Tour de France for automobiles 1959
The 1959 Tour de France for automobiles was held as a stage race for automobiles from September 18 to 25 in France and Belgium .
The event
The Tour Auto left French territory for the first time in 1959, as the first stage, after the traditional start in Nice , ended in Spa , Belgium . The participants also had to complete a 310 km special test on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit . A timed special stage took place on a racetrack during the first stage. On the Montlhéry circuit , the drivers had to contest a fast 125 km race. 106 participants took up the race, which led back to Nice via Le Mans and Pau , but only 29 vehicles made it to the finish. During the first stage, 45 cars with a technical defect were broken down.
The two-time overall winner of the faster GT sports car class, Olivier Gendebien , had a new opponent with his compatriot and team-mate Willy Mairesse . The two Belgians fought an open fight with their Ferrari 250GT until the end, which Gendebien narrowly won. The touring car class was won by the South Americans Hernando da Silva Ramos , with co-driver Jean Estager , on a Jaguar Mark I . The women's rankings went to Soisbault / Cancre ( Triumph TR3 - GT sports car class) and Aumas / Wagner ( Alfa Romeo Giulietta - touring car class).
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Travel time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT | 163 |
 Ecurie Francorchamps
|
Olivier Gendebien Lucien Bianchi
|
Ferrari 250 GT | 10: 33: 15,000 | ||
| 2 | GT | 159 |
Ecurie Francorchamps
|
Willy Mairesse Georges Berger
|
Ferrari 250 GT | |||
| 3 | GT | 161 |
 Jean-Pierre shield
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Jean-Pierre Schild Roger Delageneste
|
Ferrari 250 GT | |||
| 4th | GT | 143 |
Jean Kerguen Robert La Caze
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Porsche 356 Carrera | ||||
| 5 | GT | 170 |
 SSR
|
Carlo-Maria Abate Gianni Balzarini
|
Ferrari 250 GT | |||
| 6th | GT | 136 |
Henri Perrier Pierre Rozé
|
Porsche 356 Carrera | ||||
| 7th | GT | 171 |
Pierre Dumay
|
Pierre Dumay Daboussy
|
Ferrari 250 GT LWB Interim | |||
| 8th | GT | 111 |
André Guilhaudin Jacques Rey
|
DB HBR | ||||
| 9 | GT |
Georges Hacquin Jacques van de Velde
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV | |||||
| 10 | GT | 119 |
Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Checci
|
DB HBR5 | ||||
| 11 | GT |
Paul Justamond Paul Armagnac
|
DB HBR | |||||
| 12 | GT |
Jean-Georges branch Claude Dubois
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV | |||||
| 13 | GT | 152 |
Annie Soisbault Mme. Cancre
|
Triumph TR3 | ||||
| 14th | T | 61 |
 Hernando da Silva Ramos Jean Estager
|
Jaguar Mk.I | ||||
| 15th | T | 45 |
Henri Oreiller Fernand Masoero
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta | ||||
| 16 | T |
Lamy Bernard Kosselek
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta | |||||
| 17th | T | 46 |
Liliane Aumas Renée Wagner
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta | ||||
| 18th | T |
Paul Guiraud Pizaro
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Peugeot 203 | |||||
| 19th | T | 43 |
Jean Hébert Bernard Consten
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta | ||||
| 20th | T | 58 |
Jean Py Jean Delaboudiniere
|
Citroën ID19 P58 | ||||
| 21st | T | 26th |
Marcel Martin Revol
|
Panhard Z1 | ||||
| 22nd | T |
Scorticati Gérard Sevaux
|
Renault Dauphine | |||||
| 23 | T | 32 |
Johnny Rives Bossy
|
Auto Union 1000 | ||||
| 24 | T |
Pierre Lelong Delignieres
|
Panhard Z1 | |||||
| 25th | T |
Emile Holvoet Nicole Heuze
|
Auto Union | |||||
| 26th | T |
Lévy Hallart
|
Simca AA P60 | |||||
| 27 | T |
Laurent Idrac Burglin
|
Simca AA P60 | |||||
| 28 | T | 1 |
Fernand Ancelin Rommel
|
NSU Prinz 40 | ||||
| 29 | T |
Cano Max Krauth
 |
Simca AA P60 | |||||
| Failed | ||||||||
| 30th | GT |
 Harry Schell Mauro Bianchi
|
Porsche 356 Carrera Special | |||||
| 31 | GT |
Nadege Ferrier Mme. Paolozzi
|
Porsche 356 Carrera | |||||
| 32 | T |
Bernard de Saint-Auban
|
Panhard | |||||
| 33 | T |
Paul Condrillier J. Cazon
|
Renault Dauphine | |||||
| 34 | T |
 Graham Whitehead Peter Riley
|
Jaguar Mk.I | |||||
| 35 | T | 63 |
Gawaine Baillie Peter Jopp
|
Jaguar Mk.I | ||||
| 36 | GT | 116 |
Mendegris barbel
|
DB HBR5 | ||||
| 37 | GT | 118 |
Gérard Laureau François Jaeger
|
DB HBR5 | ||||
| 38 | GT | 138 |
Pierre Marx Georges Burggraff
|
Porsche 356 Carrera | ||||
| 39 | GT | 141 |
Maurice Trintignant Robert Buchet
|
Porsche 356 Carrera | ||||
| 40 | GT | 158 |
Jo Schlesser
|
Jo Schlesser Mme. Schlesser
|
Ferrari 250 GT | |||
| 41 | GT | 160 |
René Trautmann
|
René Trautmann Pierre Gelé
|
Ferrari 250 GT | |||
| 42 | GT | 162 |
B. Cotton
|
B. Cotton Beudin
|
Ferrari 250 GT | |||
| 43 | GT | 164 |
NART
|
Jean Lucas Jean-François Malle
|
Ferrari 250 GT | |||
| 44 | GT | 173 |
André Simon Jean Thépenier
|
Ferrari 250 GT | ||||
| 45 | GT | 173 |
Michel Legourd "Gauls"
|
Jaguar XK150S | ||||
| 46 |
Michel Billiard Bateau
|
Renault Dauphine | ||||||
| 47 |
Gérard Laffargue Menager
|
DB HBR5 | ||||||
| 48 |
Keith Ballisat Patrick Vanson
|
Triumph TR3 | ||||||
| 49 |
René Richard Claude Bobrowski
|
DB HBR5 | ||||||
| 50 |
R. Rainaut
|
Panhard Dyna | ||||||
| 51 |
J. Ortéga Deidda
|
Renault Dauphine | ||||||
| 52 | T | 5 |
Gurne Roger Blain
|
Renault Dauphine | ||||
| 53 | T | 49 |
Piero Frescobaldi José Rosinski
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta | ||||
| 54 | GT | 102 |
Annie Spiers Georges Houel
|
Fiat Abarth Zagato | ||||
| 55 | GT | 121 |
Jacques Féret Rambaud
|
Alpine A106 | ||||
| 56 | GT | 122 |
Michel Dagorne Richard
|
Lotus Eleven | ||||
| 57 | GT | 125 |
Dan Margulies
|
Dan Margulies John Campbell-Jones
|
Lotus Elite | |||
| 58 | GT | 145 |
Pierre Orsini Perez
|
Lotus Elite | ||||
| 59 | GT | 151 |
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MGA | ||||
| 60 | GT | 155 |
René Bourrely
|
Aston Martin DB2 / 4 Mk.III | ||||
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| Not started | ||||||||
| 107 | GT | 166 |
Ecurie Francorchamps
|
Michel Ringoir Michel Ringoir
|
Ferrari 250 GT | 1 | ||
| 108 | GT | 167 |
Zourab Tchkotoua
|
Zourab Tchkotoua André Testut
|
Ferrari 250 GT | 2 | ||
| 109 | GT | 168 |
Fritz d'Orey
|
Fritz d'Orey Piero Drogo
|
Ferrari 250 GT | 3 | ||
| 110 | GT | 169 |
Gerino Gerini
|
Gerino Gerini Meyer
|
Ferrari 250 GT | 4th | ||
| 110 | GT | 172 |
A. Hopf
|
Edgar Berney Jean Gretener
|
Ferrari 250 GT | 5 | ||
1 not started 2 not started 3 not started 4 not started 5 not started
XXX in the table stands for participant unknown
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
| class | driver | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT |
Olivier Gendebien
|
Lucien Bianchi
|
Ferrari 250 GT | Overall victory |
| T |
Hernando da Silva Ramos
|
Jean Estager
|
Jaguar Mk.I | Rank 14 |
Racing data
- Registered: 110
- Started: 106
- Rated: 29
- Race classes: 2
- Spectator: unknown
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: unknown
- Driving time of the winning team: 10:33: 15,000 hours
- Overall laps of the winning team: none
- Total distance of the winning team: unknown
- Winner's average: unknown
- Pole position: none
- Fastest race lap: none
- Racing series: did not belong to any racing series