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Event: Les 24 Heures du Mans Date: 12.6.1955
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.492 kms Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest

Le Mans 24 Hours
Weather: warm, rain on Sunday
Start time: 11/6 16:00
Grid: Le Mans start
Distance: 24 hours
Attendance: unknown
Entered: 87
Practiced: 70
Qualified: 60
Started: 60
Finished: 21
Classified: 21
Classes: Pract Start Class
Sports 5000 11 10 2
Sports 3000 14 13 1
Sports 2000 11 11 7
Sports 1500 10 10 6
Sports 1100 8 7 3
Sports 750 14 9 2
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Race notes:
During the race Levegh had a collision with Macklin, his Mercedes got a fire and flew into the grandstand. As a result of this worst ever racing car accident 82 specators were killed and many others were injured. The race was not stopped but team Mercedes later called off their remaining factory cars.
Pre-race sessions:
2 practice sessions held on 9-10/6
Winners:
Overall: 6 Jaguar D-type Hawthorn / Bueb
Sports 3000: 23 Aston Martin DB3S Collins / Frère
Sports 2000: 34 Bristol 450C Wilson / Mayers
Sports 1500: 37 Porsche 550 Spyder Polensky / von Frankenberg
Sports 1100: 49 Porsche 550 Spyder Veuillet / Arkus Duntov
Sports 750: 63 DB HBR Barquette mono centrale Panhard Cornet / Mougin
Fastest Laps:
Overall: 6 Jaguar D-type Mike Hawthorn (GB) 4:06.600 196.964 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers: Porsche (6), Jaguar (5), Ferrari (5), DB (4), Aston Martin (3), Bristol (3), MG (3), Triumph (3), Maserati (3), Mercedes-Benz (3)
Top engines by numbers: Panhard (8), Jaguar (6), Porsche (6), Bristol (5), Ferrari (5)
Top car types by numbers: Porsche 550 (6), Jaguar D-type (5), DB HBR (4)
Driver nationalities: GB (46), F (35), I (10), USA (9), D (6), B (4), CH (3), RA (3), IRL (2)
Team nationalities: GB (25), F (15), I (8), D (6), B (2), USA (2)
Most used colours: green (38%), blue (20%), red (18%), silver (11%), white (4%), yellow (4%)
Engine positions: front-engined (85%), mid-engined (12%), side-engined (3%)
Average engine size: 2109 cc
Oldest known drivers: Yves Giraud-Cabantous (51), René Bonnet (51), Pierre Levegh (50)
Youngest known drivers: Cesare Perdisa (23), Jacques Pollet (23), Masten Gregory (23)

Official Race Programme:

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