Le Mans 24 hour race 1934

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The twelfth 24-hour race of Le Mans , the 12 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also 24 Heures du Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans , took place from June 16 to 17, 1934 on the Circuit des 24 Heures .

The race

In order to meet the high quality of the race from a logistical point of view, completely new pit facilities were built in the spring of 1934. The system created space for a maximum of 60 vehicles, with two garages available for each vehicle. The French mineral oil industry financed a new, state-of-the-art tank system.

The dramatic victory of Tazio Nuvolari last year had sparked such great international interest that the starting field increased to 44 participants. Works teams from Aston Martin , Riley and Singer came from Great Britain, but they all started in the small classes and thus had no chance of overall victory. 17 vehicles came from France, including five Bugattis and an old Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6. The Tracta team took part in the 24-hour race for the last time. The favorites were again the Alfa Romeo 8C , all of which were used by private teams this year.

At the start, Raymond Sommer took the lead, who dominated the race in the first hour ahead of the three other Alfas. But summer was canceled after almost two hours due to an engine fire. The two British Alfas were eliminated by Sunday morning, so that the Chinetti / Étancelin car was clearly in the lead. All five Bugattis had long since retired. Chinetti's lead over two Rileys was so great that the Italian spent the last two hours on a rather leisurely ride. The slow driving style nevertheless led to a sure win and compensated the Italian for the narrow defeat from the previous year. The distance record could not be broken this way.

Results

Pilots by nationality

43 British	42 French	1 American	1 Italian
1 Canadian

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	3.0	9	Luigi Chinetti	Luigi Chinetti Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	Alfa Romeo 2.3L Supercharged I8	E.	213
2	1.5	27	Riley Motor Company Ltd.	Jean Sébilleau Georges Delaroche	Riley 6/12 MPH Racing	Riley 1.5L I6		200
3	1.5	28	Riley Motor Company Ltd.	Freddie Dixon Cyril Paul	Riley 6/12 MPH Racing	Riley 1.5L I6		199
4th	1.1	34	Roy Eccles	Charles EC Martin Roy Eccles	MG K3	MG 1.1L Supercharged I4		197
5	1.1	36	Riley Motor Company Ltd.	Alex van der Becke Kenneth Peacock	Riley Brooklands	Riley 1.1L I4		195
6th	1.1	37	Riley Motor Company Ltd.	Sammy Newsome Percy Maclure	Riley Nine Ulster Imp	Riley 1.1L I4		195
7th	1.5	26th	AA Rigby	Brian E. Lewis Johnny Hindmarsh	Singer 1½ liter Le Mans	Singer 1.5L I4		195
8th	1.5	25th	Frank Stanley Barnes	Frank Stanley Barnes Alf Langley	Singer 1½ liter Le Mans	Singer 1.5L I4		192
9	3.0	4th	Norbert-Jean Mahé	Norbert-Jean Mahé Jean Desvignes	Bugatti Type 44	Bugatti 3.0L I8		191
10	1.5	20th	MRE tongue	Reggie Tongue Maurice Faulkner	Aston Martin 1½ Le Mans	Aston Martin 1.5L I4		188
11	1.5	24	John Cecil Noël	John Cecil Noël Jen Wheeler	Aston Martin 1½ Le Mans	Aston Martin 1.5L I4		180
12	1.1	39	Jean Trévoux	Jean Trévoux René Carrière	Riley Nine Ulster Imp	Riley 1.1L I4		174
13	1.1	38	Miss Dorothy Champney	Dorothy Champney Kay Petre	Riley Nine Ulster Imp	Riley 1.1L I4		172
14th	1.1	32	Jean de Gavardie	Jean de Gavardie Leon Duray	Amilcar C6	Amilcar 1.1L I6		168
15th	1.1	48	Singer Ltd.	Norman Black John Baker	Singer 9 Le Mans	Singer 1.0L I4		163
16	1.1	40	Lord de Clifford	Freddie de Clifford Charles Brackenbury	Lagonda Rapier	Lagonda 1.1L I4		163
17th	1.1	52	Mme Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier	Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier Charles Duruy	MG PA Midget	MG 0.8L I4		162
18th	1.1	47	Singer Ltd.	Tommy Wisdom John Donald Barnes	Singer 9 Le Mans	Singer 1.0L I4		161
19th	1.1	44	Jean-Albert Grégoire	Félix Quinault Daniel Marchand	Tracta	Tracta 1.0L I4		158
20th	1.1	42	Clement Martin	Clement Martin Fernand Pousse	Amilcar CG "Spéciale Martin"	Amilcar 1.1L I4		155
21st	1.1	45	Alin Fréres	Adrien Alin Albert Alin	BNC	BNC 1.0L I4		150
22nd	1.1	31	Ecurie de l'Ours	Camille Poiré Gaston Robail	Amilcar C6	Amilcar 1.1L I6		148
23	1.1	50	Alfred Thomas Gardner	Alfred Gardner Alfred Beloë	Singer 9 Le Mans	Singer 1.0L I4		143
Disqualified
24	1.1	49	Gordon Hendy	Gordon Hendy James Boulton	Singer 9 Le Mans	Singer 1.0L I4		59
25th	1.5	21st	Aston Martin Ltd.	Augustus Bertelli Clifton Penn-Hughes	Aston Martin 1½ Le Mans	Aston Martin 1.5L I4		59
26th	3.0	15th	M. Bayard	Max Fourny Louis Decaroli	Bugatti Type 55	Bugatti 2.3L I8		15th
Failed
27	1.5	23	Aston Martin Ltd.	Mortimer Morris-Goodall Jim Elwes	Aston Martin 1½ Le Mans	Aston Martin 1.5L I4		155
28	1.5	22nd	Aston Martin Ltd.	Thomas Fothringham-Parker John Appleton	Aston Martin 1½ Le Mans	Aston Martin 1.5L I4		142
29	5.0	3	Just-Émile Vernet	Just-Émile Vernet Daniel Porthault	La Lorraine B3-6	La Lorraine 3.5L I6		133
30th	750	54	Hylton Paul Brigam-Metchim	Hylton Brigam-Metchim Cecil Masters	Austin 7	Austin 0.7L I4		95
31	1.5	29	Auguste Bodoignet	Auguste Bodoignte Fernand Vallon	Bugatti type 51A	Bugatti 1.4L I6		90
32	1.1	33	John Ludovic Ford	John Ludovic Ford Maurice Baumer	MG K3	MG 1.1L Supercharged I4		85
33	3.0	6th	Earl Howe	Earl Howe Tim Rose-Richards	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300LM	Alfa Romeo 2.4L Supercharged I8		85
34	1.1	30th	Just-Émile Vernet	Albert Debille Jean Viale	Salmson GS	Salmson 1.1L I4		82
35	3.0	14th	Charles Brunet	Charles Brunet André Carre	Bugatti Type 55	Bugatti 2.3L Supercharged I8		75
36	5.0	2	Rober Labric	Roger Labric Pierre Veyron	Bugatti type 50S	Bugatti 4.9L I8		73
37	2.0	16	Louis Villeneuve	Louis Villeneuve Georges Hamel	Derby L8	Derby 2.0L V8		44
38	3.0	5	Tim Rose-Richards	Freddie de Clifford Owen Saunders-Davies	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	Alfa Romeo 2.4L I8		40
39	1.1	46	Raymond Gaillard	Raymond Gaillard Paul Vallée	Rally	Rally 1.0L I4		38
40	750	53	Philippe Maillard-Brune	Philippe Maillard-Brune Charles print	MG J-Type Midget	MG 0.7L I4		30th
41	1.1	43	Jean-Albert Grégoire	Pierre Padrault Philippe Charlault	Tracta	Tracta 1.0L I4		23
42	2.0	18th	Mrs. Gwenda Stewart	Gwenda Stewart Louis Bonne	Derby L8	Derby 2.0L V8		16
43	1.1	41	Georges Boursin	Georges Boursin Maurice Nadeau	Amilcar CGS	Amilcar 1.1L I4		14th
44	3.0	7th	Raymond Summers	Raymond Summer Pierre Félix	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	Alfa Romeo 2.4L I8		14th

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
45	8.0		Nicholas of Romania	Nicholas of Romania Whitney Straight	Duesenberg Model SJ	Duesenberg 6.9L Supercharged I8
46			M. Collier		MG Midget
47			Pierre Louis-Dreyfus	Pierre Louis-Dreyfus	Alfa Romeo
48			Tim Rose-Richards		Alfa Romeo
49			Braillard Equipe		Maserati
50	3.0		Braillard Equipe		Bugatti
51					Bugatti
52					Bugatti Type 50

Biennale Cup

Item	No.	driver	chassis	coefficient	Placement in the overall ranking
1	36	Alex van der Becke Kenneth Peacock	Riley Brooklands	2640.694	Rank 5
2	26th	Brian E. Lewis Johnny Hindmarsh	Singer 1½ liter Le Mans	2631.672	Rank 7
3	25th	Frank Stanley Barnes Alf Langley	Singer 1½ liter Le Mans	2598,458	Rank 8
4th	32	Jean de Gavardie Leon Duray	Amilcar C6	2271.096	Rank 14
5	9	Luigi Chinetti Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	2186,938	Overall victory
6th	44	Félix Quinault Daniel Marchand	Tracta	2131.724	Rank 19
7th	45	Adrien Alin Albert Alin	BNC	2131.724	Rank 21

Index of Performance

Item	No.	driver	chassis	coefficient	Placement in the overall ranking
1	36	Alex van der Becke Kenneth Peacock	Riley Brooklands	1.36970	Rank 5
2	37	Sammy Newsome Percy Maclure	Riley Nine Ulster Imp	1.36830	Rank 6
3	27	Jean Sébilleau Georges Delaroche	Riley 6/12 MPH Racing	1.29560	Rank 2

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
10th Biennale Cup	Alex van der Becke	Kenneth Peacock	Riley Brocklands	Rank 5
Index of Performance	Alex van der Becke	Kenneth Peacock	Riley Brocklands	Rank 5
2001-3000 cc	Philippe Etancelin	Luigi Chinetti	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	Overall victory
1101-1500 cc	Jean Sibèlleau	Georges Delaroche	Riley 6/12 MPH Racing	Rank 2
751-1100 cc	Charles EC Martin	Roy Eccles	MG K3	Rank 4

Racing data

• Registered: 52
• Started: 44
• Rated: 23
• Race classes: 5
• Spectator: unknown
• Honorary starter of the race: Jean de Rohan, President of the Automobile Club de France
• Race weekend weather: hot and sunny
• Route length: 13.492 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 214
• Total distance of the winning team: 2886.938 km
• Winner's average: 120,289 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Philippe Étancelin - Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 (# 9) - 5: 41,000 = 142.437 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 2-909-413-06-3 .
• RM Clarke: Le Mans. The Bentley & Alfa Years 1923-1939. Brooklands Books, Cobham 1998, ISBN 1-85520-465-7 .

Web links

Commons : 24 Hours of Le Mans 1934  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Results with 24-hour en-piste