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1959 24 Heures du Mans
Le Mans
323 laps
Average speed of winner: 181.163 kph
Fastest lap: Jean Behra 4:00.9
Video links: Highlights
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| Finish | Class | Class Rank | Drivers | Car # | Team | Chassis | Engine | Owner | Laps |
| 1 | S 3.0 | 1 | Carroll Shelby | 5 | David Brown Racing Dept. | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | Aston Martin 3.0L I6 | David Brown | 323 |
| Roy Salvadori | |||||||||
| 2 | S 3.0 | 2 | Maurice Trintignant | 6 | David Brown Racing Dept. | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | Aston Martin 3.0L I6 | David Brown | 322 |
| Paul Frère | |||||||||
| 3 | GT 3.0 | 1 | Jean Blaton | 11 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Ferrari 250 GT LWB Coupe | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | Belge | 297 |
| Leon Dernier | |||||||||
| 4 | GT 3.0 | 2 | André Pilette | 18 | North American Racing Team | Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | NART | 296 |
| George Arents | |||||||||
| 5 | GT 3.0 | 3 | Fernand Tavano | 16 | Fernand Tavano | Ferrari 250 GT California | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | NART | 294 |
| Bob Grossman | |||||||||
| 6 | GT 3.0 | 4 | Lino Fayen | 20 | Lino Fayen | Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | Fayen | 293 |
| Gino Munaron | |||||||||
| 7 | GT 2.0 | 1 | Ted Whiteaway | 29 | Rudd Racing Ltd. | AC Ace | Bristol 2.0L I6 | Rudd Ltd. | 273 |
| John Turner | |||||||||
| 8 | GT 1.5 | 1 | Peter Lumsden | 41 | William S. Frost | Lotus Elite Mk 14 | Coventry Climax 1.2L I4 | William Frost | 270 |
| Peter Riley | |||||||||
| 9 | GT 750 | 1 | René Cotton | 46 | Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet | DB HBR4 | Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 | DB | 258 |
| Louis Cornet | |||||||||
| 10 | GT 1.5 | 2 | John Whitmore | 42 | Border Reivers | Lotus Elite Mk 14 | Coventry Climax 1.2L I4 | Reivers | 257 |
| Jim Clark | |||||||||
| 11 | GT 750 | 2 | Bernard Consten | 45 | Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet | DB HBR4 | Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 | DB | 247 |
| Paul Armagnac | |||||||||
| 12 | GT 750 | 3 | Sture Nottorp | 44 | Sture Nottorp | Saab 93 Sport | Saab 0.7L I3 (2-Stroke) | Nottorp | 232 |
| Gunnar Bengtsson | |||||||||
| 13 | S 750 | 1 | Roger Delageneste | 55 | Automobili Stanguellini | Stanguellini 750 Sport BA | Fiat 0.7L I4 | Stanguellini | 220 |
| Paul Guiraud | |||||||||
| 14 | S 3.0 | 3 | Phil Hill | 14 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 250 TR59 | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | Ferrari | 263 |
| Olivier Gendebien | |||||||||
| 15 | GT 2.0 | 2 | Peter Jopp | 25 | Standard-Triumph | Triumph TR3S | Triumph 2.0L I4 | Standard-Triumph | 245 |
| Richard Stoop | |||||||||
| 16 | S 1.5 | 1 | Ed Hugus | 37 | Ed Hugus | Porsche 718 RSK | Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 | Hugus | 240 |
| Ray Erickson | |||||||||
| 17 | S 1.5 | 2 | Jean Kerguen | 35 | Jean Kerguen | Porsche 550 RS | Porsche 1.5L Flat-4 | Kerguen | 229 |
| Robert La Caze | |||||||||
| 18 | S 1.5 | 3 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | 36 | Baron Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche 718 RSK | Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 | de Beaufort | 186 |
| Christian Heins | |||||||||
| 19 | GT 2.0 | 3 | Ted Lund | 33 | F.W.R. Lund | MG MGA Twin Cam | MG 1.6L I4 | Ted Lund | 185 |
| Colin Escott | |||||||||
| 20 | S 2.0 | 1 | Jo Bonnier | 31 | Porsche KG | Porsche 718 RSK | Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 | Porsche | 182 |
| Wolfgang von Trips | |||||||||
| 21 | S 1.1 | 1 | Roger Masson | 49 | Roger Masson | DB HBR5 | Panhard 0.9L Flat-2 | Masson | 179 |
| Jean Vinatier | |||||||||
| 22 | GT 750 | 4 | René Bartholoni | 48 | Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet | DB HBR5 | Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 | DB | 169 |
| François Jaeger | |||||||||
| 23 | S 1.5 | 4 | Edgar Barth | 34 | Porsche KG | Porsche 718 RSK | Porsche 1.5L Flat-4 | Porsche | 168 |
| Wolfgang Seidel | |||||||||
| 24 | S 750 | 2 | Alan Stacey | 53 | Team Lotus Engineering | Lotus 17 | Coventry Climax 0.7L I4 | Lotus | 156 |
| Keith Greene | |||||||||
| 25 | S 3.0 | 4 | Ron Flockhart | 8 | Ecurie Ecosse | Tojeiro | Jaguar 3.0L I6 | Ecosse | 137 |
| John Lawrence | |||||||||
| 26 | S 3.0 | 5 | Dan Gurney | 12 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 250 TR59 | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | Ferrari | 129 |
| Jean Behra | |||||||||
| 27 | S 3.0 | 6 | Ivor Bueb | 1 | Brian Lister | Lister LM | Jaguar 3.0L I6 | Brian Lister | 121 |
| Bruce Halford | |||||||||
| 28 | S 3.0 | 7 | Graham Hill | 30 | Team Lotus Engineering | Lotus 15 | Coventry Climax 2.0L I4 | Lotus | 119 |
| Derek Jolly | |||||||||
| 29 | GT 2.0 | 4 | Ninian Sanderson | 27 | Standard-Triumph | Triumph TR3S | Triumph 2.0L I4 | Standard-Triumph | 114 |
| Claude Dubois | |||||||||
| 30 | S 3.0 | 8 | Edwin Martin | 19 | Edwin D. Martin | Ferrari 250 TR58 | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | Edwin Martin | 108 |
| William Kimberley | |||||||||
| 31 | GT 1.5 | 3 | Jean-Claude Vidilles | 38 | Equipe Los Amigos | Lotus Elite Mk 14 | Coventry Climax 1.2L I4 | Amigos | 105 |
| Jean-François Malle | |||||||||
| 32 | S 750 | 3 | Jean Laroche | 52 | OSCA Automobili | OSCA Sport 750 | OSCA 0.7L I4 | OSCA | 88 |
| André Testut | |||||||||
| 33 | S 2.0 | 2 | Jim Russell | 24 | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T49 Monaco Mk 1 | Coventry Climax 2.0L I4 | Cooper | 79 |
| Bruce McLaren | |||||||||
| 34 | S 2.0 | 3 | Hans Herrmann | 32 | Porsche KG | Porsche 718 RSK | Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 | Porsche | 78 |
| Umberto Maglioli | |||||||||
| 35 | S 3.0 | 9 | Stirling Moss | 4 | David Brown Racing Dept. | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | Aston Martin 3.0L I6 | David Brown | 70 |
| Jack Fairman | |||||||||
| 36 | S 3.0 | 10 | Innes Ireland | 3 | Ecurie Ecosse | Jaguar D-Type Modified | Jaguar 3.0L I6 | Ecosse | 70 |
| Masten Gregory | |||||||||
| 37 | S 2.0 | 4 | Giulio Cabianca | 23 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Dino 196S | Ferrari 1.9L V6 | Ferrari | 63 |
| Giorgio Scarlatti | |||||||||
| 38 | GT 750 | 5 | Alejandro de Tomaso | 50 | Alejandro de Tomaso | DB HBR5 | Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 | DB | 63 |
| Colin Davis | |||||||||
| 39 | S 750 | 4 | René Philippe Faure | 62 | Société E.F.A.C. | Stanguellini Efac SP | Fiat 0.7L I4 | EFAC | 58 |
| Georges Guyot | |||||||||
| 40 | GT 1.1 | 1 | Jacques Faucher | 59 | Jacques Faucher | DB HBR4 | Panhard 0.9L Flat-2 | Faucher | 53 |
| Gérard Laffargue | |||||||||
| 41 | S 3.0 | 11 | Graham Whitehead | 7 | A.G. Whitehead | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | Aston Martin 3.0L I6 | A.G. Whitehead | 52 |
| Brian Naylor | |||||||||
| 42 | S 3.0 | 12 | Walt Hansgen | 2 | Brian Lister | Lister LM | Jaguar 3.0L I6 | Brian Lister | 52 |
| Peter Blond | |||||||||
| 43 | S 3.0 | 13 | Lucien Bianchi | 10 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Ferrari 250 TR58 | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | Belge | 47 |
| Alain de Changy | |||||||||
| 44 | S 3.0 | 14 | Cliff Allison | 15 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 250 TR59 | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | Ferrari | 41 |
| Hermano da Silva Ramos | |||||||||
| 45 | S 750 | 5 | René-Louis Revillon | 56 | Automobili Stanguellini | Stanguellini 750 Sport Bialbero | Fiat 0.7L I4 | Stanguellini | 37 |
| Joseph Dieu | |||||||||
| 46 | GT 2.0 | 5 | Peter Bolton | 26 | Standard-Triumph | Triumph TR3S | Triumph 2.0L I4 | Standard-Triumph | 35 |
| Michael Rotschild | |||||||||
| 47 | GT 750 | 6 | Sydney Hurrell | 43 | S.A. Hurrell/R.M. North | Saab 93 Sport | Saab 0.7L I3 (2-Stroke) | Hurrell-North | 35 |
| Roy North | |||||||||
| 48 | S 750 | 6 | Pedro Rodríguez | 51 | OSCA Automobili | OSCA Sport 750TN | OSCA 0.7L I4 | OSCA | 32 |
| Ricardo Rodríguez | |||||||||
| 49 | GT 2.0 | 6 | John Dashwood | 60 | John Dashwood | Frazer-Nash Le Mans | Bristol 2.0L I6 | Dashwood | 30 |
| William Wilks | |||||||||
| 50 | S 750 | 7 | Mike Taylor | 54 | Team Lotus Engineering | Lotus 17 | Coventry Climax 0.7L I4 | Lotus | 23 |
| Jonathan Sieff | |||||||||
| 51 | S 3.0 | 15 | Gilbert Geitner | 17 | North American Racing Team | Ferrari 250 TR58 | Ferrari 3.0L V12 | NART | 21 |
| Rod Carveth | |||||||||
| 52 | GT 3.0 | 5 | Hubert Patthey | 21 | Écurie Trois Chevrons | Aston Martin DB4 GT | Aston Martin 3.0L I6 | Chevrons | 21 |
| Renaud Calderari | |||||||||
| 53 | GT 750 | 7 | Pierre Chancel | 47 | Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet | DB HBR4 | Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 | DB | 9 |
| Gérard Laureau |
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