1938 24 Hours of Le Mans
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
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Engine | Laps |
1 | 5.0 | 15 | Eugène Chaboud / Jean Trémoulet | Eugène Chaboud Jean Trémoulet | Delahaye 135CS | Delahaye 3.6L I6 | 235 |
2 | 5.0 | 14 | Gaston Serraud | Gaston Serraud Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Delahaye 135CS | Delahaye 3.6L I6 | 233 |
3 | 5.0 | 5 | Jean Prenant | Jean Prenant André Morel | Talbot T150SS Coupe | Talbot 4.0L I6 | 219 |
4 | 5.0 | 10 | Louis Villeneuve | Louis Villeneuve René Biolay | Delahaye 135CS | Delahaye 3.6L I6 | 218 |
5 | 2.0 | 24 | Emile Darl'mat | Charles de Cortanze Marcel Contet | Darl'mat DS | Peugeot 2.0L I4 | 214 |
6 | 2.0 | 28 | Adler | Peter Graff Orssich Rudolf Sauerwein | Adler Super Trumpf Rennlimousine | Adler 1.7L I4 | 211 |
7 | 1.5 | 33 | Adler | Otto Löhr Paul von Guillaume | Adler Trumpf Rennlimousine | Adler 1.5L I4 | 204 |
8 | 1.1 | 46 | Jacques Savoye | Jacques Savoye Pierre Savoye | Singer Nine Le Mans Replica "Savoye Special" | Singer 1.0L I4 | 174 |
9 | 1.1 | 42 | Just-Emile Vernet | Albert Debille Guy Lapchin | Simca Huit | Fiat 1.1L I4 | 172 |
10 | 1.5 | 31 | Ecurie Lapin Blanc | Peter Clark Marcus Chambers | HRG Le Mans | Singer 1.5L I4 | 170 |
11 | 1.1 | 48 | Victor Camerano | Victor Camerano Robert Klempeneré | Simca Huit | Fiat 1.1L I4 | 166 |
12 | 1.1 | 49 | Claude Bonneau | Claude Bonneau Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier | MG PA Midget Special | MG 1.0L I4 | 165 |
13 | 1.1 | 40 | Miss P.M. Fawcett | Marjorie Fawcett Geoffrey White | Morgan 4/4 | Coventry Climax 1.1L I4 | 163 |
14 | 750 | 51 | Amédée Gordini | Maurice Aimé Charles Plantivoux | Simca Cinq | Fiat 0.6L I4 | 151 |
15 | 750 | 52 | Amédée Gordini | Albert Leduc Athos Querzola | Simca Cinq | Fiat 0.6L I4 | 140 |
Did not finish
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