1959 Le Mans Photos

Lucien Bianchi / Alain de Changy, Equipe Nationale Belge, Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 58.

Stirling Moss looks on as mechanics work on the Aston Martin DBR1/300 he shared with Jack Fairman in the pits.

Alan Stacey / Keith Greene's Team Lotus Engineering, Lotus Mk 17-Coventry Climax FWC, and Graham Hill / Derek Jolly's Team Lotus Engineering, Lotus Mk 15-Coventry Climax FPF, in the pits.

Gendarmes and their motorcycles by the side of the track.

Wife and girlfriends take up the best vantage points during the race.

Ninian Sanderson / Claude Dubois' Standard Triumph, Triumph TR3 S, in the pits, next to Peter Bolton / Michael Rotschild's Standard Triumph, Triumph TR 3S.

The OSCA engine used in OSCA Automobili's OSCA Sport 750s.

Alfonso Papani / Mario Poltonieri's Fiat-Abarth 750, in the pits.

Ted Lund / Colin Escott's F.W.R. Lund, MG A - BMC B-series TwinCam, in the pits.

The Triumph TR3 S's of Peter Jopp / Richard Stoop (#25), Peter Bolton / Michael Rotschild (#26), and Ninian Sanderson / Claude Dubois (#27) in the pits.

A line of gendarmes across the track.

René Revillon / Joseph Dieu, Automobili Stanguellini, Stanguellini 750 Sport Bialbero-Fiat, leads Jo Bonnier / Wolfgang von Trips, Porsche KG, Porsche 718 RSK, Bernard Consten / Paul Armagnac, Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet, D.B. HBR4-Panhard, André Pilette / George Arents, North American Racing Team, Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Interim, and René Cotton / Louis Cornet, Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet, D.B. HBR4-Panhard.

Stirling Moss / Jack Fairman, David Brown Racing, Aston Martin DBR1/300.

Innes Ireland / Masten Gregory, Ecurie Ecosse, Jaguar D-type "Modified"-Jaguar XK, leads Maurice Trintignant / Paul Frère, David Brown Racing, Aston Martin DBR1/300.

Stirling Moss / Jack Fairman, David Brown Racing, Aston Martin DBR1/300.

Jim Russell / Bruce McLaren, Cooper Car Company, Cooper T49 Monaco Mk 1- Coventry Climax FPF, leads Jo Bonnier / Wolfgang von Trips, Porsche KG, Porsche 718 RSK.

Gilbert Geitner / Rod Carveth, North American Racing Team, Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 58, leads Carel Godin de Beaufort / Christian Heins, Porsche 718 RSK, and another car.

Philippe Faure / Georges Guyot, Societe E.F.A.C, Stanguellini Efac SP-Fiat, leads Stirling Moss / Jack Fairman, David Brown Racing, Aston Martin DBR1/300.

Innes Ireland / Masten Gregory, Ecurie Ecosse, Jaguar D-type "Modified"-Jaguar XK, leads Ron Flockhart / John Lawrence, Ecurie Ecosse, Tojeiro-Jaguar XK, and Graham Hill / Derek Jolly, Team Lotus Engineering, Lotus Mk 15-Coventry Climax FPF.

Peter Jopp / Richard Stoop, GBStandard Triumph,Triumph TR 3S, leads as Maurice Trintignant / Paul Frère, David Brown Racing, Aston Martin DBR1/300, battles with Peter Bolton / Michael Rotschild, Standard Triumph, Triumph TR 3S, behind.

Mechanics outside the Aston Martin pits.

Mechanics work on Walt Hansgen / Peter Blond's Brian Lister Engineering, Lister LM - Jaguar XK.

John Whitmore / Jim Clark, Border Reivers, Lotus Elite Mk 14-Coventry Climax FWE, makes a pitstop during the night.

John Whitmore / Jim Clark, Border Reivers, Lotus Elite Mk 14-Coventry Climax FWE, makes a pitstop during the night.

Ted Lund / Colin Escott, F.W.R. Lund, MG A - BMC B-series TwinCam, makes a pitstop during the night.