1926 24 Hours of Le Mans

The fourth 24 - hour race at Le Mans, the Grand Prix d' Endurance les 4e 24 Heures du Mans, held from 12 to June 13, 1926 held at the Circuit des 24 Heures.

History and race

After last year's dispute with a landowner who had made the relocation of the pit area near the Mulsanne necessary, this could some far-reaching with the organizer in the spring of 1926. The Automobile Club de l' Ouest acquired the land and built on the new pit facilities and grandstands. There were also restaurants, a separate building for the press and parking spaces for 3,000 vehicles. For the first time viewers could also read the status of the race by a large display board that still had to be awkward operated by hand, however.

Chenard Walcker & had declared his retirement just before the race, so that France was represented primarily by Lorraine -Dietrich and Ariès. But the first time was Peugeot with a 2 -car factory team at the start. Great attraction in the team was the legendary French Grand Prix veteran Louis Wagner, who had in 1908 the third Grand Prix motor racing history, the American Grand Prix in Svannah won and who in the 1910s for factory team from Mercedes. Bentley sent three cars in the race, and from Italy Officine Meccaniche came back two. However, the big surprise was the participation of three Willys from the USA. However, a car lost the Americans after a training accident.

In the race to be first led the Peugeots, but both do not finish the race. When Wagner / d' Auvergne car failed after a pit stop, the starter, and the long -propelled second second works car was taken to a broken windshield by the officials of the race. After this unpopular measure, there were significant expressions of displeasure of the audience. Since all three Bentleys failed with technical defects, there was at the end of the race a triple victory for Lorraine -Dietrich. It was the second consecutive win for the team and the driver André Rossignol became the first participant in the race, this could win twice.

Results

Pilot after Nations

  • Oldest Starter: France Gaston Delalande (52 years )

Final ranking

1 accident in training

Only in the message list

Here are the teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the competition, but it did not participate for various reasons.

Class winner

Race data

  • Reported: 43
  • Started: 41
  • Counted: 13
  • Racing classes: 5
  • Attendance: unknown
  • Honorary starter of the race: unknown
  • Weather during the race weekend: warm and sunny
  • Distance: 17.262 km
  • Travel time of the winning team: 24:00:00,000 hours
  • Total rounds of the winning team: 148
  • Total distance of the winning team: 2552.414 km
  • Winners section: 106.350 km / h
  • Pole Position: unknown
  • Fastest race lap: Marcel Mongin - Lorraine -Dietrich B3 -6 ( # 5) - 9.03.000 - 114.444 km / h
  • Race series: counted at any racing series
Circuit de la Sarthe Lorraine-Dietrich Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft Robert Bloch (racing driver) Ferdinando Minoia Rolland-Pilain E.H.P. Salmson Corre-La Licorne Jousset S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis Bignan (automobile) Peugeot Type 174 Frank Clement (racing driver) Jean Chassagne Arthur Duray Georges Irat 1923 24 Hours of Le Mans 1924 24 Hours of Le Mans 1925 24 Hours of Le Mans 1927 24 Hours of Le Mans 1928 24 Hours of Le Mans 1929 24 Hours of Le Mans 1930 24 Hours of Le Mans 1931 24 Hours of Le Mans 1932 24 Hours of Le Mans 1933 24 Hours of Le Mans 1934 24 Hours of Le Mans 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans 1936 24 Hours of Le Mans 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans 1938 24 Hours of Le Mans 1939 24 Hours of Le Mans 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans 1980 24 Hours of Le Mans 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans
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