Le Mans 4 Hours

Subj:  LE MANS 4 HOURS			Section: F-1/Internat'l News
  To:  ALL				Saturday, June 15, 1996 10:47:29 AM
From:  RIS/UK-Jon A Baker, 100412,1253	#819497

RACING INFORMATION SYSTEMS  
Le Mans France - RIS - Race update for the
Le Mans 24 Heures after 4 Hours,
 :

 Ps.   No.  Driver,                        Car                    Laps 
 
 --   ---- ----------------------------------------------------- ----- 
  1      7  M. Reuter/Jones/Wurz           TWR Porsche WSC         59
  2     25  Stuck/Boutsen/Wollek           Porsche GT1             59
  3      8  M Alboreto/P.Martini/Theys     TWR Porsche WSC         58
  4     26  Wendlinger/Dalmas/Goodyear     Porsche GT1             58
  5     33  Bellm/Weaver/Lehto             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   58
  6     17  Van de Poole/Gossens/Bachelart Ferrari SP333           58
  7      5  H. Pescarolo/Lagorce/Collard   Courage Porsche C36     57
  8     39  Piquet/Cecotto/Sullivan        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   57
  9     19  Taylor/Pace/Sharp              Riley & Scott Oldsmobi  57
 10     38  Lafitte/Soper/Duez             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   57
 11     34  Raphanel/Owen Jones/Brabham    McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   57
 12     30  Nielsen/Bscher/Kox             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   57
 13     29  Wallace/Grouillard/Bell        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   56
 14     28  Lees/Needell/Reid              Lister Jaguar Storm     56
 15     53  Giroux/Deletrax/Sala           McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM   56
 16     44  Della Noce/Olofsson/Rosenblad  Ferrari F40             56
 17     20  Terada/Downing/Freon           Kudzu Mazda             56
 18      3  Cottaz/Policand/Alliot         Courage Porsche C36     56
 19     15  David/Enjolras/Trevisiol       Peugeot WR LM96         55
 20     56  Ferte/Thevenin/Leboissetier    Ferrari F40             54
 21     79  Eichmann/Martignole/Kelleners  Porsche GT2             54
 22     50  Helary/Gache/Beretta           Chrysler Viper GTS-R    54
 23     37  Konrad/Hermann/Roessler        Porsche GT2 EVO         54
 24     23  Hoshino/Hasemi/Suzuki          Nismo Nissan GT-R LM    53
 25     59  Donovan/Nappi/Ota              Ferrari F40             53
 26     82  Goueslard/Ahrle/Bourdais       Porsche GT2             53
 27     57  Sekiya/Mitsusada/Kageyama      Toyota Supra LM         53
 28     48  Cobb/Dismore/Hendricks         Chrysler Viper GTS-R    53
 29      2  Fossett/Fouche/Dickens         Kremer Porsche/Spyder   53
 30     46  Ferte/Martini/Fabre            Sard MCBR               53
 31     27  Chereau/Yver/Leconte           Porsche GT2 EVO         53
 32     22  Suzuki/Kageyama/Kondo          Nismo Nissan GT-R LM    52
 33     71  Farmer/Murphy/Nairn            Porsche GT2             52
 34     83  Ortelli/Pilgrim/Bagnall        Porsche GT2             52
 35     14  Gonin/Petit/Rostan             WR Peugeot WR LM 96     52
 36     49  Cudini/Morton/Sifton           Chrysler Viper GTS-R    51
 37     74  Agusta/Coppelli/Camus          Callaway Chevrolet      51
 38     51  Dupuy/McCarthy/Bell            Chrysler Viper GTS-R    50
 39     77  Kuster/Jurasz/Suzuki           Porsche GT2             50
 40     75  Takahashi/Tsuchiya/Iida        Honda MSX               50
 41     55  Jarier/Pareja/Chappell         Porsche GT2 EVO         48
 42     73  Neugarten/Seiler/Ilien         Porsche GT2             46
 43      1  Bouchut/Lassig/Toivonen        Kremer Porsche/Spyder   45
 44      4  M. Andretti/Lammers/Warwick    Courage Porsche C36     43
 45     81  Euser/Erdos/Dro                Marcos Chevrolet        40
 46     45  Gounon/Bernard/Belmondo        Ferrari F40             40
 47     18  Evans/Muller/Velez             Ferrari SP333             
NR
 48     70  O'Rourke/Holmes/Langton        Porsche GT2               
NR

No 25 had a minor shunt with the Courage no 3, they touched sides with 
no visible damage, 25 overtook and both continued.

No  1 Kremer, currently driven by Laessig has been in and out of the 
pits many times with the gearbox problem and is losing lots of time, 
currently being 17 laps down on the leaders.

No  2 Kremer had a major crash and destroyed the car, it looked as if 
it was at the Mulssane kink, the driver appeared shaken but not 
injured.

No 73 stopped at Arnarge with gearbox problems.

No 81 the Marcos dropped out at 18:50 with a blown engine.

No  4 Courage got going again, but Warwick seemed to have a moment 
near the pit entrance.

No 14 WR Lost a front wheel just before the first chicane and were 
limping back to the pits on three wheels.

Press room is extremely noisy with France playing Spain on most of the 
monitors with the GP on most of the rest.



 NR = Not Running
 Weather Conditions: Hot & Dry
 Track Length      :  8.4506 Miles

 Regards RIS/UK Jon Baker/Jacquie Groom/Martin Buck