24 Horas de Le Mans de 1949
Datos de esta edición:
– Longitud del circuito: 13.492 m
Primer clasificado:
– Distancia recorrida: 3.178,299 km
– Velocidad media: 132,420 km/h
– Margen r/ al segundo: 15,723 km
Vuelta rápida
– André Simon – #4 Delahaye 175S en 5min 12s 5 (155,428 km/h)
– 15ª Copa Bienal: #22 Ferrari 166MM – Lord Selsdon
– Premio de la Performance: #22 Ferrari 166MM – Lord Selsdon
Incidencias:
– #43 M.G. Twin Cam descalificado por ayuda exterior

CLASIFICACIÓN FINAL DE LAS 24 HORAS DE LE MANS DE 1949
Pos | Cat | Nº | Escudería [País] | Pilotos | Chasis Motor | Vueltas | D.recorrida Vel. media |
1 | S 2.0 | 22 | Lord Selsdon [GBR] | [GBR] Lord Selsdon [USA] Luigi Chinetti | Ferrari 166MM Ferrari 2.0L V12 | 235 | 3.178,299 km 132,420 km/h |
2 | S 3.0 | 15 | Henri Louveau [FRA] | [FRA] Henri Louveau [ESP] Juan Jover | Delage D6S-3L Delage 3.0L l6 | 234 | 3.162,576 km 131,774 km/h |
3 | S 2.0 | 3 | Mrs. P. Trevelyan [GBR] | [GBR] Harold John Aldington [GBR] Norman Culpan | Frazer Nash High Speed Le Mans Replica Bristol 2.0L I6 | 224 | 3.033,420 km 126,392 km/h |
4 | S 3.0 | 14 | W.S. Watney [GBR] | [FRA] Louis Gérard [ESP] Francesco Godia | Delage D6S-3L Delage 3.0L I6 | 212 | 2.871,737 km 119,655 km/h |
5 | S 5.0 | 11 | Pierre Meyrat [FRA] | [FRA] Pierre Meyrat [FRA] Robert Brunet | Delahaye 135CS Delahaye 4.0L I6 | 210 | 2.844.816 km 118,534 km/h |
6 | S 5.0 | 6 | H.S.F. Hay [GBR] | [GBR] H.S.F. Hay [GBR] Tommy Wisdom | Bentley – 4¼ Paulin Bentley 4.3L I6 | 210 | 2.841,380 km 118,391 km/h |
7 | S 2.0 | 27 | Arthur Jones [GBR] | [GBR] Arthur Jones [GBR] Nick Haines | Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports (DB1) Aston Martin 2.0L I4 | 207 | 2.801,165 km 116,715 km/h |
8 | S 1.5 | 35 | Écurie Lapin Blanc [GBR] | [GBR] Eric Thompson [GBR] Jack Fairman | HRG 1500 Lightweight Le Mans Singer 1.5L I4 | 202 | 2.736,182 km 114,008 km/h |
9 | S 5.0 | 12 | René Bouchard [FRA] | [FRA] René Bouchard [FRA] Pierre Larrue | Delahaye 135MS Delahaye 3.6L I6 | ? | 2.711,467 km 112,977 km/h |
10 | S 5.0 | 9 | Henry Leblanc [FRA] | [FRA] Henry Leblanc [FRA] Jean Brault | Delahaye 135CS Delahaye 3.6L I6 | ? | 2.619,820 km 109,149 km/h |
11 | S 2.0 | 29 | Robert Lawrie [GBR] | [GBR] Robert Lawrie [GBR] Robert W. Walker | Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports (DB1) Aston Martin 2.0L I4 | ? | 2.616,716 km 109,030 km/h |
12 | S 1.1 | 44 | Monopole-Poissy [FRA] | [FRA] Jean de Montrémy [FRA] Eugène Dussous | Monopole Sport Simca 1.1L I4 | ? | 2.502,195 km 104,258 km/h |
13 | S 3.0 | 20 | Jack Bartlett [GBR] | [GBR] Jack Bartlett [GBR] Nigel Mann | Healey Elliott Riley 2.4L I4 | ? | 2.439,177 km 101,632 km/h |
14 | S 1.1 | 47 | N.J. Mahé / R. Crovetto [FRA] | [FRA] Norbert Jean Mahé [FRA] Roger Crovetto | Simca 8 Gordini 1.1L I4 | ? | 2.408,647 km 100,369 km/h |
15 | S 750 | 58 | Let-Aviation [CZE] | [CZE] František Sutnar [CZE] Otto Krattner | Aéro Minor Sport 750 Aéro 0.7L Flat-2 (2 temps) | ? | 2.391,932 km 99,664 km/h |
16 | S 1.5 | 41 | Auguste Lachaize [FRA] | [FRA] Auguste Lachaize [FRA] Albert Debille | DB Tank Citroën 1.5L I4 | ? | 2.387,283 km 99,470 km/h |
17 | S 1.1 | 52 | André Guillard [FRA] | [FRA] André Guillard [FRA] Théodore Martin | Simca 8 Gordini 1.1L I4 | ? | 2.111,434 km 87,976 km/h |
18 | S 750 | 60 | Écurie Verte [FRA] | [FRA] Emmanuel Baboin [FRA] Pierre Gay | Simca 6 Simca 0.6L I4 | ? | 2.111,110 km 87,963 km/h |
19 | S 750 | 59 | Jacques Poch [FRA] | [CZE] Ivan Hodač [FRA] Jacques Poch | Aéro Minor Sport 750 Aéro 0.7L Flat-2 (2 temps) | ? | 2.031,438 km 84,643 km/h |
20 ABD | S 5.0 | 1 | André Chambas / Écurie Verte [FRA] | [FRA] André Chambas [FRA] André Morel | Talbot-Lago Gran Sport Coupé Talbot-Lago 4.5L I6 | 222 | – km Av. motor |
21 ABD | S 3.0 | 18 | Auguste Veuillet [FRA] | [FRA] Auguste Veuillet [FRA] Edmond Mouche | Delage D6-3L Delage 3.0L I6 | 208 | – km Av. motor |
22 ABD | S 2.0 | 28 | Mrs. R.P. Hichens [GBR] | [FRA] Pierre Marechal [GBR] Donald Mathieson | Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports (DB1) Aston Martin 2.0L l4 | 192 | – km Accidente |
23 ABD | S 5.0 | 4 | Charles Pozzi [FRA] | [FRA] Pierre Flahaut [FRA] André Simon | Delahaye 175S Delahaye 4.5L I6 | 179 | – km Av. motor |
24 ABD | S 1.5 | 42 | René Bonnet [FRA] | [FRA] René Bonnet [FRA] Charles Deutsch | DB 5 Citroën 1.5L I4 | 175 | – km Av. motor |
25 DSQ | S 1.5 | 43 | G.E. Phillips [GBR] | [GBR] George Phillips [GBR] R.M. Dryden | MG TC Special Body MG 1.3L I4 | 134 | – km Ayuda ext. |
26 ABD | S 5.0 | 8 | Louis Villeneuve [FRA] | [FRA] Marius Chanal [FRA] Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Delahaye 135CS Delahaye 3.6L I6 | 128 | – km Av. fuego |
27 ABD | S 5.0 | 10 | R.R.C. Walker Racing Team [GBR] | [GBR] Tony Rolt [GBR] Guy Jason-Henry | Delahaye 135CS Delahaye 3.6L I6 | 126 | – km Av. motor |
28 ABD | S 5.0 | 5 | Ets Delettrez [FRA] | [FRA] Jean Delettrez [FRA] Jacques Delettrez | Delettrez Diesel Delettrez 4.4L I6 (Diesel) | 123 | – km Sin combustible |
29 ABD | S 1.1 | 45 | Monopole-Poissy [FRA] | [FRA] Jean Hémard [FRA] Raymond Leinard | Monopole Simca 1.1L I4 | 120 | – km Av. motor |
30 ABD | S 1.1 | 48 | Just-Emile Vernet [FRA] | [FRA] Just-Emile Vernet [FRA] Claude Batault | Simca 8 Simca 1.1L I4 | 118 | – km Accidente |
31 ABD | S 1.1 | 56 | Jacques Savoye [FRA] | [FRA] Jacques Savoye [FRA] Marcel Renault | Singer Nine Le Mans Replica Singer 1.0L I4 | 97 | – km Av. cambio |
32 ABD | S 5.0 | 2 | Écurie France [FRA] | [FRA] Paul Vallé [FRA] Guy Mairesse | Talbot-Lago Monoplace Décalée Talbot-Lago 4.5L I6 | 95 | – km Av. motor |
33 ABD | S 1.1 | 54 | Mme Vivianne Elder [FRA] | [FRA] Vivianne Elder [FRA] René Camérano | Simca 8 Simca 1.1L I4 | 95 | – km Av. motor |
34 ABD | S 1.1 | 46 | Robert Redge [FRA] | [FRA] Félix Lecerf [FRA] Robert Redge | Simca Dého Simca 1.1L I4 | 89 | – km Av. cigüeñal |
35 ABD | S 1.1 | 50 | Amédée Gordini [FRA] | [FRA] Pierre Veyron [FRA] José Scaron | Simca-Gordini T8 Simca 1.1L I4 | 88 | – km Av. embrague |
36 ABD | S 1.5 | 34 | Écurie Lapin Blanc [GBR] | [GBR] Jack Scott-Douglas [GBR] Neville Gee | HRG 1500 Lightweight Le Mans Singer 1.5L I4 | 83 | – km Av. motor |
37 ABD | S 3.0 | 16 | Marc Versini [FRA] | [FRA] Marc Versini [FRA] Gaston Serraud | Delage D6-3L Delage 3.0L I6 | 58 | – km Av. motor |
38 ABD | S 2.0 | 23 | J.A. Plisson [FRA] | [FRA] Jean Lucas [FRA] Pierre Louis-Dreyfus | Ferrari 166MM Ferrari 2.0L V12 | 53 | – km Accidente |
39 ABD | S 5.0 | 3 | Charles Pozzi [FRA] | [FRA] Eugène Chaboud [FRA] Charles Pozzi | Delahaye 175S Delahaye 4.5L I6 | 52 | – km Av. fuego |
40 ABD | S 2.0 | 30 | Peter Monkhouse [GBR] | [GBR] Peter Monkhouse [GBR] Ernest Stapleton | Aston Martin Speed Model Aston Martin 2.0L I4 | 45 | – km Av. radiador |
41 ABD | S 1.1 | 51 | Robert Tocheport [FRA] | [FRA] Robert Tocheport [CHE] Roget Carron | Simca 8 Simca 1.1L I4 | 45 | – km Sin agua refr. |
42 ABD | S 1.5 | 36 | Just-Emile Vernet [FRA] | [FRA] Georges Trouis [FRA] Roger Eckerlein | Riley RMA Riley 1.5L I4 | 40 | – km Av. eléctrica |
43 ABD | S 2.0 | 31 | Dudley C. Folland [GBR] | [GBR] Anthony Heal [GBR] Dudley Folland | Aston Martin Speed Model Aston Martin 2.0L I4 | 26 | – km Av. radiador |
44 ABD | S 5.0 | 7 | Écurie Rosier [FRA] | [FRA] Louis Rosier [FRA] Jean-Louis Rosier | Talbot-Lago Spéciale Talbot-Lago 4.1L I6 | 21 | – km Av. radiador |
45 ABD | S 1.1 | 57 | Camille Hardy [FRA] | [FRA] Camille Hardy [FRA] Maurice Roger | Renault 4CV Renault 0.8L I4 | 21 | – km Av. motor |
46 ABD | S 1.5 | 33 | Écurie Lapin Blanc [GBR] | [GBR] Peter Clark [GBR] Mortimer Morris-Goodall | HRG 1500 Lightweight Le Mans Singer 1.5L I4 | 11 | – km Sin agua refr. |
47 ABD | S 3.0 | 19 | Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. [GBR] | [GBR] Leslie Johnson [GBR] Charles Brackenbury | Aston Martin DB2 Lagonda 2.6L I6 | 6 | – km Av. motor |
48 ABD | S 2.0 | 32 | Louis Eggen [BEL] | [BEL] Louis Eggen [BEL] Egon Kraft de la Saulx | Alvis TA 14 Alvis 1.9L I4 | 6 | – km Sin agua refr. |
49 ABD | S 1.1 | 49 | Amédée Gordini [FRA] | [FRA] Jean Trévoux [FRA] Marcel Lesurque | Simca-Gordini TMM Simca 1.1L I4 | 5 | – km Av. embrague |
ABD.=Abandona – ELI=Eliminado – DSQ.=Descalificado – NC.=No clasificado