1950 24 Hours of Le Mans

18th 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race June 2026 1949 1950 1951 thumb|upright=1.3|Le Mans in 1950 The 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans was a motor race for sports cars, staged at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France on 24 and 25 June 1950. It was the 18th Grand Prix of Endurance. The race was won by the French father-and-son pairing of Louis and Jean-Louis Rosier driving a privately entered Talbot-Lago. Regulations The revival of motor-racing post-war was now in full swing – the FIA had published its new rules for single-seater racing and inaugurated the new World Championship of Drivers. Its Appendix C addressed two-seater sportscar racing, giving some definition for racing prototypes. The same categories (based on engine capacity) were kept, although the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) added an extra class at the top end – for over 5.0L up to 8.0L. After last year's issues with the hybrid ‘ternary’ fuel, the ACO now supplied 80-octane gasoline as standard, thereby removing the need. The track was widened except for the run from Mulsanne to Indianapolis, and the re-surfacing completed, thus promising to give faster times and be a quicker race.Laban 2001, p. 104. Finally, the iconic Dunlop bridge was rebuilt – a footbridge over the circuit just after the first corner.Spurring 2011, p. 54. Entries A record 112 entries were received by the ACO, and they accepted 60 for the start – another record.Spurring 2011, p. 53.Clausager 1982, p. 79 This year there were 24 entries in the S3000, S5000 and S8000 classes. The biggest car this year carrying the #1, was a Manufacture d'armes de Paris MAP Diesel that was the first car to race at Le Mans with a mid-mounted engine (a supercharged 4.9L engine), with veteran racer and 1939 winner Pierre Veyron. alt=Cunningham's Cadillac Series 61 "Petit Pataud" passing under the Dunlop Bridge during the race.|thumb|Cunningham's Cadillac Series 61 "Petit Pataud" passing under the Dunlop Bridge during the race. thumb|Cunningham's Cadillac Series 61 "Le Monstre" The first Americans to race at Le Mans in 21 years arrived - Briggs Cunningham bought across two 5.4L Cadillacs, one a standard Series 61 sedan and the other with an ugly aerodynamic bodyshell refined in the Grumman Aircraft wind tunnel.Laban 2001, p .105. They were soon nicknamed ‘’Petit Petaud (Small puppy)’’ and ‘’Le Monstre’’ respectively by the French, but Briggs saw the joke and had the names written on the bonnets beside the American flags.Spurring 2011, p. 64. Both were fitted with pit-to-car radios. But this year, the big news was the first appearance of Jaguar – with three new 3.4L XK120s. Factory-prepared, they were released to select private entrants to test the waters.Spurring 2011, p. 53.Laban 2001, p. 106. Other British entries included an Allard with the big 5.4L Cadillac engine, co-driven by Sydney Allard himself; the Bentley saloon from last year returned, along with a second, even older (1934), car to represent the marque. This year Aston Martin came with three 2.6L DB2 works entries (now being run by John WyerSpurring 2011, p. 62.). After their spectacular success last year, Ferrari arrived with three 166 MM cars, as well as a new model: a pair of 195 S cars, with a bigger 2.4L V12, entered by last year's winner Luigi Chinetti. This year Chinetti drove with Dreyfus, and was able to convince the great French driver Raymond Sommer (with whom he had won in 1932) to postpone his retirement to drive his other car.Clausager 1982, p. 80 The French defended their home turf with a pair of fast privately entered Talbot-Lago T26 (based on the current Grand Prix car) and the urbane SS coupe. Too heavy to be competitive in the new World Championship, their speed and durability made them ideal for Le Mans.Laban 2001, p. 106. Charles Pozzi returned with two Delahaye 175 S in his new Ecurie Lutetia team, the Delettrez brothers had their diesel special back, and two old Delage D6s returned (for the last time) including that of Henri Louveau who had staged such a spirited chase the year before. Also, with better preparation time, Amédée Gordini entered a big team of his new T15 cars, including two fitted with superchargers to take on the Ferraris. His regular Grand Prix drivers, Maurice Trintignant and Robert Manzon drove one and two new Argentinians Juan-Manuel Fangio and José Froilán González (both competing in F1 this year) the other – all Le Mans debutants along with Jean Behra in a 1500 Gordini. In the mid-size S2000 and S1500 classes, aside from the Ferraris and the two mid-size Gordinis, was an assortment of makes including Frazer-Nash, Jowett, Peugeot, Fiat and MG. If the French were under-represented in the big classes, they made up for it in the S1100 and S750 small-car categories, with 20 of the 25 entries, including works entries from Gordini, Monopole, Panhard, DB, Renault and Simca. Czechoslovakia was represented by two manufacturers: Aero-Minor, back from the 1949 race, and Škoda, all in the S1100 class. Practice In practice, Raymond Sommer showed that the new Ferraris were fastest, with a five-minute lap exactly – ahead of the Talbot-Lagos. Auguste Veuillet crashed and rolled his Delahaye, but after overnight repairs, it was ready for the race the next day, only for the car to refuse to start with a flat battery. Race Start Lined up, as was Le Mans tradition, according to effective engine capacity, it was Tom Cole in the Allard who was the first to get going. Last to get away was Fangio's Gordini with an engine misfire.Spurring 2011, p. 70. Sommer overtook a dozen cars to lead at the end of the first lap, ahead of Cole, Meyrat's Talbot, Peter Whitehead in the new Jaguar and Trintignant in the supercharged Gordini.Motor 1950. On lap 2 Cunningham slid “Le Monstre” into the Mulsanne sandbank and had to spend 15 minutes digging it outRoad & Track 1950. By the fifth lap, Rosier had his Talbot up to third and Chinetti had the other big Ferrari up to fifth. It stayed pretty much like that for the first few hours with Sommer putting in some very fast laps, averaging just under 99 mph to extend his lead.Clausager 1982, p. 80Motor 1950. But then the pressure of that pace told and he lost a cylinder and had to pit with electrical problems from a dislodged alternator, dropping him to fifth. That let Rosier into the lead in the 3rd hour, and he then put in some blistering laps to break up the pursuing pack. As the sun set and in the cooler air he broke Sommer's new lap record by almost ten secords with Le Mans’ first race lap averaging over 100 mph km/h. At the end of four hours, it was Rosier, Chinetti, Sommer, Meyrat - Talbot, Ferrari, Ferrari, Talbot - then the Allard and the first Jaguar. Night alt=The Ferrari 195 S of Sommer/Serafini, which retired due to electrical issues|thumb|The Ferrari 195 S of Sommer and Serafini, which led early on but retired due to electrical issues Going into the night, Sommer/Serafini's ongoing electrical problems continued to plague them, taking them out of the running then finally leading to retirement after midnight – with no lights! Further excitement in the night happened when the Pozzi Delahaye had an engine-fire while refuelling, right in front of the second-placed Mairesse Talbot in at the same time.Autocar 1950. But once the flames were out, Flahault jumped in and drove out without even checking for damageRoad & Track 1950. Early on Sunday morning while running second, the Allard's 3-speed gearbox lost its two lowest gears. It could not be repaired, so the mechanics jammed it into 3rd and sent it back out again, having dropped down to 8th. Around a similar time the differential on Chinetti's Ferrari started playing up, after also running in the top 3 for first half of the race; they eventually retired mid-morning. At the halfway point after 12 hours, it was the two Talbots of Rosier and Meyrat/Mairesse (six laps apart), then a lap back to the Johnson/Hadley Jaguar, the Rolt/Hamilton Nash-Healey and the struggling Allard.Road & Track 1950. Morning At 5am the leader came into the pits with a 7-lap lead, and Rosier personally replaced the rocker-shaft. His son then took the car out for just 2 laps while Louis cleaned up and ate some bananas. Then Rosier Sr got back in, resuming in 3rd, and drove on for the rest of the race.Spurring 2011, p. 54. With Rosier in the pits, the second Talbot took the lead and held it for three hours, with the Jaguar of Johnson/Hadley in second. But Rosier was a man on a mission and before 9am, he had overtaken both and was back in the lead. He had to pit later in the morning when he struck an owl, smashing the (tiny) windscreen and giving him a black eye.Spurring 2011, p. 56. At 8am Jean Lucas, running sixth, crashed and rolled Lord Selsdon’s Ferrari, getting minor injuries and taking the last of the prancing horses out of the race. The Anglo-American Nash-Healey prototype of Rolt/Hamilton had been in the top-5 since halfway and was 3rd when it was punted off the track by Louveau's Delage. The 45 minutes spent on repairs dropped it a position. Pozzi's Delahaye had run as high was 5th through the night, but then the fire and subsequent overheating dropped it down. Late in the morning at a pit-stop, pent-up pressure blew off the radiator cap, which the officious stewards deemed an illegal breakage of the security seals and controversially disqualified him. By midday the old order was restored: the two Talbots, now only a lap apart, three laps back to the Jaguar and a further lap to the Nash-Healey. Rosier eased off, conserving his car, but keeping a solid lead. Then the Jaguar of Johnson/Hadley had to retire with less than 3 hours to go when the clutch finally let go, after the drivers had had to use engine-breaking because of a lack of brakes. But it was Tim Cole who was lapping fastest of all in fourth, even though he still only had top gear, and caught Rolt (having to driver carefully with a dodgy rear axle and fading brakes) with 30 minutes to go. Finish and post-race alt=The winning Talbot-Lago T26 GS|thumb|The winning Talbot-Lago T26 GS thumb|The third placed Allard J2, pictured in 2006 In the end, Louis Rosier cruised to the win, and with Guy Mairesse and Pierre Meyrat, gave one of Talbot-Lago's greatest days – coming 1st & 2nd (in fact, all 3 cars finished - the sedan was 13th), and a record distance coveredMoity 1974, p. 42. All the first five finishers beat the 1939 distance record.Moity 1974, p. 42. 14 of 16 British cars that entered finished, taking the 8.0L, 3.0L, 2.0L and 1.5L class wins. The Allard finished third, the Nash-Healey was fourth ahead of two of John Wyer’s Aston Martins that had run like clockwork. They were comfortably ahead of Louveau's Delage in seventh, that had finished 2nd the year before but this year never had the pace, despite running trouble-free. The new Frazer-Nash (driven by ex-fighter pilot Dickie Stoop) took the S2000 class and the lightened works Jowett Javelin roadster easily won the S1500 class by 12 laps, driven by the coincidentally-named Wise and Wisdom. By contrast all five Ferraris retired, as did all nine Simca-engined cars, including the six works Gordinis. Both the Bentleys finished – though Louis Rosier did a herculean job driving for all but 2 laps, Eddie Hall in the TT finished 8th and became the only driver to finish a Le Mans going solo the whole distance (just over 3200km).Spurring 2011, p. 54. Likewise both Cadillacs finished (10th & 11th – positions they had held virtually the whole race) even though ‘’Le Monstre’’, like the Allard, had been stuck in top gear for most of the raceSpurring 2011, p. 64. The little Czech Aero repeated its win from 1949 in the smallest (S750) class, beating the French contingent it went up against. The Abecassis/Macklin Aston Martin had taken the lead in the Index of Performance in the morning, but a strong drive in their little Monopole-Panhard #52 (611cc, 36bhp) by company owners Pierre Hérnard & Jean de Montrémy meant they exceeded their designated distance by exactly the same margin thereby sharing the Index victory.Moity 1974, p. 42. The Jaguar management were satisfied with the performance of their cars – two finished, and the other had run as high as second before retiring, but resolved to fix the brake problems that had troubled all three cars through the race The French racer, Raymond Sommer was killed later in the year, at a Formula 2 race at Cadours.The Motor 1951, p. 179. Official results Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Laps 1 S5.0 5 FRA Louis Rosier(private entrant) FRA Louis RosierFRA Jean-Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago T26 GS Biplace Talbot-Lago 4.5L S6 256 2 S5.0 7 FRA Pierre Meyrat(private entrant) FRA Pierre MeyratFRA Guy Mairesse Talbot-Lago T26Monoplace Decalee Talbot-Lago 4.5L S6 255 3 S8.0 4 GBR S.H. Allard GBR Sydney AllardUSA 1912 Tom Cole Jr. Allard J2 Cadillac 5.4L V8 251 4 S5.0 14 GBR Healey Motors Ltd. GBR Tony RoltGBR Duncan Hamilton Nash-Healey E Nash 3.8L S6 250 5 S3.0 19 GBR Aston Martin Ltd. GBR George AbecassisGBR Lance Macklin Aston Martin DB2 Aston Martin 2.6L S6 249 6 S3.0 21 GBR Aston Martin Ltd. GBR Reg ParnellGBR Charles Brackenbury Aston Martin DB2 Aston Martin 2.6L S6 244 7 S3.0 18 FRA Henri Louveau(private entrant) FRA Henri LouveauFRA Jean Estager Delage D6-3L Delage 3.0L S6 241 8 S5.0 11 GBR E.R. Hall(private entrant) GBR Eddie Hall GBR Tom Clarke Bentley Corniche TT Coupé Bentley 4.3L S6 236 9 S2.0 30 GBR H.J. Aldington(private entrant) GBR Richard "Dickie" StoopGBR T.A.S.O. "Donald" Mathieson Frazer Nash Milla Miglia Bristol 2.0L S6 235 10 S8.0 3 USA 1912 Briggs Cunningham(private entrant) USA 1912 Miles CollierUSA 1912 Sam Collier Cadillac Coupe de Ville Cadillac 5.4L V8 233 11 S8.0 2 USA 1912 Briggs Cunningham(private entrant) USA 1912 Briggs CunninghamUSA 1912 Phil Walters Cadillac Spider Cadillac 5.4L V8 232 12 S5.0 15 GBR P.T.C. Clark(private entrant) GBR Peter ClarkGBR Nick Haines Jaguar XK120S Jaguar 3.4L S6 230 13 S5.0 6 FRA André Chambas(private entrant) FRA André ChambasFRA André Morel Talbot-Lago Gran Sport Coupe Talbot-Lago 4.5L S6 228 14 S5.0 12 GBR H.S.F. Hay(private entrant) GBR Jack 'Zoltan' HayGBR Hugh Hunter Bentley 4¼ Paulin Bentley 4.3L S6 225 15 S5.0 16 GBR P.C.D. Walker(private entrant) GBR Peter WhiteheadGBR John Marshall Jaguar XK120S Jaguar 3.4L S6 225 16 S1.5 36 GBR Jowett Cars Ltd. GBR Tommy WisdomGBR Tommy Wise Jowett Jupiter Javelin Jowett 1486cc Flat-4 220 17 S3.0 22 GBR R. Lawrie(private entrant) GBR Rob LawrieGBR Geoffrey Beetson Riley RMC Riley 2.5L S4 213 18 S1.5 39 GBR G.E. Phillips(private entrant) GBR George PhillipsGBR Eric Winterbottom MG TC Special MG 1244cc S4 208 19 S3.0 23 GBR N.H. Mann(private entrant) GBR Nigel MannGBR Mortimer Morris-Goodall Healey Elliott Riley 2.4L S4 203 20 S2.0 31 GBR N.R. Culpan(private entrant) GBR Norman CulpanGBR Lt. Cdr. Peter Wilson Frazer Nash High SpeedLe Mans Replica Bristol 2.0L S6 201 21 S750 51 CSK Rudý Letov Letnany NLD Maurice GatsonidesNLD Henk Hoogeven Aero Minor 750 Aero 744cc Flat-2(2-Stroke) 184 22 S750 52 FRA Établissements Monopole FRA Jean de MontrémyFRA Jean Hémard Monopole X84 Panhard 611cc Flat-2 180 23 S750 58 FRA Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet FRA René BonnetFRA Élie Bayol DB Sport Panhard 611cc Flat-2 175 24 S1.1 46 FRA J.L.V. Sandt(private entrant) FRA Jean SandtFRA Hervé Coatalen Renault 4CV Renault 760cc S4 171 25 S1.1 48 FRA L. Pons(private entrant) FRA Jacques LecatFRA Louis Pons Renault 4CV Renault 760cc S4 170 26 S750 55 FRA A. Lachaize(private entrant) FRA Auguste LachaizeFRA Albert Debille Panhard Dyna X84 Sport Panhard 611cc Flat-2 168 27 S1.1 45 FRA J.-E. Vernet(private entrant) FRA Just-Emile VernetFRA Roger Eckerlein Renault 4CV Renault 760cc S4 158 28 S750 56 FRA R. Gaillard(private entrant) FRA Raymond GaillardFRA Pierre Chancel Callista RAN D120 Panhard 611cc Flat-2 153 29 S750 57 BEL L. Eggen(private entrant) BEL Louis EggenBEL "Escale" Panhard Dyna X84 Panhard 611cc Flat-2 151 Did Not Finish Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Laps Reason 30 S5.0 17 GBR L. Johnson(private entrant) GBR Leslie JohnsonGBR Bert Hadley Jaguar XK120S Jaguar 3.4L S6 220 Clutch 31 S5.0 8 FRA Ecurie Lutetia FRA Charles PozziFRA Pierre Flahaut Delahaye 175S Delahaye 4.5L S6 165 DisqualifiedWater leak 32 S2.0 28 GBR Peter Mitchell-Thomson, Lord Selsdon(private entrant) GBR Peter Mitchell-Thomson, Lord SelsdonFRA Jean Lucas Ferrari 166 MM Berlinetta LM Ferrari 2.0L V12 164 Accident 33 S1.1 43 FRA Automobiles Gordini FRA Georges BlondelFRA Raoul Martin Gordini T15S Simca 1090cc S4 157 Engine 34 S1.1 41 FRA Mmes Rouault et Gordine(private entrant) FRA Germaine RouaultFRA Régine Gordine Gordini T11 MM Simca 1090cc S4 143 Accident 35 S750 49 FRA J. Poch(private entrant) FRA Jacques PochFRA Edmond Mouche Aero Minor Aero 744cc Flat-2(2-Stroke) 139 Wheel bearing 36 S1.1 40 FRA N.-J. Mahé(private entrant) FRA Norbert Jean MahéFRA Sacha Gordine Simca Huit Simca 1090cc S4 126 Engine 37 S3.0 24 USA 1912 Luigi Chinetti USA 1912 Luigi ChinettiFRA Pierre-Louis Dreyfus ("Heldé") Ferrari 195 S Barchetta Ferrari 2.3L V12 121 Transmission 38 S5.0 10 FRA EtablissementsDelettrez FRA Jean DelettrezFRA Jacques Delettrez Delettrez Diesel Delettrez 4.4L S6(Diesel) 120 Engine 39 S1.1 44 CSK A.Z.N.P. CSK Václav BobekCSK Jaroslav Netušil Škoda 1101 Spyder Škoda 1089cc S4 120 Engine 40 S750 54 FRA G. Lapchin(private entrant) FRA Guy LapchinFRA Charles Plantivaux Panhard Dyna X84 Sport Panhard 611cc Flat-2 115 Electrics 41 S3.0 33 FRA Automobiles Gordini ARG Juan Manuel FangioARG José Froilán González Gordini T15S Coupé Simca 1491ccsupercharged S4 95 Engine 42 S1.1 47 FRA Ets. Savin & Leroy(private entrant) FRA Fernand LeroyFRA Marcel Joseph Renault 4CV Renault 760cc S4 92 Accident 43 S750 53 FRA J. Savoye(private entrant) FRA Jacques SavoyeFRA Eugène Dussous Monopole X84 Panhard 611cc Flat-2 89 Oil leak 44 S750 50 FRA Sté. Pierre Ferry(private entrant) FRA Pierre FerryFRA André-Georges Claude Ferry Sport Renault 747cc S4 86 Engine 45 S3.0 25 USA 1912 Luigi Chinetti FRA Raymond SommerITA Dorino Serafini Ferrari 195 S Berlinetta Ferrari 2.3L V12 82 Electrics 46 S1.1 42 FRA Automobiles Gordini FRA José ScaronFRA Robert Pascal Gordini T15S Simca 1090cc S4 77 Oil pump 47 S1.5 37 FRA J. Brault(private entrant) FRA Jean BraultFRA Louis Paimpol Fiat 1500 Spéciale Fiat 1.5L S4 75 Gearbox 48 S1.5 35 FRA Automobiles Gordini FRA Roger LoyerFRA Jean Behra Gordini T15S Simca 1491cc S4 50 Engine 49 S2.0 64 FRA Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet FRA René SimoneFRA Michel Arnaud DB 5 Citroën 1.9L S4 44 Engine 50 S2.0 26 USA 1912 P.Rubirosa(private entrant) Dominican Republic Porfirio RubirosaFRA Pierre Leygonie Ferrari 166 MM Ferrari 2.0L V12 44 Clutch 51 S5.0 1 FRA Manufacturesd'Armes de Paris FRA Pierre VeyronFRA Fernand Lacour M.A.P. Diesel M.A.P. 5.0L superchargedFlat-4 (Diesel) 39 Overheating 52 S3.0 32 FRA Automobiles Gordini FRA Maurice TrintignantFRA Robert Manzon Gordini T15S Coupé Simca 1491ccsupercharged S4 34 Water radiator 53 S1.1 63 FRA M. Gendron(private entrant) FRA Marcel GendronFRA Jean Vinatier Renault 4CV Renault 760cc S4 32 Electrics 54 S2.0 27 USA 1912 Mme Y. Simon(private entrant) FRA Yvonne SimonFRA Michel Kasse Ferrari 166 MM Coupé Ferrari 2.0L V12 25 Out of fuel 55 S750 60 FRA Ecurie Verte FRA Emmanuel BaboinFRA Pierre Gay Simca Six Spéciale Simca 580cc S4 20 Out of fuel 56 S1.5 34 FRA Automobiles Gordini FRA André SimonFRA Aldo Gordini Gordini T15S Simca 1491cc S4 14 Gearbox 57 S1.1 66 FRA A. Guillard(private entrant) FRA André GuillardCHE Roger Carron Simca Huit Spéciale Simca 1087cc S4 13 Engine 58 S3.0 20 GBR Aston Martin Ltd. GBR Eric ThompsonUSA 1912 John Gordon Aston Martin DB2 Aston Martin 2.6L S6 8 Engine 59 S750 59 FRA Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet FRA Georges GuyotFRA Pierre Chaussat DB Sport Panhard 611cc Flat-2 6 Accident 60 S5.0 9 FRA Ecurie Lutetia FRA Gaston SerraudFRA André de Guelfi Delahaye 175S Delahaye 4.5L S6 0 Battery 16th Rudge-Whitworth Biennial Cup (1949/1950) Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Score 1 S750 52 FRA Établissements Monopole FRA Jean de MontrémyFRA Jean Hémard Monopole X84 1.276 2 S2.0 30 GBR H.J. Aldington(private entrant) GBR Richard StoopGBR T.A.S.O. "Donald" Mathieson Frazer Nash Milla Miglia 1.246 3 S750 51 CSK Rudý Letov Letnany NLD Maurice GatsonidesNLD Henk Hoogeven Aero Minor 750 1.221 4 S750 55 FRA A. Lachaize(private entrant) FRA Auguste LachaizeFRA Albert Debille Panhard Dyna X84 Sport 1.195 Statistics Fastest Lap in practice – Raymond Sommer, #25 Ferrari 195 S – 5:00, 161.90 km/h (100.60 mph)Spurring 2011, p. 375. Fastest Lap – Louis Rosier  #5 Talbot-Lago T26C GS Biplace – 4:53.5, 165.49 km/h (102.83 mph) Winning Distance – 3465.12 km (2153.12 miles) Winner's Average Speed – 144.38 km/h (89.72 mph) Trophy winners 16th Rudge-Whitworth Biennial Cup – #52 Pierre Hérnard / Jean de Montrémy Index of Performance – #19 Abecassis / Macklin & #52 Hérnard / de Montrémy (tied) Notes References Spurring, Quentin (2011) Le Mans 1949-59 Sherborne, Dorset: Evro Publishing 978-1-84425-537-5 Clausager, Anders (1982) Le Mans London: Arthur Barker Ltd 0-213-16846-4 Laban, Brian (2001) Le Mans 24 Hours London: Virgin Books 1-85227-971-0 Moity, Christian (1974) The Le Mans 24 Hour Race 1949-1973 Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Co 0-8019-6290-0 Pomeroy & Walkerley - editors (1951) The Motor Year Book 1951 London: Temple Press 1-85520-357X – Clarke, R.M. - editor (1997) Le Mans 'The Jaguar Years 1949-1957' Cobham, Surrey: Brooklands Books 1-85520-357X – republishing the original reports from ‘’The Motor’’ and ‘’Autocar’’ of June/July 1950, and ‘’Road & Track’’ (Sept ‘50) External links Racing Sports Cars – Le Mans 24 Hours 1950 entries, results, technical detail. Retrieved 22 July 2016. Le Mans History – Le Mans History, hour-by-hour (incl. pictures, YouTube links). Retrieved 22 July 2016. formula2.se – Le Mans 1950 results & reserve entries, as archived at web.archive.org Category:24 Hours of Le Mans races Le Mans Category:1950 in French motorsport 24 Hours of Le Mans