Le Mans 24 hour race 1975

The Porsche 908/3 with the original start number 15, here at the historic Gaisbergrennen 2009. Reinhold Joest, Mario Casoni and Jürgen Barth drove this car to fourth place in the overall ranking

The Ligier JS2 by François Migault and Henri Pescarolo. The duo retired after having driven 146 laps after a puncture

The BMW Art Car designed by Alexander Calder by Hervé Poulain, Sam Posey and Jean Guichet with the original starting number 93

The 43. 24-hour race at Le Mans , the 43 ^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 1975 the Circuit des 24 Heures .

The race

New regulations

Once again, the officials of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest revised the technical regulations, and the processes before and during the race were adjusted. In 1975, the individual teams had to complete at least 20 racing laps between the respective refueling stops, and the drivers were only allowed to set their qualifying times after 9 p.m. The displacement of the sports cars was limited to a maximum of 3 liters; this restriction did not apply to the other racing classes.

Chaos at the start

On Sunday at 2:30 p.m., just 1½ hours before the start of the race, the ACO technical delegates suddenly discovered that the engine of the Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 , in which the Briton Richard Bond was at the wheel, and the Luigi Chinetti for his North American Racing Team had reported, did not comply with the regulations and was unceremoniously classified as not qualified. Chinetti discussed with the officials for over an hour, but without result. It didn't help that the Italian-born American had won the race three times as a driver; the members of the ACO remained firm. In a rage, Chinetti then withdrew the three qualified Ferrari 365 GTB / 4s from the race and caused a hectic pits in the pit lane. Three reserve cars moved up just before the race and made their way to the starting grid a few minutes before the start. In the confusion, the Swiss Claude Haldi put his Porsche 911 Carrera on the wrong starting position and triggered a chain reaction. After him, all vehicles were in the wrong places. The chaos was made perfect by a racing team from Ecuador, which - although not qualified - took advantage of the mess and started the race from the pit lane. After three laps, however, the illegal drive came to an end and the car was taken out of the race with the black flag. To date, it is the only illegal start in the 24-hour race.

The 3-fold Ortega

One of the special features of the 1975 race was that the same driver appeared several times on the entry and start list: the Ecuadorian Guillermo Ortega was on the list three times. He was the fourth pilot in illegal launched Porsche 911 Carrera RSR of Ecuador Marlboro Team reported, qualified together with Lothar Ranft for the same team not and finally drove the Porsche 908/2 of Christian Poirot .

The course of the race

After Matra withdrew from the sports car world championship and the Willi Kauhsen Racing Team , which fielded the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 in the world championship, did without, the contenders for victory in the overall standings were reduced to a few vehicles. On the one hand there were the Gulf GR8s used by John Wyer and on the other hand the JS2s brought to Le Mans by Guy Ligier . There was also a Porsche 908 prepared by Reinhold Joest . The GR8, driven by Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell , was in the lead for 23 hours . Tension only arose at the end of the race, when Jean-Louis Lafosse and Guy Chasseuil's Ligier caught up strongly on the leading car, which had been in the pits for repairs for a long time. In the end, however, the Gulf car won by one lap.

Results

Pilots by nationality

76 French	17 Swiss	10 British	7 Germans	5 Belgians
5 Italians	4 Ecuadorians	4 Americans	3 Dutch	3 Mexicans
2 Australians	2 Japanese	2 Liechtensteiners	1 New Zealander	1 Canadian
1 Moroccan

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	S 3.0	11	Gulf Research Racing	Derek Bell Jacky Ickx	Gulf GR8	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	G	336
2	S 3.0	5	Gitanes Automobiles Ligier	Jean-Louis Lafosse Guy Chasseuil	Ligier JS2	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	M.	335
3	S 3.0	10	Gulf Research Racing	Vern Schuppan Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Gulf GR8	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	G	330
4th	S 3.0	15th	Ovoro Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni Jürgen Barth	Porsche 908/3	Porsche 3.0L Flat-8	G	325
5	GT	58	Gelo Racing Team	John Fitzpatrick Gijs van Lennep Manfred Schurti Toine Hezemans Georg Loos	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		315
6th	GT	69	Jean Blaton	Jean Blaton Nick Faure John Cooper	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		311
7th	GT	53	ASA Cachia Bondy	Jacques Borras Pascal Moisson Henri Cachia	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		309
8th	GT	55	Écurie Robert Buchet	Claude Ballot-Léna Jacques Bienvenue	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		304
9	GT	65	Jagermeister Kremer Racing	Billy Sprowls Juan Carlos Bolaños Andrés Contreras	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6	D.	304
10	GTS	84	Gerhard Maurer	Gerhard Maurer Christian Beez Eugen Strähl	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		295
11	GTS	67	Anne-Charlotte Verney	Anne-Charlotte Verney Yvette Fontaine Corinne Tarnaud	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		294
12	GT	47	Ecurie Francorchamps	Jean-Claude Andruet Teddy Pilette Hughes de Fierlant	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	Ferrari 4.4L V12		293
13	GT	48	Marcel Mignot	Marcel Mignot Harry Jones Philippe Gurdjian	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	Ferrari 4.4L V12		293
14th	S 3.0	4th	Alain de Cadenet	Alain de Cadenet Chris Craft	De Cadenet-Lola T380	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	G	291
15th	GTX	20th	Porsche Club Romand	Bernard Béguin Peter Zbinden Claude Haldi	Porsche 911 Carrera	Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		291
16	GT	43	Team Claude Dubois	Pierre Rubens Paolo Bozzetto	De Tomaso Pantera	Ford 5.8L V8	M.	290
17th	GTS	77	Philippe Dagoreau	Thierry Sabine Philippe Dagoreau Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		285
18th	GTS	80	X Racing	Raymond Touroul Philippe Hesnault	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		284
19th	GTS	63	Porsche Club Romand	Jean-Claude Bering Klaus Utz Horst Godel	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		283
20th	GTS	87	X Racing	Robert Boubet Philippe Dermagne	Porsche 911S	Porsche 2.6L Flat-6		283
21st	S 2.0	35	Société Esso	Christine Dacremont Michèle Mouton Marianne Hoepfner	Moynet LM75	ROC- Simca 2.0L I4	M.	269
22nd	S 2.0	30th	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Jean-Marie Lemerle Patrick Daire Alain Levié	Lola T292	ROC-Simca 2.0L I4		265
23	GT	61	Écurie Armagnac Bogorre	Christian Bussi Patrick Metral	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		265
24	S 2.0	28	Société ROC	François Sérvanin Jacques Henry Albert Dufréne	Lola T294	ROC-Simca 2.0L I4		257
25th	GT	71	Joël Laplacette	Claude Pigeon Joël Laplacette Alain Leroux	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 2.7L Flat-6		257
26th	GT	72	André Haller	Hans Schuller André Haller Benoit Maechler	Datsun 240Z	Datsun 2.4L I6		253
27	T	91	Heidegger Racing Team	Daniel Brillat Giancarlo Gagliardi Michel Degoumois	BMW 2002 TI	BMW 2.0L I4	Glue	251
28	GT	50	Louis Meznarie	Hubert Striebig Hughes Kirschoffer Pierre Mauroy	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		242
29	S 2.0	38	Rays Racing	Nigel Clarkson Derek Worthington	Lola T292	Cosworth BDG 2.0L I4	G	240
30th	S 2.0	23	Madison Racing Team	Richard Knight Mike Knight Christian Mons	March 75S	Cosworth 2.0L I4	G	217
Disqualified
31	GTS	78	Écurie Bouchet - Cyril Grandet	Bob Wollek Cyril Grandet	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		293
32	GTS	9	Ecuador Marlboro team	Fausto Merello Francisco Madera Louis Larrea Guillermo Ortega	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		3
Failed
33	S 3.0	3	Christian Poirot	Christian Poirot Gérard Cuynet Guillermo Ortega Jean-Claude Lagniez	Porsche 908/2	Porsche 3.0L Flat-8		249
34	S 2.0	27	Société ROC	Laurent Ferrier Xavier Lapeyre Christian Ethuin	Lola T294	ROC-Simca 2.0L I4		223
35	S 2.0	29	Société ROC	Pierre-Marie Painvin Franz Hummel	Lola T292	ROC-Simca 2.0L I4		206
36	S 3.0	1	Wicky Racing Team	Max Cohen-Olivar Philippe Carron Joël Brachet	Porsche 908/2	Porsche 3.0L Flat-8	G	161
37	S 3.0	6th	Gitanes Automobiles Ligier	Henri Pescarolo François Migault	Ligier JS2	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	M.	146
38	GT	59	Gelo Racing Team	Tim Gifting Howden Ganley	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		106
39	GT	52	Écurie du Nord	William Vollery Roger Dorchy Eric Chapuis	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		93
40	GT	68	Guy Verrier	Guy Verrier Florian Vetsch Jean-Robert Corthay	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6	M.	91
41	T	98	Mazda Claude Bouchet car	Claude Bouchet Jean Rondeau	Mazda RX-3	Mazda 12A 1.2L 2- Wankel	D.	78
42	T	93	Hervé Poulain	Hervé Poulain Sam Posey Jean Guichet	BMW 3.0 CSL	BMW 3.5L I6		73
43	GT	96	Bonnemaison - Thiaw	Lucien Nageotte Gérard Picard	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		48
44	GT	16	Joest Racing Tebernum	Clemens Schickentanz Hartwig Bertrams	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		42
45	GT	60	Gelo Racing Team	Toine Hezemans Manfred Schurti	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		41
46	S 3.0	18th	Sigma Automotive Co. Ltd.	Hiroshi Fushida Harukuni Takahashi	Sigma MC75	Toyota 2.3L Turbo I4	D.	37
47	S 3.0	97	Gitanes Automobiles Ligier	Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier JS2	Maserati 3.0L V6		36
48	T	95	Shark team	Jean-Claude Guérie Dominique Fornage	Ford Capri RS	Ford 3.0L V6		27
49	GT	7th	Beurlys International Auto	Pietro Polese Germano Premol	De Tomaso Pantera	Ford 5.8L V8	M.	22nd
50	S 2.0	26th	Eleven Switzerland	Marie-Claude Charmasson Lella Lombardi	Alpine A441	Renault 2.0L V6		20th
51	S 3.0	12	Racing Team Schulthess	Hervé Bayard Heinz Schulthess	Lola T284	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8		16
52	GT	57	Gante Racing	John Rulon-Miller Tom Waugh Serge Godard	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		16
53	S 2.0	40	Philippe Mettetal	Jean Ragnotti Michel Lateste	Tecma 755	Ford 1.8L I4	M.	11
54	GTS	83	Jean-Yves Gadal	Jean-Yves Gadal André Gahinet	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 2.6L Flat-6		6th
55	T	90	Jean-Claude Aubriet	Jean-Claude Aubriet Jean-Claude Depince	BMW 3.0 CSL	BMW 3.5L I6	D.	1
56	GT	42	Henri Greder	Henri Greder Alain Cudini	Chevrolet Corvette	Chevrolet 7.0L V8		1
Not started
57	GTS	57	Escuderia Montjuich	Claude Haldi Juan Fernández Francisco Perez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		1
Not qualified
58	S 3.0	2	Ecuador Marlboro team	Lothar Ranft Guillermo Ortega	Porsche 908/02	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		2
59	S 3.0	17th	North American Racing Team	Giancarlo Gagliardi Harley Cluxton Richard Bond	Ferrari Dino 308 GT4	Ferrari 3.0L V8		3
60	S 2.0	33	Jean-Louis Gama	Jean-Louis Gama Frank Leclereq	GLD	Porsche 2.0L Flat-6		4th
61	GTX	34	Paul Rilly	Paul Rilly Roger Le Veve	Lamborghini 400 GT	Lamborghini 4.0L V12		5
62	S 2.0	39	Michel Lateste	Gilbert Sedergo Michel Lateste	Ledergo	Ford 2.0L I4		6th
63	GTP	54	Angelo Pallavicini	Angelo Pallavicini Marco Vanoli	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		7th
64	GTP	70	Les Maison de Weekend	Jean-Louis Ravenel Jacky Ravenel Danny Wauters	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		8th
65	GTP	73	Thierry Perrier	Thierry Perrier Jean Beliard	Porsche 911	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6		9
66	GTS	75	Wicky Racing Team	André Wicky Elio Cogo José Thibault Philippe Carron	De Tomaso Pantera	Ford 5.8L V8		10
67	TS	89	Michel Guichard	Michel Guichard Christian Avril Jean-Claude Geral	Chrysler Hemicuda			11
68	TS	94	Shark team	Christian Gouttepifre Jean-Paul Bodin Joël Bonnemaison	Ford Capri RS	Ford 3.0L V6		12
Withdrawn
69	GTX	45	North American Racing Team	Ronnie Bucknam Carlo Facetti	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Daytona	Ferrari 5.0L V12		13
70	GTX	46	North American Racing Team	Jean-Pierre Malcher Patrick Langlois	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Daytona	Ferrari 5.0L V12		14th
71	GTX	99	North American Racing Team	Lucien Guitteny Jacky Haran Ronnie Bucknam Carlo Facetti Giancarlo Gagliardi	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Berlinetta Boxer	Ferrari 5.0L V12		15th

¹ only used in training ² replacement car ³ not qualified ⁴ not qualified ⁵ not qualified ⁶ not qualified ⁷ not qualified ⁸ not qualified ⁹ not qualified ¹⁰ not qualified ¹¹ not qualified ¹² not qualified ¹³ withdrawn ¹⁴ withdrawn ¹⁵ withdrawn

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
72	S 3.0	7th	Beurlys Inter Auto	Jean Blaton	Lola T380	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
73	S 3.0	8th	Michel Degoumois	Jean Bélin François Migault	Lola T280	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
74	S 3.0	14th	Racing Team Schulthes	Ian Barcey Jo Vonlanthen	Lola T284	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
75	S 3.0	16	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni	Porsche 908/03	Porsche 3.0L Flat-8
76	S 3.0	19th	Ben Heiderich	Ben Heiderich Emilio Zapico	Porsche 908/03	Porsche 2.2L Flat-6
77	S 3.0	20th	Porsche Club Romand		Porsche 908/03	Porsche 3.0L Flat-8
78	S 3.0	21st	Herbert Mueller	Herbert Müller Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 908/03	Porsche 2.2L Flat-6
79	S 2.0	22nd	Scuderia Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Lola T294	Cosworth BDG 2.0L I4
80	S 2.0	24	Arnold van Dijk	Manfred Mohr Han Akersloot	Arno	Cosworth BDG 2.0L I4
81	S 2.0	24	Racing Team Schulthess	Jacques Joliat	Lola T294	Cosworth BDG 2.0L I4
82	S 2.0	31	Racing Team Schulthess	Gérard Cuynet Yves Evrard	Porsche 910	Porsche 2.0L Flat-6
83	S 2.0	32	Société Utoring	Pat Shaddok Michel Gabriel	GRAC MT20	ROC-Simca 2.0L I4
84	S 3.0	34	Paul Rilly	Paul Rilly Roger Le Veve	Porsche 908	Porsche 3.0L Flat-8
85	S 2.0	36	André Moynet		Moynet LM75	ROC-Simca 2.0L I4
86	S 2.0	37	Cheetah Racing Car Suisse	Pure Wisell John Burton Manrcio Zanuso Emile Elias	Cheetah G501	Cosworth BDG 2.0L I4
87	GTS	44	Wicky Racing Team	François Servanin Jacques Henry Albert Dufréne	De Tomaso Pantera	Ford 5.8L V8
88	GTS	49	Automobiles Charles Pozzi		Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Daytona	Ferrari 4.4L V12
89	GTS	51	Claude Haldi		Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6
90	GTS	56	Bernard Chenevière	Bernard Chenevière Peter Zbinden	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6
91	GTS	64	Porsche Kremer	Helmut Kellener's Jürgen Barth Reine Wisell Erwin Kremer Hans Heyer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6
92	GTS	66	Racing Team Schulthess	Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann Gérard Cayeux	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6
93	GTP	76	Gérard Méo	Gérard Méo Dominique Thiry	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6
94	GTP	79	Lucien Nageotte		Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6
95	GTP	81	Porsche Club Romand		Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6
96	GTP	82	Promo Racing Service	Philippe Bordier Georges Bourdillat	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6
97	GTP	85	Jean-Louis Davin	Jean-Louis Davin Stephan Roux	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 2.7L Flat-6
98	GTP	86	Didier Lamigeon	Patrick Guidoux Didier Lamigeon Claude Chantilat	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Porsche 2.7L Flat-6
99	TS	92	Aime Dirand	Aime Dirand	BMW 3.0 CSL	BMW 3.5L I6
100	TS	96	Joël Bonnemaison	Joël Bonnemaison Daniel Thiaw	Ford Capri RS	Ford 3.0L V6
101	TS	97	Mazda Auto Co Ltd	Yōjirō Terada Yasuhiro Okamoto Takashi Yorino	Mazda RX-3	Mazda 12A 2.0L-Wankel

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S over 2001 cc	Jacky Ickx	Derek Bell				Mirage GR8	Overall victory
S under 2000 cc	Marianne Hoepfner	Christine Dacremont	Michele Mouton			Moynet LM65	Rank 21
GT	J. Fitzpatrick	G. van Lennep	T. Hezemans	M. Schurti	G. Loos	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Rank 5
GTS	Gerhard Maurer	Christian Beez	Eugen Strähl			Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Rank 10
GTX	Bernard Beguin	Peter Zbinden	Claude Haldi			Porsche 911 Carrera	Rank 15
T	Daniel Brillat	Giancarlo Gagliardi	Michel Degoumois			BMW 2002 TI	Rank 27

Racing data

• Reported: 101
• Started: 56
• Valued: 27
• Race classes: 6
• Spectators: 80,000
• Honorary starter of the race: Jean-Marie Balestre , President of the French Motorsport Federation
• Race weekend weather: warm and sunny
• Route length: 13.640 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 337
• Distance of the winning team: 4595.577 km
• Winner's average: 191.482 km / h
• Pole position: Jacky Ickx - Gulf GR8 (# 11) - 3.37.060 = 246.531 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Chris Craft - De Cadenet-Lola T380 (# 4) - 3.53.800 = 210.025 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 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

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