Le Mans 24 hour race 1966
The 34th 24-hour race of Le Mans , the 34 e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also 24 Heures du Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans , took place from 18 to 19 June 1966 the Circuit des 24 Heures .
The race
Before the race
As in almost all previous years, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest made an amendment to the regulations before this 24-hour race. A new sports car class was introduced in which vehicles were allowed to start, of which at least 50 had been built. The GT class, which had existed since 1958 , suffered from a lack of participants in 1966. Only five vehicles were registered, of which only four took part in the race.
The vehicles
Most of the starters were Ford . Eight 7-liter GT40 Mk.II and five 5-liter GT40 were brought to Le Mans. Used by different teams, all vehicles had factory support from Dearborn and the use of the cars was coordinated by Ford Motorsport Director Lee Beebe. The 7-liter cars were registered in the unlimited prototype class, the 5-liter cars in the sports car class. During the training session, the ACO and the Ford team management broke out. In the first session, Dick Thompson , who shared a Mk.II with Graham Hill , collided with Richard Holquist's private GT40 . The 5-liter Ford used by Scuderia Bear was so badly damaged that it was unable to take part in the race. As a result, the ACO wanted to prevent the Thompson / Hill-Ford from participating in the race. As a result, the angry Beebe threatened officials with the withdrawal of all Ford racing cars. As a compromise, after some negotiations, Dick Thompson had to give up his start and was replaced by the Australian Brian Muir .
A total of eleven Ferraris were at the start. The works team brought two 330P3 to the Sarthe . The prototypes were driven by Lorenzo Bandini , Jean Guichet , Ludovico Scarfiotti and Mike Parkes . The North American Racing Team from Luigi Chinetti had next to a P3 with the customer version of this car, the 365P2 , satisfied. The Dino 206S were used in the small prototype class .
Porsche brought seven vehicles to Le Mans. Six Porsche 906 Carrera and one Porsche 911 . This is how this type of Porsche vehicle made its Le Mans debut. Jim Hall brought a Chaparral 2D to the Sarthe from the USA . The prototype, powered by a 7-liter Chevrolet engine, was driven by three-time overall Le Mans winner Phil Hill and the Swede Joakim Bonnier . Aside from Ferrari, there were three remarkable designs from Italy. On the one hand the new Bizzarrini P 538 , which Giotto Bizzarrini had developed in the same year. There were also two other interesting new developments with the Serenissima Jungla and the ASA RB613.
The host country France was mainly represented by the new Alpine A210 and the CD SP66 from Charles Deutsch .
The course of the race
The race was less than eight laps old when the Swiss Edgar Berney with the Bizzarrini P 538 lost control of the car on the start and finish straight and crashed into a barrier. The car was so badly damaged that it was impossible to continue driving. At this point, three 7-liter Fords were already in the lead and Dan Gurney , who drove the # 3 Shelby American Ford, was starting to break away from the field by driving record laps. During this phase, the American drove a new lap record with an average speed of 230.103 km / h. The best Ferrari, the North American Racing 330P3, driven by Richie Ginther , was fifth in the overall standings at the time. In the early evening hours, the chaparral failed with a defective battery. At the top, Denis Hulme briefly replaced the number 3 Ford, in which Jerry Grant now sat.
That night, Richie Ginther briefly took the lead before the Ferrari crashed due to a gearbox failure. But there were a lot of failures, especially at Ford. The Grant / Gurney car was the same as the Essex Wire Corporation's GT40. It was there that Jacky Ickx , who was only 21 years old and later six-time overall winner, made his Le Mans debut.
The dead race
By early Sunday afternoon, not only had Ferrari lost all prototypes due to defects and accidents, the failure rate was also high at Ford. Of the 12 racing cars, only three were left in the race, with Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson's Mk.II , who was third overall, already 12 laps behind and suffered from a slipping clutch.
Henry Ford II , who had the honor of opening the race as a guest starter, wanted total triumph. After 23 hours and just before the last pit stop, Ken Miles , Denis Hulme's team-mate and long-time test and field driver from Ford (car number 1), was just under a lap and thus almost 4 minutes ahead of Bruce McLaren's Mk.II (car number 2) ) in the lead. McLaren shared the controls of this car with his compatriot Chris Amon . At the last stop, both drivers were told that there would be a dead end between the two leading Fords. Ken Miles therefore waited for Bruce McLaren after a few slow laps, and the two Fords drove around the course with a small gap in the final hour of the race. Henry Ford had asked the ACO whether a dead race and thus two winning vehicles were even possible. The answer was negative. Why the Ford executives did not inform their two drivers about the changed situation remains unclear to this day. Various speculations are made about this in the publications. The most likely assumption is that Henry Ford did not want to take any more risks and that, in a free race, the lead carriages, which are far too close together, could cause each other to break down. The Bucknum / Hutcherson car (starting number 5), which now only drives slowly and slowly - NASCAR driver Hutcherson contested his first sports car race at Le Mans - was nine laps ahead of the Porsche of Joseph Siffert and Colin Davis , but it was uncertain whether the car would reach its destination.
Shortly after the two Fords with starting numbers 1 and 2 crossed the finish line in this order at a distance of 15 yards (approx. 13.7 meters) and were waved off, the confusion among the drivers was great. All four drivers thought they had won the race, but the ACO declared Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon (car number 2) the winning team. It was the tightest Le Mans finish ever. Both vehicles had achieved the same average speed of 210.795 km / h, and in the end 25 yards (approx. 22.9 meters) decided between victory and defeat, because the McLaren / Amon car was 40 yards (approx. 36.6 m) behind the Miles / Hulme racing car on the grid, and the - albeit very short - additional distance of 25 yards made Ken Miles one of the most unlucky runners-up at Le Mans.
Hutcherson dragged his battered Ford (car number 5) to third place overall, followed by four Porsche Carrera. The best Alpine crossed the finish line in ninth place. The only British vehicle in the final classification was the Marcos Mini GT , which Jean-Louis Marnat and Claude Ballot-Léna - who like Jacky Ickx made his Le Mans debut - drove to 15th place overall. The prototype class up to 1.3 liters of displacement ended with a quadruple triumph for Alpine , led by Henri Grandsire and Leo Cella in the Alpine A210 .
Results
Pilots by nationality
32 French | 18 Americans | 17 British | 9 Italians | 8 Belgians |
6 Swiss | 5 Germans | 3 Australians | 3 New Zealanders | 3 Sweden |
1 Austrian | 1 fin | 1 Mexican | 1 South African |
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | chassis | engine | tires | Round |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | P +5.0 | 2 | Shelby-American Inc. |
Bruce McLaren Chris Amon |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | ' F ' G | 360 |
2 | P +5.0 | 1 | Shelby-American Inc. |
Ken Miles Denis Hulme |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | G | 360 |
3 | P +5.0 | 5 | Holman & Moody |
Ronnie Bucknum Dick Hutcherson |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | G | 348 |
4th | P 2.0 | 30th | Porsche System Engineering |
Joseph Siffert Colin Davis |
Porsche 906 / 6L Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | D. | 339 |
5 | P 2.0 | 31 | Porsche System Engineering |
Hans Herrmann Herbert Linge |
Porsche 906 / 6L Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | D. | 338 |
6th | P 2.0 | 32 | Porsche System Engineering |
Udo Schütz Peter de Klerk |
Porsche 906 / 6L Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | D. | 337 |
7th | S 2.0 | 58 | Porsche System Engineering |
Günter Klass Rolf Stommelen |
Porsche 906/6 Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | D. | 330 |
8th | GT 5.0 | 29 | Maranello Concessionaires |
Piers Courage Roy Pike |
Ferrari 275 GTB / C | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | 313 | |
9 | P 1.3 | 62 | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Henri Grandsire Leo Cella |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.3L I4 | 311 | |
10 | GT 5.0 | 57 | Ecurie Francorchamps |
Pierre Noblet Claude Dubois |
Ferrari 275 GTB | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | 310 | |
11 | P 1.3 | 44 | Ecurie Savin-Calberson |
Jacques Cheinisse Roger Delageneste |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.3L I4 | 307 | |
12 | P 1.3 | 45 | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Guy Verrier Robert Bouharde |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.3L I4 | 307 | |
13 | P 1.3 | 46 | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Mauro Bianchi Jean Vinatier |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.3L I4 | 306 | |
14th | GT 2.0 | 35 | Jacques Dewez |
Jacques Dewez Jean Kerguen |
Porsche 911S | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 284 | |
15th | P 1.3 | 50 | Jean-Louis Marnat & Cie |
Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Marnat |
Marcos Mini GT 2 + 2 | BMC 1.3L I4 | 258 | |
Disqualified | ||||||||
16 | P +5.0 | 11 | Prototip Bizzarrini SAL |
Sam Posey Massimo Natili |
Bizzarrini Super America Stradale A3C | Chevrolet 5.4L V8 | 39 | |
Failed | ||||||||
17th | S 2.0 | 33 | Porsche System Engineering |
Peter Gregg Sten Axelsson
|
Porsche 906/6 Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | D. | 321 |
18th | P +5.0 | 3 | Shelby-American Inc. |
Dan Gurney Jerry Grant |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | G | 257 |
19th | P 1.3 | 49 | Donald Healey Motor Company |
Paddy Hopkirk Andrew Hedges |
Austin-Healey Sprite Le Mans | BMC 1.3L I4 | 237 | |
20th | S 5.0 | 14th | Scuderia Filipinetti |
Peter Sutcliffe Dieter Spoerry |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | 233 | |
21st | P 5.0 | 21st | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Lorenzo Bandini Jean Guichet |
Ferrari 330P3 | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | F. | 226 |
22nd | GT 5.0 | 26th | Ed Hugus |
Giampiero Biscaldi Michel de Bourbon-Parma |
Ferrari 275 GTB | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | 218 | |
23 | S 5.0 | 28 | Equipe Nationale Belge |
Gustave Gosselin Eric de Keyn
|
Ferrari 250LM | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | 218 | |
24 | P 1.3 | 47 | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Berndt Jansson Pauli Toivonen |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.3L I4 | 217 | |
25th | S 5.0 | 59 | Essex Wire Corporation |
Peter Revson Skip Scott |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | G | 212 |
26th | S 5.0 | 15th | Ford France SA |
Guy Ligier Bob Grossman |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | G | 205 |
27 | P 5.0 | 19th | Scuderia Filipinetti |
Willy Mairesse Herbert Müller |
Ferrari 365P2 | Ferrari 4.4L V12 | 166 | |
28 | S 5.0 | 60 | Essex Wire Corporation |
Jochen Neerpasch Jacky Ickx |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | G | 154 |
29 | P 5.0 | 27 | North American Racing Team |
Richie Ginther Pedro Rodríguez |
Ferrari 330P3 Spyder | Ferrari 4.0L V12 | G | 151 |
30th | P 1.3 | 28 | Donald Healey Motor Company |
John Rhodes Clive Baker |
Austin-Healey Sprite Le Mans | BMC 1.3L I4 | 134 | |
31 | P 5.0 | 17th | Ecurie Francorchamps |
Jean Blaton Pierre Dumay |
Ferrari 365P2 | Ferrari 4.4L V12 | 129 | |
32 | P 5.0 | 20th | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Ludovico Scarfiotti Mike Parkes |
Ferrari 330P3 | Ferrari 4.0L V12 | F. | 123 |
33 | P 1.15 | 55 | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
André de Cortanze Jean-Pierre Hanrioud |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.0L I4 | 118 | |
34 | P 2.0 | 41 | Matra Sports SARL |
Johnny Servoz-Gavin Jean-Pierre Beltoise |
Matra MS620 | BRM 1.9L V8 | 112 | |
35 | P +5.0 | 9 | Chaparral Cars |
Phil Hill Joakim Bonnier |
Chaparral 2D | Chevrolet 5.4L V8 | F. | 111 |
36 | P +5.0 | 7th | Alan Mann Racing Ltd. |
Graham Hill Brian Muir |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | G | 110 |
37 | P 2.0 | 34 | Auguste Veuillet |
Robert Buchet Gerhard Koch |
Porsche 906/6 Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 110 | |
38 | P 2.0 | 42 | Matra Sports SARL |
Jo Schlesser Alan Rees |
Matra M620 | BRM 1.9L V8 | 100 | |
39 | P +5.0 | 6th | Holman & Moody |
Mario Andretti Lucien Bianchi |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | F. | 97 |
40 | P 1.15 | 53 | SEC Automobiles Charles German |
Georges Heligouin Johnny Rives |
CD SP66 | Peugeot 1.1L I4 | 91 | |
41 | P 5.0 | 18th | North American Racing Team |
Masts Gregory Bob Bondurant |
Ferrari 365P2 | Ferrari 4.4L V12 | 88 | |
42 | P 1.15 | 51 | SEC Automobiles Charles German |
Claude Laurent Jean-Claude Ogier
|
CD SP66 | Peugeot 1.1L I4 | 54 | |
43 | P 1.3 | 54 | North American Racing Team |
François Pasquier Robert Mieusset
|
ASA RB613 | Ferrari 1.3L I4 | 50 | |
44 | P 5.0 | 24 | Scuderia San Marco |
Jean-Claude Sauer Jean de Mortemart |
Serenissima Jungla GT Spyder | ATS 3.5L V8 | 40 | |
45 | P 2.0 | 43 | Matra Sports SARL |
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Henri Pescarolo |
Matra M620 | BRM 1.9L V8 | 38 | |
46 | P 5.0 | 16 | Maranello Concessionaires |
Richard Attwood David Piper |
Ferrari 365P2 Spyder | Ferrari 4.4L V12 | 33 | |
47 | P 1.3 | 61 | ASA |
Spartaco Dini Ignazio Giunti |
ASA RB613 | Ferrari 1.3L I4 | 31 | |
48 | P +5.0 | 8th | Alan Mann Racing Ltd. |
John Whitmore Frank Gardner |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | G | 31 |
49 | P 1.15 | 52 | SEC Automobiles Charles German |
Pierre Lelong Alain Bertaut |
CD SP66 | Peugeot 1.1L I4 | 19th | |
50 | P 2.0 | 36 | Maranello Concessionaires |
Mike Salmon David Hobbs |
Ferrari Dino 206S | Ferrari 2.0L V6 | 14th | |
51 | P +5.0 | 4th | Holman & Moody |
Mark Donohue Paul Hawkins |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | F. | 12 |
52 | P 2.0 | 38 | North American Racing Team |
Charlie Kolb George Follmer |
Ferrari Dino 206S | Ferrari 2.0L V6 | 9 | |
53 | P +5.0 | 10 | Prototip Bizzarrini SRL |
Edgar Berney André Wicky |
Bizzarrini P 538 | Chevrolet 5.4L V8 | 8th | |
54 | S 5.0 | 12 | FR English Ltd. |
Innes Ireland Jochen Rindt |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | G | 8th |
55 | P 2.0 | 25th | Scuderia San Marco |
Nino Vaccarella Mario Casoni |
Ferrari Dino 206S | Ferrari 2.0L V6 | 7th | |
Not started | ||||||||
56 | S 5.0 | 63 | Scuderia Bear |
Richard Holquist MRJ Wyllie Bruce Jennings |
Ford GT40 | Ford 4.7L V8 | G | 1 |
57 | P 1.3 | 46 | Société Automobiles Alpine |
Henri Grandsire André de Cortanze Jean-François Piot Michel Weber Claude Dubois
|
Alpine M65 | Renault 1.3L I4 | 2 | |
reserve | ||||||||
58 | P + 5.0 | 10 | Holman & Moody |
Fred Lorenzen Denis Hulme Ken Miles Bruce McLaren Chris Amon Lucien Bianchi Graham Hill Jackie Stewart |
Ford GT40 Mk IV | Ford 7.0L V8 | G | 3 |
59 | S 5.0 | 32 | Alan Mann Racing Ltd. |
Robert Johnson Tom Payne John Whitemore Frank Gardner
|
Ford GT40 | Ford 4.7L V8 | G | 4th |
60 | P 2.0 | 60 | WH Aldington | Michael D'Udy | Porsche 906/6 Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 5 | |
61 | GT 3.0 | 64 | Fernand Tavano |
André de Cortanze Gérard Larrousse |
Ferrari 250 GTO | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | 6th | |
62 | S 2.0 | 76 | Autodelta SpA |
Carlo Zuccoli Romano Martini
|
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ / 2 | 7th | ||
63 | S 2.0 | 80 | Nicolas Koob |
Nicolas Koob Pierre Marx
|
Lotus Elan | 8th | ||
64 | P 1.15 | 91 | SEC Automobiles Charles German |
Roger Delageneste Jean Rolland |
CD SP66 | Peugeot 1.1L I4 | 9 |
1 Accident during training 2 Training car 3 Test car 4 Reserve 5 Reserve 6 Reserve 7 Reserve 8 Reserve 9 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
65 | P | 5 | Shelby-American Inc. |
Bruce McLaren Chris Amon Jerry Grant Walt Hansgen |
Ford GT40 MK.IV | Ford 7.0L V8 | |
66 | S. | 12 | Essex Wire Corporation |
Bob Bondurant Dick Thompson |
Ford GT40 | Ford 7.0L V8 | |
67 | P | 22nd | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Giancarlo Baghetti Umberto Maglioli |
Ferrari 330P3 | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | |
68 | P | 23 | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Bob Bondurant Nino Vaccarella
|
Ferrari 330P3 | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | |
69 | P | 25th | Scuderia Serenissima |
Louis Corberto Jean-Claude Sauer
|
Serenissima 308 Jet | ATS 3.5L V8 | |
70 | P | 31 | Alan Mann Racing Ltd. |
David Piper Peter Procter
|
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | |
71 | S. | 31 | Robert Buchet | Robert Buchet | Porsche 906/6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
72 | P | 37 | Pierre Dumay |
Pierre Dumay Gustave Gosselin
|
Ferrari Dino 206S | Ferrari 2.0L V6 | |
73 | P | 39 | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Giampiero Biscaldi Mario Casoni
|
Ferrari Dino 206S | Ferrari 2.0L V6 | |
74 | P | 40 | Ferrari SEFAC Spa | Ferrari Dino 206S | Ferrari 2.0L V6 | ||
75 | S. | 48 | North American Racing Team | Ferrari 250LM | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | ||
76 | S. | 56 | Porsche System Engineering |
Colin Davis Peter Nöcker Robert Buchet
|
Porsche 906/6 Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
77 | S. | 73 | Autodelta SpA |
Giacomo Russo Teodoro Zeccoli |
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ / 2 | ||
78 | S. | 74 | Autodelta SpA | Jean Rolland | Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ / 2 | ||
79 | S. | 75 | Autodelta SpA |
Roberto Bussinello Andrea de Adamich |
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ / 2 | ||
80 | S. | 77 | Ecurie Francorchamps |
Jacques Patte Teddy Pilette Eric de Keyn
|
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ / 2 | ||
81 | S. | 78 | Ecurie Francorchamps |
Camille Demoulin Gérard Langlois van Ophem Georges Harris |
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ / 2 | ||
82 | P | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Roly Weber Robert Bouharde Michel Weber Rico Steinemann Vincent Palmaro
|
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.0L I4 | ||
83 | P | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Henri Grandsire André le Guellec
|
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.0L I4 | ||
84 | P | Maranello Concessionaires | Ferrari 330P3 | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | |||
85 | P | Maranello Concessionaires | Ferrari 330P3 | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | |||
86 | S. | Ed Hugus | Ferrari 250LM | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | |||
87 | P | Porsche System Engineering |
Hans Herrmann Herbert Linge
|
Porsche 907/8 | Porsche 2.2L Flat-8 | ||
88 | P | Porsche System Engineering |
Colin Davis Gerhard Mitter |
Porsche 907/8 | Porsche 2.2L Flat-8 | ||
89 | GT | Porsche System Engineering |
Herbert Linge Fritz Huschke from Hanstein Jean Kerguen
|
Porsche 911 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | ||
90 | P | Shelby American Inc. | Walt Hansgen | Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | ||
91 | S. | 1 | Cinquante Cinq |
Tony Settember Ed Freutel
|
AC Shelby Cobra | Ford 4.8L V8 | |
92 | P | 11 | Holman & Moody |
Umberto Maglioli Mike Spence |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | |
93 | P | 12 | Scuderia Filipinetti |
Willy Mairesse Jochen Neerpasch Arthur Blank Herbert Müller Innes Ireland
|
Ford GT40 | Ford 4.8L V8 | |
94 | P | 12 | Scuderia Filipinetti |
Peter Harper Dieter Spoerry
|
AC Shelby Cobra | Ford 4.8L V8 | |
95 | P | 13 | Scuderia Filipinetti |
Gustave Gosselin Claude Dubois Georges Hacquin |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | |
96 | GT | 14th | Denis Veyrat | Chevrolet Corvette | |||
97 | P | 18th | Peter Weisman |
Willy Mairesse Jim Hurtubise |
Arciero Mk.II | ||
98 | S. | 22nd | Nick Cussons |
Nick Cusson's Richard Bond |
Ford GT40 | Ford 4.8L V8 | |
99 | S. | 25th | FR English Ltd. |
Jochen Rindt Innes Ireland
|
Ford GT40 | Ford 4.8L V8 | |
100 | S. | 28 | Peter Sutcliffe |
Peter Sutcliffe Innes Ireland
|
Ford GT40 | Ford 4.8L V8 | |
101 | S. | 33 | Alan Mann Racing Ltd. |
Graham Hill Jackie Stewart Paul Hawkins
|
Ford GT40 | Ford 4.8L V8 | |
102 | P | 34 | Peter Weisman |
Roger McClusky Bud Tingelstad |
Arciero Mk.II | ||
103 | S. | 43 | Arthur Swanson |
Arthur Swanson Robert Ennis
|
Ferrari 250LM | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | |
104 | S. | 47 | Jackie Epstein |
Paul Hawkins Jackie Epstein
|
Ferrari 250LM | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | |
105 | S. | 50 | Edward Worswick |
Edward Worswick Alan Minshaw
|
Austin-Healey 3000 | BMC 3.0L I6 | |
106 | P | 51 | Morgan Motor Company |
Chris Lawrence Chris Donor
|
Morgan Plus 4 | ||
107 | S. | 66 | Albert Cognet |
Albert Cognet Roger Riviere
|
Porsche 904GTS | Porsche 2.0L Flat-4 | |
108 | S. | 67 | Christian Poirot | Porsche 904GTS | Porsche 2.0L Flat-4 | ||
109 | GT | 71 | Young Barf Racing |
Sherman Decker Robert Buchet
|
Volvo P1800 | Volvo 1.8L I4 | |
110 | P | 79 | Guy Mismaque |
Michel Dagorne Alain LeGuellec
|
Mismaque | Renault 1.6L I4 | |
111 | P | 95 | Ecurie Maine |
Marcel Martin Jean Mésange |
Fiat-Abarth 1000SP | ||
112 | P | 96 | Alejandro de Tomaso |
Pierre Noblet Franco Bernabei
|
De Tomaso Mangusta | Ford 4.8L V8 |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 112
- Started: 55
- Valued: 15
- Race classes: 8
- Spectators: 350,000
- Honorary starter of the race: Henry Ford II , chairman of the board of directors of Ford Motor Company
- Weather on the race weekend: warm and dry on Saturday, rainy on Sunday
- Route length: 13.461 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 360
- Distance of the winning team: 4843.090 km
- Winner's average: 201.795 km / h
- Pole position: Dan Gurney - Ford GT40 MK II (# 3) - 3: 30.600 = 230.103 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Dan Gurney - Ford GT40 MK II (# 3) - 3: 30.600 = 230.103 km / h
- Racing series: Round 7 of the 1966 World Sports Car Championship
reception
The 2019 motorsport film Le Mans 66 - Against Any Chance picks up on many details of the race, especially the close finish.
literature
- Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about the race
- ↑ Brooklands, Le Mans, The Ford an Matra Years 1966-1975 Amon and McLaren started on Firestone tires and switched to Goodyear that night
Previous race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1966 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 500 km Mugello race in 1966 |