V Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1927
Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France

 

Date: June 18-19, rain at night Track Length (m): 17 262
Attendance:   Fastest Lap: Frank Clement, Bentley, 8'46" = 118.142 km/h
Entries:   Pole Position:  
Practiced:   Distance (km): 2369.807
Starters: 22 Average Speed (km/h): 98.740
Classified: 7    

 

Pos Clas-
sific.		 # Team / Entrant
Car - Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
Vol
(cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Laps
Km
Hour		 Reason Out / Notes
1 1 3 Bentley Motors Ltd, GBR
Bentley Sport 3 Litre ('old No 7')		 Dr John Dudley Benjafield, GBR
Sammy Davis, GBR		 2941 4 3.0 2369.807  
2 2 25
Salmson GS		 André de Victor, FRA
J Hasley, FRA		 1094 4 1.1 2019.999  
3 3 23
Salmson GS		 Georges Casse, FRA
André Rousseau, FRA		 1094 4 1.1 2002.173  
4 4 15
S.C.A.P. 1.5 Litre		 Lucien Desvaux, FRA
Fernand Vallon, FRA		 1493 4 1.5 1915.211  
5 5 26 Etablissements Henri Precioux, FRA
E.H.P. DS - CIME		 Guy Bouriat, FRA
Pierre Bussienne, FRA		 1094 4 1.1 1874.510  
6 6 21
S.A.R.A. BDE		 André Marandet, FRA
Gonzaque Lécureul, FRA		 1099 4 1.1 1844.844  
7 7 20
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (Front Wheel Drive)		 Jean-Albert Gregoire, FRA
Lucien Lemesle, FRA
DNS Pierre Fenaille, FRA		 1099 4 1.1 1687.394  
                   
8 NC 16
S.C.A.P.		 Henri Guilbert, FRA
Albert Clément, FRA		 1480 4 1.5 ?  
                   
9 DNF 4
Ariés Surbaissée 3-litre		 Robert Laly, FRA
Jean Chassagne, FRA		 2957 4 3.0 122
2226.798		 Ignition
10 DNF 8
Fasto A3S		 Raymond Leroy, FRA
Pierre Mesnel, FRA		 1996   2.0 96
1657.152		  
11 DNF 10
Fasto A3S		 Michel Doré, FRA
Roger Hellot, FRA		 1996   2.0 75
1294.650		  
12 DNF 9
Fasto A3S		 Brosselin
Frédéric Thellusson, GBR/BEL		 1996   2.0 72
1242.864		  
13 DNF 14
S.A.R.A. SP7		 Gaston Mottet, FRA
Emile Maret, FRA		 1498 6 1.5 50
863.100		  
14 DNF 22
S.A.R.A. ATS		 Henri Armand, FRA
Gaston Duval, FRA		 1099 4 1.1 42
725.004		  
15 DNF 1 Bentley Motors Ltd, GBR
Bentley 4 ½ Litre		 Frank Clement, GBR
Leslie Callingham, GBR
DNS Capt. Clive Gallop, GBR		 4379 4 5.0 35
604.170		 Accident
16 DNF 12
Theo Schneider 25 SP		 Jacques Chanterelle, FRA
René Schiltz, FRA		 1954 4 2.0 34
586.908		 Accident
17 DNF 2 Bentley Motors Ltd, GBR
Bentley Sport 3 Litre		 Baron André d'Erlanger, FRA
George Duller, GBR		 2995 4 3.0 34
586.908		 Accident
18 DNF 11
Theo Schneider 25 SP		 Robert Poitier, FRA
Pierre Tabourin, FRA		 1954 4 2.0 26
448.812		 Accident
19 DNF 29
Ariés 8-10 CV		 Fernand Gabriel, FRA
"Michel Paris", (Louis Paris), FRA		 1088 4 1.1 23
397.026		 Accident
20 DNF 24
Salmson GS		 Lionel de Marmier, FRA
Pierre Goutte, FRA		 1094 4 1.1 21
362.502		 Starter motor
21 DNF 28
Ariés 8-10 CV		 Arthur Duray, FRA
Roger Delano, FRA		 1088 4 1.1 16
276.192		 Camshaft
22 DNF 27 Etablissements Henri Precioux, FRA
E.H.P. DS - CIME		 Henri De Costier, FRA
Georges Guignard, FRA		 1094 4 1.1 8
138.896		 Cooling
                   
23 DNS 19
Tracta		 Pierre Fenaille, FRA
Etienne Boussot, FRA		     1.1   Accident on road to Le Mans
                   
24 DNA  
Rolland-Pillain		            
25 DNA  
Rolland-Pillain		            
26 DNA  
Rolland-Pillain		            
27 DNA  
Ariés		            
28 DNS  
GM		            
29 DNA  
GM		            
30 DNA  
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (FWD)		            
31 DNA  
Steyr		            

Class Winners:

3rd Biennial Cup - Index of Performance
(Rudge-Whitworth Cup)		 G. Casse / A. Rousseau Salmson
Prix le Saint-Didier (50 000 F in cash) A. de Victor / J. Hasley Salmson
2000 - 3000 cc J.D. Benjafield / S.C.H. Davis Bentley
1100 - 1500 cc L. Desvaux / F. Vallon SCAP
750 - 1100 cc A. de Victor / J. Hasley Salmson

 

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