1957 24 Hours of Le Mans

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1957 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 25th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 22 and 23 June 1957, on the Circuit de la Sarthe. It was also the fifth round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. Some 250,000 spectators had gathered for Europe's classic sports car race, around an 8.38-mile course. The prospect of an exciting duel between Ferrari, Maserati, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Porsche was enough to draw large crowds to the 24 Hours race, now back at its usual date and reintegrated into the World Championship.

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Le Mans in 1957

Never before had a single nation swept the board so completely as Britain did in 1957. The great success of the Jaguars in taking the first four and sixth places became all the more significant when it is considered that all of the cars were privately entered (albeit with some factory support), and matched against the works entries of some of the greatest sport car manufacturers.

Regulations

After the major changes in the previous year, the ACO relented on its engine-size limitation – prototypes were again an open limit. They did, however, address body-shape requirements: the token second seat. Cars now had to have at least two doors and both seats had to be the same size, in a cockpit a minimum 1.2m wide. [1] The minimum windscreen height was reduced from 20 to 15 cm, maximum fuel-tank size was 120 litres, and the total fuel usage restrictions were removed a year after they were imposed. One of the oldest regulations was removed – of having to carry all spares and tools on the car, allowing them to be left in the pits. [2] [3]

This all re-aligned with the FIA/CSI, who themselves issued a major new Appendix C to the Sports Car regulations based closely on the 1956 ACO regulations. [4] [3] Therefore, the Le Mans race was drafted back into the World Sportscar Championship.

The number of starters was fixed at 55. The maximum drive time stayed at 14 hours, but drivers were now limited to a maximum single stint of 36 laps, down from the previous year's 72 laps. The interval between refuelling was reduced for the first time, down to 30 laps from 34 laps. This year, for the Index of Performance, the target distances for nominal engine sizes were set as follows (according to a specific formula): [5]

Engine CapacityTotal DistanceAverage Speed
S-40003710.8 km154.6 km/h
S-35003671.2 km153.0 km/h
S-30003619.0 km150.8 km/h
S-25003547.1 km147.8 km/h
S-20003441.9 km143.4 km/h
S-15003272.7 km136.4 km/h
S-11003040.0 km126.7 km/h
S-10002956.5 km123.2 km/h
S-7502666.7 km111.1 km/h

The Hors Course rule was revised: there would be systematic disqualification after every 6 hours (rather than previous 12 hours) of cars that had fallen more than 20% below its nominal Index of Performance at that time. [6] [7] [4] Finally, the ACO formalised a ban on female drivers, after the death of Annie Bousquet in the 1956 12 Hours of Reims [2]

Entries

A total of 82 racing cars were registered for this event, of which 58 were allowed to practice, trying to qualify for the 55 starting places for the race. The big talking point with the entry list was the non-appearance of the works Jaguar team, which had retired from racing at the end of the previous year; and the arrival in force of Maserati in the top class. [1] [8] [7]

CategoryClassesEntries
Large-enginesS-5000 / S-300022
Medium-enginesS-2000 / S-150015 (+2 reserves)
Small-enginesS-1100 / S-75018 (+3 reserves)

In the absence of the works team, the defending champions put their support behind their customer teams. Ex-works driver Duncan Hamilton and Ecurie Ecosse both had one of the experimental fuel-injected 3.8L-engined cars, capable of nearly 300 bhp. Ecurie Ecosse also ran the 3.4L car that Paul Frère had crashed early in the previous year's race (and arriving still in its British Racing Green straight from the Jaguar factory [9] ). Frère himself was racing for his native Equipe Nationale Belge using the same car the team had finished 4th in 1956. Finally there was the car for French industrial diamond-manufacturer privateer Jean Brussin (racing under the pseudonym “Mary”) in conjunction with the Lyon-based Los Amigos racing team. [10] [1]

Tony Brooks (driving) in his Aston Martin DBR1 at the Hotel de France just before the race. 1957 Aston Martin Tony Brooks Hotel de France.jpg
Tony Brooks (driving) in his Aston Martin DBR1 at the Hotel de France just before the race.

Aston Martin, now managed by Reg Parnell as John Wyer had moved up to be general manager, brought three works cars: their new DBR2, as well as two DBR1/300s with uprated 3.0L engines generating 245 bhp. Their regular drivers Roy Salvadori and Tony Brooks were paired with new team-members Les Leston and Noël Cunningham-Reid respectively. The one-off DBR2 used the defunct Lagonda P166 frame fitted with the 3.7L engine of the new DB4 road-car (producing 290 bhp) and given to the Whitehead brothers. [11] [1] The team had good reason to be confident for outright honours, after Brooks and Cunningham-Reid raced to victory over the Italians in their DBR1/300 at the most recent round of the championship: the 1000km of Nürburgring. There was also an older DB3S entered for two French gentleman-drivers filled a vacant fourth works entry. [12]

Ferrari arrived, it hoped, with an overwhelming force of ten cars. The works team had two of their mighty new Type 335 S, with its big 4.0L V12 engine (capable of 390 PS [13] ) for their grand prix drivers: Mike Hawthorn / Luigi Musso and Peter Collins / Phil Hill - their driver ranks were sadly depleted after the deaths, earlier in the year, of works drivers Eugenio Castellotti and then Alfonso de Portago (in an accident that led to the end of the iconic Mille Miglia). The team also ran a pair of Type 250 TR prototypes testing for the upcoming CSI regulations changes. [14] [9] One with a 3.0L V12 for Ferrari test-driver Martino Severi and Stuart Lewis-Evans, and the other with a 3.1L V12 for Maurice Trintignant and Olivier Gendebien, who had been Ferrari's best performers in the previous year's race, finishing 4th. [15] There were also a pair of privately entered 3.5L 290 MM and three 2.0L Testarossas (including Equipe Nationale Belge running a Jaguar, Ferrari and a Porsche to hedge their bets). [16] [1]

Maserati also turned up with confidence this year: Stirling Moss was now a Maserati works driver, and was to drive the coupé version (designed by Vanwall’s Frank Costin) of the 450S with French-American Harry Schell, while the spyder version was run by Jean Behra / André Simon. Its 4.5L V8 developed 420 bhp (being the biggest engine in this year’s race) although the cars still used big, obsolete drum brakes. Along with these were a 3.0L car and a pair of smaller 2.0L cars. [1] Juan Manuel Fangio (who had won at Sebring with Behra in a 450 spyder) was present in the pit, as a ‘reserve driver’ to put concern in the opposition teams. [17] [18] [19]

France, now a fading force in the major categories was only represented by a pair of Talbot-Maseratis for the Ecurie Dubonnet team and two works Gordinis (as usual, split between the S-3000 and S-2000 classes). As it turned out, this was to be the last appearance from these stalwart supporters of the race. [1]

The Frazer Nash Sebring of Stoop/Jopp. 1954 Frazer Nash Sebring (31325227034).jpg
The Frazer Nash Sebring of Stoop/Jopp.

Although Bristol was no longer running, its 2.0L engine was used by Frazer Nash and debutante AC Cars to take on the five medium-engined privateer Ferraris and Maseratis in the S-2000 class. Without Lotus present, the six Porsches had the S-1500 class to themselves. The works team brought a pair of 550As as well as one of the new 718 RSK for Umberto Maglioli and East German Edgar Barth. The other three were Belgian, French and American private entrants. [20]

The British instead pushed into the S-1100 class with the FWA-Climax engine powering the Lotus (after a class win at Sebring), Cooper and Arnott cars. They were up against a Stanguellini stepping up a class, and a 1-off appearance from Germany of an unusual, plastic DKW using its 3-cylinder 2-stroke motorcycle engine (developing less than 50 bhp!). [21]

The smallest, S-750, class was the usual assortment of French and Italian cars except for a lone Lotus muddying the waters. [1] Colin Chapman had convinced Coventry Climax to develop a short-stroke version of its successful FWA engine (generating 75 bhp) to take on the French in the lucrative Index of Performance (the handicap system which measured cars exceeding their specified target distance by the greatest ratio). Lotus works driver Cliff Allison, and Keith Hall, were its drivers. Lucky to reach scrutineering in time, it was presented with no exhaust and without having the engine been run. [22]

Practice and Pre-Race

A number of events were held over the race weekend to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the ACO – postponed as they were from the previous year after the 1955 disaster. Seventy classic French cars from the very earliest years of the organisation, with drivers in period costume, [23] did demonstration laps of the circuit in a ‘Race of Regularity’ – the winning 1908 Roland-Pillain recorded doing over 50 mph along the Mulsanne straight . [2] [24] This year also saw a demonstration lap performed by the first turbine car – a Renault L’Etoile Filante. [4] [25]

The big Italian cars set the first sub-4 minute laps in practice: Mike Hawthorn in the Ferrari, then Fangio driving Behra's Maserati spyder – his 3.58:1 being the fastest single lap of the decade. [26] Moss had a major moment when the special new large brakes on his car locked coming up to Mulsanne corner at top speed. Getting back to the pits he got the regular brakes fitted instead. [19] Meanwhile, the works Ferraris were fitted with experimental pistons and one of the works prototype Testarossas suffered piston failure before it could get to do any laps. It was scratched when other cars started getting similar problems and time ran out to make repairs. [14] Severi & Lewis-Evans were allowed to change to the Type 315 S that had won that fateful Mille Miglia. [15] It was a harbinger for bad problems to come.

The lead Ecosse Jaguar had developed a misfire in practice. After the crew fixed it, Murray took it out onto public roads to test it at 4am on race-day morning. Winding it up to its 178 mph top speed he was lucky not to be held by the gendarmerie. [27] The Whitehead brothers found their new Aston Martin DBR2 was very quick, but deliberately eased off in practice in case team manager Reg Parnell bumped them from the car for his other drivers. [11] In Friday practice, one of the Talbots had terminal issues and had to be scratched. [21] It was also soon apparent that the little French cars would have a fight on their hands this year, as the small Lotus-Climax was proving to be very quick – almost 25 seconds per lap quicker. [28] [19] Chapman's own 1475cc Lotus had practiced faster than the Porsches in its class (and breaking the S-1500 lap record), but dropped a valve and had to be withdrawn. [22] His American co-drivers, Herbert MacKay-Fraser and Jay Chamberlain (Lotus’ agent in California) were substituted into the team's S-1100 reserve entry. This left the S-1500 class the sole preserve of Porsche. [19]

Race

Start

Despite the poor weather leading up to race day, it began cloudy and humidly muggy. By the 4 pm start, the crowd was around 250,000. The usually quick and nimble Moss was slowed trying to squeeze into his cramped Maserati coupé so the first car to clear the startline was the Ferrari of Peter Collins, leaving a long trail of rubber, followed by the three Aston Martins. Unfortunately, the final appearance of Talbot was rather ignominious: its transmission broke as it left its start-box and it only went a handful of metres giving its driver, Bruce Halford the shortest debut on record. [21] At the end of the first lap, Collins was in the lead (already on lap-record pace, from a standing start [1] ), followed by Brooks, Hawthorn, Gendebien and Salvadori fifth. But on the second lap Collins dropped back to tenth with engine trouble, pitting at the end of the next lap to retire with a seized piston. The Ferrari of Hawthorn had taken over the lead, hounded by the Maseratis of Moss, then Behra, at a blistering pace.

At the end of the first hour and 14 laps, Hawthorn had a 40-second lead over the Maseratis of Behra and Moss, then Gendebien, Bueb's Ecosse Jaguar and Brooks in the Aston Martin. [29] The other Jaguars were biding their time, running just in the top-10. Soon enough, trouble struck more of the Italian cars: Moss’ Maserati began to smoke ominously and heavily, and after 26 laps, just before the two-hour mark, Hawthorn came into the pits to change tyres. [30] The task of inserting the new spare into the Ferrari's tail took considerably longer than to change the wheel. [31] Desperate to get back into the race, he leapt into the car – to be ordered out again smartly by a marshal. [19] In the meantime, Behra took over the lead, and Hawthorn finally re-joined back in fifth place. In trying to catch the lead pack, Hawthorn set a new lap record with the first two sub-4 minute laps. Around 30 laps the regular pitstops and driver-changes started. The Moss Maserati, now in the hands of Harry Schell after a long pit stop costing a dozen laps, [31] was soon to retire with rear axle trouble, just four laps after a similar issue cost their teammates Behra/Simon - forced to retire when it caused Simon to have an accident on his opening lap from the pits, splitting the fuel tank. [31] Hawthorn refueled and handed the Ferrari over to Musso to start moving back up the field. [19]

The race winning Jaguar D-Type of Flockhart/Bueb Jaguar D-type XKD 606 photo4.JPG
The race winning Jaguar D-Type of Flockhart/Bueb

This attrition of the Italian challengers, combined with a very rapid fuel stop, [31] moved the Ecurie Ecosse car of Flockhart/Bueb into the lead at the start of the third hour – a lead they would not relinquish. In the fourth hour, Musso, having fought back up to second place, was hobbled by another seized piston destroying his engine out on the Mulsanne straight just before dusk. With the Severi/Lewis-Evans Ferrari held back with braking problems, this left the Gendebien/Trintignant car as the sole challenger from Maranello, who took over second place from their teammates.

Another casualty in the fourth hour was the second Gordini – the first having only lasted 3 laps – when it pulled into the pits with terminal engine issues. With dwindling funds, this was to be a disappointing end to Amedee Gordini’s long association with Le Mans. [32]

By 9 pm, when the majority of the second fuel stops had been completed, the Ecosse Jaguar still led the race, now with Bueb back behind the wheel; Brooks, back in the Aston Martin, held second place, Gendebien in third, Masten Gregory, in Hamilton’s Jaguar was fourth with the second Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar running fifth being chased by the Severi/Lewis-Evans Ferrari making up for lost time. The works Porsches were scrapping amongst themselves, just out of the top-10, for the lead in the S-1500 and well ahead of the Belgian Testarossa leading the S-2000 class. [7] [19]

Night

Just before 10:30 pm, the Whitehead brothers had to retire the big Aston Martin out of the top-10 when its gearbox finally broke. When the Scarlatti/Bonnier Maserati retired with clutch failure, the works team had finished its dismal race after only 6 hours. Soon after midnight Gendebien retired out of third with a holed crankcase and yet another piston failure, leaving Ferrari’s fortunes barely any better. Salvadori retired around 2am, when the gearbox of his Aston Martin finally broke, after he had been running with only 4th gear for most of his stint. Meanwhile, the remaining Aston Martin was still lying second to Bueb’s D-Type. When Brooks took over he was four minutes behind Bueb; two hours later, he was only two minutes adrift when his gearbox also left him with only 4th gear and he started dropping back. [19] Then at 1.50am came the most serious accident of the race: Brooks’ Aston Martin, now trailing by two laps and still stuck in 4th gear, was coming out of Tertre Rouge when he lost control, hit the bank and rolled. He was then hit by Maglioli closely following in the Porsche 718, which had been comfortably leading the S-2000 class and running 7th overall. Brooks was taken to hospital with severe cuts and bruises. [33] [34] This left Jaguar sitting 1-2-3-4: Ecurie Ecosse, leading from Equipe Nationale Belge, then the second Ecosse and the Los Amigos cars. Lewis-Evans, battling failing brakes, had the last works Ferrari back in 5th.

Missing from the list was Hamilton's Jaguar that had been delayed around midnight by a burnt-through exhaust pipe which was filling the cockpit with fumes and overheating the fuel lines and burning a hole in the cockpit-floor. When Hamilton pitted, the exhaust system was welded up and the hole repaired with a plate of steel cut out of an unattended gendarmerie wagon by the “enterprising” pit-crew! [35] The car returned to the race in 11th and set about a hard race to make up time. [36] [19] [7] Meanwhile, the Lotus in the S-750 class held a comfortable margin in the Index of Performance over the OSCA, with Mackay-Fraser's Lotus and Chancel's Panhard, the best of the little French cars, battling for third.

By half-distance, the order at the top had stabilised (the leader having done 165 laps), but with the attrition of the front-runners more of the smaller cars were coming up into the top-10. With the demise of Maglioli, it was now the works Porsche of Storez/Crawford that was running a very creditable 6th having done 152 laps. The big American Ferrari of George Arents was now 7th (147 laps) then 3 laps back to the Belgian Ferrari of Bianchi/Harris in 8th, leading the S-2000 category. In 9th was the little Lotus of Mackay-Fraser/Chamberlain, doing a mighty job leading the S-1100 class, on 141 laps and a lap back was the new AC Ace (virtually a shop-standard car [4] ) running very consistently. The little DKW stopped near the pits but the driver was able to run down, pick up a fuel pump and go back and fit it himself to get back into the race. [34] [19]

Morning

By 5:30 am, as dawn broke the overnight mist changed to a heavy fog covering the circuit (the only bad weather of the weekend). Although at times the visibility forced drivers to slow to 50 km/h this did not dramatically affect the lap times of the Jaguars. From this point on it became a real test of endurance – with almost half the field retired or barely running. [34] An hour later, and the lead Jaguar completed its 200th lap and holding a comfortable 5-lap lead over the field. At 6:55 am, “Freddy” Rousselle, in the Belgian Jaguar running second came to a halt at Mulsanne for nearly an hour with ignition trouble. [33] He eventually got the car moving again and got back to the pits and later rejoined down in sixth place putting in very rapid times to haul back the leaders. By 10am, they were back up to 4th. [19] [7]

Although other classes had been hit by retirements, the S-2000 was still very close – the Bianchi Ferrari, running 8th overall, was still leading the class ahead of Rudd's AC, Tavano's Ferrari, Dickie Stoop's well-travelled Fraser-Nash and Guyot's Maserati. In the Index of Performance, the small Lotus still had a comfortable lead, now ahead of their bigger brother running second and the works Porsche in third. Overnight the OSCA had hit troubles and slipped back.

At three-quarter time (10am), as the fog finally lifted, the order was staying very static – the four Jaguars holding the top places over a 16-lap spread. The leader had a comfortable 7-lap advantage over its teammate running second and the others about four laps apart from each other. The Ferrari and Porsche were both on the same lap and chasing the Belgian Jaguar two laps ahead of them.

Finish and post-race

In the last hour the leading Porsche, which had been running as high as 5th, ran out of fuel near Maison Blanche. Storez pushed it back to the pit-entrance, but could not refuel (being inside its 30-lap window) and it could never be pushed around the track again meaning they could not complete the final lap in the required 30 minutes to be classified. [20] In contrast, the little Stanguellini came into the pits stuck in top gear. Unable to restart and not allowed an assisted start from the pit-crew, the driver set about pushing the car himself: half a mile to the top of the Dunlop hill, to the great cheers of support from the crowd. Half an hour later, he was able to bump-start the car on the downhill, still stuck in top-gear, and went on to take the last finishing position. [37]

But otherwise the leaderboard remained unchanged. At 4:00pm, the chequered flag fell and for the second year in succession, in a formation finish with his teammate, Flockhart brought a dark blue Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type first past the finish line. The winners were never challenged in a trouble-free run, except for one unscheduled stop to change a light bulb. [10] In fact, the car spent only 13 minutes and 9 seconds on pit lane during the 24 hours! [7] The margin of triumph over the Jaguar of Lawrence/Sanderson was eight laps.

As well as being the Ecurie Ecosse team's finest hour, it was also Jaguar's greatest triumph finishing a fine 1-2-3-4-6. [38] Third home was the local Equipe Los Amigos Jaguar of Lucas/”Mary” who were two laps adrift. After their delays in the morning, Rousselle/Frère brought their Equipe Nationale Belge Jaguar home in fourth, 17 laps behind the winners. The Lewis-Evans Ferrari held on to fifth place ahead of the hard-charging Hamilton Jaguar just one lap behind. Hamilton's D-Type was the only one to hit serious trouble when he and Gregory had lost two hours due to electrical and exhaust problems the night before. [39] [7]

In the other classes, it was the privateers that saved the blushes of the works teams – the older French Aston Martin won the S-3000 class by finishing 11th. After the late demise of the Storez Porsche, it was the American Porsche coming 8th who were the sole finisher in the S-1500 keeping up Porsche's class-win tradition. Likewise, the Ferrari Testarossa of Ecurie Nationale Belge finishing 7th, won the S-2000 class by 7 laps from the AC Ace and also ahead of the S-1500s whom it had been outperformed by for almost the whole race.

Although the public glamour was associated with those that took the outright victory, the performance of the Lotus marque should not be overlooked. Four cars entered, four finished, including the little 750cc version which finished 14th and beat their French opposition to win the Index of Performance. The seal on the British success was set by the Mackay-Frazer/Chamberlain Lotus – winning the S-1100 class by a huge distance (26 laps) over its teammates, winning the Biennial Cup and 2nd on Index. [19]

The good weather meant the winning car set a new race distance record, exceeding the previous record set in 1955 by 138 mi (222 km). Before his retirement, Mike Hawthorn put in a new lap record in his Ferrari. A special award was made to Roger Masson who had pushed his Lotus single-handedly for four miles, taking over an hour to get back to the pits after running out of petrol on the Mulsanne straight in the early hours of the race. [25] It was refuelled and they went on to finish 16th.

As well as being the only entry for Arnott and DKW, the 1957 race was to be the last appearance for French stalwarts Talbot and Gordini – none of the cars from these manufacturers made it to the end.

Official results

Results taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO [40] Class Winners are in Bold text.

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisEngineLaps
1S5.03 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ecurie Ecosse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Flockhart
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ivor Bueb
Jaguar D-Type Jaguar 3.8L S6 327
2S5.015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ecurie Ecosse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ninian Sanderson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John ‘Jock’ Lawrence
Jaguar D-Type Jaguar 3.4L S6 319
3S5.017 Flag of France.svg Equipe Los Amigos Flag of France.svg Jean Lucas
Flag of France.svg ”Mary” (Jean Brussin)
Jaguar D-Type Jaguar 3.4L S6 317
4S5.016 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Equipe Nationale Belge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Frère
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Freddy Rousselle
Jaguar D-Type Jaguar 3.4L S6 310
5S5.08 Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia Ferrari Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Lewis-Evans
Flag of Italy.svg Martino Severi
Ferrari 315 S Ferrari 3.8L V12300
6S5.04 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D. Hamilton
(private entrant)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Hamilton
Flag of the United States.svg Masten Gregory
Jaguar D-Type Jaguar 3.8L S6 299
7S2.028 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Equipe Nationale Belge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien Bianchi
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Georges Harris
Ferrari 500 TRC Ferrari 1985cc S4288
8S1.535 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg E. Hugus
(private entrant)
Flag of the United States.svg Ed Hugus
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carel Godin de Beaufort
Porsche 550A Porsche 1498cc S4286
9S1.162
(reserve)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lotus Engineering Flag of the United States.svg Jay Chamberlain
Flag of the United States.svg Herbert MacKay-Fraser
Lotus Eleven Coventry Climax FWA 1098cc S4 285
10S2.031 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg AC Cars Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Rudd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Bolton
AC Ace Bristol 1970cc S6281
N/C *S1.534 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche KG Flag of France.svg Claude Storez
Flag of the United States.svg Ed Crawford
Porsche 550A Porsche 1498cc F4275
11S3.021 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Ltd. Flag of France.svg Jean-Paul Colas
Flag of France.svg Jean Kerguen
Aston Martin DB3S Aston Martin 3.0L S6272
12S2.026 Flag of France.svg G. Guyot
(private entrant)
Flag of France.svg Georges Guyot
Flag of France.svg Michel Parsy
Maserati A6GCS Maserati 1985cc S4260
13S1.142 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg R. Walshaw
(private entrant)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Walshaw
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Dalton
Lotus Eleven Coventry Climax FWA 1098cc S4 259
14S75055 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lotus Engineering Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cliff Allison
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Hall
Lotus Eleven Coventry Climax FWC 744cc S4 259
15S1.140 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cooper Cars Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Raby
Cooper T39 Coventry Climax FWA 1098cc S4 254
16S1.141 Flag of France.svg A. Héchard
(private entrant)
Flag of France.svg André Héchard
Flag of France.svg Roger Masson
Lotus Eleven Coventry Climax FWA 1098cc S4 253
17S75049 Flag of France.svg Automobiles
Deutsch et Bonnet
Flag of France.svg Louis Cornet
Flag of France.svg Henri Perrier
DB HBR-4 Spyder Panhard 745cc F2239
18S75052 Flag of France.svg Équipe Monopole Course Flag of France.svg Pierre Chancel
Flag of France.svg Jean Hémard
Monopole X89 Coupé Panhard 745cc F2238
19S75046 Flag of Italy.svg Automobili O.S.C.A. Flag of France.svg Jean Laroche
Flag of France.svg Rémy Radix
O.S.C.A. 750 SOSCA 749cc S4234
20S75058
(reserve)
Flag of Italy.svg Automobili Stanguellini Flag of France.svg Fernand Sigrand
Flag of France.svg Michel Nicol
Stanguellini S750 Sport Stanguellini 741cc S4214

Did Not Finish

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisEngineLapsReason
DNFS2.024 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard ‘Dickie’ Stoop
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Jopp
Frazer Nash Sebring Bristol 1971cc S6240Oil leak (24hr)
DNFS2.027 Flag of France.svg F. Tavano
(private entrant)
Flag of France.svg Fernand Tavano
Flag of France.svg Jacques Péron
Ferrari 500 TRC Ferrari 1985cc S4235Engine (22hr)
DNFS75053 Flag of France.svg Équipe Monopole Course Flag of France.svg Robert Chancel
Flag of France.svg Pierre Flahault
Monopole X88 Coupé Panhard 745cc F2230Engine (24hr)
DNFS5.010 Flag of the United States.svg G. Arents
(private entrant)
Flag of the United States.svg George Arents
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan de Vroom
Ferrari 290 MM Ferrari 3.5L V12183Brakes (16hr)
DNFS1.145 Flag of Germany.svg W. Seidel
(private entrant)
Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Seidel
Flag of Germany.svg Heinz Meier
DKW Monza Coupé DKW 994cc S3
(2-Stroke)
151Engine (21hr)
DNFS3.020 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Ltd. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Noël Cunningham-Reid
Aston Martin DBR1/300 Aston Martin 2.9L S6140Accident (12hr)
DNFS2.025 Flag of France.svg L. Coulibeuf
(private entrant)
Flag of France.svg Léon Coulibeuf
Flag of France.svg José Behra
Maserati 200S Maserati 1998cc S4136Fuel leak (15hr)
DNFS75056 Flag of Italy.svg Automobili Stanguellini Flag of France.svg René-Philippe Faure
Flag of France.svg Gilbert Foury
Stanguellini S750 Bialbero Stanguellini 741cc S4131Engine (14hr)
DNFS2.029 Flag of France.svg Equipe Los Amigos Flag of France.svg François Picard
Flag of the United States.svg Richie Ginther
Ferrari 500 TRC Ferrari 1985cc S4129Water pump (13hr)
DNFS1.532 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche KG Flag of Italy.svg Umberto Maglioli
Flag of East Germany.svg Edgar Barth
Porsche 718 RSK Porsche 1498cc F4129Accident (12hr)
DNFS75054 Flag of France.svg Équipe Monopole Course Flag of France.svg René Cotton
Flag of France.svg Jacques Blanchet
Monopole X88 Spyder Panhard 745cc F2127Gearbox (14hr)
DNFS75050 Flag of France.svg Automobiles
Deutsch et Bonnet
Flag of France.svg Jean-Claude Vidilles
Flag of France.svg Jo Schlesser
DB HBR-4 Spyder Panhard 747cc F2126Accident (14hr)
DNFS75051 Flag of France.svg Automobiles
Deutsch et Bonnet
Flag of France.svg Paul Armagnac
Flag of France.svg Gérard Laureau
DB HBR-4 Spyder Panhard 747cc F2120Accident (15hr)
DNFS3.019 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Ltd. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Les Leston
Aston Martin DR1/300 Aston Martin 2.9L S6112Oil pipe (10hr)
DNFS5.09 Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia Ferrari Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Gendebien
Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant
Ferrari 250 TR Ferrari 3.1L V12109Piston (10hr)
DNFS1.533 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche KG Flag of Germany.svg Hans Herrmann
Flag of Germany.svg Richard von Frankenberg
Porsche 500A Porsche 1498cc F487Ignition (8hr)
DNFS5.05 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Ltd. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Whitehead
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Whitehead
Aston Martin DBR2 Aston Martin 3.7L S681Gearbox (8hr)
DNFS5.011 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Equipe Nationale Belge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacques Swaters
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Alain de Changy
Ferrari 290 MM Ferrari 3.5L V1273Engine (9hr)
DNFS3.012 Flag of Italy.svg Officine Alfieri Maserati Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Scarlatti
Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim ‘Jo’ Bonnier
Maserati 300S Maserati 3.0L S673Clutch (7hr)
DSQS1.560
(reserve)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Equipe Nationale Belge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Claude Dubois
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg George Hacquin
Porsche 550A Porsche 1498cc F470Premature refuel
(8hr)
DNFS75057
(reserve)
Flag of France.svg B. Deviterne
(private entrant)
Flag of France.svg Bernard Deviterne
Flag of France.svg Marcel Laillier
DB HBR-5 Coupé Panhard 747cc F268Engine (9hr)
DNFS1.144 Flag of Italy.svg Automobili Stanguellini Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Siracusa
Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Lippi
Stanguellini S1100 PrototipoStanguellini 1089cc S467Ignition (8hr)
DNFS5.07 Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia Ferrari Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hawthorn
Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso
Ferrari 335 S Ferrari 4.0L V1256Piston (5hr)
DNFS1.139 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arnott Cars Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Russell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dennis Taylor
Arnott Sports Climax FWA 1098cc S4 46Ignition (6hr)
DNFS3.018 Flag of France.svg Automobiles Gordini Flag of France.svg Jean Guichet
Flag of France.svg André Guelfi
Gordini T24SGordini 3.0L S838Engine (4hr)
DNFS5.01 Flag of Italy.svg Officine Alfieri Maserati Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss
Flag of the United States.svg Harry Schell
Maserati 450S Zagato CoupéMaserati 4.5L V832Transmission (4hr)
DNFS5.02 Flag of Italy.svg Officine Alfieri Maserati Flag of France.svg Jean Behra
Flag of France.svg André Simon
Maserati 450S SpyderMaserati 4.5L V828Transmission,
accident (3hr)
DNFS1.536 Flag of France.svg M. Slotine
(private entrant)
Flag of France.svg Maurice Slotine
Flag of France.svg Roland Bourel
Porsche 356A Porsche 1498cc F426Piston (4hr)
DNFS2.061
(reserve)
Flag of Austria.svg G. Köchert
(private entrant)
Flag of Austria.svg Gotfrid Köchert
Flag of Germany.svg Erwin Bauer
Ferrari 500 TRC Ferrari 1985cc S418Out of fuel (3hr)
DNFS75047 Flag of France.svg Automobiles V.P. Flag of France.svg Bernard Consten
Flag of France.svg Jean-Marie Dumazer
V.P. 166R Dynamique Renault 747cc S415Engine (3hr)
DNFS2.030 Flag of France.svg Automobiles Gordini Flag of France.svg Clarence de Rinen
Flag of Morocco.svg Robert La Caze
Gordini T15S Gordini 1988cc S63Engine (1hr)
DNFS5.06 Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia Ferrari Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins
Flag of the United States.svg Phil Hill
Ferrari 335 S Ferrari 4.0L V122Piston (1hr)
DNFS3.023 Flag of France.svg Ecurie Dubonnet Flag of Italy.svg Franco Bordoni
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bruce Halford
Talbot-Lago Sport 2500 Maserati 2.5L S60Transmission (1hr)

Did Not Start

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisEngineReason
DNSS5.08 Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia Ferrari Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Lewis-Evans
Flag of Italy.svg Martino Severi
Ferrari 315 S Ferrari 3.8L V12Practice - Piston
DNSS3.022 Flag of France.svg Ecurie Dubonnet Flag of Italy.svg Jean Blanc
Flag of France.svg Georges Burggraff
Talbot-Lago Sport 2500 Maserati 2.5L S6Practice - Mechanical
DNSS1.537 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lotus Engineering Flag of the United States.svg Jay Chamberlain
Flag of the United States.svg Herbert MacKay-Fraser
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Chapman
Lotus Eleven Coventry Climax FPF
1475cc S4
Practice - Engine
DNAS1.538 Flag of Italy.svg A. Pagani
(private entrant)
Flag of Italy.svg Alfranco Pagani
Flag of Italy.svg Mario Poltronieri
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SebringAlfa Romeo 1290cc S4withdrawn
DNAS1.143 Flag of Italy.svg Automobili O.S.C.A. Flag of Italy.svg Guilio Cabianca
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Davis
O.S.C.A. MT-4OSCA 1098cc S4withdrawn
DNAS75048 Flag of France.svg J. Dewez
(private entrant)
Flag of France.svg ”Franc” (Jacques Dewez)
Flag of France.svg Robert Schollmann
Renault 4CV SpécialeRenault 747cc S4withdrawn

Index of Performance

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisScore
1S75055 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lotus Engineering Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cliff Allison
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Hall
Lotus Eleven 1.308
2S1.162 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lotus Engineering Flag of the United States.svg Jay Chamberlain
Flag of the United States.svg Herbert MacKay-Fraser
Lotus Eleven 1.260
3S75049 Flag of France.svg Automobiles
Deutsch et Bonnet
Flag of France.svg Louis Cornet
Flag of France.svg Henri Perrier
DB HBR-4 Spyder1.208
4S75052 Flag of France.svg Équipe Monopole Course Flag of France.svg Pierre Chancel
Flag of France.svg Jean Hémard
Monopole X89 Coupé1.201
5S5.03 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ecurie Ecosse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Flockhart
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ivor Bueb
Jaguar D-Type 1.190
6S1.535 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg E. Hugus
(private entrant)
Flag of the United States.svg Ed Hugus
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carel Godin de Beaufort
Porsche 550A 1.176
7S75046 Flag of Italy.svg Automobili O.S.C.A. Flag of France.svg Jean Laroche
Flag of France.svg Rémy Radix
O.S.C.A. 750 S1.176
8S5.015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ecurie Ecosse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ninian Sanderson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John ‘Jock’ Lawrence
Jaguar D-Type 1.170
9S5.017 Flag of France.svg Equipe Los Amigos Flag of France.svg Jean Lucas
Flag of France.svg ”Mary” (Jean Brussin)
Jaguar D-Type 1.161
10S1.142 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg R. Walshaw
(private entrant)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Walshaw
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Dalton
Lotus Eleven 1.145

23rd Rudge-Whitworth Biennial Cup (1956/1957)

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisScore
1S1.162 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lotus Engineering Flag of the United States.svg Jay Chamberlain
Flag of the United States.svg Herbert MacKay-Fraser
Lotus Eleven 1.260
2S75049 Flag of France.svg Automobiles
Deutsch et Bonnet
Flag of France.svg Louis Cornet
Flag of France.svg Henri Perrier
DB HBR-4 Spyder1.208
3S75052 Flag of France.svg Équipe Monopole Course Flag of France.svg Pierre Chancel
Flag of France.svg Jean Hémard
Monopole X89 Coupé1.201

Statistics

Taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO

Standings after the race

PosChampionshipPoints
1 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari 25 (27)
2 Flag of Italy.svg Maserati 19
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jaguar 15
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin 8
5 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche 5
6 Flag of Italy.svg O.S.C.A. 1
Citations
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Clausager 1982, p.98
  2. 1 2 3 Spurring 2011, p.280
  3. 1 2 Frère 1958, p.165
  4. 1 2 3 4 Moity 1974, p.68
  5. Clarke 1997, p.162: Autocar Jun21 1957
  6. 1 2 "Le Mans 24 Hours 1957 - Racing Sports Cars".
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Reference at www.sportscars.tv".[ permanent dead link ]
  8. "Le Mans 24 Hours 1957 - Entry List - Racing Sports Cars".
  9. 1 2 Laban 2001, p.122
  10. 1 2 Spurring 2011, p.283
  11. 1 2 Spurring 2011, p.292
  12. Spurring 2011, p.293
  13. "Ferrari 335 S". ferrari.com. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  14. 1 2 Spurring 2011, p.288
  15. 1 2 Spurring 2011, p.287
  16. Spurring 2011, p.289
  17. Spurring 2011, p.294
  18. Moity 1974, p.66
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Reference at www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au".
  20. 1 2 Spurring 2011, p.291
  21. 1 2 3 Spurring 2011, p.297
  22. 1 2 Spurring 2011, p.286
  23. Frère 1958, p.192
  24. 1 2 Clarke 1997, p.177: Road & Track Sep 1957
  25. 1 2 Clausager 1982, p.99
  26. Spurring 2011, p.279
  27. Laban 2001, p.124
  28. Clarke 1997, p.179: Road & Track Sep 1957
  29. Clarke 1997, p.180: Road & Track Sep 1957
  30. Clarke 1997, p.181: Road & Track Sep 1957
  31. 1 2 3 4 Clarke 1997, p.167: Motor Jun26 1957
  32. Spurring 2011, p.299
  33. 1 2 Spurring 2011, p.281
  34. 1 2 3 Clarke 1997, p.172: Motor Jun26 1957
  35. Spurring 2011, p.284
  36. Clarke 1997, p.171: Motor Jun26 1957
  37. Clarke 1997, p.175: Motor Jun26 1957
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  41. Clarke 1997, p.88

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