Le Mans 2 Hours

Subj:  LE MANS 2 HOURS			Section: F-1/Internat'l News
  To:  ALL				Saturday, June 15, 1996 8:35:09 AM
From:  RIS/UK-Jon A Baker, 100412,1253	#819447

RACING INFORMATION SYSTEMS  
Le Mans France - RIS - Race update for the
Le Mans 24 Heures after 2 Hours,

 Ps.Ql.No.  Driver,                        Car                    Laps 
 Notes
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  1      7  M. Reuter/Jones/Wurz           TWR Porsche WSC         30
  2      8  M Alboreto/P.Martini/Theys     TWR Porsche WSC         29
  3      1  Bouchut/Lassig/Toivonen        Kremer Porsche/Spyder   29
  4     25  Stuck/Boutsen/Wollek           Porsche GT1             29
  5     26  Wendlinger/Dalmas/Goodyear     Porsche GT1             29
  6     33  Bellm/Weaver/Lehto             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   29
  7      4  M. Andretti/Lammers/Warwick    Courage Porsche C36     29
  8     17  Van de Poole/Gossens/Bachelart Ferrari SP333           29
  9     38  Lafitte/Soper/Duez             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   28
 10      5  H. Pescarolo/Lagorce/Collard   Courage Porsche C36     28
 11     39  Piquet/Cecotto/Sullivan        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   28
 12     19  Taylor/Pace/Sharp              Riley & Scott Oldsmobi  28
 13     29  Wallace/Grouillard/Bell        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   28
 14     34  Raphanel/Owen Jones/Brabham    McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   28
 15     30  Nielsen/Bscher/Kox             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   28
 16     53  Giroux/Deletrax/Sala           McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   28
 17      2  Fossett/Fouche/Dickens         Kremer Porsche/Spyder   28
 18     20  Terada/Downing/Freon           Kudzu Mazda             28
 19     28  Lees/Needell/Reid              Lister Jaguar Storm     28
 20     44  Della Noce/Olofsson/Rosenblad  Ferrari F40             28
 21     15  David/Enjolras/Trevisiol       Peugeot WR LM96         27
 22     56  Ferte/Thevenin/Leboissetier    Ferrari F40             27
 23     79  Eichmann/Martignole/Kelleners  Porsche GT2             27
 24     48  Cobb/Dismore/Hendricks         Chrysler Viper GTS-R    27
 25     81  Euser/Erdos/Dro                Marcos        Porsche GT2 
EVO         26
 38     83  Ortelli/Pilgrim/Bagnall        Porsche GT2             26
 39     75  Takahashi/Tsuchiya/Iida        Honda MSX               26
 40     22  Suzuki/Kageyama/Kondo          Nismo Nissan GT-R LM    26
 41     70  O'Rourke/Holmes/Langton        Porsche GT2             25
 42     74  Agusta/Coppelli/Camus          Callaway Chevrolet      25
 43     77  Kuster/Jurasz/Suzuki           Porsche GT2             25
 44     73  Neugarten/Seiler/Ilien         Porsche GT2             25
 45     14  Gonin/Petit/Rostan             WR Peugeot WR LM 96     25
 46     45  Gounon/Bernard/Belmondo        Ferrari F40             24
 47     18  Evans/Muller/Velez             Ferrari SP333           24
 48     55  Jarier/Pareja/Chappell         Porsche GT2 EVO         23

A bit later at 17:10 the driver in the lead car was changed from Davey 
Jones to Alex Wurz, in practice Alex was slower than Davey.

The second Joest car no 8 seemed to have had a spin and lost a couple 
of places but continued.

The first Kremer car no 1 could not maintain its inital pace after 
Toivenen handed over to Laessig and it dropped to 7th from 3rd.

JJ Lehto handed over to Andy Wallace and continued unabated, JJ 
reported no major problems "They can keep this pace throughout".

Car 51 the Chrysler Viper had a spin about lap 24, went through a 
gravel trapp narrowly missing car 38 one of the Team Bigazzi Mclarens 
driven by Steve Soper at the time, 51 is now 32nd and 38 8th.

After two hours, there have been no retirements which must be some 
record.

 Weather Conditions: Hot Dry, Track Temprature 45 Degrees C
 Track Length      :  8.4506 Miles
 Report at 17:32
 Regards RIS/UK Jacquie Groom/Martin Buck/Jon Baker