1958 24 Hours of Le Mans


	1958 24 Hours Le Mans

The 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 26th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 21 and 22 June 1958, on the Circuit de la Sarthe. It was also the fifth round of the 1958 World Sports Car Championship, which was running to new regulations introduced at the beginning of the season.

The race was dominated by fifteen hours of rain, three of which were torrential, marking a bad summer solstice. There were thirteen accidents, one killing gentleman-driver Jean-Marie Brussin. It marked the first ever overall win for an American and a Belgian driver and was the third win for the Scuderia Ferrari. The works Testarossas took over the lead in the third hour when, this year, it was the British challenge that ran out of steam.

This year a revision put a maximum engine size of 3.0 litres. This was an effort to limit the very high speeds of the new Maserati and Ferrari prototypes (and, indirectly ruling out the Jaguars) in the Sportscar Championship. The equivalence for forced-induction engines (supercharged or turbo) was reduced from x1.4 down to only x1.2 to encourage manufacturers to utilise that technology.

For the race itself, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) allowed an increase of a driver's stint to a maximum of 40 laps (from 36), although the 14-hour total limit was still in place. Pushing a car anywhere on the track, aside from in the pit-line, was now no longer allowed.

Following Colin Chapman's example for Lotus in the previous year, many cars adopted the ‘wraparound’ windscreen to meet the official dimension requirements. This year Chapman introduced tonneau-covers for the passenger seat to reduce draught and air resistance.

Where we have not had a model of the car as raced through the business I've added another example of the car as an illustration (where I have one)

Pos	Car	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
1		14	Scuderia Ferrari	Olivier Gendebien Phil Hill	Ferrari 250 TR/58	Ferrari 3.0L V12	305
2	(example)	5	A.G. Whitehead (private entrant)	Peter Whitehead Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DB3S	Aston Martin 3.0L S6	293
3	(example)	29	Porsche KG	Jean Behra Hans Herrmann	Porsche 718 RSK	Porsche 1588cc F4	291
4	(example)	31	Porsche KG	Edgar Barth Paul Frère	Porsche 718 RSK	Porsche 1498cc F4	290
5	(example)	32	Baron de Beaufort	Carel Godin de Beaufort Herbert Linge	Porsche 550A	Porsche 1498cc F4	288
6		21	Equipe Nationale Belge	“Beurlys” (Jean Blaton) Alain de Changy	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	279
7		22	E. Hugus (private entrant)	Ed Hugus Ray “Ernie” Erickson	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	278
8	(example)	28	AC Cars Ltd	Richard “Dickie” Stoop Peter Bolton	AC Ace LM Prototype	Bristol 1971cc S6	257
N/C *	(example)	27	A.C. Ace Ltd.	Hubert Patthey Georges Berger	AC Ace	Bristol 1971cc S6	255
9	(example)	34	J.-P. Colas (private entrant)	Jean Kerguen "Franc" (Jacques Dewez)	Porsche 550A	Porsche 1498cc F4	254
10	(example)	42	Automobili OSCA	Alejandro de Tomaso Colin Davis	O.S.C.A. 750S	OSCA 749cc S4	252
11	(example)	44	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Gérard Laureau Louis Cornet	D.B. HBR-4 Spyder	Panhard 745cc F2	250
12	(example)	46	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Paul Armagnac Jean-Claude Vidilles	D.B. HBR-4 Spyder	Panhard 745cc F2	242
13	(example)	41	Automobili Osca	Jean Laroche Rémy Radix	O.S.C.A. 750S	OSCA 749cc S4	241
N/C *		10	B. Halford (private entrant)	Bruce Halford Brian Naylor	Lister	Jaguar 3.0L I6	241
N/C *	Still Looking	24	Peerless Cars	Peter Jopp Percy Crabb	Peerless GT Coupé	Triumph 1991cc S4	240
14	(example)	51	Équipe Monopole Courses	Jacques Poch Guy Dunaud-Saultier	Monopole X86	Panhard 745cc F2	218
15	(example)	45	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	Robert Mougin Jean Lucienbonnet	D.B. HBR-4 GTS Coupé	Panhard 745cc F2	214
16	Still Looking	53	Automobili Stanguellini	François Sigrand René-Louis Revillon	Stanguellini S750 Sport	Fiat 741cc S4	212
17	(example)	55	Team Lotus Engineering	Alan Stacey Tom Dickson	Lotus 11	Coventry Climax FWC 741cc S4	202
DNF	(example)	8	J. D. Hamilton (private entrant)	Duncan Hamilton Ivor Bueb	Jaguar D-Type	Jaguar 3.0L S6	251
DNF	(example)	3	Aston Martin Ltd.	Tony Brooks Maurice Trintignant	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Aston Martin 3.0L S6	173
DNF	(example)	38	Team Lotus Engineering	Innes Ireland Mike Taylor	Lotus 11	Coventry Climax FWA 1098cc S4	162
DNF	(example)	1	F. Godia-Sales (private entrant)	Francisco “Chico” Godia-Sales Jo Bonnier	Maserati 300 S	Maserati 3.0L S6	142
DNF	(example)	47	B. Deviterne (private entrant)	Marcel Laillier René Bartholoni	D.B. HBR-5 Coupé	Panhard 745cc F2	129
DNF	(example)	25	North American Racing Team	Pedro Rodríguez José Behra	Ferrari 500 TR	Ferrari 1998cc V12	119
DNF		12	Scuderia Ferrari	Mike Hawthorn Peter Collins	Ferrari 250 TR/58	Ferrari 3.0L V12	112
DNF	Still Looking	54	Automobili Stanguellini	René-Philippe Faure Michel Nicol	Stanguellini S750 Sport	Fiat 741cc S4	110
DNF	(example)	16	Scuderia Ferrari	Wolfgang von Trips Wolfgang Seidel	Ferrari 250 TR/58	Ferrari 3.0L V12	101
DNF		48	Équipe Monopole Course	Maurice van der Bruwaene Jacques Lefourel	Monopole X89	Panhard 745cc F2	101
DNF		40	John Ogier	Tommy Bridger Peter Blond	Tojeiro TCM	Coventry Climax FWA 1098cc S4	83
DNF		19	North American Racing Team	Fernand Tavano Edwin 'Ed' Martin	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	77
DNF		20	Equipe Los Amigos	François Picard Jaroslav Juhan	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	72
DNF	(example)	18	North American Racing Team	Dan Gurney Bruce Kessler	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	64
DNF	(example)	37	Squadra Virgilio Conrero	Jean Hébert Marcel Lauga	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	Alfa Romeo 1290cc S4	59
DNF	(example)	30	Porsche KG	Richard von Frankenberg Claude Storez	Porsche 718 RSK	Porsche 1588cc F4	55
DNF	(example)	4	Aston Martin Ltd.	Roy Salvadori Stuart Lewis-Evans	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Aston Martin 3.0L S6	49
DNF	(example)	11	H. Peignaux (private entrant)	"Mary" (Jean-Marie Brussin) André Guelfi	Jaguar D-Type	Jaguar 3.0L S6	47
DNF		17	F. Tavano (private entrant)	Alfonso Gomez-Mena Piero Drogo	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	45
DNF		50	Équipe Monopole Course	Bernard Consten Jean Vinatier	Monopole VM-S	Panhard 745cc F2	44
DNF	(example)	9	Equipe Nationale Belge	Freddy Rousselle Claude Dubois	Lister	Jaguar 3.0L S6	43
DNF	(example)	35	Lotus Engineering	Jay Chamberlain Pete Lovely	Lotus 15	Coventry Climax FPF 1476cc S4	39
DNF	Still Looking	52	Automobili Stanguellini	Georges Guyot Pierre Ros	Stanguellini 750 S	Fiat 741cc S4	38
DNF		58 (reserve)	Ecurie Francorchamps	Lucien Bianchi Willy Mairesse	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	33
DNF		36	Squadra Virgilio Conrero	Giorgio Ubezzi Eric Catulle	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ	Alfa Romeo 1290cc S4	31
DNF	(example)	2	Aston Martin Ltd.	Stirling Moss Jack Brabham	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Aston Martin 3.0L S6	30
DNF	(example)	57 (reserve)	M. Charles (private entrant)	Maurice Charles John Young	Jaguar D-Type	Jaguar 3.0L S6	29
DNF	(example)	39	Car Exchange	Bob Hicks Bill Frost	Lotus 11	Coventry Climax FWA 1098cc S4	28
DNF	(example)	23	J. Thépenier (private entrant)	Eugène Martin Michel Dagorne	Maserati 200 SI	Maserati 1994cc S4	20
DNF	(example)	56	Equipe Lotus France	André Héchard Roger Masson	Lotus 15	Coventry Climax FWMA 741cc S4	19
DNF	(example)	49	Équipe Monopole Course	René Cotton André Beaulieux	Monopole X86	Panhard 745cc F2	10
DNF	(example)	6	Ecurie Ecosse	Jack Fairman Masten Gregory	Jaguar D-Type	Jaguar 3.0L S6	7
DNF		26	Team Lotus Engineering	Cliff Allison Graham Hill	Lotus 15	Coventry Climax FPF 1965cc S4	3
DNF	(example)	7	Ecurie Ecosse	Ninian Sanderson John ‘Jock’ Lawrence	Jaguar D-Type	Jaguar 3.0L S6	2
DNF	Still Looking	43	Automobiles V.P.	Jean-Marie Dumazer Robert Dutoit	V.P. Spyder	Renault 747cc S4	2
DNS	(example)	15	J. Bonnier (private entrant)	Joakim ‘Jo’ Bonnier	Ferrari 250 TR	Ferrari 3.0L V12	0
DNS	(example)	33	C. Goethals (private entrant)	Christian Goethals	Porsche 550A	Porsche 1498cc F4	0
DNS	(example)	59 (reserve)	H. Schiller (private entrant)	Heinz Schiller Claude Tot Hans Wirz	Porsche 550A	Porsche 1498cc F4	0
DNS	Still Looking	60 (reserve)	Automobili Stanguellini	Roger Castelain Pierre Ros	Stanguellini 750 S	Fiat 741cc S4	0
DNS	Still Looking	61 (reserve)	Automobiles V.P.	Louis Chardin Michel Heymel	V.P. Sport	Renault 747cc S4	0
DNS	Still Looking	62 (reserve)	De Pontac	.. Laforcade Gaston Serraud	CTAP	Renault 747cc S4	0
DNS	Still Looking	63 (reserve)	Peerless Cars	Ian Baillie Richard Gibson John Dalton	Peerless GT Coupé	Triumph 1991cc S4	0

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