Pole position: Probably Le Mans start by engine size order
Fastest lap: Hawthorn and Scott-Brown, 2.05 = 135,67 kmh
Distance: 15 laps
Average speed: 132,27 kmh
Weather: Sunny but very cold
Ruleset: Modifications “somewhat controlled” “More closely resembling production models” “Amelioration”-only modifications of production parts allowed
Car info:
Postponed from its traditional May date because of the Suez crisis, the opening laps saw a splendid fight between Hawthorn, Scott Brown, Hamilton and Bueb all in the “new” 3.4 litre Jaguars. Their cornering was spectacular “door-handles nearly scraping the ground”. Scott Brown’s car expired in a cloud of brake fluid smoke. Harold Grace beat main rival Sears (both in BMC assisted cars) with Flockhart’s Coombs Jag 2.4 as interloper. Noel Cunningham Reid was impressive in the AFN DKW. Foster and Waller in their BMC assisted MGs narrowly beat Bridger’s Borgward. M. Adler had a very lucky escape when he clipped the inside concrete wall at Club and rolled his Austin A105 practically into a ball! |
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| Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
| 1 | 1 | 61 | Jaguar 3.4 Litre |
Mike Hawthorn, GB |
3442 | L6 | E (C according to contemporary mags) | 15 laps, 32.03 | 2.05 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Jaguar 3.4 Litre |
Duncan Hamilton, GB |
3442 | L6 | E (C according to contemporary mags) | 15 laps, 32.14 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | Jaguar 3.4 Litre |
Ivor Bueb, GB |
3442 | L6 | E (C according to contemporary mags) | 15 laps, 32.53 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | Riley Pathfinder |
Harold Grace, GB |
2443 | L4 | D | 14 laps, 32.15 | |||||
| 5 | 2 | John Coombs Jaguar 2.4 Litre |
Ron Flockhart, GB |
2483 | L6 | D | 14 laps, 32.16 | |||||
| 6 | 3 | Austin A105 |
Jack Sears, GB |
2639 | L6 | D | 14 laps, 32.26 | |||||
| 7 | 4 | Ford Zephyr Mk II |
Jeff Uren, GB |
2553 | L6 | D | ||||||
| 8 | 5 | Ford Zephyr Mk II |
Ian Walker |
2553 | L6 | D | ||||||
| 9 | 6 | Ford Zephyr Mk II |
Dennis Scott, GB |
2553 | L6 | D | ||||||
| 10 | 7 | Ford Zephyr Mk II |
Edward Harrison, GB |
2553 | L6 | D | ||||||
| 11 | 8 | Ford Zephyr Mk II |
Cuth Harrison, GB |
2553 | L6 | D | ||||||
| 1 | Dick Jacobs/BMC MG Magnette |
Alan Foster, GB |
1489 | L4 | B | 14 laps, 32.02 | 2.24,2 | |||||
| 2 | Dick Jacobs/BMC? MG Magnette |
John Waller |
1489 | L4 | B | 14 laps, 34.04 | ||||||
| 3 | Metcalfe & Munday? Borgward Isabella TS |
Tommy Bridger |
1493 | L4 | B | 14 laps, 34.06 | ||||||
| 1 | AFN/W.H. Aldington DKW |
Noel Cunningham-Reid |
896 | L3 | A | 13 laps, 32.55 | ||||||
| 2 | Team Speedwell Austin A35 |
John Sprinzel, GB |
948 | L4 | A | 13 laps, 32.55 | x | |||||
| 3 | Morris Minor |
W.G. Wright |
948 | L4 | A | 13 laps, 34.17 | ||||||
| 43 | Ford Zephyr Mk II |
Peter Riley, GB |
2553 | L6 | D | |||||||
| Wolseley 15/50 |
P.J. Simpson |
1250 | L4 | B | ||||||||
| Standard Ten |
J.P. Baldam |
948 | L4 | A | ||||||||
| MG Magnette |
Vic Derrington |
1489 | L4 | B | ||||||||
| Gregor Grant MG Magnette |
John Dalton |
1489 | L4 | B | ||||||||
| Renault Dauphine |
D.S. Boston |
845 | L4 | A | ||||||||
| Austin A35 |
Bob Gerard, GB |
948 | L4 | A | ||||||||
| Borgward Isabella TS |
John Wallwork |
1493 | L4 | B | ||||||||
| DNF | Austin A90 |
Alan Adler |
2639 | L6 | D | Acccident | ||||||
| DNF | Jaguar 3.4 Litre |
Archie Scott Brown, GB |
3442 | L6 | E (C according to contemporary mags) | 5 | 2.05 | Brakes | ||||
| Wolseley 15/50 |
Eric Fenning |
1250 | L4 | B | ||||||||
| DNS? | DKW |
Ian Scott-Watson |
896 | L3 | A | |||||||
| DNS? | Renault Dauphine |
V. Wydham-Hatton |
845 | L4 | A | |||||||
| DNS? | Borgward Isabella TS |
A. Hind |
1493 | L4 | B | |||||||
| DNS? | Austin A35 |
R. Richards |
948 | L4 | A | |||||||
Remarks: Team prize: Jaguar (with Dunlop tires and Shell fuel)