1938 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Le Mans in 1938

The 1938 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 15th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1938.

Official results

Final results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
1	5.0	15	Template:Flagicon Eugène Chaboud / Jean Trémoulet	Template:Flagicon Eugène Chaboud Template:Flagicon Jean Trémoulet	Delahaye 135CS	Delahaye 3.6L I6	235
2	5.0	14	Template:Flagicon Gaston Serraud	Template:Flagicon Gaston Serraud Template:Flagicon Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Delahaye 135CS	Delahaye 3.6L I6	233
3	5.0	5	Template:Flagicon Jean Prenant	Template:Flagicon Jean Prenant Template:Flagicon André Morel	Talbot T150SS Coupe	Talbot 4.0L I6	219
4	5.0	10	Template:Flagicon Louis Villeneuve	Template:Flagicon Louis Villeneuve Template:Flagicon René Biolay	Delahaye 135CS	Delahaye 3.6L I6	218
5	2.0	24	Template:Flagicon Emile Darl'mat	Template:Flagicon Charles de Cortanze Template:Flagicon Marcel Contet	Darl'mat DS	Peugeot 2.0L I4	214
6	2.0	28	Template:Flagicon Adler	Template:Flagicon Peter Graff Orssich Template:Flagicon Rudolf Sauerwein	Adler Super Trumpf Rennlimousine	Adler 1.7L I4	211
7	1.5	33	Template:Flagicon Adler	Template:Flagicon Otto Löhr Template:Flagicon Paul von Guillaume	Adler Trumpf Rennlimousine	Adler 1.5L I4	204
8	1.1	46	Template:Flagicon Jacques Savoye	Template:Flagicon Jacques Savoye Template:Flagicon Pierre Savoye	Singer Nine Le Mans Replica "Savoye Special"	Singer 1.0L I4	174
9	1.1	42	Template:Flagicon Just-Emile Vernet	Template:Flagicon Albert Debille Template:Flagicon Guy Lapchin	Simca Huit	Fiat 1.1L I4	172
10	1.5	31	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Lapin Blanc	Template:Flagicon Peter Clark Template:Flagicon Marcus Chambers	HRG Le Mans	Singer 1.5L I4	170
11	1.1	48	Template:Flagicon Victor Camerano	Template:Flagicon Victor Camerano Template:Flagicon Robert Klempeneré	Simca Huit	Fiat 1.1L I4	166
12	1.1	49	Template:Flagicon Claude Bonneau	Template:Flagicon Claude Bonneau Template:Flagicon Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier	MG PA Midget Special	MG 1.0L I4	165
13	1.1	40	Template:Flagicon Miss P.M. Fawcett	Template:Flagicon Marjorie Fawcett Template:Flagicon Geoffrey White	Morgan 4/4	Coventry Climax 1.1L I4	163
14	750	51	Template:Flagicon Amédée Gordini	Template:Flagicon Maurice Aimé Template:Flagicon Charles Plantivoux	Simca Cinq	Fiat 0.6L I4	151
15	750	52	Template:Flagicon Amédée Gordini	Template:Flagicon Albert Leduc Template:Flagicon Athos Querzola	Simca Cinq	Fiat 0.6L I4	140

Did not finish

+Final results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
16	5.0	19	Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer	Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer Template:Flagicon Clemente Biondetti	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Speciale	Alfa Romeo 2.9L Supercharged I8	219
17	5.0	8	Template:Flagicon Norbert Jean Mahé	Template:FlagiconDonald Mathieson Template:Flagicon Freddy Clifford	Talbot T150C	Talbot 4.0L I6	159
18	5.0	7	Template:Flagicon Jean Trévoux	Template:Flagicon Jean Trévoux Template:Flagicon Pierre Levegh	Talbot T150C	Talbot 4.0L i6	159
19	2.0	27	Template:Flagicon Robert P Hichens	Template:Flagicon Robert P Hichens Template:Flagicon Mortimer Morris-Goodall	Aston Martin Speed Model	Aston Martin 2.0L I4	150
20	1.1	37	Template:Flagicon Amédée Gordini	Template:Flagicon Amédée Gordini Template:Flagicon José Scaron	Simca Huit	Fiat 1.1L I4	140
21	1.5	36	Template:Flagicon Pierre Ferry	Template:Flagicon Pierre Ferry Template:Flagicon Francis Noireaux	Riley Sprite TT	Riley 1.5L I4	127
22	1.1	43	Template:Flagicon Amédée Gordini	Template:Flagicon Robert Lévy Template:Flagicon Adrien Alin	Simca	Fiat 1.0L I4	124
23	1.1	38	Template:Flagicon Amédée Gordini	Template:Flagicon Jean Viale Template:Flagicon Jean Breillet	Simca Huit	Fiat 1.1L I4	111
24	3.0	23	Template:Flagicon Mme Fernande Roux / Mme Germaine Rouault	Template:Flagicon Fernande Roux Template:Flagicon Germaine Rouault	Amilcar G36 "Pegase Special"	Amilcar 2.5L I4	101
25	5.0	4	Template:Flagicon Luigi Chinetti	Template:Flagicon René Carrière Template:Flagicon René Le Bègue	Talbot T150C	Talbot 4.0L I6	101
26	5.0	12	Template:Flagicon Georges Monneret	Template:Flagicon Georges Monneret Template:Flagicon Roger Loyer	Delahaye 135CS	Delahaye 3.6L I6	88
27	5.0	6	Template:Flagicon Luigi Chinetti	Template:Flagicon Louis Rosier Template:Flagicon Robert Huguet	Talbot T150SS Coupe	Talbot 4.0L i6	81
28	1.1	47	Template:Flagicon Team Autosports	Template:Flagicon John Donald Barnes Template:Flagicon Tommy Wisdom	Singer Nine Le Mans Replica	Singer 1.0L I4	74
29	1.1	45	Template:Flagicon Just-Emile Vernet	Template:Flagicon Gaston Tramar Template:Flagicon Paul Samuel	Simca 1000	Fiat 1.0L I4	69
30	5.0	3	Template:Flagicon Luigi Chinetti	Template:Flagicon Philippe Etancelin Template:Flagicon Luigi Chinetti	Talbot T26	Talbot 4.5L I6	66
31	3.0	22	Template:Flagicon Société R.V.	Template:Flagicon Louis Gérard Template:Flagicon Jacques de Valence de Minardiere	Delage D6-70	Delage 3.0L I6	58
32	1.1	41	Template:Flagicon Just-Emile Vernet	Template:Flagicon Just-Emile Vernet Template:Flagicon Suzanne Largeot	Simca Huit	Fiat 1.1L I4	55
33	5.0	21	Template:Flagicon Marcel Horvilleur	Template:Flagicon Marcel Horvilleur Template:Flagicon Yves Matra	Alfa Romeo 2300 Monza	Alfa Romeo 2.9L Supercharged I6	53
34	5.0	11	Template:Flagicon Joseph Paul	Template:Flagicon Marcel Mongin Template:Flagicon Robert Mazaud	Delahaye 135CS	Delahaye 3.6L I6	50
35	1.1	50	Template:Flagicon Miss Dorothy Stanley-Turner	Template:Flagicon Elsie Wisdom Template:Flagicon Arthur Dobson	MG PB Midget	MG 0.9L I4	48
36	1.1	39	Template:Flagicon Just-Emile Vernet	Template:Flagicon Angelo Molinari Template:Flagicon Georges Sarret	Fiat 508S Balilla	Fiat 1.0L I4	40
37	1.5	29	Template:Flagicon Raoul Forestier	Template:Flagicon Raoul Forestier Template:Flagicon Roger Charon	Riley Sprite TT	Riley 1.5L I4	30
38	5.0	1	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Bleue	Template:Flagicon René Dreyfus Template:Flagicon Louis Chiron	Delahaye 145	Delahaye 4.5L V12	21
39	2.0	25	Template:Flagicon Emile Darl'Mat	Template:Flagicon Jean Pujol Template:Flagicon Louis Rigal	Darl'Mat DS	Peugeot 2.0L I4	18
40	5.0	2	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Bleue	Template:Flagicon Gianfranco Comotti Template:Flagicon Albert Divo	Delahaye 145	Delahaye 4.5L V12	7
41	2.0	26	Template:Flagicon Emile Darl'Mat	Template:Flagicon Maurice Serre Template:Flagicon Daniel Porthault	Darl'Mat DS	Peugeot 2.0L I4	6
42	1.5	35	Template:Flagicon Charles Morrison	Template:Flagicon Charles Morrison Template:Flagicon Neil Watson	Atalanta	Atalanta 1.5L I4	4

Statistics

• Fastest Lap – #19 Raymond Sommer – 5:13.8
• Distance – 3180.94 km
• Average Speed – 132.539 km/h

Trophy winners

• 13th Rudge-Whitworth Biennial Cup – #28 Adler
• Index of Performance – #51 Amédée Gordini