Le Mans 24 Hours 1952 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Les 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 15.6.1952
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.492 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
Non championship race

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14/6 16:00
Grid:	Le Mans start
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	400000

Entered:	unknown
Practiced:	unknown
Started:	57
Finished:	17
Classified:	17

Classes:	Start	Class
Sports with compressor	1	1
Sports 8000	5	1
Sports 5000	12	2
Sports 3000	13	3
Sports 2000	4	3
Sports 1500	7	1
Sports 1100	4	2
Sports 750	11	4

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid

Winners:
Overall:	21	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	Lang / Riess
Sports with compressor:	6	Talbot Lago T26GS compr.	Chambas / Morel
Sports 8000:	1	Cunningham C-4R Chrysler	Cunningham / Spear
Sports 5000:	10	Nash-Healey	Johnson / Wisdom
Sports 2000:	39	Lancia Aurelia B20	Valenzano / "Ippocampo"
Sports 1500:	45	Jowett Jupiter R1	Becquart / Wilkins
Sports 1100:	50	Porsche 356 SL	Veuillet / Mouche
Sports 750:	60	Monopole Panhard X84	Hémard / Dussous
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	62	Ferrari 250 S Berlinetta Vignale	Alberto Ascari (I)	4:40.5000	173.1590 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	14	Ferrari 340 America Vignale Berlinetta	André Simon (F)
Sports with compressor:	6	Talbot Lago T26GS compr.	André Chambas (F)
Sports 8000:	2	Cunningham C-4RK Chrysler	Phil Walters (USA)
Sports 3000:	34	Gordini T15S	Jean Behra (F)
Sports 2000:	40	Lancia Aurelia B20	Felice Bonetto (I)
Sports 1500:	44	Gordini T15S	Roger Loyer (F)
Sports 1100:	50	Porsche 356 SL	Auguste Veuillet (F)
Sports 750:	57	DB Antem Barquette Panhard	René Bonnet (F)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ferrari (7), Renault (6), Aston Martin (5), Talbot-Lago (4), Mercedes-Benz (3), Cunningham (3), Porsche (3), Panhard (3), Jowett (3), Jaguar (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Ferrari (7), Panhard (6), Renault (6), Chrysler (5), Aston Martin (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Renault 4CV (6), Ferrari 340 America (4), Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (3), Talbot-Lago T26GS (3), Porsche 356 (3), Panhard Dyna (3), Jowett Jupiter (3), Jaguar C-type (3), Aston Martin DB3 (3)
Driver nationalities:	F (54), GB (30), I (9), USA (9), D (8), NL (2)
Most used colours:	blue (39%), green (20%), red (13%), silver (11%), white (4%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (83%), rear-engined (17%)
Average engine size:	2526 cc (with regard to 3% supercharged cars an applicable size is 2556 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	André Morel (68), Luigi Chinetti (51), Felice Bonetto (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Peter Collins (21), Stirling Moss (23), Ian Stewart (23)

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