1966 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 34th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 18 and 19, 1966. It was also the seventh round of the World Sportscar Championship.
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[edit] Pre-race
In 1966, the Ford Mk. II had become reliable. Shelby test driver Ken Miles managed to win at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring with the big block Ford. Ford sent no less than eight Mark II to La Sarthe, entered by three teams: Shelby, Holman & Moody and Alan Mann Racing.
Ferrari sent only two works P3s to compete against the Ford armada. Another P3 was entered by NART, and four 365 P2 were entered by Ferrari's usual private partners.
[edit] Race
The two works P3s were involved in an accident. At 01:45 the P2s had already exhausted their engine in trying to keep contact with the Mk. II and the last Ferrari prototype, the Pedro Rodríguez/Richie Ginther NART P3 retired with overheating. The race was won for Ford.
At the last pit stop, three Mark IIs were in front. Ken Miles and Denny Hulme were leading, followed by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon in the same lap. Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson were third, but twelve laps behind.
At the finish, Ford decided to stage publicity photo between Miles/Hulme and McLaren/Amon with the No. 5 following, too. According to witnesses, McLaren left a small margin to Miles and it was expected than Miles/Hulme will be declared winner after the examination of the photo finish. But the ACO declared the McLaren/Amon car had won the race, having covered more distance in 24 hours, as it had started the race several places behind the Miles/Hulme car. The ACO estimated the difference to 8 meters. This was a terrible disappointment for Ken Miles who expected the triple crown Daytona-Sebring-Le Mans as a reward for his investment in the GT40 development. The well-known photography published by the Ford Motor Company showing McLaren leading Miles, with the MkII of Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson third, may have fooled some people, but this document doesn't show the finish line and the public doesn't know at what time the picture was shot. The finish remains, however, the closest in Le Mans history.
[edit] Official Results
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Engine | Laps |
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1 | P +5.0 |
2 | Shelby-American Inc. | Bruce McLaren Chris Amon |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | 360 |
2 | P +5.0 |
1 | Shelby-American Inc. | Ken Miles Denis Hulme |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | 360 |
3 | P +5.0 |
5 | Holman & Moody / Essex Wire Corp. | Ronnie Bucknum Dick Hutcherson |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | 348 |
4 | P 2.0 |
30 | Porsche System Engineering | Jo Siffert Colin Davis |
Porsche 906/6L Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 339 |
5 | P 2.0 |
31 | Porsche System Engineering | Hans Herrmann Herbert Linge |
Porsche 906/6L Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 338 |
6 | P 2.0 |
32 | Porsche System Engineering | Udo Schütz Peter de Klerk |
Porsche 906/6L Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 337 |
7 | S 2.0 |
58 | Porsche System Engineering | Günther Klass Rolf Stommelen |
Porsche 906/6 Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 330 |
8 | GT 5.0 |
29 | Maranello Concessionaires | Piers Courage Roy Pike |
Ferrari 275 GTB/C | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | 310 |
9 | P 1.3 |
62 | Société des Automobiles Alpine | Henri Grandsire Leo Cella |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.3L I4 | 311 |
10 | GT 5.0 |
57 | Ecurie Francorchamps | Pierre Noblet Claude Dubois |
Ferrari 275 GTB | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | 310 |
11 | P 1.3 |
44 | Ecurie Savin-Calberson | Jacques Cheinisse Roger Delageneste |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.3L I4 | 307 |
12 | P 1.3 |
45 | Société des Automobiles Alpine | Guy Verrier Robert Bouharde |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.3L I4 | 307 |
13 | P 1.3 |
46 | Société des Automobiles Alpine | Mauro Bianchi Jean Vinatier |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.3L I4 | 306 |
14 | GT 2.0 |
35 | "J. Franc" | Jacques Dewes Jean Kerguen |
Porsche 911S | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 284 |
15 | P 1.3 |
50 | Jean-Louis Marnat & Cie | Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Marnat |
Marcos Mini Marcos GT 2+2 | BMC 1.3L I4 | 258 |
[edit] Did Not Finish
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Engine | Laps |
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16 | S 2.0 |
33 | Porsche System Engineering | Peter Gregg Sten Axelsson |
Porsche 906/6 Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 321 |
17 | P +5.0 |
3 | Shelby-American Inc. | Dan Gurney Jerry Grant |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | 257 |
18 | P 1.3 |
49 | Donald Healey Motor Company | Paddy Hopkirk Andrew Hedges |
Austin-Healey Sprite Le Mans | BMC 1.3L I4 | 237 |
19 | S 5.0 |
14 | Scuderia Filipinetti F.R. English Ltd. / Comstock Racing |
Peter Sutcliffe Dieter Spoerry |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | 233 |
20 | P 5.0 |
21 | SpA Ferrari SEFAC | Lorenzo Bandini Jean Guichet |
Ferrari 330 P3 | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 226 |
21 | GT 5.0 |
26 | Ed Hugus | Gianpiero Bascaldi Michel de Bourbon-Parma |
Ferrari 275 GTB | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | 218 |
22 | S 5.0 |
28 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Gustave Gosselin Eric de Keyn |
Ferrari 250LM | Ferrari 3.3L V12 | 218 |
23 | P 1.3 |
47 | Société des Automobiles Alpine | Berndt Jansson Paul Toivonen |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.3L I4 | 217 |
24 | S 5.0 |
59 | Essex Wire Corporation | Peter Revson Skip Scott |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | 212 |
25 | S 5.0 |
15 | Ford France S.A. | Guy Ligier Bob Grossman |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | 205 |
26 | P 5.0 |
19 | Scuderia Filipinetti | Willy Mairesse Herbert Müller |
Ferrari 365 P2/P3 | Ferrari 4.4L V12 | 166 |
27 | S 5.0 |
60 | Essex Wire Corporation | Jochen Neerpasch Jacky Ickx |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | 154 |
28 | P 5.0 |
27 | North American Racing Team (NART) | Richie Ginther Pedro Rodríguez |
Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder | Ferrari 4.0L V12 | 151 |
29 | P 1.3 |
28 | Donald Healey Motor Company | John Rhodes Clive Baker |
Austin-Healey Sprite Le Mans | BMC 1.3L I4 | 134 |
30 | P 5.0 |
17 | Ecurie Francorchamps | Jean Blaton Pierre Dumay |
Ferrari 365 P2/P3 | Ferrari 4.4L V12 | 129 |
31 | P 5.0 |
20 | SpA Ferrari SEFAC | Ludovico Scarfiotti Mike Parkes |
Ferrari 330 P3 | Ferrari 4.0L V12 | 123 |
32 | P 1.15 |
55 | Société des Automobiles Alpine | André de Cortanze Jean-Pierre Hanrioud |
Alpine A210 | Renault 1.0L I4 | 118 |
33 | P 2.0 |
41 | Matra Sports SARL | Johnny Servoz-Gavin Jean-Pierre Beltoise |
Matra M620 | BRM 1.9L V8 | 112 |
34 | P +5.0 |
9 | Chaparral Cars Inc. | Phil Hill Joakim Bonnier |
Chaparral 2D | Chevrolet 5.4L V8 | 111 |
35 | P +5.0 |
7 | Alan Mann Racing Ltd. | Graham Hill Brian Muir |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | 110 |
36 | P 2.0 |
34 | Auguste Veuillet | Robert Buchet Gerhard Koch |
Porsche 906/6 Carrera 6 | Porsche 2.0L Flat-6 | 110 |
37 | P 2.0 |
42 | Matra Sports SARL | Jo Schlesser Alan Rees |
Matra M620 | BRM 1.9L V8 | 100 |
38 | P +5.0 |
6 | Holman & Moody | Mario Andretti Lucien Bianchi |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | 97 |
39 | P 1.15 |
53 | S.E.C. Automobiles CD | Georges Heligouin Jean Rives |
CD SP66 | Peugeot 1.1L I4 | 91 |
40 | P 5.0 |
18 | North American Racing Team (NART) | Masten Gregory Bob Bondurant |
Ferrari 365 P2 | Ferrari 4.4L V12 | 88 |
41 | P 1.15 |
51 | S.E.C. Automobiles CD | Claude Laurent Jean-Claude Ogier |
CD SP66 | Peugeot 1.1L I4 | 54 |
42 | P 1.3 |
54 | North American Racing Team (NART) | François Pasquier Robert Mieusset |
ASA RB613 | Ferrari 1.3L I4 | 50 |
43 | P 5.0 |
24 | Scuderia San Marco | Jean-Claude Sauer Jean de Mortemart |
Serenissima Jungla GT Spyder | ATS 3.5L V8 | 40 |
44 | P +5.0 |
11 | Prototip Bizzarrini SAL | Sam Posey Massimo Natili |
Bizzarrini 5300GT | Chevrolet 5.4L V8 | 39 |
45 | P 2.0 |
43 | Matra Sports SARL | Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Henri Pescarolo |
Matra M620 | BRM 1.9L V8 | 38 |
46 | P 5.0 |
16 | Maranello Concessionaires | Richard Attwood David Piper |
Ferrari 365 P2 Spyder | Ferrari 4.4L V12 | 33 |
47 | P 1.3 |
61 | ASA | Spartaco Dini Ignazio Giunti |
ASA RB613 | Ferrari 1.3L I4 | 31 |
48 | P +5.0 |
8 | Alan Mann Racing Ltd. | Sir John Whitmore Frank Gardner |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | 31 |
49 | P 1.15 |
52 | S.E.C. Automobiles CD | Pierre Lelong Alain Bertaut |
CD SP66 | Peugeot 1.1L I4 | 19 |
50 | P 2.0 |
36 | Maranello Concessionaires | Mike Salmon David Hobbs |
Ferrari Dino 206S | Ferrari 2.0L V6 | 14 |
51 | P +5.0 |
4 | Holman & Moody | Mark Donohue Paul Hawkins |
Ford GT40 Mk.II | Ford 7.0L V8 | 12 |
52 | P 2.0 |
38 | North American Racing Team (NART) | Charlie Kolb George Follmer |
Ferrari Dino 206S | Ferrari 2.0L V6 | 9 |
53 | P +5.0 |
10 | Prototip Bizzarrini SRL | Edgar Berney André Wicky |
Bizzarrini P538 | Chevrolet 5.4L V8 | 8 |
54 | S 5.0 |
12 | F.R. English Ltd. \ Comstock Racing | Innes Ireland Jochen Rindt |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.7L V8 | 8 |
55 | P 2.0 |
25 | Scuderia San Marco North American Racing Team (NART) |
Nino Vaccarella Mario Casoni |
Ferrari Dino 206S | Ferrari 2.0L V6 | 7 |
[edit] Statistics
- Pole Position - #3 Shelby-American Inc. - 3:30.6
- Fastest Lap - #3 Shelby-American Inc. - 3:30.6
- Distance - 4843.09km
- Average Speed - 210.795km/h
[edit] Trophy Winners
- Index of Performance - #30 Porsche System Engineering
- Index of Thermal Efficiency - #33 Ecurie Savin-Calberson
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