Le Mans 24 hour race in 1960

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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

FranceFrance 27 French United KingdomUnited Kingdom 26 British United States 49United States 25 Americans BelgiumBelgium 8 Belgians ItalyItaly 8 Italians
GermanyGermany 5 Germans SwitzerlandSwitzerland 5 Swiss Mexico 1934Mexico 2 Mexicans MoroccoMorocco 1 Moroccan NetherlandsNetherlands 1 Dutch
PortugalPortugal 1 Portuguese SwedenSweden 1 Swede

Final ranking

Item class No. team driver chassis engine tires Round
1 S 3.0 11 ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari SpA BelgiumBelgium Paul Brother Olivier Gendebien
BelgiumBelgium
Ferrari 250TR59 / 60 Ferrari 3.0L V12 314
2 S 2.0 17th United States 49United States North American Racing Team Mexico 1934Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez André Pilette
BelgiumBelgium
Ferrari 250TR59 Ferrari 3.0L V12 310
3 S 3.0 7th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Border Reivers United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roy Salvadori Jim Clark
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Aston Martin DBR1 // 300 Aston Martin 3.0L I6 306
4th GT 3.0 16 FranceFrance Fernand Tavano FranceFrance Fernand Tavano Pierre Dumay
FranceFrance
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Ferrari 3.0L V12 302
5 GT 3.0 18th United States 49United States North American Racing Team United States 49United States George Arents Alan Connell
United States 49United States
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Ferrari 3.0L V12 300
6th GT 3.0 22nd BelgiumBelgium Ecurie Francorchamps BelgiumBelgium Léon Dernier Pierre Noblet
BelgiumBelgium
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Ferrari 3.0L V12 300
7th GT 3.0 19th United States 49United States North American Racing Team United States 49United States Ed Hugus Augie Pabst
United States 49United States
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Ferrari 3.0L V12 299
8th GT 5.0 3 United States 49United States Briggs S. Cunningham United States 49United States John Fitch Bob Grossman
United States 49United States
Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet 4.6L V8 281
9 S 3.0 8th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Major Ian B. Baillie United KingdomUnited KingdomIan B. Baillie Jack Fairman
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 Aston Martin 3.0L I6 281
10 GT 1.6 35 GermanyGermany Porsche KG GermanyGermany Herbert Linge Hans-Joachim Walter
GermanyGermany
Porsche 356B Abarth GTL Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 269
11 S 1.6 39 GermanyGermany Porsche KG GermanyGermany Edgar Barth Wolfgang Seidel
GermanyGermany
Porsche 718 RS Porsche 1.5L Flat-4 264
12 S 2.0 32 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ted Lund United KingdomUnited KingdomTed Lund Colin Escott
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
MG MGA Twin Cam MG 1.8L I4 262
13 GT 1.3 44 FranceFrance Roger Masson FranceFrance Roger Masson Claude Laurent
FranceFrance
Lotus Elite Mk14 Coventry Climax 1.2L I4 261
14th GT 1.3 41 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team elite United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Wagstaff Tony Marsh
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus Elite Mk14 Coventry Climax 1.2L I4 257
15th S 850 48 FranceFrance Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet FranceFrance Paul Armagnac Gérard Laureau
FranceFrance
DB HBR4 Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 253
16 S 1.0 46 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donald Healey Motor Company United KingdomUnited KingdomJohn Dalton John K. Colgate Jr.
United States 49United States
Austin-Healey Sprite Sebring BMC 1.0L I4 246
17th S 1.0 47 FranceFrance Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet FranceFrance Pierre Lelong Maurice van der Bruwaene
FranceFrance
DB HBR5 Panhard 0.9L Flat-2 244
18th S 850 54 United States 49United States Ed Hugus United States 49United StatesJohn Bentley John S. Gordon
United States 49United States
Osca Sport 750 OSCA 0.7L I4 237
19th S 1.0 56 FranceFrance Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet FranceFrance Robert Bouharde Jacques Grelley
FranceFrance
DB HBR5 Coupe Panhard 0.9L Flat-2 228
20th S 1.0 52 FranceFrance Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet FranceFranceRené Bartholoni Bernard de Saint Auban
FranceFrance
DB HBR4 Coupe Panhard 0.9L Flat-2 223
Not classified
21st GT 5.0 4th United States 49United States Camoradi USA United States 49United StatesLeon Lilley Fred Gamble
United States 49United States
Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet 4.6L V8 275
22nd S 2.0 28 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Standard triumph United KingdomUnited Kingdom Keith Ballisat Marcel Becquart
FranceFrance
Triumph TR4S Triumph 2.0L I4 256
23 S 2.0 59 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Standard triumph United KingdomUnited Kingdom Les Leston Mike Rothschild
United States 49United States
Triumph TR4S Triumph 2.0L I4 252
24 S 2.0 29 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Standard triumph United KingdomUnited Kingdom Peter Bolton Ninian Sanderson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Triumph TR4S Triumph 2.0L I4 249
25th GT 2.0 30th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ecurie Laussannoise SwitzerlandSwitzerland André Wicky Georges Gachnang
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
AC Ace Bristol 2.0L I6 239
Failed
26th GT 3.0 20th United States 49United States North American Racing Team FranceFrance Jo Schlesser William Sturgis
United States 49United States
Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Ferrari 3.0L V12 258
27 GT 3.0 15th United KingdomUnited Kingdom AG Whitehead United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Whitehead Henry Taylor
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Ferrari 3.0L V12 258
28 GT 5.0 2 United States 49United States Briggs S. Cunningham United States 49United States Dick Thompson Fred Windridge
United States 49United States
Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet 4.6L V8 207
29 S 3.0 10 ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari SpA BelgiumBelgium Willy Mairesse Richie Ginther
United States 49United States
Ferrari 250TRI / 60 Ferrari 3.0L V12 204
30th S 2.0 33 GermanyGermany Porsche KG SwedenSweden Joakim Bonnier Graham Hill
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 718/4 RS Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 191
31 S 1.6 38 NetherlandsNetherlands Baron Carel Godin de Beaufort NetherlandsNetherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Richard Stoop
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 718/4 RS Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 180
32 S 850 50 ItalyItaly Abarth & Cie FranceFrancePaul Condriller Jean Guichet
FranceFrance
Fiat-Abarth 850S Bialbero Fiat 0.8L I4 174
33 GT 1.3 43 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sir Gawaine Baillie United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Parkes Sir Gawaine Baillie
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus Elite Mk14 Coventry Climax 1.2L I4 169
34 S 3.0 5 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ron Flockhart Bruce Halford
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Jaguar D-Type Jaguar 3.0L I6 168
35 GT 1.3 42 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team elite United KingdomUnited KingdomDavid Buxton William EJ Allen
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus Elite Mk14 Coventry Climax 1.2L I4 157
36 S 1.15 45 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lola Cars SwitzerlandSwitzerland Charles Vögele Peter Ashdown
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lola MK1 Coventry Climax 1.1L I4 148
37 GT 2.0 57 FranceFrance Jean Rambaux FranceFranceJean Rambaux Pierre Boutin
FranceFrance
AC Ace Bristol 2.0L I6 130
38 S 850 55 ItalyItaly Automobili Stanguellini ItalyItalyRaymond Quilico Carlos Manuel Reis
PortugalPortugal
Stanguellini 740 Bialbero Fiat 0.7L I4 103
39 S 1.15 40 ItalyItaly Squadra Vigilio Conrero FranceFrance Bernard Consten Francesco de Leonibus
ItalyItaly
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Conrero 1150 Alfa Romeo 1.1L I4 96
40 S 3.0 25th United States 49United States Camoradi USA United States 49United States Lloyd Casner Jim Jeffords
United States 49United States
Maserati Tipo 61 Maserati 2.9L I4 95
41 S 1.6 36 FranceFrance Jean Kerguen FranceFrance Jean Kerguen Robert La Caze
MoroccoMorocco
Porsche 718/4 RS Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 92
42 GT 3.0 23 United KingdomUnited Kingdom JC Sears United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jack Sears Peter Riley
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Austin-Healey 3000 BMC 2.9L I6 89
43 S 3.0 6th United States 49United States Briggs S. Cunningham United States 49United States Dan Gurney Walt Hansgen
United States 49United States
Jaguar D-Type 2A Jaguar 3.0L I6 89
44 S 850 49 ItalyItaly Abarth & Cie FranceFranceJacques Féret Tommy Spychiger
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Fiat-Abarth 850S Bialbero Fiat 0.8L I4 86
45 S 3.0 24 United States 49United States Camoradi USA United States 49United States Chuck Daigh Masten Gregory
United States 49United States
Maserati Tipo 61 Maserati 2.9L I4 82
46 S 850 53 ItalyItaly Automobiles OSCA FranceFrance Jean Laroche André Simon
FranceFrance
Osca Sport 750 OSCA 0.7L I4 66
47 GT 1.3 63 ItalyItaly Giorgio Ubezzi ItalyItalyGiorgio Ubezzi José Rosinski
FranceFrance
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Alfa Romeo 1.3L I4 61
48 S 2.0 34 GermanyGermany Porsche KG FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant Hans Herrmann
GermanyGermany
Porsche 718/4 Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 57
49 GT 5.0 1 United States 49United States Briggs S. Cunningham United States 49United States Briggs Cunningham William Kimberly
United States 49United States
Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet 4.6L V8 38
50 S 850 60 ItalyItaly Abarth & Cie ItalyItaly Giancarlo Rigamonti Remo Cattini
ItalyItaly
Fiat-Abarth 700S Fiat 0.7L I4 31
51 S 850 51 FranceFrance Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet FranceFrance Jean-Claude Vidilles Jean Vinatier
FranceFrance
DB HBR4 Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 30th
52 GT 3.0 21st BelgiumBelgium Equipe Nationale Belge BelgiumBelgium Jean Blaton Lucien Bianchi
BelgiumBelgium
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Ferrari 3.0L V12 29
53 S 3.0 26th United States 49United States Camoradi USA ItalyItaly Giorgio Scarlatti Gino Munaron
ItalyItaly
Maserati Tipo 61 longtail Maserati 2.9L I4 22nd
54 S 3.0 12 ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari SpA ItalyItaly Ludovico Scarfiotti Pedro Rodríguez
Mexico 1934Mexico
Ferrari 250TRI / 60 Ferrari 3.0L V12 22nd
55 S 3.0 9 ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari SpA GermanyGermany Wolfgang von Trips Phil Hill
United States 49United States
Ferrari 250TR59 / 60 Ferrari 3.0L V12 22nd
Not started
56 GT 3.0 14th ItalyItaly Scuderia Serenissima ItalyItaly Carlo-Maria Abate Gianni Balzarini Fritz d'Orey
ItalyItaly
Brazil 1960Brazil
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Ferrari 3.0L V8 1
57 S 2.0 31 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Lotus United KingdomUnited Kingdom Innes Ireland John Whitmore
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus Elite Coventry Climax 2.0L I4 2
58 S 1.3 62 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Lotus United KingdomUnited KingdomJonathan Sieff John Whitmore Christopher Martyn
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus Elite Coventry Climax 1.3L I4 3
reserve
59 GT 1.6 58 BelgiumBelgium Christian Goethals BelgiumBelgium Christian Goethal's André Pilette Heini Walter
BelgiumBelgium
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Porsche 356 Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 4th
60 S 750 61 ItalyItaly Automobili Stanguellini FranceFrancePaul Guiraud Gilbert Foury
FranceFrance
Stanguellini 750 Sport Fiat 0.7L I4 5
61 S 750 64 FranceFrance Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet FranceFrancePaul Justamond Gérard Laureau
FranceFrance
DB HBR5 Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 6th
62 S 750 65 FranceFrance Société EFAC -
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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 ItalyItaly Automobili OSCA OSCA 1500S
64 S 2500 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse Cooper T49 Monaco Coventry Climax 2.0L I4
65 GT 4000 United States 49United States Briggs Cunningham United States 49United StatesBriggs Cunningham John Fitch
United States 49United States
Jaguar XK150S Jaguar 3.8L I6
66 GT 2000 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Mitchell United KingdomUnited KingdomJohn Mitchell Tony Lanfranchi
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
AC Ace Bristol 2.0L I6
67 S 1000 FranceFrance Roger Masson FranceFranceRoger Masson Claude Laurent
FranceFrance
DB Le Mans Panhard 1.0L F2
68 GT 4000 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ken Rudd United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ken Rudd Aston Martin DB4 GT Aston Martin 3.7L L6
69 S 1600 United States 49United States Ed Hugus United States 49United States Ed Hugus Porsche 718RS 60 Porsche 1.5L Flat-4
70 S 2000 United States 49United States Camoradi USA United States 49United States Bruce Kessler Maserati 200SI Maserati 1.9L I4
71 S 750 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Lotus United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alan Stacey Michael Taylor
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus MK17 Coventry Climax 0.7L I4
72 GT 2000 IrelandIreland Bill Bradshaw IrelandIreland Bill Bradshaw AC Ace Bristol 2.0L I6

Class winner

class driver driver vehicle Placement in the overall ranking
Index of Performance FranceFrance Paul Armagnac FranceFrance Gérard Laureau DB HBR4 Rank 15
Index of Thermal Efficiency United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Wagstaff United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Marsh Lotus Elite MK14 Rank 14
26th Biennal Cup FranceFrance Paul Armagnac FranceFrance Gérard Laureau DB HBR4 Rank 15
Sports car, CSI class 5, 701–850 cm³ FranceFrance Paul Armagnac FranceFrance Gérard Laureau DB HBR4 Rank 15
Sports car, CSI class 6, 850–1000 cm³ United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Dalton United States 49United States 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 GermanyGermany Herbert Linge SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heini Walter Porsche 356B Abarth GTL Rank 10
Sports car, CSI class 10, 1601–2000 cm³ United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ted Lund United KingdomUnited Kingdom Colin Escott MG MGA Twin Cam Rank 12
Sports car, CSI class 12, 2501–3000 cm³ BelgiumBelgium Olivier Gendebien BelgiumBelgium Paul Brother Ferrari 250TR59 / 50 Overall victory
GT car, CSI class 8, 1151–1300 cm³ FranceFrance Roger Masson FranceFrance 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 FranceFrance Fernand Tavano BelgiumBelgium Pierre Dumay Ferrari 250 GT SWB Rank 4
GT car, CSI class 14, 4001–5000 cm³ United States 49United States John Fitch United States 49United States 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

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