Le Mans- 17 Hours

Subj:  LE MANS - 17 HOURS		Section: F-1/Internat'l News
  To:  ALL				Saturday, June 15, 1996 11:48:07 PM
From:  RIS/EUR-Jacquie Groom, 100045,3717#819867

RACING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Le Mans - RIS - France 
24 Heures du Mans, 15/16 June 1996

Classification at 08:00 after 17 hours of the race

          
.Ps.Ql.No.  Driver , Car                                          Laps 
 Notes
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. 1  6   7  Reuter/Jones/Wurz              TWR Porsche WSC        249 
      
. 2  5  25  Stuck/Boutsen/Wollek           Porsche GT1            249 
      
. 3  1   8  Alboreto/Martini/Theys         TWR Porsche WSC        247 
      
. 4 10  33  Bellm/Weaver/Lehto             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  244 
      
. 5  4  26  Wendlinger/Dalmas/Goodyear     Porsche GT1            240 
      
. 6 14  34  Raphanel/Owen Jones/Brabham    McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  239 
      
. 7 23  30  Nielsen/Bscher/Kox             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  239 
      
. 8 15  39  Piquet/Cecotto/Sullivan        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  238 
      
. 9 24  29  Wallace/Grouillard/Bell        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  230 
      
.10 17   5  Pescarolo/Lagorce/Collard      Courage Porsche C36    228 
      
.11 35  79  Martignole/Kelleners/Eichmann  Porsche GT2            227 
      
.12  9   4  Andretti/Lammers/Warwick       Courage Porsche C36    227 
      
.13  8  38  Laffite/Soper/Duez             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  226 
      
.14 29  23  Hoshino/Hasemi/Suzuki          Nismo Nissan GT-R LM   226 
      
.15 30  48  Cobb/Dismore/Hendricks         Chrysler Viper GTS-R   226 
      
.16 48  71  Farmer/Murphy/Nearn            Porsche GT2            222 
      
.17 41  83  Ortelli/Pilgrim/Bagnall        Porsche GT2            217 
      
.18 21  28  Lees/Needell/Reid              Lister Jaguar Storm    216 
      
.19 50  75  Takahashi/Tsuchiya/Iida        Honda MSX              214 
     
.20 12  14  Gonin/Petit/Rostan             WR Peugeot WR LM 96    212 
    
.21 51  77  Kuster/Jurasz/Suzuki           Porsche GT2            209 
     
.22 46  82  Goueslard/Ahrle/Bourdais       Porsche GT2            208 
    
.23 37  57  Sekiya/Mitsusada/Kageyama      Toyota Supra LM        204 
   
.24 43  27  Chereau/Yver/Leconte           Porsche GT2 EVO        196 
     
.25 27  50  Helary/Gache/Beretta           Chrysler Viper GTS-R   193 
     
.26 33  49  Cudini/Morton/Sifton           Chrysler Viper GTS-R   186 
      
.27 39  46  Ferte/Martini/Fabre            Sard MCBR              184 
      
.28 26  20  Terada/Downing/Freon           Kudzu Mazda            176 
     
     
.Weather Conditions: sunny
.Fastest Lap       : 3:46.958 by no. 17 the Ferrari driven by Van de 
Poele, now abandoned.

Car 22, the Nismo Nissan, who had been in sixteenth place, had to 
abandon at 7:12 after going off in the Forest esses, while Kondo was 
driving.  The driver was not injured

The circuit is really beginning to wake up now, and more people can be 
seen in the grandstands.  The sun is shining, and it looks as if it is 
going to be another hot day.

Porsche 25, driven at the moment by Boutsen, has taken the lead at 
approx 8h35 as the previous leader makes a scheduled pit stop for a 
brake disc change.

One random fact - Hans Joachim Stuck, in the 25 Porsche, actually 
improved on his best lap time during the race over his best practice 
time.

Car 14 has stopped on the Porsche curves,  with Patrick Gonin at the 
wheel, after spinning.  The car was lying in 17th place.

Davy Jones, in the number 7 TWR, has been putting in some very fast 
laps, trying to catch up with new leader 25.

.Track Length      :  8.4506 Miles
.Regards, Jon Baker, Jacquie Groom, Martin Buck