Le Mans 18 Hours

Subj:  LE MANS - 18 HOURS		Section: F-1/Internat'l News
  To:  ALL				Sunday, June 16, 1996 12:58:02 AM
From:  RIS/EUR-Jacquie Groom, 100045,3717#819877

Racing Information Systems
Le Mans - RIS - France
24 Heures du Mans 15-16 June 1996

Classification at 09 hours after 18 hours of the race
          
.Ps.No.  Driver , Car                                        Laps  
.------ ---------------------------------------------------------
. 1  7  Reuter/Jones/Wurz              TWR Porsche WSC        264    
. 2 25  Stuck/Boutsen/Wollek           Porsche GT1            264     
  
. 3  8  Alboreto/Martini/Theys         TWR Porsche WSC        261     
 
. 4 33  Bellm/Weaver/Lehto             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  258     
  
. 5 26  Wendlinger/Dalmas/Goodyear     Porsche GT1            255     
  
. 6 30  Nielsen/Bscher/Kox             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  253     
  
. 7 34  Raphanel/Owen Jones/Brabham    McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  253     
  
. 8 39  Piquet/Cecotto/Sullivan        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  253     
  
. 9 29  Wallace/Grouillard/Bell        McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  242     
  
.10  4  Andretti/Lammers/Warwick       Courage Porsche C36    241     
  
.11 79  Martignole/Kelleners/Eichmann  Porsche GT2            241     
  
.12  5  Pescarolo/Lagorce/Collard      Courage Porsche C36    240     
  
.13 23  Hoshino/Hasemi/Suzuki          Nismo Nissan GT-R LM   239     
  
.14 48  Cobb/Dismore/Hendricks         Chrysler Viper GTS-R   239     
  
.15 71  Farmer/Murphy/Nearn            Porsche GT2            234     
  
.16 38  Laffite/Soper/Duez             McLaren BMW F1 GTR LM  233     
  
.17 83  Ortelli/Pilgrim/Bagnall        Porsche GT2            229     
  
.18 75  Takahashi/Tsuchiya/Iida        Honda MSX              227     
  
.19 82  Goueslard/Ahrle/Bourdais       Porsche GT2            222     
  
.20 77  Kuster/Jurasz/Suzuki           Porsche GT2            222     
  
.21 14  Gonin/Petit/Rostan             WR Peugeot WR LM 96    221     
  
.22 28  Lees/Needell/Reid              Lister Jaguar Storm    220     
  
.23 27  Chereau/Yver/Leconte           Porsche GT2 EVO        209     
 
.24 57  Sekiya/Mitsusada/Kageysanne, to repeat the whole thing over 
again.  The car is now going back to the pits, with some sost of 
electrical problems.

With these problems for the 38, the no. 33 Gulf Racing McLaren F1 gone 
up into 3rd place behind the no. 25 Porsche.  

Car 26, the other Porsche GT1, has a very long pitstop after going 
into the gravel at the pitlane entry. It  lost a few places, letting 
the other Gulf Racing Car, up to 5th position.

Car 25 had a sheduled pit stop for brake pads to be changed. They 
seemed reluctant to be removed, and the car is now a lap down on the 
leader, after being within 18seconds of the leader.

Mazda Kudzu has left the pit lane after a long, long stop at about 
twenty past nine,  as did the Lister.

Regards, Jacquie Groom, Jon Baker and Martin Buck