Subj:  LE MANS 9 HOURS			Section: F-1/Internat'l News
  To:  ALL				Saturday, June 15, 1996 3:58:27 PM
From:  RIS/UK-Jon A Baker, 100412,1253	#819654

RACING INFORMATION SYSTEMS  
Le Mans France - RIS - Race update for the
Le Mans 24 Heures after 9 Hours,

 Ps.Ql.No.  Driver,                        Car                    Laps
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  1      7  M. Reuter/Jones/Wurz           TWR Porsche WSC        133
  2      8  M Alboreto/P.Martini/Theys     TWR Porsche WSC        132
  3     25  Stuck/Boutsen/Wollek           Porsche GT1            131
  4     33  Bellm/Weaver/Lehto             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  130
  5     17  Van de Poole/Gossens/Bachelart Ferrari SP333          129
  6      3  Cottaz/Policand/Alliot         Courage Porsche C36    129
  7      5  H. Pescarolo/Lagorce/Collard   Courage Porsche C36    129
  8     26  Wendlinger/Dalmas/Goodyear     Porsche GT1            128
  9     38  Lafitte/Soper/Duez             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  128
 10     30  Nielsen/Bscher/Kox             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  128
 11     39  Piquet/Cecotto/Sullivan        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  127
 12     29  Wallace/Grouillard/Bell        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  127
 13     34  Raphanel/Owen Jones/Brabham    McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  127
 14     20  Terada/Downing/Freon           Kudzu Mazda            126
 15     28  Lees/Needell/Reid              Lister Jaguar Storm    125
 16     19  Taylor/Pace/Sharp              Riley & Scott Oldsmobi 121
 17     79  Eichmann/Martignole/Kelleners  Porsche GT2            121
 18     48  Cobb/Dismore/Hendricks         Chrysler Viper GTS-R   120
 19     23  Hoshino/Hasemi/Suzuki          Nismo Nissan GT-R LM   120
 20     82  Goueslard/Ahrle/Bourdais       Porsche GT2            119
 21     71  Farmer/Murphy/Nairn            Porsche GT2            118
 22     27  Chereau/Yver/Leconte           Porsche GT2 EVO        118
 23     53  Giroux/Deletrax/Sala           McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  117
 24     83  Ortelli/Pilgrim/Bagnall        Porsche GT2            117
 25     15  David/Enjolras/Trevisiol       Peugeot WR LM96        116
 26     22  Suzuki/Kageyama/Kondo          Nismo Nissan GT-R LM   116
 27     57  Sekiya/Mitsusada/Kageyama      Toyota Supra LM        115
 28      4  M. Andretti/Lammers/Warwick    Courage Porsche C36    114
 29     75  Takahashi/Tsuchiya/Iida        Honda MSX              112
 30     49  Cudini/Morton/Sifton           Chrysler Viper GTS-R   110
 31      1  Bouchut/Lassig/Toivonen        Kremer Porsche/Spyder  110
 32     77  Kuster/Jurasz/Suzuki           Porsche GT2            110
 33     59  Donovan/Nappi/Ota              Ferrari F40            109
 34     14  Gonin/Petit/Rostan             WR Peugeot WR LM 96    108
 35     50  Helary/Gache/Beretta           Chrysler Viper GTS-R   103
 36     74  Agusta/Coppelli/Camus          Callaway Chevrolet      95
 37     55  Jarier/Pareja/Chappell         Porsche GT2 EVO         93
 38     56  Ferte/Thevenin/Leboissetier    Ferrari F40             93
 39     46  Ferte/Martini/Fabre            Sard MCBR               88
 40     51  Dupuy/McCarthy/Bell            Chrysler Viper GTS-R    83

Car 56 had a brief petrol fire in the pits, it eas extinguished pretty 
fast and nobody appeared to be hurt, the driver got out real fast. The 
team are still working on the car but it has not retired yet.

The leader car 7 had a longer stop than normal to re-fix an oil catch 
tank. This car has been smoking badly after pit stops so it may have 
been oil blowing out of a breather pipe. It is back out and is still 
in the lead so this may be a minor problem or could be a symptom or 
future trouble.

Another car has retired car 37 went off about 11pm on the Mulsanne 
straight the driver was unhurt.

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