CSI class 14, 4001–5000 cm³	John Fitch	Bob Grossmann	Chevrolet Corvette	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 72
• Started: 55
• Rated: 20
• Race classes: 14
• Spectators: 200,000
• Honorary starter of the race: Prince de Merode, President of the FIA and the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium
• Race weekend weather: rain on Saturday, dry on Sunday
• Route length: 13.461 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 314
• Total distance of the winning team: 4217.527 km
• Winner's average: 175.730 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Masten Gregory - Maserati Tipo 61 (# 24) and Dan Gurney - Jaguar D-Type (# 6) - 4: 04.400 = 198.605 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the 1960 Sports Car World Championship
• Racing series: 5th round of the FIA GT Cup 1960

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 .

Web links

Commons : 24 Hours of Le Mans 1960  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Previous race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1960

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 12-hour race at Sebring in 1961