1958 24 Hours of Le Mans

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The 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 26th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 21 and 22, 1958. It was also the fifth round of the World Sportscar Championship.

Ferrari had 10 cars start the race with only two finishing but one, a TR 58 (250TR) was the winner driven by Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien. An Aston Martin finished 2nd, and 3rd went to a Porsche RS/K with only 1600cc.

This race saw the death of French driver Jean-Marie Brousselet when his Jaguar D-Type was involved in an accident.

[edit] Official Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
1	S 3000	14	Scuderia Ferrari	Olivier Gendebien Phil Hill	Ferrari 250 TR58	Ferrari 3.0L V12	305
2	S 3000	5	P & A.G. Whitehead	Graham Whitehead Peter Whitehead	Aston Martin DB3S	Aston Martin 3.0L I6	293
3	S 2000	29	Porsche KG	Jean Behra Hans Herrmann	Porsche 718 RSK Spyder	Porsche 1.6L Flat-4	291
4	S 1500	31	Porsche KG	Edgar Barth Paul Frère	Porsche 718 RSK	Porsche 1.5L Flat-4	290
5	S 1500	32	Baron Carel Godin de Beaufort	Carel Godin de Beaufort Herbert Linge	Porsche 550A RS	Porsche 1.5L Flat-4	288
6	S 3000	21	Equipe Nationale Belge	Jean Blaton Alain de Changy	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	279
7	S 3000	22	Ed Hugus	Ed Hugus Ray Erickson	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	278
8	S 2000	28	AC Cars Ltd.	Richard Stoop Peter Bolton	AC Ace LM Prototype	Bristol 2.0L I6	257
9	S 2000	27	AC Cars Ltd.	Hubert Patthey Georges Berger	AC Ace	Bristol 2.0L I6	255
10	S 1500	34	Jean-Paul Colas	Jacques Dewes Jean Kerguen	Porsche 550A RS	Porsche 1.5L Flat-4	254
11	S 750	42	Automobili O.S.C.A.	Alejandro de Tomaso Colin Davis	O.S.C.A. Sport 750 TN	O.S.C.A. 0.7L I4	252
12	S 750	44	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Gérard Laureau Louis Cornet	DB HBR4 Spyder	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	250
13	S 750	46	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Paul Armagnac Jean-Claude Vidilles	DB HBR4	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	242
14	S 750	41	Automobili O.S.C.A.	Jean Laroche Rémy Radix	O.S.C.A. Sport 750	O.S.C.A. 0.7L I4	241
15	S 3000	10	Bruce Halford	Bruce Halford Brian Naylor	Lister LM	Jaguar 3.0L I6	241
16	S 2000	24	Peerless Cars	Peter Jopp Percy Crabb	Peerless GT Coupe	Triumph 2.0L I4	240
17	S 750	51	Equipe Monopole Course	Jacques Poch Guy Dunaud-Saultier	Monopole X86	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	218
18	S 750	45	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Robert Mougin Jean Lucienbonnet	DB HBR4	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	214

[edit] Not Classified

Failed to cover 70% of winner's distance (213 laps)

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
19	S 750	53	Automobili Stanguellini	François Sigrand René-Louis Revillon Michel Nicol	Stanguellini 750S	Fiat 0.7L I4	212
20	S 750	55	Team Lotus Engineering	Alan Stacey Tom Dickson	Lotus 11	Coventry Climax 0.7L I4	202

[edit] Did Not Finish

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
21	S 3.0	8	J.D. Hamilton	Duncan Hamilton Ivor Bueb	Jaguar D-Type	Jaguar 3.0L I6	251
22	S 3.0	3	David Brown Racing Dept.	Tony Brooks Maurice Trintignant	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Aston Martin 3.0L I6	173
23	S 1100	38	Team Lotus Engineering	Innes Ireland Mike Taylor	Lotus 11	Coventry Climax 1.1L I4	162
24	S 3000	1	Francisco Godia	Francisco Godia Jo Bonnier	Maserati 300S	Maserati 3.0L I6	142
25	S 750	47	Bernard Deviterne	Marcel Laillier René Bartholoni	DB HBR5	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	129
26	S 2000	25	North American Racing Team (NART)	Pedro Rodriguez José Behra	Ferrari 500 TR58	Ferrari 2.0L I4	119
27	S 3000	12	Scuderia Ferrari	Mike Hawthorn Peter Collins	Ferrari 250 TR58	Ferrari 3.0L V12	112
28	S 750	54	Automobili Stanguellini	René Philippe Faure Michel Nicol	Stanguellini 750S	Fiat 0.7L I4	110
29	S 3000	16	Scuderia Ferrari	Wolfgang von Trips Wolfgang Seidel	Ferrari 250 TR58	Ferrari 3.0L V12	101
30	S 750	48	Equipe Monopole Course	Maurice van der Bruwaene Jacques Lefourel	Monopole X89	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	101
31	S 1100	40	John Ogier	Tommy Bridger Peter Blond	Tojeiro	Coventry Climax 1.1L I4	83
32	S 3000	19	North American Racing Team (NART)	Edwin D. Martin Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	77
33	S 3000	20	Equipe Los Amigos	François Picard Jaroslav Juhan	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	72
34	S 3000	18	North American Racing Team (NART)	Dan Gurney Bruce Kessler	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	64
35	S 1500	37	Squadra Virgilio Conrero	Marcel Lauga Jean Hébert	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato	Alfa Romeo 1.3L I4	59
36	S 2000	30	Porsche KG	Richard von Frankenberg Claude Storez	Porsche 718 RSK	Porsche 1.6L Flat-4	55
37	S 3000	4	David Brown Racing Dept.	Roy Salvadori Stuart Lewis-Evans	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Aston Martin 3.0L I6	49
38	S 3000	11	Henri Peignaux	Jean-Marie Brousselet André Guelfi	Jaguar D-Type	Jaguar 3.0L I6	47
39	S 3000	17	Fernand Tavano	Alfonso Gomez-Mena Piero Drogo	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	45
40	S 750	50	Equipe Monopole Course	Bernard Consten Jean Vinatier	Monopole VM5	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	44
41	S 3000	9	Equipe Nationale Belga	Freddy Rouselle Claude Dubois	Lister LM	Jaguar 3.0L I6	43
42	S 1500	35	Team Lotus Engineering	Jay Chamberlain Pete Lovely	Lotus Mk15	Coventry Climax 1.5L I4	39
43	S 750	52	Automobili Stanguellini	Georges Guyot Pierre Ros	Stanguellini 750S	Fiat 0.7L I4	38
44	S 3000	58	Ecurie Francorchamps	Lucien Bianchi Willy Mairesse	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	33
45	S 1500	36	Squadra Virgilio Conrero	Giorgio Ubezzi Eric Catulle	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato	Alfa Romeo 1.3L I4	31
46	S 3000	2	David Brown Racing Dept.	Stirling Moss Jack Brabham	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Aston Martin 3.0L I6	30
47	S 3000	57	Maurice Charles	Maurice Charles John Young	Jaguar D-Type	Jaguar 3.0L I6	29
48	S 1100	39	Car Exchange	William Frost Robert Hicks	Lotus 11	Coventry Climax 1.1L I4	28
49	S 2000	23	Jean Thépenier	Eugène Martin Michel Dagorne	Maserati 200SI	Maserati 2.0L I4	20
50	S 750	56	Equipe Lotus France	Roger Masson André Héchard	Lotus Mk15	Coventry Climax 0.7L I4	19
51	S 750	49	Equipe Monopole Course	René Cotton André Beaulieux	Monopole X86	Panhard 0.7L Flat-2	10
52	S 3000	6	Ecurie Ecosse	Jack Fairman Masten Gregory	Jaguar D-Type	Jaguar 3.0L I6	7
53	S 2000	26	Team Lotus Engineering	Cliff Allison Graham Hill	Lotus Mk15	Coventry Climax 2.0L I4	3
54	S 3000	7	Ecurie Ecosse	John Lawrence Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar D-Type	Jaguar 3.0l I6	2
55	S 750	43	Just-Emile Vernet	Jean-Marie Dumazer Robert Dutoit	V.P.	Renault 0.7L I4	2

[edit] Statistics

• Fastest Lap - #12 Scuderia Ferrari - 4:08.0
• Distance - 4101.926km
• Average Speed - 170.914km/h

[edit] Trophy Winners

• 24th Biennial Cup - None awarded (no finishers)
• Index of Performance - #42 Autombili O.S.C.A.