Le Mans 8 Hours

Subj:  LE MANS 8 HOURS			Section: F-1/Internat'l News
  To:  ALL				Saturday, June 15, 1996 2:54:25 PM
From:  RIS/UK-Jon A Baker, 100412,1253	#819631

RACING INFORMATION SYSTEMS  
Le Mans France - RIS - Race update for the
Le Mans 24 Heures after 8 Hours,


 Ps    No.  Driver,                        Car                    Laps 
 Notes
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  1      7  M. Reuter/Jones/Wurz           TWR Porsche WSC        118
  2      8  M Alboreto/P.Martini/Theys     TWR Porsche WSC        117
  3     33  Bellm/Weaver/Lehto             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  116
  4     25  Stuck/Boutsen/Wollek           Porsche GT1            116
  5      5  H. Pescarolo/Lagorce/Collard   Courage Porsche C36    115
  6     39  Piquet/Cecotto/Sullivan        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  115
  7     38  Lafitte/Soper/Duez             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  115
  8     17  Van de Poole/Gossens/Bachelart Ferrari SP333          115
  9      3  Cottaz/Policand/Alliot         Courage Porsche C36    114
 10     26  Wendlinger/Dalmas/Goodyear     Porsche GT1            114
 11     34  Raphanel/Owen Jones/Brabham    McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  113
 12     30  Nielsen/Bscher/Kox             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  113
 13     29  Wallace/Grouillard/Bell        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  113
 14     20  Terada/Downing/Freon           Kudzu Mazda            112
 15     28  Lees/Needell/Reid              Lister Jaguar Storm    111
 16     19  Taylor/Pace/Sharp              Riley & Scott Oldsmobi 109
 17     79  Eichmann/Martignole/Kelleners  Porsche GT2            108
 18     48  Cobb/Dismore/Hendricks         Chrysler Viper GTS-R   108
 19     37  Konrad/Hermann/Roessler        Porsche GT2 EVO        107
 20     15  David/Enjolras/Trevisiol       Peugeot WR LM96        107
 21     23  Hoshino/Hasemi/Suzuki          Nismo Nissan GT-R LM   107
 22     82  Goueslard/Ahrle/Bourdais       Porsche GT2            106
 23     22  Suzuki/Kageyama/Kondo          Nismo Nissan GT-R LM   106
 24     59  Donovan/Nappi/Ota              Ferrari F40            105
 25     27  Chereau/Yver/Leconte           Porer    Ferrari F40       
      90
 38     50  Helary/Gache/Beretta           Chrysler Viper GTS-R    90
 39     74  Agusta/Coppelli/Camus          Callaway Chevrolet      85
 40     46  Ferte/Martini/Fabre            Sard MCBR               83
 41     51  Dupuy/McCarthy/Bell            Chrysler Viper GTS-R    83

The Lister Storm got a 30 second time penalty for speeding in the 
pits.

The two official Porsches both had problems no 25 had a front spoiler 
replaced after touching a sports car earlier, no 26 had to have its 
brakes repaired after an trip in the gravel.

The cars are now very dirty and hard to distinguish, the workers 
including us are getting tired and the race is nowhere near half over 
!

Car 74 which had major bodywork problems after a puncture has been 
round again but really slowly so we don't know if it will retire

Car 44, the Ennea F40 Ferrari driven by DellaNoce, Olofsson and 
Rosenblad blown engine.

 Weather Conditions: Dark but still warm
 Track Length      :  8.4506 Miles
 Regards RIS/UK Jon Baker/Jacquie Groom/Martin Buck