1969 Le Mans 24 hour race
37. The 24-hour race at Le Mans , the 37 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 14 to 15 June 1969 the Circuit des 24 Heures .
Before the race
The most notable new racing car in the 1969 24-hour race was the Porsche 917 . In Le Mans, the variants with the long rear should be used. The elongated stern enabled a high top speed, but initially proved to be very problematic in terms of grip. During test and training drives, the long-tail 917 reached speeds of almost 400 km / h on the Hunaudières straight. The vehicles were very restless on the road.
Nevertheless, Porsche race director Rico Steinemann , who had finished second in the overall standings with Dieter Spoerry in a Porsche 908 last year, decided to use two 917 long-tail cars. The number 12 car was driven by Vic Elford and Richard Attwood . The two Germans Rolf Stommelen and Kurt Ahrens sat in the vehicle with the number 14 . A third 917 was given to the British privateer John Woolfe . Most Porsche works drivers preferred the Porsche 908, however. Jo Siffert and Brian Redman drove a Spyder, Hans Herrmann , Gérard Larrousse , Udo Schütz , Gerhard Mitter , Rudi Lins and Willi Kauhsen closed long-tail coupés.
At the last briefing, which was attended by the entire team management with Ferry Porsche at the top, the technical directors Helmuth Bott and Ferdinand Piëch and race director Rico Steinemann, in the Porsche quarter in Teloché , final instructions were given to the drivers. The 917 drivers were instructed to handle the clutch carefully, as the built-in Borg & Beck clutches that had withstood the high torque in the 7-liter Ford GT40 MK.IV broke after only three hours on the test bench. During the night, the engines first had to be switched off and then reinstalled with new clutches that had not been run in. The guide times for the race were given for the 917 drivers 10 seconds above the training time and for the 908 drivers 5 seconds above. The pilots were also explained which tools for possible emergency repairs were in the respective vehicles. In response to Rico Steinemann's question about “last wishes”, Kurt Ahrens replied: “Give every driver 10 francs if we fail on the track…” With great laughter, Piëch declared: “This advance payment is granted.”
Ferrari brought two new 312Ps to the Sarthe. The prototype was based on the Formula 1 technology of the Ferrari 312F1 . For Le Mans, the Spider bodies were replaced by a closed Berlinetta version. John Wyer continued to trust the Ford GT40 , which was inferior to the Porsche and Ferrari racing cars in terms of top speed, but had proven to be extremely stable over the years. Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver drove the same vehicle with which Pedro Rodríguez and Lucien Bianchi had won the race the year before.
Matra brought four works cars to the circuit, including a new MS650 and three evolutionary stages of the MS630 . The MS640 was actually supposed to be the new racing car for Le Mans. But Henri Pescarolo had a serious accident during a test drive at Le Mans in April. The car had vented at high speed and took off. The car was completely destroyed and Pescarolo was badly burned. As the aerodynamic problems could not be eliminated, the project was stopped.
The start of the race was brought forward from 4 p.m. to 2 p.m. due to the French presidential elections. There was also a change in the organizers. The long-time Clerk of the Course Jacques Loste had made his function available. Former racing driver and designer Charles Deutsch , whose racing cars had competed in Le Mans for many years, was appointed as the new racing director . The starter was the racing driver Bernard Consten , who held the office of President of the French Motorsport Federation in 1969.
The race
In practice, Rolf Stommelen in a Porsche 917 had set the fastest lap time ever achieved at Le Mans with 3.22.900. This time corresponded to an average of 238.976 km / h. At the start, the Belgian Jacky Ickx demonstrated his displeasure with the procedure of the Le Mans start by walking quickly across the street, but not running and completely wearing his seat belt before driving off. When he finally started, the last car in front of him had already disappeared into the Esses.
The death of John Woolfe
John Woolfe, who ran a racing team in Great Britain, bought one of the new Porsche 917s in early summer.
Long-time team partner and friend of Woolfe, Digby Martland , was to become the teammate at Le Mans. Martland had previously mainly driven 2-liter sports cars and drove the 917 for one lap during the preliminary tests. Then he explained that he was unable to drive the prototype and that he was afraid of the vehicle's performance in the cockpit. Richard Attwood was then earmarked as a partner for Le Mans. Attwood had a contract with John Woolfe Racing and competed for the racing team in sports car races in Great Britain. But Attwood got a works contract with Porsche. Herbert Linge joined the team as a new teammate . The seasoned Linge was supposed to drive the first part of the race as well, but Woolfe insisted on this privilege as his entire family was present.
There was a fatal accident on the first lap. The Woolfe-Porsche-917 was only in 21st place on the grid, but Woolfe was one of the fastest at the Le Mans start and in the top ten at the end of the Les Hunaudières straight. At the Maison Blanche entrance - the first laps were driven by the top drivers at Grand Prix pace - he hit the grass on the left with two wheels, lost control of the car and hit the guardrail on the right at high speed. Woolfe was thrown out of the car because he was not wearing his seat belt, which also explained his perfect start. The Porsche's tank burst and the car went up in flames. Chris Amon - who shared a Ferrari 312P with Peter Schetty - could no longer avoid the crowd behind Woolfe and crashed into the wreck. While Amon was miraculously uninjured, Woolfe died at the scene of the accident.
The course of the race
Although you could clearly see the smoke from the Woolfe accident in the pits, the race was neither interrupted nor canceled. In the lead was the fastest in training, Rolf Stommelen, who set himself apart from the field with constant record laps. In doing so, he showed the potential of the Porsche 917. After almost an hour of racing, however, the 917 began to draw a trail of smoke behind it. A seal on the underside of the crankcase allowed oil to leak through, which dripped onto the right rear wheel, creating the oil plume. During a 24-minute emergency stop, the Porsche mechanics tried to seal the leak, which only partially succeeded. Since the Porsche 917 had enough oil in the tank, Steinemann decided to let the car continue. Because, according to the regulations, refilling with oil was only allowed from the 25th lap onwards at Le Mans. At each stop, several liters of oil had to be topped up to keep the engine running. Jo Siffert took the lead in the race, but retired after two hours of racing due to a gearbox failure; an oil line on the gearbox was burned through. Siffert was able to continue driving 20 minutes after the damage occurred, then the transmission oil was used up and no more gears could be engaged.
Nevertheless, four Porsches were clearly in the lead in the evening. Jacky Ickx was up to seventh place, but was already five laps behind the Porsches of Elford and Attwood. Then the tide began to turn to the disadvantage of Porsche. Shortly before 8 p.m., Ahrens reported the first clutch problems on the 917 long tail from Stommelen / Ahrens, which had already been damaged by the constant loss of oil. Almost at the same time, Gérard Larrousse with the 908 long-tail stopped in front of the pit. A wheel bearing had to be replaced and the team lost 39 minutes in the repair. This bearing damage meant that the 908 fell far back into midfield and at the end of the race had to fight for victory with the GT40 from Ickx / Oliver. At 8:30 p.m., the clutch on the Stommelen / Ahrens car was readjusted for the first time. At 11 p.m. the car was again unplanned at the pits. The mechanics had to change the clutch disc. At 1:48 a.m. Ahrens was able to continue. At 3 a.m. there was a fire alarm at the racetrack. During the driver change, Ahrens reported a burning car in front of the Mulsanne. It quickly became apparent that it was Udo Schütz's 908 long tail. Schütz later reported a collision with team mate Larrousse, who vehemently denied it. Udo Schütz on the accident: “Larrousse followed me for four laps. At first I thought it was Hans Herrmann. Before the fast right-hand bend, the car pulls to the same height and I see that Larrousse is sitting there. He falls back and then I get a push. The car hit the guardrails at an acute angle, he began to play ping-pong, he rolled over. I see flames. I kick in the door. I wasn't buckled up. Then I jumped out, ran into the forest and the car exploded behind me ... ”At the next pit stop in Larrousse, the car was examined and there were no signs of collision. The exact cause of the accident could never be clarified.
Masten Gregory came back to the pits together with Schütz . On the Scuderia Filipinetti - Lola T70 Mk.IIIB , which he drove with Joakim Bonnier , the mechanics had spent a lot of time repairing the cylinder head. The 5-liter Chevrolet engine had definitely broken down near the scene of the accident .
On Sunday morning, Elford and Attwood clearly led the race in the second 917. The 917 from Stommelen and Ahrens had long been standing in the paddock with a defective clutch and a damaged cylinder. The lead over the Lins / Kauhsen-Porsche was already six laps when this 917 also had clutch problems. At 10 o'clock Attwood had to head for the pits because the clutch bell had broken and the clutch was dragging. The mechanics tried to recreate them. Attwood was only able to leave the pits with difficulty and drove the next laps around the course in 4:30 minutes. At 11 a.m. Attwood finally stopped: clutch damage. Half an hour earlier, Rudi Lins had handed over his 908 to Willi Kauhsen, who came back to the pits after only one lap and spoke of shifting problems. The Porsche team management sent him back out onto the track, where the Porsche rolled out after a few kilometers with a damaged gearbox. At this point, the second factory Ferrari had long since failed. Pedro Rodríguez and David Piper had advanced up to eighth place in the overall standings when a gearbox damage ended the race there too.
The duel for victory
After the retirement, two cars were tied three hours before the end: the Porsche 908 from Herrmann / Larrousse and the Ford GT40 from Ickx / Oliver. After the last stop of both vehicles, one of the most exciting Le Mans finals in history developed, comparable only to the duel of 1933 , when Tazio Nuvolari and Luigi Chinetti fought for victory, and the narrow race result in 2011 . The 908 was faster on the straights than the GT40, which in turn had an advantage on the winding sections. The same game was repeated almost every lap: Hans Herrmann overtook the Ford on the long straight in front of the Mulsanne, and Jacky Ickx countered in the corners before the start and finish. When Ickx slowed down the Porsche in front of the Ford chicane just before 2 p.m., the race seemed decided. But Charles Deutsch gestured to the two pilots at the finish line with a stretched finger that one more lap was to be driven because the full distance of 24 hours had not yet been reached. While the vehicles behind the two leaders were already flagged, Ickx and Herrmann drove down the Hunaudières straight again. This time the Porsche driver did not manage to overtake Ickx, who saved a 100 meter lead across the finish line.
Third in the overall standings was the second Wyer GT40 with David Hobbs and Mike Hailwood . After the race, Hobbs complained heavily to the British motorsport press that changing the brake discs, which he saw as unnecessary, had cost him victory.
On the drive home, Jacky Ickx had a serious road accident near Chartres with his private Porsche 911 , which he survived unharmed.
Results
Pilots by nationality
37 French | 18 British | 9 Germans | 7 Swiss | 5 Belgians |
5 Italians | 3 Americans | 2 Sweden | 1 Australian | 1 Mexican |
1 Dutch | 1 New Zealander | 1 Austrian |
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | chassis | engine | tires | Round |
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1 | S 5.0 | 6th | John Wyer Automotive Engineering |
Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.9L V8 | 372 | |
2 | P 3.0 | 64 | Porsche System Engineering |
Hans Herrmann Gérard Larrousse |
Porsche 908 Coupe | Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 | D. | 372 |
3 | S 5.0 | 7th | John Wyer Automotive Engineering |
David Hobbs Mike Hailwood |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.9L V8 | 368 | |
4th | P 3.0 | 33 | Equipe Matra Elf |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise Piers Courage |
Matra MS650 | Matra 3.0L V12 | 368 | |
5 | P 3.0 | 32 | Equipe Matra Elf |
Jean Guichet Nino Vaccarella |
Matra MS630 | Matra 3.0L V12 | 359 | |
6th | S 5.0 | 68 | German auto newspaper |
Helmut Kellener's Reinhold Joest |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | 341 | |
7th | P 3.0 | 35 | Equipe Matra Elf |
Nanni Galli Robin Widdows |
Matra MS630 / 650 | Matra 3.0L V12 | 330 | |
8th | S 5.0 | 17th | North American Racing Team |
Teodoro Zeccoli Sam Posey Ricardo Rodríguez-Cavazos |
Ferrari 250LM | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | 329 | |
9 | S 2.0 | 39 | Christian Poirot |
Christian Poirot Pierre Maublanc
|
Porsche 910 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 312 | |
10 | GT 2.0 | 41 | Jean-Pierre Gaban |
Jean-Pierre Gaban Yves Deprez
|
Porsche 911S | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 306 | |
11 | GT 2.0 | 40 | Auguste Veuillet |
Claude Ballot-Léna Guy Chasseuil |
Porsche 911T | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 301 | |
12 | P1.15 | 50 | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Alain Serpaggi Christian Ethuin
|
Alpine A210 | Renault - Gordini 1.0L I4 | 292 | |
13 | GT 2.0 | 44 | Claude Laurent |
Claude Laurent Jacques Marché
|
Porsche 911T | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 287 | |
14th | GT 2.0 | 67 | Philippe Farjon |
Philippe Farjon Jacques Dechaumel
|
Porsche 911S | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 286 | |
Disqualified | ||||||||
15th | GT +2.0 | 59 | Scuderia Filipinetti |
Claude Haldi Jacques Rey
|
Ferrari 275 GTB / C | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | 39 | |
Failed | ||||||||
16 | S 5.0 | 12 | Porsche System Engineering |
Vic Elford Richard Attwood |
Porsche 917L | Porsche 4.5L Flat-12 | D. | 327 |
17th | P 3.0 | 22nd | Porsche System Engineering |
Rudi Lin's Willi Kauhsen |
Porsche 908L | Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 | D. | 317 |
18th | P 1.6 | 45 | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Jean-Claude Killy Bob Wollek |
Alpine A210 | Renault-Gordini 1.5L I4 | 242 | |
19th | GT 2.0 | 66 | Jean Egreteaud |
Jean Égreteaud Raymond Lopez |
Porsche 911T | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 241 | |
20th | P 3.0 | 18th | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Pedro Rodríguez David Piper |
Ferrari 312P | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | 223 | |
21st | P 3.0 | 29 | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Patrick Depailler Jean-Pierre Jabouille |
Alpine A220 / 69 | Renault-Gordini 3.0L V8 | 209 | |
22nd | P 3.0 | 23 | Porsche System Engineering |
Udo Schütz Gerhard Mitter |
Porsche 908L | Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 | D. | 199 |
23 | GT + 2.0 | 1 | Scuderia Filipinetti |
Henri Greder Reine Wisell |
Chevrolet Corvette C3 | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | 196 | |
24 | GT 2.0 | 63 | Marcel Martin |
René Mazzia Pierre Mauroy
|
Porsche 911T | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 174 | |
25th | P 3.0 | 31 | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Jean-Pierre Nicolas Jean-Luc Thérier |
Alpine A210 | Renault-Gordini 3.0L V8 | 160 | |
26th | P 3.0 | 34 | Ecurie Matra Elf |
Johnny Servoz-Gavin Herbert Müller |
Matra MS630 / 650 | Matra 3.0L V12 | 158 | |
27 | S 5.0 | 14th | Porsche System Engineering |
Rolf Stommelen Kurt Ahrens |
Porsche 917L | Porsche 4.5L Flat-12 | 148 | |
28 | S 5.0 | 2 | Scuderia Filipinetti |
Jo Bonnier Masten Gregory |
Lola T70 Mk.IIIB | Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 134 | |
29 | P 3.0 | 28 | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Jean Vinatier André de Cortanze |
Alpine A220 / 69 | Renault-Gordini 3.0L V8 | 133 | |
30th | S 5.0 | 8th | Peter Sadler |
Peter Sadler Paul Vestey |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | 106 | |
31 | S 2.0 | 43 | JCB Excavators Ltd. |
Roger Enever Peter Brown
|
Chevron B8 | BMW 2.0L I4 | 100 | |
32 | P 1.3 | 49 | Le Mans Trophy |
Jacques Foucteau Patrice Compain
|
Alpine A210 | Renault-Gordini 1.3L I4 | 97 | |
33 | P 2.0 | 38 | Racing Team VDS |
Gustave Gosselin Claude Bourgoignie |
Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 | Alfa Romeo 2.0L V8 | 76 | |
34 | P 3.0 | 20th | Hart ski racing |
Joseph Siffert Brian Redman |
Porsche 908 / 2L | Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 | 60 | |
35 | P 3.0 | 30th | Société des Automobiles Alpine |
Jean-Claude Andruet Henri Grandsire |
Alpine A220 / 69 | Renault-Gordini 3.0L V8 | 48 | |
36 | S 5.0 | 9 | Alan Mann Racing Ltd. |
Frank Gardner Malcolm Guthrie
|
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.9L V8 | 42 | |
37 | P 3.0 | 36 | Racing Team VDS |
Teddy Pilette Rob Slotemaker |
Alfa Romeo T33 / 2.5 | Alfa Romeo 2.5L V8 | 35 | |
38 | GT 2.0 | 42 | Wicky Racing Team |
André Wicky Edgar Berney |
Porsche 911T | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 34 | |
39 | P 2.0 | 62 | Mark Konig |
Mark Konig Tony Lanfranchi
|
Nomad Mk.II | BRM 2.0L V8 | 28 | |
40 | P 2.0 | 37 | Donald Healey Motor Company |
Clive Baker John Harris |
Healey SR | Coventry Climax 2.0L V8 | 14th | |
41 | P 2.0 | 60 | Robert Buchet |
Jean de Mortemart Jean Mésange |
Porsche 910 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 10 | |
42 | P 1.15 | 51 | Ecurie Fiat-Abarth France |
Maurizio Zanetti Ugo Locatelli
|
Fiat-Abarth 1000SP | Fiat 1.0L I4 | 9 | |
43 | P 1.6 | 46 | Ecurie Savin-Calberson |
Alain LeGuellec Bernard Tramont
|
Alpine A210 | Renault-Gordini 1.5L I4 | 1 | |
44 | S 5.0 | 10 | John Woolfe Racing |
John Woolfe Herbert Linge |
Porsche 917 | Porsche 4.5L Flat-12 | 1 | |
45 | P 3.0 | 19th | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Chris Amon Peter Schetty |
Ferrari 312P | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | 1 | |
Not started | ||||||||
46 | S 5.0 | 15th | Porsche System Engineering |
Udo Schütz Rudi Lins Herbert Linge Brian Redman
|
Porsche 917L | Porsche 4.5L Flat-12 | 1 | |
47 | S 5.0 | 16 | North American Racing Team |
Sam Posey Bob Grossman |
Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Daytona | Ferrari 4.9L V12 | 2 | |
48 | S 5.0 | 58 | Ecurie ASA ESCA |
Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Dominique Martin
|
Ford GT40 | Ford 4.9L V8 | 3 | |
49 | S 2.0 | 61 | North American Racing Team |
Ricardo Rodríguez François Migault Robert Mieusset
|
Ferrari Dino 206S | Ferrari 1.9L V6 | 4th | |
Not qualified | ||||||||
50 | P 1.3 | 47 | Unipower Cars |
Piers Forester Stanley Robinson
|
Unipower GT | BMC 1.3L I4 | 5 | |
51 | P 1.3 | 48 | Brian Sherwood Piper Cars Ltd |
Tim Lalonde John Burton |
Piper GTR | Ford 1.3L I4 | 6th |
1 Replacement car 2 Accident during training 3 Engine damage during training 4 Accident during training 5 not qualified 6 not qualified
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 |
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52 | GT + 2.0 | 57 | Lola Cars Ltd. | Ulf Norinder | Lola T70 Mk.IIIB | Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | |
53 | P 3.0 | 59 | Scuderia Filipinetti |
Herbert Müller Jonathan Williams |
Ferrari 312P | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | |
54 | S 2.0 | 64 | Porsche System Engineering | Porsche 910 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | ||
55 | S 2.0 | 65 | Porsche System Engineering | Porsche 910 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | ||
56 | S 2.0 | 67 | Philippe Farjon | Philippe Farjon | Porsche 906 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
57 | GT 2.0 | 69 | Joseph Bourdon |
Joseph Bourdon Maurice Nussbaumer |
Alpine A110 | Renault-Gordini 1.3L I4 | |
58 | GT 2.0 | 70 | Squadra Bardahl | Alpine A110 | Renault-Gordini 1.3L I4 | ||
59 | GT 2.0 | 71 | Yves Leroux |
Yves Leroux Marcel Grue
|
Alpine A110 | Renault-Gordini 1.3L I4 | |
59 | GT + 2.0 | 2 | Scuderia Filipinetti | Henri Greder | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | |
60 | S 5.0 | 3 | John Woolfe Racing |
John Woolfe Bruce McLaren |
McLaren M6B | Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | |
61 | S 5.0 | 4th | Lola Cars Ltd. |
Paul Hawkins Mark Donohue |
Lola T70 Mk.IIIB | Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | |
62 | S 5.0 | 5 | Lola Cars Ltd. |
Mike Hailwood John Love |
Lola T70 Mk.IIIB | Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | |
63 | S 5.0 | 6th | Lola Cars Ltd. | Piers Courage | Lola T70 Mk.IIIB | Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | |
64 | P 3.0 | 11 | Ecurié Ford France SA |
Michel Martin Hervé Bayard |
Ford GT40 | Ford 4.9L V8 | |
65 | P 3.0 | 16 | Svenska Volkswagen | Björn Waldegård | Porsche 908 | Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 | |
66 | P 3.0 | 19th | Autodelta SpA | Lucien Bianchi | Alfa Romeo T33B | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8 | |
67 | P 3.0 | 20th | Autodelta SpA | Alfa Romeo T33B | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8 | ||
68 | P 3.0 | 21st | Autodelta SpA | Alfa Romeo T33B | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8 | ||
69 | P 3.0 | 22nd | Autodelta SpA | Alfa Romeo T33B | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8 | ||
70 | P 3.0 | 24 | Escuderia Nacional |
Àlex Soler-Roig Gérard Larrousse
|
Porsche 908/02 | Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 | |
71 | P 3.0 | 31 | Ecurie Savim Calberson | Alpine A220 | Renault-Gordini 3.0L V8 | ||
72 | P 3.0 | 36 | Abarth-Osella | Toine Hezemans | Abarth 3000 SP | ||
73 | P 2.0 | 39 | Brian Sherwood Piper Cars Ltd |
Brian Sherwood Tim Lalonde
|
Piper GT | Martin 2.0L V8 | |
74 | S 2.0 | 41 | Auguste Veuillet | Sylvain Garant | Porsche 910 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
75 | S 2.0 | 45 | Porsche System Engineering |
Rolf Stommelen Kurt Ahrens
|
Porsche 910 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
76 | S 2.0 | 46 | Porsche System Engineering |
Joe Buzzetta Hans Herrmann
|
Porsche 910 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
77 | S 2.0 | 48 | Abarth-Osella | Johannes Ortner | Abarth 2000SP | ||
78 | P 1.6 | 49 | Squadra Corse Lancia |
Sandro Munari Rauno Aaltonen |
Lancia Fulvia HF F&M Special | Lancia 1.6L V4 | |
79 | P 1.6 | 50 | Squadra Corse Lancia |
Claudia Maglioli Raffaele Pinto |
Lancia Fulvia HF F&M Special | Lancia 1.6L V4 | |
80 | P 1.6 | 69 | Ecurié Léopard |
Jean-Pierre Nicolas Jean-Luc Thérier Alain LeGuellec Bernard Tramont
|
Alpine A210 | Renault-Gordini 1.5L I4 | |
81 | S 5.0 | 4th | André Wicky Racing Team | André Wicky | Lola T70 Mk.IIIB | Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | |
82 | S 5.0 | 5 | Robin Ormes |
Michael d'Udy Frank Gardner
|
Lola T70 Mk.IIIB | Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | |
83 | S 5.0 | 9 | Escuderia Montjuich | José Juncadella | Ford GT40 | Ford 4.9L V8 | |
84 | P 3.0 | 19th | Brian Sherwood Piper Cars Ltd |
John Bamford John Burton
|
Piper GT | ||
85 | P 3.0 | 20th | David Piper | David Piper | Porsche 908/02 | Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 | |
86 | P 3.0 | 30th | Escuderia Repsol | Ben Heiderich | Porsche 908/02 | Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 | |
87 | P 3.0 | 31 | Ben Pon |
Gijs van Lennep Toine Hezemans
|
Porsche 908/02 | Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 | |
88 | P 3.0 | 41 | Gérard Larrousse |
Gérard Larrousse Dieter Spoerry |
Porsche 908/02 | Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 | |
89 | P 3.0 | 47 | Scuderia Serenissima | Serenissima Mk168 | ATS 3.0L V8 | ||
90 | P 3.0 | 49 | José Juncadella | Juan Fernández | Porsche 907 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
91 | P 3.0 | 50 | BG Racing | Porsche 907 | Porsche 2.2L Flat-6 | ||
92 | P 2.0 | 51 | BG Racing | Porsche 907 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | ||
93 | P 2.0 | 55 | Marcos Racing Ltd. |
Jem Marsh John Quick
|
Marcos Mantis | Volvo 1.8L I4 | |
94 | P 2.0 | 56 | Chris Lawrence |
John Wingfield Peter Bolton
|
Deep Sanderson 302 | Martin 2.0L V8 | |
95 | S 2.0 | 59 | Racing Team AAW | Porsche 910 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | ||
96 | P 2.0 | 62 | Rudi Lins |
Rudi Lins Peter Peter |
Porsche 910 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
97 | GT 2.0 | 63 | Edgar Herrmann |
Edgar Herrmann Hans Schuller |
Porsche 911T | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
98 | GT 2.0 | 65 | Claude Buchet |
Claude Buchet Henri Guyomard
|
Porsche 911S | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
99 | GT 2.0 | 66 | Herman Damseaux | Porsche 911S | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | ||
100 | GT 2.0 | 73 | Porsche System Engineering | Porsche 911S | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | ||
101 | GT 2.0 | 74 | Porsche System Engineering | Porsche 911S | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | ||
102 | S 2.0 | 75 | Sportscars Unlimited |
Richard Broström Masten Gregory
|
Porsche 910 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
103 | GT 2.0 | 76 | Claude Haldi |
Claude Haldi Edgar Berney
|
Porsche 911T | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
104 | GT 2.0 | 78 | Patrice Sanson |
Patrice Sanson Roland Lefevre
|
Porsche 911S | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
105 | P 2.0 | 79 | William Bradley |
Alan Rollinson Tony Dean
|
Porsche 907 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | |
106 | GT 2.0 | 83 | Chris Waldron | MG B | BMC 1.8L I4 | ||
107 | GT 2.0 | 84 | Chris Waldron | MG B | BMC 1.8L I4 | ||
108 | GT 2.0 | 94 | Bernard Collomb |
Bernard Collomb Francois Lacarrau
|
Alpine A110 | Renault-Gordini 1.3L I4 | |
109 | 100 | North American Racing Team | Ferrari 275 GTB2 | Ferrari 3.3L V12 |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 109
- Started: 45
- Valued: 14
- Race classes: 7
- Spectators: 400,000
- Honorary starter of the race: Bernard Consten , President of the French Motorsport Federation
- Weather on the race weekend: warm, rain showers again and again
- Route length: 13.469 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 371
- Distance of the winning team: 4997.880 km
- Winner's average: 208.545 km / h
- Pole position: Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 917L (# 14) - 3.22.900 = 238.976 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Vic Elford - Porsche 917L (# 12) - 3.27.200 = 234.017 km / h
- Racing series: 8th round of the 1969 sports car world championship
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Zwickl: World champion through technical knockout - a racing season with Porsche . Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart 1969, p. 158 ff.
- ↑ Helmut Zwickl: World champion through technical knockout - a racing season with Porsche . Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart 1969, p. 157.
- ↑ Helmut Zwickl: World champion through technical knockout - a racing season with Porsche . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1969, p. 170.
Predecessor race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1969 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 6-hour race at Watkins Glen 1969 |