After Bugatti’s absence from the 1938 Le Mans, Jean finally convinced Ettore to race a single entrant in the 1939 race. The car was a ‘tank-line’ Type 57C, being much longer than the Type 57G. After Louis Gerard in his Delage retired, Wimille and Veyron were drove to victory and took another Le Mans win for the Type 57 chassis.
