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Event: 8emes Grand Prix d'Endurance de 24 Heures du MansDate: 22.6.1930
Track: Circuit Permanent de la Sarthe (France), 16.340 kmsOrganiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest

Le Mans 24 Hours
Non championship race
Weather:hot, sunny, rain on sunday afternoon
Start time:21/6 16:00
Grid:unknown
Distance:24 hours
Attendance:unknown
Entered:33
Practiced:19
Qualified:19
Started:17
Finished:9
Classified:9
Classes:PractStartClass
Sports +30001082
Sports 3000433
Sports 2000111
Sports 1500111
Sports 1000542
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Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 1440 minutes on 18-20/6 (on public roads)
Winners:
Overall:4Bentley Speed SixBarnato / Kidston
Sports 3000:15Talbot AO90Lewis / Eaton
Sports 2000:24Lea-Francis S-Type HyperPeacock / Newsome
Sports 1500:25Bugatti T40Mareuse / Siko
Sports 1000:27Tracta Type AGrégoire / Vallon
Fastest Laps:
Overall:9Bentley 4 ½ Litre 'Blower'Henry Birkin (GB)6:48.0000144.3620 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:29MG Midget M typeRobert Murton-Neale (GB)
Sports +3000:9Bentley 4 ½ Litre 'Blower'Henry Birkin (GB)
Sports 3000:23Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Super SportEarl Howe (GB)
Sports 2000:24Lea-Francis S-Type HyperKenneth Peacock (GB)
Sports 1500:25Bugatti T40Marguerite Mareuse (F)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Bentley (5), Talbot (2), Tracta (2), Stutz (2), MG (2)
Top engines by numbers:Bentley (5), Talbot (2), S.C.A.P. (2), Stutz (2), MG (2)
Top car types by numbers:Bentley Speed Six (2), Talbot AO90 (2), Tracta Type A (2), Bentley 4 ½ Litre (2), Stutz Model M (2), MG Midget M-type (2)
Driver nationalities:GB (20), F (11), D (2)
Team nationalities:GB (12), F (3)
Most used colours:green (41%), blue (35%), white (15%), dark (5%)
Engine positions:front-engined (100%)
Oldest known drivers:Dudley Benjafield (43), Woolf Barnato (35), Rudolf Caracciola (29)
Youngest known drivers:Johnny Hindmarsh (23), Brian Lewis (27), Philippe de Rothschild (28)
Female drivers:Marguerite Mareuse, Odette Siko

Official Race Programme:

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