1959 24 Hours of Le Mans
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Reason
DNS GT1.5 58 ( reserve ) J.R. Stoop ( private entrant ) Douglas Graham Mike McKee Lotus Elite Coventry Climax FWE 1216cc S4 Road accident
DNA S3.0 9 Equipe Nationale Belge Lucien Bianchi Mauro Bianchi Jacques Croisier Lister Sport Jaguar 3.0L S6 Withdrawn
DNA GT2.0 28 Equipe Nationale Belge André Pilette Armand Blaton AC Ace Bristol 1971cc S6 Withdrawn
DNA GT1.5 39 Squadra Virgilio Conrero Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Alfa Romeo 1290cc S4 Withdrawn
DNA GT1.5 40 Squadra Virgilio Conrero José Rosinski Claude Bobrowski Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Alfa Romeo 1290cc S4 Withdrawn
DNA GT1.5 57 Team Lotus Engineering Colin Chapman Lotus Elite Coventry Climax FWE 1216cc S4 Withdrawn
Official results -- Did Not Start
The 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 27th 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 20 and 21 June 1959, on Circuit de la Sarthe. It was also the fourth round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. The prospect of an exciting duel between Ferrari, Aston Martin and giantkillers Porsche was enough to draw large crowds and some 150,000 spectators gathered for Frances classic sports car race, around the 8.38-mile course. Aston Martin finally achieved the coveted outright win, doing it with a 1-2 finish. The marque had first entered the Le Mans race in 1928, running every race since 1931 and had finished second three times and third twice before this victory.