Classic Car Catalogue
24 Heures du Mans
1939
| 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| 17-18 June 1938 |
| Circuit Permanent de la Sarthe |
France 
Entries and results:
| No. | Drivers: | Car: | Engine: | Entrant: | Group: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Jean-Pierre Wimille / Pierre Veyron | Bugatti T57 | 3251 cc L8 | |
Jean-Pierre Wimille | 8.0 | |
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Luigi Chinetti / Donald Mathieson | Talbot-Lago T26 | 4483 cc L6 | |
Luigi Chinetti | 5.0 | |
| 4 | |
Pierre-Louis Dreyfus / Antoine Schumann | Talbot-Lago T26 | 4483 cc L6 | |
Luigi Chinetti | 5.0 | |
| 5 | |
Arthur Dobson / Charles Brackenbury | Lagonda V12 | 4479 cc V12 | |
Lagonda Ltd. (GB) | 5.0 | |
| 6 | |
Lord Selsdon / Lord William Waleran | Lagonda V12 | 4479 cc V12 | |
Lord Selsdon (GB) | 5.0 | |
| 7 | |
André Morel / Jim Bradley | Talbot-Lago T26 | 4468 cc L6 | |
Luigi Chinetti | 5.0 | |
| 8 | |
Philippe de Massa / Norbert Jean Mahé | Talbot-Lago T150SS | 3998 cc L6 | |
T.A.S.O. Mathieson | 5.0 | |
| 9 | |
René Le Begue / Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago SS | 3996 cc L6 | |
Luigi Chinetti | 5.0 | |
| 10 | |
Jean Trémoulet / Raoul Forestier | Talbot-Lago SS | 3997 cc L6 | |
Jean Trémoulet | 5.0 | |
| 11 | |
André Bellecroix / Gaston Serraud | Delahaye 135CS | 3575 cc L6 | |
André Bellecroix | 5.0 | |
| 12 | |
Louis Villeneuve / René Biolay | Delahaye 135CS | 3590 cc L6 | |
Louis Villeneuve | 5.0 | |
| 14 | |
Joseph Chotard / Jacques Seylair | Delahaye 135CS | 3575 cc L6 | |
Joseph Chotard | 5.0 | |
| 15 | |
Robert Mazaud / Marcel Mongin | Delahaye 135CS | 3565 cc L6 | |
Robert Mazaud | 5.0 | |
| 16 | |
Joseph Paul / Jean Trévoux | Delahaye 135CS | 3604 cc L6 | |
Ecurie Francia | 5.0 | |
| 18 | |
Marcel Contet / Robert Brunet | Delahaye 135CS | 3575 cc L6 | |
Ecurie Francia | 5.0 | |
| 19 | |
Eugène Chaboud / Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Delahaye 135CS | 3568 cc L6 | |
Ecurie Francia | 5.0 | |
| 20 | |
R.R.C. Rob Walker / Ian Connell | Delahaye 135CS | 3557 cc L6 | |
Count Heyden | 5.0 | |
| 21 | |
Louis Gérard / Georges Monneret | Delage D6-3L | 2991 cc L6 | |
Ecurie Walter Watney | 3.0 | |
| 22 |  |
Armand Hug / Roger Loyer | Delage D6-3L | 2968 cc L6 | |
Ecurie Walter Watney | 3.0 | |
| 25 |  |
Raymond Sommer / Prince Bira | Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS | 2443 cc L6 | |
Raymond Sommer | 3.0 | |
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Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe / Fritz Hans Wenscher | BMW 328 | 1976 cc L6 | |
BMW (D) | 2.0 | |
| 27 | |
Ralph Röese / Paul Heinemann | BMW 328 | 1976 cc L6 | |
BMW (D) | 2.0 | |
| 28 | |
Willi Breim / Rudolf Scholtz | BMW 328 | 1976 cc L6 | |
BMW (D) | 2.0 | |
| 29 | |
Robert P. Hichens / Mortimer Morris-Goodall | Aston Martin Speed Model | 1969 cc L4 | |
Robert Hitchens | 2.0 | |
| 30 | |
Otto Löhr / Paul von Guilleaume | Adler Trumpf | 1498 cc L4 | |
Adler | 1.5 | |
| 31 | |
Victor Polledry / R. Robert | Aston Martin 1½-Litre | 1497 cc L4 | |
Victor Polledry | 1.5 | |
| 32 | |
Peter Clark / Marcus Chambers | HRG | 1496 cc L4 | |
Ecurie Lapin Blanc | 1.5 | |
| 34 | |
Just-Emile Vernet / Carl de Bodard | Riley TT Sprite | 1496 cc L4 | |
Just Emile Vernet | 1.5 | |
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Miles Collier / Lewis Welch | MG Midget PA | 847 cc L4 | |
Michael Collier | 1.1 | |
| 37 | |
Geoffrey White / C.M. Anthony | Morgan 4/4 | 1104 cc L4 | |
Mrs. Marjorie Fawcett | 1.1 | |
| 38 | |
Victor Camerano / Henri Louveau | Simca 8 | 1090 cc L4 | |
Victor Camerano (F) | 1.1 | |
| 39 | |
Amédée Gordini / José Scaron | Simca 8 | 1087 cc L4 | |
Gordini (F) | 1.1 | |
| 40 | |
Jean Breillet / Albert Debille | Simca 8 | 1087 cc L4 | |
Gordini (F) | 1.1 | |
| 41 | |
Guy Lapchin / Charles Plantivaux | Simca 8 | 1087 cc L4 | |
Gordini (F) | 1.1 | |
| 42 | |
Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier / Suzanne Largeot | Simca 8 | 1087 cc L4 | |
Me. Anne-Rose Itier | 1.1 | |
| 43 | |
Robert Cayeux / Gaston Tramar | Simca 8 | 1090 cc L4 | |
Just Emile Vernet (F) | 1.1 | |
| 44 | |
Archie Scott Brown / Tommy Wisdom | Singer Nine Le Mans | 980 cc L4 | |
Archie Scott | 1.1 | |
| 45 | |
Arthur W. Jones / Gordon Wilkins | Singer Nine Le Mans | 972 cc L4 | |
Arthur Jones | 1.1 | |
| 46 | |
Jacques Savoye / Pierre Savoye | Singer Nine | 967 cc L4 | |
Jacques Savoye | 1.1 | |
| 47 | |
Claude Bonneau / Max Mathieu | MG Midget PB | 954 cc L4 | |
Claude Bonneau | 1.1 | |
| 48 | |
Adrien Alin / Albert Alin | Simca 5 | 566 cc L4 | |
Gordini (F) | 750 | |
| 49 | |
Maurice Aimé / Albert Leduc | Simca 5 | 570 cc L4 | |
Gordini (F) | 750 | |
|
Fritz Huschke von Hanstein / Karkmann | Adler | 1.5 cc L6 | |
Adler | 1.5 | dns | |
| Dodson / Davis | Bentley 4 ¼ | 4250 cc L6 | André Embiricos | dna | ||||
| Robert Arbuthnot | Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A | 2900 cc L8 | Robert Arbuthnott | dna | ||||
| Bentley | dna | |||||||
| Atalanta | dna | |||||||
| Delahaye 145 | 4500 cc V12 | Lucy O'Reilly Schell | dna | |||||
Results:
| Position: | No. | Drivers: | Car: | Laps: | Distance: | Speed: | Group pos.: | ||
| 1st | 1 | |
Jean-Pierre Wimille / Pierre Veyron | Bugatti T57 | 249 | 3354.760 km | 139.781 km/h | 8.0 | 1st |
| 2nd | 21 | |
Louis Gérard / Georges Monneret | Delage D6-3L | 245 | 3312.222 km | 138.009 km/h | 3.0 | 1st |
| 3rd | 5 | |
Arthur Dobson / Charles Brackenbury | Lagonda V12 | 239 | 3229.451 km | 134.560 km/h | 5.0 | 1st |
| 4th | 6 | |
Lord Selsdon / Lord William Waleran | Lagonda V12 | 239 | 3219.481 km | 134.145 km/h | 5.0 | 2nd |
| 5th | 26 | |
Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe / Fritz Hans Wenscher | BMW 328 | 236 | 3188.450 km | 132.852 km/h | 2.0 | 1st |
| 6th | 12 | |
Louis Villeneuve / René Biolay | Delahaye 135CS | 235 | 3180.287 km | 132.511 km/h | 5.0 | 3rd |
| 7th | 27 | |
Ralph Röese / Paul Heinemann | BMW 328 | 230 | 3106.969 km | 129.457 km/h | 2.0 | 2nd |
| 8th | 20 | |
R.R.C. Rob Walker / Ian Connell | Delahaye 135CS | 224 | 3025.799 km | 126.074 km/h | 5.0 | 4th |
| 9th | 28 | |
Willi Breim / Rudolf Scholtz | BMW 328 | 220 | 2975.903 km | 123.995 km/h | 2.0 | 3rd |
| 10th | 39 | |
Amédée Gordini / José Scaron | Simca 8 | 213 | 2885.906 km | 120.246 km/h | 1.1 | 1st |
| 11th | 14 | |
Joseph Chotard / Jacques Seylair | Delahaye 135CS | 202 | 2733.409 km | 113.892 km/h | 5.0 | 5th |
| 12th | 29 | |
Robert P. Hichens / Mortimer Morris-Goodall | Aston Martin Speed Model | 199 | 2688.148 km | 112.006 km/h | 2.0 | 4th |
| 13th | 41 | |
Guy Lapchin / Charles Plantivaux | Simca 8 | 195 | 2640.811 km | 110.033 km/h | 1.1 | 2nd |
| 14th | 32 | |
Peter Clark / Marcus Chambers | HRG | 192 | 2599.700 km | 108.321 km/h | 1.5 | 1st |
| 15th | 37 | |
Geoffrey White / C.M. Anthony | Morgan 4/4 | 184 | 2493.292 km | 103.887 km/h | 1.1 | 2nd |
| 16th | 34 | |
Just-Emile Vernet / Carl de Bodard | Riley TT Sprite | 180 | 2434.625 km | 101.442 km/h | 1.5 | 3rd |
| 17th | 38 | |
Victor Camerano / Henri Louveau | Simca 8 | 163 | 2212.264 km | 92.177 km/h | 1.1 | 3rd |
| 18th | 45 | |
Arthur W. Jones / Gordon Wilkins | Singer Nine Le Mans | 154 | 2000.423 km | 87.100 km/h | 1.1 | 4th |
| 19th | 48 | |
Adrien Alin / Albert Alin | Simca 5 | 148 | 1999.472 km | 83.311 km/h | 750 | 1st |
| 20th | 49 | |
Maurice Aimé / Albert Leduc | Simca 5 | 147 | 1987.249 km | 82.802 km/h | 750 | 2nd |
| dnf | 25 | |
Raymond Sommer / Prince Bira | Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS | 173 | 2334.116 km | Engine | 3.0 | |
| dnf | 18 | |
Marcel Contet / Robert Brunet | Delahaye 135CS | 171 | 2307.132 km | Suspension | 5.0 | |
| dnf | 31 | |
Victor Polledry / R. Robert | Aston Martin 1½-Litre | 155 | 2091.260 km | dnf | 1.5 | |
| dnf | 3 | |
Luigi Chinetti / Donald Mathieson | Talbot-Lago T26 | 154 | 2077.768 km | acc. | 5.0 | |
| dnf | 22 | |
Armand Hug / Roger Loyer | Delage D6-3L | 152 | 2064.276 km | acc. | 3.0 | |
| dnf | 15 | |
Robert Mazaud / Marcel Mongin | Delahaye 135CS | 115 | 1551.580 km | Fire | 5.0 | |
| dnf | 44 | |
Archie Scott Brown / Tommy Wisdom | Singer Nine Le Mans | 105 | 1416.660 km | Dirty Fuel | 1.1 | |
| dnf | 9 | |
René Le Begue / Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago SS | 102 | 1376.184 km | Ignition | 5.0 | |
| dnf | 19 | |
Eugène Chaboud / Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Delahaye 135CS | 99 | 1335.708 km | dnf | 5.0 | |
| dnf | 7 | |
André Morel / Jim Bradley | Talbot-Lago T26 | 88 | 1187.296 km | dnf | 5.0 | |
| dnf | 8 | |
Philippe de Massa / Norbert Jean Mahé | Talbot-Lago T150SS | 88 | 1187.296 km | dnf | 5.0 | |
| dnf | 10 | |
Jean Trémoulet / Raoul Forestier | Talbot-Lago SS | 68 | 876.980 km | dnf | 5.0 | |
| dnf | 36 | |
Miles Collier / Lewis Welch | MG Midget PA | 63 | 849.996 km | dnf | 1.1 | |
| dnf | 16 | |
Joseph Paul / Jean Trévoux | Delahaye 135CS | 62 | 849.996 km | dnf | 5.0 | |
| dnf | 11 | |
André Bellecroix / Gaston Serraud | Delahaye 135CS | 50 | 674.600 km | acc. | 5.0 | |
| dnf | 43 | |
Robert Cayeux / Gaston Tramar | Simca 8 | 50 | 674.600 km | dnf | 1.1 | |
| dnf | 4 | |
Pierre-Louis Dreyfus / Antoine Schumann | Talbot-Lago T26 | 45 | 607.140 km | dnf | 5.0 | |
| dnf | 47 | |
Claude Bonneau / Max Mathieu | MG Midget PB | 40 | 539.680 km | Carburettor | 1.1 | |
| dnf | 40 | |
Jean Breillet / Albert Debille | Simca 8 | 29 | 391.268 km | acc. | 1.1 | |
| dnf | 42 | |
Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier / Suzanne Largeot | Simca 8 | 26 | 350.792 km | acc. | 1.1 | |
| dnf | 30 | |
Otto Löhr / Paul von Guilleaume | Adler Trumpf | 6 | 80.952 km | Piston | 1.5 | |
| dnf | 46 | |
Jacques Savoye / Pierre Savoye | Singer Nine | 4 | 53.968 km | dnf | 1.1 | |
| Fastest lap: | Robert Mazaud (Delahaye 135CS) 5m 12.1s = 155.627 km/h |