1931 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 1931 24 Hours of Le Mans
24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency, race teams have to balance speed against the cars' ability to run for 24 hours without sustaining...

was the 9th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 13 and 14 1931.

Official results

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Laps
1 3.0 16  United Kingdom Lord Howe  United Kingdom Lord Howe
Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, CBE, PC, VD was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, motor racing driver and promotor. In the 1918 UK General Election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929...


 United Kingdom Sir Henry Birkin
Henry Birkin
Sir Henry Ralph Stanley "Tim" Birkin, 3rd Baronet was a British racing driver, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s.-Background and family:...

Alfa Romeo 8C
Alfa Romeo 8C
-1935 Monoposto 8C 35 Type C:Eight 3.8 litre versions, sharing no castings with the earlier blocks, were individually built for racing in five months, most being used in the Alfa Romeo Monoposto 8C 35 Type C, as raced by Scuderia Ferrari. The 3.8 produced at 5500 rpm, and had from...

 2300 LM
Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo in motorsport
During its history, Alfa Romeo has competed successfully in many different categories of motorsport, including Grand Prix motor racing, Formula One, sportscar racing, touring car racing and rallies. They have competed both as a constructor and an engine supplier, via works entries and private...

 2.3L
Supercharged I8
184
2 8.0 1  Early Modern France Boris Ivanowski
Boris Ivanowski
Boris Ivanovsky was an officer of the Russian Imperial Guard who went into exile after the Russian revolution and made his way to fame in the 1920s as a racecar driver...

 Early Modern France Boris Ivanowski
Boris Ivanowski
Boris Ivanovsky was an officer of the Russian Imperial Guard who went into exile after the Russian revolution and made his way to fame in the 1920s as a racecar driver...


 Early Modern France Henri Stoffel
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...

 SSK
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...

 7.1L
Supercharged I6
177
3 3.0 11  United Kingdom Arthur W. Fox
 United Kingdom Charles Nicholl
 United Kingdom Tim Rose-Richards
 United Kingdom Owen Saunders-Davies
Talbot
Talbot
Talbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1986, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of different owners, latterly under Peugeot...

 AV105
Talbot
Talbot
Talbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1986, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of different owners, latterly under Peugeot...

 3.0L I6
173
4 5.0 9  Early Modern France Henri Trébort  Early Modern France Henri Trébort
 Early Modern France Louis Balart
La Lorraine-Dietrich
Dietrich Inc.
Dietrich Inc. was an American coachbuilder founded by Raymond H. Dietrich. It was later called Raymond H. Dietrich and finally Ray Dietrich Inc....

 B3-6
La Lorraine 3.4L I6 150
5 1.5 25  United Kingdom Aston Martin
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...

 United Kingdom A.C. Bertelli
 United Kingdom Maurice Harvey
Aston Martin
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...

 1½ International
Aston Martin
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...

 1.5L I4
139
6 1.1 29  Early Modern France Yves Giraud-Cabantous  Early Modern France Just-Emile Vernet
 Early Modern France Fernand Vallon
Caban Spéciale Ruby 1.1L I4 128

Disqualified

  • #31 failed to complete the final lap of the race in under 30 minutes and was disqualified.
  • #27 and #22 were disqualified for attempting to refuel before the allowed time.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Laps
7 750 31  United Kingdom Francis Samuelson  United Kingdom F.H.B. Samuelson
 United Kingdom Freddy Kindell
MG C-type Midget
MG C-Type
The MG C-type was produced by the MG Car company from 1931 to 1932. It was designed for competition use and based on the M-Type Midget. A special car, EX120 had been developed from the M-Type for George Eyston to make an attempt on the 750 cc class 24 hour record at Autodrome de Montlhéry in France...

MG
MG (car)
The MG Car Company is a former British sports car manufacturer founded in the 1920s by Cecil Kimber. Best known for its two-seat open sports cars, MG also produced saloons and coupés....

 0.7L Supercharged I4
?
8 1.1 27  Early Modern France M. de Ricou  Early Modern France Gustave Duverne
 Early Modern France Robert Girod
B.N.C. B.N.C. 1.1L I4 ?
9 1.5 22  Early Modern France Mme. Marguerite Mareuse  Early Modern France Marguerite Mareuse
 Early Modern France Odette Siko
Bugatti Type 40 Bugatti
Bugatti
Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....

 1.5L I4
?

Did Not Finish

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Laps
10 3.0 10  United Kingdom Arthur W. Fox
 United Kingdom Charles Nicholl
 United Kingdom Brian E. Lewis
 United Kingdom Johnny Hindmarsh
Talbot
Talbot
Talbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1986, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of different owners, latterly under Peugeot...

 AV105
Talbot
Talbot
Talbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1986, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of different owners, latterly under Peugeot...

 3.0L I6
132
11 1.5 26  United Kingdom Aston Martin
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...

 United Kingdom Sammy Newsome
 United Kingdom Kenneth Peacock
Aston Martin
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...

 1½ International
Aston Martin
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...

 1.5L I4
126
12 1.5 24  United Kingdom Aston Martin
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...

 United Kingdom Humphrey W. Cook
 United Kingdom Jack Bezzant
Aston Martin
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...

 1½ International
Aston Martin
Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...

 1.5L I4
111
13 3.0 14 Soc. Anon. Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo in motorsport
During its history, Alfa Romeo has competed successfully in many different categories of motorsport, including Grand Prix motor racing, Formula One, sportscar racing, touring car racing and rallies. They have competed both as a constructor and an engine supplier, via works entries and private...

Goffredo Zehender
Attilio Marinoni
Alfa Romeo 8C
Alfa Romeo 8C
-1935 Monoposto 8C 35 Type C:Eight 3.8 litre versions, sharing no castings with the earlier blocks, were individually built for racing in five months, most being used in the Alfa Romeo Monoposto 8C 35 Type C, as raced by Scuderia Ferrari. The 3.8 produced at 5500 rpm, and had from...

 2300
Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo in motorsport
During its history, Alfa Romeo has competed successfully in many different categories of motorsport, including Grand Prix motor racing, Formula One, sportscar racing, touring car racing and rallies. They have competed both as a constructor and an engine supplier, via works entries and private...

 2.3L I8
99
14 1.5 23  Early Modern France Jean Sébilleau  Early Modern France Jean Sébilleau
 Early Modern France Georges Delaroche
Bugatti Type 40 Bugatti
Bugatti
Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....

 1.5L I4
96
15 3.0 12  United Kingdom Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth  United Kingdom Peter Hope-Johnson
 United Kingdom Jack H. Barlett
Arrol-Aster
Arrol-Aster
Arrol-Aster was a British car maker founded in 1927 when Arrol-Johnston and Aster merged. The Wembley, London works of Aster was closed and production concentrated at the Heathhall, Dumfries factory of Arrol-Johnston....

Arrol-Aster 2.4L I6 95
16 1.1 28  Early Modern France Yves Giraud-Cabantous  Early Modern France Roger Labric
Roger Labric
Roger Labric was a French journalist and racing driver.It was he who entered the Bugatti 57G cars in the 1937 Le Mans 24 Hour race ....


 Early Modern France Yves Giraud-Cabantous
Caban Spéciale Caban 1.1L I4 89
17 1.1 30  Early Modern France Lombard  Early Modern France Charles Cherrier
 Early Modern France Camille Royer
Lombard Lombard 1.1L I4 45
18 750 32  United Kingdom Hon. Mrs. Chetwynd  United Kingdom Mrs. Chetwynd
 United Kingdom Mrs. H.H. Stisted
MG C-type Midget
MG C-Type
The MG C-type was produced by the MG Car company from 1931 to 1932. It was designed for competition use and based on the M-Type Midget. A special car, EX120 had been developed from the M-Type for George Eyston to make an attempt on the 750 cc class 24 hour record at Autodrome de Montlhéry in France...

MG
MG (car)
The MG Car Company is a former British sports car manufacturer founded in the 1920s by Cecil Kimber. Best known for its two-seat open sports cars, MG also produced saloons and coupés....

 0.7L Supercharged I4
30
19 5.0 7  United Kingdom Anthony Bevan  United Kingdom Anthony Bevan
 United Kingdom Mike Couper
Bentley 4½
Bentley Blower
The Bentley 4½ Litre is a British sports car built by Bentley Motors. Replacing the Bentley 3 Litre, it is famous for epitomizing prewar British motor racing and for its popular slogan "there's no replacement for displacement", created by the founder of Bentley, Walter Owen Bentley...

Bentley
Bentley
Bentley Motors Limited is a British manufacturer of automobiles founded on 18 January 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley known as W.O. Bentley or just "W O". Bentley had been previously known for his range of rotary aero-engines in World War I, the most famous being the Bentley BR1 as used in later...

 4.4L I4
29
20 5.0 5  Early Modern France Equipe Bugatti
Bugatti
Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....

 Early Modern France Albert Divo
 Early Modern France Guy Bouriat
Bugatti Type 50S Bugatti
Bugatti
Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....

 5.0L Supercharged I8
26
21 5.0 4  Early Modern France Equipe Bugatti
Bugatti
Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....

Achille Varzi
 Monaco Louis Chiron
Louis Chiron
Louis Alexandre Chiron was a Grand Prix driver.-Career:As a teenager, Louis Chiron fell in love with cars and racing. He learned to drive at a young age and joined the Grand Prix circuit after World War I where he had been requisitioned from the artillery section to serve as a chauffeur...

Bugatti Type 50S Bugatti
Bugatti
Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....

 5.0L Supercharged I8
24
22 3.0 19  Early Modern France Antoione Schumann  Early Modern France Pierre Louis-Dreyfus
 Early Modern France Mariette Delangle
Bugatti Type 43 Bugatti
Bugatti
Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....

 2.3L I8
22
23 5.0 6  Early Modern France Equipe Bugatti
Bugatti
Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....

Count Caberto Conelli
Caberto Conelli
Carlo Alberto Conelli, count de Prosperi, best known as Caberto Conelli was a sometime Italian racecar driver....


 Early Modern France Maurice Rost
Bugatti Type 50S Bugatti
Bugatti
Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....

 4.9L Supercharged I8
20
24 8.0 3  Early Modern France Éduoard Brisson  Early Modern France Éduoard Brisson
Joseph Cattaneo
Stutz
Stutz Motor Company
The Stutz Motor Company was a producer of luxury cars based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Production began in 1911 and continued through 1935. The marque reappeared in 1968 under the aegis of Stutz Motor Car of America, Inc., and with a newly defined modern retro-look. Although the company is...

 DV32
Stutz
Stutz Motor Company
The Stutz Motor Company was a producer of luxury cars based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Production began in 1911 and continued through 1935. The marque reappeared in 1968 under the aegis of Stutz Motor Car of America, Inc., and with a newly defined modern retro-look. Although the company is...

 5.3L Supercharged I8
19
25 8.0 2 No Team Name  Early Modern France Henri De Costier
 Early Modern France Raymond Lussan
Chrysler Imperial
Chrysler Imperial
The Chrysler Imperial, introduced in 1926, was the company's top of the range vehicle for much of its history. Models were produced with the Chrysler name until 1954, and again from 1990 to 1993. The company tried to position the cars as a prestige marque that would rival Cadillac and Lincoln...

Chrysler
Chrysler
Chrysler Group LLC is a multinational automaker headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. Chrysler was first organized as the Chrysler Corporation in 1925....

 6.3L I8
18
26 5.0 8 No Team Name  Early Modern France Raymond Sommer
Raymond Sommer
Raymond Sommer was a Grand Prix motor racing driver....


 Early Modern France Jean Delemer
Chrysler
Chrysler
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 80
Chrysler
Chrysler
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4.6L I6
14

Statistics

  • Fastest Lap – #1 Boris Ivanowski – 7:03
  • Distance – 3017.654 km
  • Average Speed – 125.735 km/h

Trophy Winners

  • 7th Biennial Cup – #16 Lord Howe
  • Index of Performance – #16 Lord Howe
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