XLVII Grand Prix des 24 heures du Mans
Date
June 9, 1979
Circuit
Circuit de la Sarthe
Distance
13.631 Km x 307 Laps = 4,184.72 Km
Pole Position
Bob Wollek , 3.30.07
Fastest Lap
Jacky Ickx , 3.36.1

Race Result

Race Result

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Pos Driver Laps Time/Retire
1 Bill Whittington Don Whittington Klaus Ludwig 307  24h00m00.0
2 Dick Barbour Paul Newman Rolf Stommelen 300
3 François Servanin François Trisconi Laurent Ferrier 293
4 Angelo Pallavicini Herbert Müller Marco Vanoli 292
5 Bernard Darniche Jean Ragnotti 288
6 Hervé Poulain Manfred Winkelhock Marcel Mignot 285
7 Dieter Schornstein Edgar Dören Götz von Tschirnhaus 284
8 Bob Garretson Edwin Abate Skeeter McKitterick 279
9 Bob Harmon John Hotchkis Robert Kirby 276
10 Henri Pescarolo Jean-Pierre Beltoise 275
11 Claude Haldi Herbert Loewe Rodrigo Terran 271
12 Bernard de Dryver Jean Blaton Nick Faure Steve O´Rourke 270
13 Axel Plankenhorn John Winter Philippe Gurdjian 269
14 Jean-Daniel Raulet Max Mamers 268
15 Fréderic Alliot Jacques Guérin 265
16 Alain-Michel Bernard Georges Bourdillat Roland Ennequin 259
17 Richard Jones Robin Smith Tony Charnell 259
18 Brian Joscelyne Nick Mason Richard Jenvey Tony Birchenhough 254
19 Anny-Charlotte Verney Patrick Bardinon René Metge 243
20 Martin Raymond Ray Mallock 242
21 Max Cohen-Olivar Michel Elkoubi Pierre Yver 240
22 Albert Dufréne Bernard Verdier Noël del Bello 231
DNF David Hobbs Derek Bell 262 Clutch
DNF Jean-Claude Andruet Spartaco Dini 240 Engine
DNF Bob Wollek Hurley Haywood 236 Engine
DNF Claude Ballot-Léna Michel Leclère Peter Gregg 219 Accident
DNF Jacky Haran Jean Rondeau 207 Accident
DNF Hans Heyer Manfred Schurti 201 Engine
DNF Harald Grohs Jean-Louis Lafosse John Fitzpatrick 196 Engine
DNF Alain Levié Jean-Marie Lemerle Jean-Pierre Malcher 189 Clutch
DNF Alain Dechelette Charles Dechelette Marcel Tarrés 187 Collision
DNF Dominique Lacaud Michel Lateste 182 Clutch
DNF Bernard Salam Christian Bussi 182 Accident
DNF Denis Morin Roger Dorchy 157 Collision
DNF John Morton Milt Minter Ted Field 154 Engine
DNF John C.Cooper John Morrison Pete Lovett 146 Electrics
DNF Alain Cudini Hubert Striebig Hughes Kirschoffer 121 Fuel Pump
DNF Florian Vetsch Marc Sourd Roger Carmillet 92 Accident
DNF Mario Luini Philippe Roux Sandro Plastina 87 Engine
DNF Jacques Coulon Michel Pignard 87 Suspension
DNF Daniel Brillat Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann 80 Camshaft
DNF Bob Akin Rob McFarlin Roy Woods 78 Head Gasket
DNF Eric Vuagnat Georges Morand Jacques Boillat 76 Ignition
DNF Jean-Pierre Jarier Randolph Townsend Raymond Touroul 65 Engine
DNF André Chevalley Patrick Perrier Xavier Lapeyre 59 Lights
DNF Cyril Grandet Jean-Pierre Delaunay Preston Henn 54 Accident
DNF Chris Craft Gordon Spice 40 Fuel Feed
DNF Bob Evans Tony Trimmer 25 Head Gasket
DNF Alain de Cadenet François Migault 10 Gearbox

Disqualified

Driver Laps
Brian Redman Jacky Ickx 200 Assistance
Michel Dubois Pierre-François Rousselot 133 No Distance
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Vern Schuppan 121 No Distance
Gianfranco Brancatelli Maurizio Micangeli 108 No Distance

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Qualifying uploaded by DanielJong /
Pos Driver Time
1 Bob Wollek Hurley Haywood 3.30.07
2 Brian Redman Jacky Ickx 3.31.37
3 Bill Whittington Don Whittington Klaus Ludwig 3.34.64
4 Hans Heyer Manfred Schurti 3.36.65
5 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Vern Schuppan 3.41.63
6 Bernard Darniche Jean Ragnotti 3.43.28
7 Axel Plankenhorn John Winter Philippe Gurdjian 3.43.98
8 David Hobbs Derek Bell 3.44.83
9 Henri Pescarolo Jean-Pierre Beltoise 3.45.50
10 Alain de Cadenet François Migault 3.45.61
11 Harald Grohs Jean-Louis Lafosse John Fitzpatrick 3.46.25
12 André Chevalley Patrick Perrier Xavier Lapeyre 3.47.57
13 John C.Cooper John Morrison Pete Lovett 3.47.82
14 Martin Raymond Ray Mallock 3.48.44
15 Chris Craft Gordon Spice 3.49.26
16 Dick Barbour Paul Newman Rolf Stommelen 3.49.84
17 Dieter Schornstein Edgar Dören Götz von Tschirnhaus 3.51.01
18 Bob Evans Tony Trimmer 3.51.24
19 Jacky Haran Jean Rondeau 3.54.28
20 François Servanin François Trisconi Laurent Ferrier 3.55.08
21 Jean-Pierre Jarier Randolph Townsend Raymond Touroul 3.55.73
22 Jacques Coulon Michel Pignard 3.56.08
23 Hervé Poulain Manfred Winkelhock Marcel Mignot 3.57.38
24 Fréderic Alliot Jacques Guérin 3.57.47
25 John Morton Milt Minter Ted Field 3.58.49
26 Claude Haldi Herbert Loewe Rodrigo Terran 3.59.87
27 Jean-Daniel Raulet Max Mamers 4.00.01
28 Claude Ballot-Léna Michel Leclère Peter Gregg 4.00.78
29 Florian Vetsch Marc Sourd Roger Carmillet 4.01.32
30 Jean-Claude Andruet Spartaco Dini 4.02.42
31 Bruno Sotty Gérard Cuynet Marc Frischknecht 4.02.92
32 Bob Akin Rob McFarlin Roy Woods 4.03.39
33 Denis Morin Roger Dorchy 4.04.17
34 Max Cohen-Olivar Michel Elkoubi Pierre Yver 4.05.74
35 Richard Jones Robin Smith Tony Charnell 4.05.80
36 Cyril Grandet Jean-Pierre Delaunay Preston Henn 4.06.30
37 Alain Cudini Hubert Striebig Hughes Kirschoffer 4.06.62
38 Angelo Pallavicini Herbert Müller Marco Vanoli 4.06.65
39 Bob Harmon John Hotchkis Robert Kirby 4.07.05
40 Daniel Brillat Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann 4.07.17
41 Michel Dubois Pierre-François Rousselot 4.07.59
42 Dominique Lacaud Michel Lateste 4.08.08
43 Alain Dechelette Charles Dechelette Marcel Tarrés 4.08.26
44 Gianfranco Brancatelli Maurizio Micangeli 4.10.77
45 Bernard de Dryver Jean Blaton Nick Faure Steve O´Rourke 4.11.98
46 Mario Luini Philippe Roux Sandro Plastina 4.12.02
47 Albert Dufréne Bernard Verdier Noël del Bello 4.12.17
48 Anny-Charlotte Verney Patrick Bardinon René Metge 4.12.29
49 Brian Joscelyne Nick Mason Richard Jenvey Tony Birchenhough 4.12.47
50 Eric Vuagnat Georges Morand Jacques Boillat 4.12.91
51 Alain-Michel Bernard Georges Bourdillat Roland Ennequin 4.15.17
52 Bernard Salam Christian Bussi 4.15.82
53 Alain Levié Jean-Marie Lemerle Jean-Pierre Malcher 4.17.38
54 Bob Garretson Edwin Abate Skeeter McKitterick 4.18.19

Entry List

Entry List

Lap chart

Lap chart

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AVG Lap chart

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