Введение
66-я 24-часовая гонка выносливости Ле-Мана
66th 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race
24-часовая гонка Ле-Мана 1998 года была 66-м Гран-при выносливости, прошедшим 6 и 7 июня 1998 года.
The 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 66th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 6 and 7 June 1998.
Записи
В 1998 году наблюдалось значительное увеличение вовлеченности производителей. Porsche и Mercedes-Benz остались в гонке, представив модернизированные автомобили в классах GT1 и LMP. Toyota выставила три новых, невероятно быстрых гоночных автомобиля GT One, а BMW, в партнерстве с WilliamsF1, представила новый BMW V12 LM. Nissan прислал четыре новых R390 GT1. Соединенные Штаты также были достойно представлены командой Panoz с двумя автомобилями Ford Esperante GTR 1, а также заводской командой Chrysler Viper GTS R в классе GT2, заявленной Oreca.
1998 saw a significant increase in manufacturer involvement. Porsche and Mercedes Benz remained, with upgraded cars in both GT1 and LMP. Toyota sent three of their new, extremely fast GT One racing cars, while BMW, in association with WilliamsF1, launched the new BMW V12 LM. Nissan sent 4 of their new R390 GT1s. The United States was also represented properly with a two car team from Panoz, with Ford powered Esperante GTR 1s, and factory backed Chrysler Viper GTS R in the GT2 class entered by Oreca.
Проверка
В субботу, 2 мая, на техническую проверку было представлено в общей сложности 63 заявки, включая уже автоматически квалифицированные. 61 автомобиль успешно прошел проверку, однако две заявки – #37 Newcastle United Lister Storm и #59 Pilbeam Racing Designs Lotus Esprit – были отклонены по техническим причинам. Ввиду отсутствия времени на внесение необходимых изменений, обе команды не смогут принять участие в предварительной квалификации к гонке.
A total of 63 entries, including those already automatically qualified, were presented for scrutineering on Saturday, May 2. 61 cars passed the scrutineering checks, but two entries the #37 Newcastle United Lister Storm and the #59 Pilbeam Racing Designs Lotus Esprit, were denied on technical grounds. With no time to effect the necessary changes both entries would be unable to take part in pre qualifying for the race.
Предварительная квалификация
Предварительные квалификационные заезды к 24 часам Ле-Мана 1998 года прошли в воскресенье, 3 мая. Участники были разделены на две группы, в каждой из которых самые медленные гонщики в каждом классе исключались из борьбы за попадание в гонку. Всего для участвующих автомобилей было доступно 49 стартовых мест, включая те, которые уже автоматически прошли предварительную квалификацию, и распределялись в зависимости от сессии и класса. Результаты предварительной квалификации были следующими:
Pre qualifying for the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on Sunday, May 3. The entries were divided into two groups of qualifiers where the slowest entries in each class would be eliminated and thus not qualify for the race. A total of 49 starting slots were available for the entered cars, including those already automatically pre qualified, and were divided on a session and class basis. The pre qualifying results were as follows:
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Утренняя сессия (7:30 – 13:30)
Pre qualifying for the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on Sunday, May 3. The entries were divided into two groups of qualifiers where the slowest entries in each class would be eliminated and thus not qualify for the race. A total of 49 starting slots were available for the entered cars, including those already automatically pre qualified, and were divided on a session and class basis. The pre qualifying results were as follows:
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
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Сессия для автомобилей GT1 выдалась, как и ожидалось, напряженной, семь сильных команд боролись за пять мест на стартовой решетке. В итоге, неудачниками стали команды Larbre и Zakspeed, несмотря на отчаянные попытки, в случае с автомобилем под номером 38 – с впечатляющими моментами. Самым медленным в GT1 стал McLaren GTC, а Mercedes (который остановился на прямой Мульсан в 12:30, причина неизвестна) оказался между двумя командами, не прошедшими предварительную квалификацию. В классе LMP1 восемь участников боролись за шесть мест на стартовой решетке, при этом Ferrari Moretti показала лучшее время. Не прошли квалификацию Kremer K8 под номером 17 (4:02) и WR (3:56), который в начале сессии занесло в гравийную ловушку на повороте Dunlop. Самым медленным из автомобилей LMP1 был уже квалифицированный Courage под номером 24. В группе GT2 участвовало 11 команд, борющихся за восемь мест. Единственный участник гонки в классе LMP2, под номером 22 Debora, был включен в эту категорию из-за отсутствия конкуренции. Ожидаемое преимущество Oreca Viper составило 4,3 секунды перед самым быстрым 911 GT2. Не прошли квалификацию два 911 GT2 и Helem PRV V6.
Pre qualifying for the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on Sunday, May 3. The entries were divided into two groups of qualifiers where the slowest entries in each class would be eliminated and thus not qualify for the race. A total of 49 starting slots were available for the entered cars, including those already automatically pre qualified, and were divided on a session and class basis. The pre qualifying results were as follows:
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
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Pre qualifying for the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on Sunday, May 3. The entries were divided into two groups of qualifiers where the slowest entries in each class would be eliminated and thus not qualify for the race. A total of 49 starting slots were available for the entered cars, including those already automatically pre qualified, and were divided on a session and class basis. The pre qualifying results were as follows:
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Йорг Мюллер, Уве Альцен, Пьер-Анри Рафанель LMGT1 3:38.909 –
2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Джон Нильсен, Франк Лагорж LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007
3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Агури Судзуки, Кадзуёси Хошино LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008
4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Укё Катаяма, Ральф Келленерс LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382
5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Дэвид Брэбэм, Энди Уоллес LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748
6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Джанпьеро Моретти, Мауро Бальди, Дидье Тейс LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816
7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Михаэль Бартльс, Армин Хане LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992
8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Стив Сопер, Том Кристенсен LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609
9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Микеле Альборето, Стефан Йоханссон, Дэвид Мюррей LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801
10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Жан-Марк Гунон, Рикардо Зонта, Кристоф Бушу LMGT1 3:46.020 +7.101
11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Фредрик Экблом, Патрис Гей LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478
12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Анри Пескароло, Оливье Груйяр, Эммануэль Клерико LMP1 3:49.061 +10.142
13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Жан-Пьер Жарье, Патрис Гуэслар, Робин Донован LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306
14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Мишель Ферте LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851
15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Стив О’Рурк, Тим Сугден LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923
16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Жан-Бернар Буве, Ксавье Помпиду, Марк Ростан LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663
17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Оливье Беретта, Карл Вендлингер, Лука Друди LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002
18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Томас Салданья, Альфонсо де Орлеанс-Борбон, Энрико Бертаджа LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244
19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Ёдзиро Терада, Франк Фреон LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452
20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Тони Зейлер, Петер Кичак, Анджело Задра LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282
21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Мишель Нёгартен, Давид Смаджа LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296
22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ни Аморим, Гонсало Гомес, Ханс Хугенхольц LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689
23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Мишель Мейсоннёв, Мануэль Монтейро, Мишель Монтейро LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327
24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Роб Ширле, Мишель Лигонне LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079
25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Лионель Робер LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140
26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Мишель Нурри, Тьерри Перрье, Мишель Киниу LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797
27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Энди Пилигрим, Андре Арле, Роберт Нирн LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533
28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Патрик Гонин, Бенжамин Руа LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685
29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Томас Эрдос, Жерар МакКуиллан LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Pre qualifying for the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on Sunday, May 3. The entries were divided into two groups of qualifiers where the slowest entries in each class would be eliminated and thus not qualify for the race. A total of 49 starting slots were available for the entered cars, including those already automatically pre qualified, and were divided on a session and class basis. The pre qualifying results were as follows:
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Примечание: Розовый фон обозначает не прошедших квалификацию, зеленый фон – участников, автоматически прошедших предварительную квалификацию.
Pre qualifying for the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on Sunday, May 3. The entries were divided into two groups of qualifiers where the slowest entries in each class would be eliminated and thus not qualify for the race. A total of 49 starting slots were available for the entered cars, including those already automatically pre qualified, and were divided on a session and class basis. The pre qualifying results were as follows:
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Послеобеденняя сессия (14:30 – 20:30)
Pre qualifying for the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on Sunday, May 3. The entries were divided into two groups of qualifiers where the slowest entries in each class would be eliminated and thus not qualify for the race. A total of 49 starting slots were available for the entered cars, including those already automatically pre qualified, and were divided on a session and class basis. The pre qualifying results were as follows:
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
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Послеобеденняя сессия стала финальной для девяти участников GT1, борющихся за оставшиеся семь мест на стартовой решетке. Самым быстрым в целом и в GT1 стал Porsche под номером 26 в руках Аллана Макниша после титанической борьбы с Toyota Мартина Брандла в последний час, разница составила всего 0,09 секунды. Двумя командами, не прошедшими квалификацию в GT1 в этой сессии, стали Hybrid Panoz и второй Zakspeed Porsche (что означает, что ни один из Zakspeed не прошел в гонку). Два Nissan (один TWR, один Nova) и "обычный" Panoz прошли квалификацию без проблем, несмотря на то, что Nissan Nova под номером 33 занесло в гравийную ловушку всего через 10 минут сессии, позже он возобновил участие с использованием запасного заднего кузова одного из автомобилей TWR. В классе LMP1 участвовало девять команд, борющихся за семь мест. Опять же, Ferrari показала лучшее время, Ferrari JB обогнала заводские BMW и Porsche на 0,4 и 2,7 секунды соответственно. Второй Kremer K8 опередил Konrad K8 на 0,08 секунды и таким образом вышел в гонку. Другим прототипом, не прошедшим квалификацию, был другой WR, которому так и не удалось показать конкурентоспособное время круга. В GT2 снова доминировали Oreca Vipers. 8 из 10 участников прошли, а двумя не квалифицированными стали второй Cirtek Mustang и третий Roock Racing 911 GT2.
Pre qualifying for the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on Sunday, May 3. The entries were divided into two groups of qualifiers where the slowest entries in each class would be eliminated and thus not qualify for the race. A total of 49 starting slots were available for the entered cars, including those already automatically pre qualified, and were divided on a session and class basis. The pre qualifying results were as follows:
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
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Pre qualifying for the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on Sunday, May 3. The entries were divided into two groups of qualifiers where the slowest entries in each class would be eliminated and thus not qualify for the race. A total of 49 starting slots were available for the entered cars, including those already automatically pre qualified, and were divided on a session and class basis. The pre qualifying results were as follows:
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Янник Дальмас, Аллан Макниш, Стефан Ортелли LMGT1 3:37.689 –
2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Мартин Брундл, Эммануэль Коллард LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007
3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Бернд Шнайдер, Марк Веббер, Клаус Людвиг LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368
4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Тьерри Бутсен, Эрик Хелари LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960
5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Ян Ламмерс, Эрик Комас, Андреа Монтермини LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116
6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Винченцо Соспири, Жан-Кристоф Буйон, Жером Поликан LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350
7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Пьерлуиджи Мартини, Джонни Чекотто LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732
8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Дэвид Брэбэм, Эрик Бернар LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658
9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Дидье Коттаз, Жан-Филипп Беллок LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899
10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Сатоси Мотояма, Мауро Мартини LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050
11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Пьер-Анри Рафанель, Янник Дальмас, Боб Воллек LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097
12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Уэйн Тейлор, Эрик ван де Пуле LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753
13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Александр Грау, Жан-Денис Делетра, Фабьен Жируа LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105
14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Доктор Томас Бшер, Франк Биела, Ринальдо Капелло LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213
15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Филипп Гаш, Энтони Бельтуа LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129
16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid Джеймс Уивер, Перри Маккарти LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510
17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Рокки Агуста, Альмо Коппелли LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928
18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Франц Конрад LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936
19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Оливье Беретта, Доминик Дюпюи, Педро Лами LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431
20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Джастин Белл, Доминик Дюпюи, Педро Лами LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976
21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Патрис Гуэслар, Патрик Бурдай...
Pre qualifying for the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on Sunday, May 3. The entries were divided into two groups of qualifiers where the slowest entries in each class would be eliminated and thus not qualify for the race. A total of 49 starting slots were available for the entered cars, including those already automatically pre qualified, and were divided on a session and class basis. The pre qualifying results were as follows:
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Morning session (7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m.)
It was an expectedly tight session for the GT1 cars, with 7 strong entries competing for 5 slots on the grid. In the end it was the unfortunate Larbre and Zakspeed entries that were out of luck despite trying hard with in the case of number 38 spectacular moments. Slowest of all in GT1 was the GTC McLaren with the Mercedes (which had a stop on the Mulsanne at 12:30, reason unknown) splitting the two non pre qualifiers. In LMP1 8 entries battled for 6 slots on the grid, with the Moretti Ferrari setting the fastest time. The non qualifiers were the number 17 Kremer K8 (4:02) and the WR (3:56) which suffered a spin into the gravel trap at the Dunlop curve early in the session. Slowest of the LMP1 cars was the already qualified Courage #24. The GT2 group consisted of 11 entries competing for 8 slots. The lone LMP2 entry to the race, the #22 Debora, had been grouped into this category in the absence of any other competition. The predicted Oreca Viper benefit, 4.3 seconds clear of the fastest 911 GT2. The non qualifiers were two 911 GT2's and the Helem PRV V6. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pierre Henri Raphanel LMGT1 3:38.909 2 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 John Nielsen Franck Lagorce LMGT1 3:40.926 +2.007 3 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino LMGT1 3:40.927 +2.008 4 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Ukyo Katayama Ralf Kelleners LMGT1 3:41.301 +2.382 5 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Andy Wallace LMGT1 3:41.667 +2.748 6 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys LMP1 3:43.735 +4.816 7 38 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Michael Bartels Armin Hahne LMGT1 3:43.911 +4.992 8 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Steve Soper Tom Kristensen LMP1 3:44.528 +5.609 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson David Murry LMP1 3:44.720 +5.801 10 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut LMGT1 3.46.020 +7.101 11 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay LMP1 3:47.397 +8.478 12 15 La Filière Courage C36 Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico LMP1 3.49.061 +10.142 13 48 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT1 Jean Pierre Jarier Patrice Goueslard Robin Donovan LMGT1 3:49.225 +10.306 14 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP Michel Ferté LMP1 3:50.770 +10.851 15 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden LMGT1 3:51.842 +12.923 16 19 Gerard Welter WR LMP 98 Jean Bernard Bouvet Xavier Pompidou Marc Rostan LMP1 3:56.582 +17.663 17 52 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Luca Drudi LMGT2/LMP2 4:01.921 +23.002 18 17 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Tomás Saldaña Prince Alfonso de Orléans Borbón Enrico Bertaggia LMP1 4:02.163 +23.244 19 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon LMP1 4:03.371 +24.452 20 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.201 +25.282 21 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Neugarten David Smadja LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.215 +27.296 22 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2/LMP2 4:06.608 +27.689 23 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.246 +29.327 24 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:08.998 +30.079 25 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 Lionel Robert LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.059 +30.140 26 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Michel Quiniou LMGT2/LMP2 4:10.716 +31.797 27 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Andy Pilgrim André Ahrlé Robert Nearn LMGT2/LMP2 4:14.452 +35.533 28 58 RJ Racing Helem PRV V6 Patrick Gonin Benjamin Roy LMGT2/LMP2 4:21.604 +42.685 29 63 Gerard MacQuillan Porsche 911 GT2 Thomas Erdos Gerard MacQuillan LMGT2/LMP2 4:45.350 +1:06.431
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified. Afternoon session (2:30 p. m. 8:30 p. m.)
The afternoon session saw the final 9 GT1 entries competing for the remaining 7 slots on the grid. Fastest overall and in GT1 was the number 26 Porsche in the hands of Allan McNish after a titanic battle with Martin Brundle's Toyota in the closing hour, the difference ending up at only 0.09 seconds. The two who go no further in GT1 for this session were Hybrid Panoz and the second Zakspeed Porsche (meaning neither Zakspeed entry made it through to the race). The two Nissans (one TWR, one Nova) and the 'conventional' Panoz made it comfortably, despite the #33 Nova Nissan spinning into a gravel trap after only 10 minutes of the session, later resuming with the spare rear bodywork from one of the TWR cars. In LMP1 there were 9 entries competing for 7 slots. Again a Ferrari was fastest, as the JB Ferrari beat the factory BMW and Porsche entries with 0.4 and 2.7 seconds respectively. The second Kremer K8 scraped home ahead of the Konrad K8 by 0.08 seconds and thus made the race. The other prototype not to progress was the other WR which never managed to set a competitive laptime. GT2 was again dominated by the Oreca Vipers. 8 of the 10 entries would make it through, with the two non qualifiers being the second Cirtek Mustang and the third Roock Racing 911 GT2. Pos No. Team Car Drivers Class Time Gap 1 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 Yannick Dalmas Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli LMGT1 3:37.689 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard LMGT1 3:37.696 +0.007 3 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig LMGT1 3:38.057 +0.368 4 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One Thierry Boutsen Eric Hélary LMGT1 3:39.649 +1.960 5 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini LMGT1 3:40.778 +3.116 6 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand LMP1 3:41.039 +3.350 7 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM Pierluigi Martini Johnny Cecotto LMP1 3:41.412 +3.732 8 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 David Brabham Eric Bernard LMGT1 3:42.347 +4.658 9 13 Courage Compétition Courage C51 Didier Cottaz Jean Philippe Belloc LMP1 3:43.588 +5.899 10 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 Satoshi Motoyama Mauro Martini LMGT1 3:43.739 +6.050 11 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 Pierre Henri Raphanel Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek LMP1 3:43.786 +6.097 12 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele LMP1 3:44.442 +6.753 13 39 Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98 Alexander Grau Jean Denis Delétraz Fabien Giroix LMGT1 3:44.794 +7.105 14 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR Dr. Thomas Bscher Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello LMGT1 3:47.902 +10.213 15 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III Philippe Gache Anthony Beltoise LMP1 3:51.818 +14.129 16 46 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 Hybrid James Weaver Perry McCarthy LMGT1 3:54.199 +16.510 17 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli LMP1 3:54.617 +16.928 18 18 Konrad Motorsport Kremer K8 Spyder Franz Konrad LMP1 3:54.625 +16.936 19 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.120 +22.431 20 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R Justin Bell Dominique Dupuy Pedro Lamy LMGT2 4:00.665 +22.976 21 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Patrice Goueslard Patrick Bourdais Jean Luc Chéreau LMGT2 4:03.380 +25.691 22 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Bruno Eichmann Claudia Hürtgen LMGT2 4:03.925 +26.236 23 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Martin Stretton LMGT2 4:04.121 +26.432 24 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz LMGT2 4:04.618 +26.929 25 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs LMGT2 4:06.814 +29.125 26 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger LMGT2 4:09.016 +31.327 27 74 Cirtek Motorsport Saleen Mustang SR Rob Schirle Michel Ligonnet LMGT2/LMP2 4:09.895 +32.206 28 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Jean Luc Maury Laribière LMGT2 4:23.924 +46.235 29 20 JL Sonnier WR LMP 98 Pierre Bruneau Dominique Lacaud LMP1 4:48.010 +1:10.321 30 66 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 John Robinson Hugh Price Sascha Maassen LMGT2 5:00.367 +1:22.678
Note: Pink background denotes non qualifiers, green background denotes entries automatically pre qualified.
Записи в резерве
Заявки, не прошедшие предварительную квалификацию, были включены в резервный список на случай, если одна из 48 заявок откажется от участия до начала мероприятия. Эти заявки допускались к участию в гонке на основе лучших результатов предварительной квалификации в той же группе и классе, что и отказавшаяся заявка. Перед гонкой были отозваны две заявки LMGT2 с первой сессии предварительной квалификации. Первой была отозвана единственная квалифицированная машина Cirtek Mustang, что позволило Roock Racing 911 GT2 под номером 65 попасть в список участников гонки. Второй стала команда Viper Team Oreca, у которой было квалифицировано в общей сложности четыре автомобиля Viper, включая автоматическую заявку, отозвавшая Viper под номером 52. Это позволило RJ Racing Helem под номером 58 принять участие в гонке.
The entries which failed to pre qualify were placed on a reserve list, in case an entry from the list of 48 withdrew prior to the event. These entries were allowed to join the race entry list based on the fastest pre qualifying times from the same group and class as the withdrawn entry. Before the race, two LMGT2 entries from the first pre qualifying session were withdrawn. First to be withdrawn was the lone Cirtek Mustang which had qualified, which promoted the #65 Roock Racing 911 GT2 into the race. Secondly Viper Team Oreca, which had a total of four Vipers qualified for the race including their automatic entry, withdrew Viper #52. This promoted the #58 RJ Racing Helem into the race.
Квалификация
Из 48 автомобилей, заявленных на гонку, в практике и квалификации примут участие 47. Helem V6, получивший продвижение после снятия с гонки Viper под номером 52, не прошел техническую инспекцию на неделе гонки из-за несоответствия конструкции между дорожной версией и гоночным автомобилем, заявленным на 24-часовую гонку. После того, как автомобиль был допущен лишь по резервной заявке, ему не было разрешено продолжать участие в гоночных процедурах. Квалификация состояла из четырех сессий, проходивших в среду и четверг вечером, и стартовая решетка для гонки определялась лучшим временем, показанным в любой из этих сессий.
Of the 48 cars entered for the race 47 would take part in practice and qualifying. The Helem V6, which had been promoted following the withdrawal of the #52 Viper, ultimately failed race week scrutineering checks because of non complying structural differences between the road car and the competition one entered in the 24 Hours. After barely scraping through on a reserve entry the car would thus not be allowed to take any further part in race proceedings. Qualifying took place over a combined four sessions held on Wednesday and Thursday evening, with the fastest times set at any time across all sessions determining the starting grid for the race.
Результаты квалификации
Лидеры класса выделены жирным шрифтом. Поз. № Команда Автомобиль Класс Пилот Время Отрыв 1 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM LMGT1 Bernd Schneider 3:35.544 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One LMGT1 Martin Brundle 3:36.552 +1.038 3 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM LMGT1 Christophe Bouchut 3:36.901 +1.367 4 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 LMGT1 Jörg Müller 3:38.084 +2.550 5 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 LMGT1 Allan McNish 3:38.407 +2.873 6 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM LMP1 Pierluigi Martini 3:38.829 +3.295 7 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One LMGT1 Thierry Boutsen 3:40.042 +4.508 8 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One LMGT1 Ukyo Katayama 3:40.472 +4.938 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 LMP1 Michele Alboreto 3:40.503 +4.969 10 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 LMGT1 Franck Lagorce 3:40.649 +5.115 11 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 LMGT1 David Brabham 3:40.730 +5.196 12 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM LMP1 Tom Kristensen 3:41.599 +6.065 13 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 LMGT1 Jan Lammers 3:41.621 +6.087 14 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 LMGT1 Aguri Suzuki 3:42.397 +6.863 15 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 LMP1 Fredrik Ekblom 3:43.244 +7.710 16 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 LMP1 Didier Cottaz 3:43.471 +7.937 17 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP LMP1 Jean Christophe Boullion 3:44.458 +8.924 18 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 LMGT1 Éric Bernard 3:44.602 +9.068 19 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 LMGT1 Takuya Kurosawa 3:45.293 +9.759 20 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 LMP1 Pierre Henri Raphanel 3:45.452 +9.918 21 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP LMP1 Didier Theys 3:45.755 +10.261 22 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP LMP1 Eric van de Poele 3:46.289 +10.755 23 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR LMGT1 Rinaldo Capello 3:50.566 +15.032 24 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR LMGT1 Tim Sugden 3:50.863 +15.329 25 15 La Filière Courage C36 LMP1 Olivier Grouillard 3:51.535 +16.001 26 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III LMP1 Philippe Gache 3:54.274 +18.740 27 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 LMP1 Olivier Thévenin 3:56.658 +21.124 28 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP LMP1 Michel Ferté 3:57.546 +22.012 29 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder LMP1 Xavier Pompidou 3:57.814 +22.280 30 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R LMGT2 Olivier Beretta 3:59.981 +24.447 31 50 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R LMGT2 Karl Wendlinger 4:05.006 +29.472 32 60 Société Chereau Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Jean Pierre Jarier 4:05.010 +29.476 33 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R LMGT2 Justin Bell 4:05.648 +30.114 34 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Nick Ham 4:06.110 +30.576 35 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Claudia Hürtgen 4:06.205 +30.671 36 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Patrice Goueslard 4:06.511 +30.977 37 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Michel Neugarten 4:08.326 +32.792 38 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R LMGT2 Ni Amorim 4:08.958 +33.424 39 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Michel Maisonneuve 4:09.263 +33.729 40 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 LMP2 Lionel Robert 4:09.453 +33.919 41 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R LMGT2 Gary Ayles 4:09.683 +34.149 42 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Harald Grohs 4:10.215 +34.681 43 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Michael Trunk 4:11.606 +36.072 44 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Robert Schirle 4:11.910 +36.376 45 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Thierry Perrier 4:19.476 +43.566 46 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Toni Seiler 4:20.426 +44.892 47 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Éric Graham 4:23.655 +48.121
Class leaders are in bold. Pos No. Team Car Class Driver Time Gap 1 35 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM LMGT1 Bernd Schneider 3:35.544 2 28 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One LMGT1 Martin Brundle 3:36.552 +1.038 3 36 AMG Mercedes Mercedes Benz CLK LM LMGT1 Christophe Bouchut 3:36.901 +1.367 4 25 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 LMGT1 Jörg Müller 3:38.084 +2.550 5 26 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 98 LMGT1 Allan McNish 3:38.407 +2.873 6 2 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM LMP1 Pierluigi Martini 3:38.829 +3.295 7 29 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One LMGT1 Thierry Boutsen 3:40.042 +4.508 8 27 Toyota Motorsport Toyota GT One LMGT1 Ukyo Katayama 3:40.472 +4.938 9 7 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 LMP1 Michele Alboreto 3:40.503 +4.969 10 30 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 LMGT1 Franck Lagorce 3:40.649 +5.115 11 45 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 LMGT1 David Brabham 3:40.730 +5.196 12 1 Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LM LMP1 Tom Kristensen 3:41.599 +6.065 13 31 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 LMGT1 Jan Lammers 3:41.621 +6.087 14 32 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 LMGT1 Aguri Suzuki 3:42.397 +6.863 15 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 LMP1 Fredrik Ekblom 3:43.244 +7.710 16 14 Courage Compétition Courage C51 LMP1 Didier Cottaz 3:43.471 +7.937 17 5 Jabouille Boursche Ferrari 333 SP LMP1 Jean Christophe Boullion 3:44.458 +8.924 18 44 Panoz Motor Sports Panoz GTR 1 LMGT1 Éric Bernard 3:44.602 +9.068 19 33 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R390 GT1 LMGT1 Takuya Kurosawa 3:45.293 +9.759 20 8 Porsche AG Porsche LMP1 98 LMP1 Pierre Henri Raphanel 3:45.452 +9.918 21 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Ferrari 333 SP LMP1 Didier Theys 3:45.755 +10.261 22 12 Doyle Risi Racing Ferrari 333 SP LMP1 Eric van de Poele 3:46.289 +10.755 23 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR LMGT1 Rinaldo Capello 3:50.566 +15.032 24 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren McLaren F1 GTR LMGT1 Tim Sugden 3:50.863 +15.329 25 15 La Filière Courage C36 LMP1 Olivier Grouillard 3:51.535 +16.001 26 21 Philippe Gache Riley & Scott Mk III LMP1 Philippe Gache 3:54.274 +18.740 27 24 Courage Compétition Courage C41 LMP1 Olivier Thévenin 3:56.658 +21.124 28 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari 333 SP LMP1 Michel Ferté 3:57.546 +22.012 29 16 Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder LMP1 Xavier Pompidou 3:57.814 +22.280 30 51 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R LMGT2 Olivier Beretta 3:59.981 +24.447 31 50 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R LMGT2 Karl Wendlinger 4:05.006 +29.472 32 60 Société Chereau Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Jean Pierre Jarier 4:05.010 +29.476 33 53 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS R LMGT2 Justin Bell 4:05.648 +30.114 34 70 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Nick Ham 4:06.110 +30.576 35 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Claudia Hürtgen 4:06.205 +30.671 36 72 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Patrice Goueslard 4:06.511 +30.977 37 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Michel Neugarten 4:08.326 +32.792 38 55 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R LMGT2 Ni Amorim 4:08.958 +33.424 39 71 Estoril Racing Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Michel Maisonneuve 4:09.263 +33.729 40 22 Didier Bonnet Debora LMP296 LMP2 Lionel Robert 4:09.453 +33.919 41 56 Chamberlain Engineering Chrysler Viper GTS R LMGT2 Gary Ayles 4:09.683 +34.149 42 62 CJ Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Harald Grohs 4:10.215 +34.681 43 61 Krauss Race Sports International Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Michael Trunk 4:11.606 +36.072 44 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Robert Schirle 4:11.910 +36.376 45 69 Michel Nourry Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Thierry Perrier 4:19.476 +43.566 46 73 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Toni Seiler 4:20.426 +44.892 47 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 Éric Graham 4:23.655 +48.121
Гонка
Porsche выиграл гонку, так как более быстрые автомобили Mercedes, BMW и Toyota сошли с дистанции из-за механических проблем и повреждений, полученных в авариях. Оставшиеся Nissan и устаревшие McLaren не смогли показать темп, сравнимый с обновленными 911 GT1. После этой гонки Porsche ушел на перерыв, по слухам, чтобы дать возможность партнеру Porsche, Audi, разработать собственный спорткар без внутренней конкуренции в альянсе. Porsche вернулся в Ле-Ман в 2014 году и в итоге выиграл гонку 2015 года. Победа Chrysler Viper GTS R в классе GT2 стала первой победой американской машины в классе GT с тех пор, как Shelby Daytona Coupe победила в 1964 году.
Porsche won the race as the faster cars from Mercedes, BMW and Toyota retired with mechanical difficulties and accident damage. The remaining Nissans and outdated McLarens were unable to match the pace of the upgraded 911 GT1s. Following this race, Porsche went into a sabbatical, rumored to be part of a plan to allow Porsche's partner Audi to develop their own sportscar without competition from within the alliance. Porsche would return to Le Mans in 2014; they would eventually win the 2015 race. The GT2 class win by the Chrysler Viper GTS R was the first GT class win for an American made car since the Shelby Daytona Coupe won in 1964.
Официальные результаты
Поз. Класс № Команда Пилоты Шасси Шины Круги Двигатель 1 LMGT1 26 Porsche AG Лоран Айелло Аллан Макниш Стефан Ортелли Porsche 911 GT1 98 351 Porsche 3.2 л Turbo Flat 6 2 LMGT1 25 Porsche AG Йорг Мюллер Уве Альцен Боб Воллек Porsche 911 GT1 98 350 Porsche 3.2 л Turbo Flat 6 3 LMGT1 32 Nissan Motorsport Агури Сузуки Казуёси Хошино Масахико Кагеяма Nissan R390 GT1 348 Nissan VRH35L 3.5 л Turbo V8 4 LMGT1 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren Стив О’Рурк Тим Сугден Билл Оберлен McLaren F1 GTR 343 BMW S70 6.0 л V12 5 LMGT1 30 Nissan Motorsport Джон Нильсен Майкл Крумм Франк Лагорс Nissan R390 GT1 342 Nissan VRH35L 3.5 л Turbo V8 6 LMGT1 31 Nissan Motorsport Ян Ламмерс Эрик Комас Андреа Монтермини Nissan R390 GT1 342 Nissan VRH35L 3.5 л Turbo V8 7 LMGT1 45 Panoz Motor Sports Дэвид Брэбхэм Энди Уоллес Джейми Дэвис Panoz GTR 1 335 Ford Roush 6.0 л V8 8 LMP1 12 Doyle Risi Racing Уэйн Тейлор Эрик ван де Пуле Фермин Велес Ferrari 333 SP 332 Ferrari F130E 4.0 л V12 9 LMGT1 27 Toyota Motorsport Укё Катаяма Тосио Сузуки Кейичи Тсучия Toyota GT One 326 Toyota R36V 3.6 л Turbo V8 10 LMGT1 33 Nissan Motorsport Сатоси Мотояма Такуя Куросава Масами Кагеяма Nissan R390 GT1 319 Nissan VRH35L 3.5 л Turbo V8 11 LMGT2 53 Viper Team Oreca Джастин Белл Дэвид Донохью Лука Друди Chrysler Viper GTS R 317 Chrysler 8.0 л V10 12 LMP1 16 Kremer Racing Рокки Агуста Альмо Коппелли Ксавье Помпиду Kremer K8/2 Spyder 314 Porsche Type 935 3.2 л Turbo Flat 6 13 LMGT2 51 Viper Team Oreca Оливье Беретта Педро Лами Томми Арчер Chrysler Viper GTS R 312 Chrysler 8.0 л V10 14 LMP1 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Джанпьеро Моретти Мауро Бальди Дидье Тейс Ferrari 333 SP 311 Ferrari F130E 4.0 л V12 15 LMP1 24 Courage Compétition Ёдзиро Терада Франк Фреон Оливье Тевенин Courage C41 304 Porsche Type 935 3.0 л Turbo Flat 6 16 LMP1 15 La Filière Анри Пескароло Оливье Груйяр Франк Монтаньи Courage C36 300 Porsche Type 935 3.0 л Turbo Flat 6 17 LMGT2 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Клаудия Хюртген Мишель Лигоне Роберт Нирн Porsche 911 GT2 285 Porsche 3.8 л Turbo Flat 6 18 LMGT2 69 Michel Nourry Мишель Нурри Тьерри Перрье Жан Луи Риччи Porsche 911 GT2 276 Porsche 3.6 л Turbo Flat 6 19 LMGT2 56 Chamberlain Engineering Гэри Эйлс Мэтт Тернер Ханс Хугенхольц Chrysler Viper GTS R 270 Chrysler 8.0 л V10 20 LMGT2 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Эрик Грэм Эрве Пулен Porsche 911 GT2 268 Porsche 3.6 л Turbo Flat 6 21 LMGT2 55 Chamberlain Engineering Ни Аморим Гонсало Гомес Chrysler Viper GTS R 264 Chrysler 8.0 л V10 22 LMGT2 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Роб Ширле Андре Арле Дэвид Уорнок Porsche 911 GT2 247 Porsche 3.6 л Turbo Flat 6 23 LMGT2 72 Larbre Compétition Патрис Гуеслар Жан Люк Шере Пьер Ивер Porsche 911 GT2 240 Porsche 3.6 л Turbo Flat 6 Сход LMGT1 29 Toyota Motorsport Тьерри Бутсен Ральф Келленерс Джефф Лиис Toyota GT One 330 Toyota R36V 3.6 л Turbo V8 Сход LMGT2 71 Estoril Racing Мишель Мейсоннёв Мануэль Монтейро Мишель Монтейро Porsche 911 GT2 277 Porsche 3.6 л Turbo Flat 6 Сход LMGT1 44 Panoz Motor Sports Эрик Бернар Кристоф Тинсё Жанни О’Коннелл Panoz GTR 1 236 Ford Roush 6.0 л V8 Сход LMP1 13 Courage Compétition Дидье Коттаз Марк Гуссен Жан Филипп Беллок Courage C51 232 Nissan VRH35Z 3.0 л Turbo V8 Сход LMGT1 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren Доктор Томас Бшер Эмануэле Пирро Ринальдо Капелло McLaren F1 GTR 228 BMW S70 6.0 л V12 Сход LMP1 8 Porsche AG Пьер Анри Рафанель Дэвид Мюрри Джеймс Уивер Porsche LMP1 98 218 Porsche Type 935 3.2 л Turbo Flat 6 Сход LMP1 10 Pilot Racing Мишель Ферте Паскаль Фабр Франсуа Миго Ferrari 333 SP 203 Ferrari F130E 4.0 л V12 Сход LMGT2 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Мишель Нёгартен Жан Клод Ланье Дэвид Смаджа Porsche 911 GT2 198 Porsche 3.6 л Turbo Flat 6 Сход LMGT1 28 Toyota Motorsport Мартин Брундл Эммануэль Коллард Эрик Хелари Toyota GT One 191 Toyota R36V 3.6 л Turbo V8 Сход LMP1 5 Jabouille Boursche Винченцо Соспири Жан Кристоф Буллион Жером Поликан Ferrari 333 SP 187 Ferrari F130E 4.0 л V12 Сход LMGT2 60 Société Chereau Жан Пьер Жарие Карл Розенблад Робин Донован Porsche 911 GT2 164 Porsche 3.6 л Turbo Flat 6 Сход LMGT2 62 CJ Motorsport Джон Мортон Джон Грэм Харальд Грохс Porsche 911 GT2 164 Porsche 3.6 л Turbo Flat 6 Сход LMP1 21 Philippe Gache Филипп Гаш Уэйн Гарднер Дидье де Радиге Riley & Scott Mk III 155 Ford 5.1 л V8 Сход LMP1 7 Porsche AG Микеле Альборето Стефан Йоханссон Янник Дальма Porsche LMP1 98 107 Porsche Type 935 3.2 л Turbo Flat 6 Сход LMP2 22 Didier Bonnet Лионель Роберт Эдуард Сезоньаль Пьер Брюн Debora LMP296 106 BMW S50 3.2 л I6 Сход LMGT2 61 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger Porsche 911 GT2 71 Porsche 3.6 л Turbo Flat 6 Сход LMP1 1 Team BMW Motorsport Ханс Йоахим Штук Стив Сопер Том Кристенсен BMW V12 LM 60 BMW S70 6.0 л V12 Сход LMP1 2 Team BMW Motorsport Пьерлуиджи Мартини Йоахим Винкельхок Джонни Чекотто BMW V12 LM 43 BMW S70 6.0 л V12 Сход LMGT1 36 AMG Mercedes Жан Марк Гунон Рикардо Зонта Кристоф Бушу Mercedes Benz CLK LM 31 Mercedes Benz GT108B 5.0 л V8 Сход LMGT2 50 Viper Team Oreca Карл Вендлингер Марк Дюэ Патрик Хюисман Chrysler Viper GTS R 28 Chrysler 8.0 л V10 Сход LMGT2 70 Konrad Motorsport Франц Конрад Ларри Шумахер Ник Хэм Porsche 911 GT2 24 Porsche 3.6 л Turbo Flat 6 Сход LMGT1 35 AMG Mercedes Бернд Шнайдер Марк Веббер Клаус Людвиг Mercedes Benz CLK LM 19 Mercedes Benz GT108B 5.0 л V8 Сход LMGT2 73 Konrad Motorsport Тони Зейлер Петер Кичак Анджело Задра Porsche 911 GT2 2 Porsche 3.6 л Turbo Flat 6
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMGT1 26 Porsche AG Laurent Aïello Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli Porsche 911 GT1 98 351 Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat 6 2 LMGT1 25 Porsche AG Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Bob Wollek Porsche 911 GT1 98 350 Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat 6 3 LMGT1 32 Nissan Motorsport Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masahiko Kageyama Nissan R390 GT1 348 Nissan VRH35L 3.5 L Turbo V8 4 LMGT1 40 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden Bill Auberlen McLaren F1 GTR 343 BMW S70 6.0 L V12 5 LMGT1 30 Nissan Motorsport John Nielsen Michael Krumm Franck Lagorce Nissan R390 GT1 342 Nissan VRH35L 3.5 L Turbo V8 6 LMGT1 31 Nissan Motorsport Jan Lammers Érik Comas Andrea Montermini Nissan R390 GT1 342 Nissan VRH35L 3.5L Turbo V8 7 LMGT1 45 Panoz Motor Sports David Brabham Andy Wallace Jamie Davies Panoz GTR 1 335 Ford Roush 6.0 L V8 8 LMP1 12 Doyle Risi Racing Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele Fermín Velez Ferrari 333 SP 332 Ferrari F130E 4.0 L V12 9 LMGT1 27 Toyota Motorsport Ukyo Katayama Toshio Suzuki Keiichi Tsuchiya Toyota GT One 326 Toyota R36V 3.6 L Turbo V8 10 LMGT1 33 Nissan Motorsport Satoshi Motoyama Takuya Kurosawa Masami Kageyama Nissan R390 GT1 319 Nissan VRH35L 3.5 L Turbo V8 11 LMGT2 53 Viper Team Oreca Justin Bell David Donohue Luca Drudi Chrysler Viper GTS R 317 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 12 LMP1 16 Kremer Racing Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli Xavier Pompidou Kremer K8/2 Spyder 314 Porsche Type 935 3.2 L Turbo Flat 6 13 LMGT2 51 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta Pedro Lamy Tommy Archer Chrysler Viper GTS R 312 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 14 LMP1 3 Moretti Racing Inc. Gianpiero Moretti Mauro Baldi Didier Theys Ferrari 333 SP 311 Ferrari F130E 4.0 L V12 15 LMP1 24 Courage Compétition Yojiro Terada Franck Fréon Olivier Thévenin Courage C41 304 Porsche Type 935 3.0 L Turbo Flat 6 16 LMP1 15 La Filière Henri Pescarolo Olivier Grouillard Franck Montagny Courage C36 300 Porsche Type 935 3.0 L Turbo Flat 6 17 LMGT2 64 Roock Racing Motorsport Claudia Hürtgen Michel Ligonnet Robert Nearn Porsche 911 GT2 285 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat 6 18 LMGT2 69 Michel Nourry Michel Nourry Thierry Perrier Jean Louis Ricci Porsche 911 GT2 276 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat 6 19 LMGT2 56 Chamberlain Engineering Gary Ayles Matt Turner Hans Hugenholtz Chrysler Viper GTS R 270 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 20 LMGT2 68 Elf Haberthur Racing Éric Graham Hervé Poulain Porsche 911 GT2 268 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat 6 21 LMGT2 55 Chamberlain Engineering Ni Amorim Gonçalo Gomes Chrysler Viper GTS R 264 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 22 LMGT2 65 Roock Racing Motorsport Rob Schirle André Ahrlé David Warnock Porsche 911 GT2 247 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat 6 23 LMGT2 72 Larbre Compétition Patrice Goueslard Jean Luc Chéreau Pierre Yver Porsche 911 GT2 240 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat 6 DNF LMGT1 29 Toyota Motorsport Thierry Boutsen Ralf Kelleners Geoff Lees Toyota GT One 330 Toyota R36V 3.6 L Turbo V8 DNF LMGT2 71 Estoril Racing Michel Maisonneuve Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro Porsche 911 GT2 277 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat 6 DNF LMGT1 44 Panoz Motor Sports Éric Bernard Christophe Tinseau Johnny O'Connell Panoz GTR 1 236 Ford Roush 6.0 L V8 DNF LMP1 13 Courage Compétition Didier Cottaz Marc Goossens Jean Philippe Belloc Courage C51 232 Nissan VRH35Z 3.0 L Turbo V8 DNF LMGT1 41 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren Dr. Thomas Bscher Emanuele Pirro Rinaldo Capello McLaren F1 GTR 228 BMW S70 6.0 L V12 DNF LMP1 8 Porsche AG Pierre Henri Raphanel David Murry James Weaver Porsche LMP1 98 218 Porsche Type 935 3.2 L Turbo Flat 6 DNF LMP1 10 Pilot Racing Michel Ferté Pascal Fabre François Migault Ferrari 333 SP 203 Ferrari F130E 4.0 L V12 DNF LMGT2 67 Elf Haberthur Racing Michel Neugarten Jean Claude Lagniez David Smadja Porsche 911 GT2 198 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat 6 DNF LMGT1 28 Toyota Motorsport Martin Brundle Emmanuel Collard Éric Hélary Toyota GT One 191 Toyota R36V 3.6 L Turbo V8 DNF LMP1 5 Jabouille Boursche Vincenzo Sospiri Jean Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand Ferrari 333 SP 187 Ferrari F130E 4.0 L V12 DNF LMGT2 60 Société Chereau Jean Pierre Jarier Carl Rosenblad Robin Donovan Porsche 911 GT2 164 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat 6 DNF LMGT2 62 CJ Motorsport John Morton John Graham Harald Grohs Porsche 911 GT2 164 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat 6 DNF LMP1 21 Philippe Gache Philippe Gache Wayne Gardner Didier de Radiguès Riley & Scott Mk III 155 Ford 5.1 L V8 DNF LMP1 14 Courage Compétition Fredrik Ekblom Patrice Gay Takeshi Tsuchiya Courage C51 126 Nissan VRH35Z 3.5 L Turbo V8 DNF LMP1 7 Porsche AG Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson Yannick Dalmas Porsche LMP1 98 107 Porsche Type 935 3.2 L Turbo Flat 6 DNF LMP2 22 Didier Bonnet Lionel Robert Édouard Sezionale Pierre Bruneau Debora LMP296 106 BMW S50 3.2 L I6 DNF LMGT2 61 Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk Ernst Palmberger Porsche 911 GT2 71 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat 6 DNF LMP1 1 Team BMW Motorsport Hans Joachim Stuck Steve Soper Tom Kristensen BMW V12 LM 60 BMW S70 6.0 L V12 DNF LMP1 2 Team BMW Motorsport Pierluigi Martini Joachim Winkelhock Johnny Cecotto BMW V12 LM 43 BMW S70 6.0 L V12 DNF LMGT1 36 AMG Mercedes Jean Marc Gounon Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut Mercedes Benz CLK LM 31 Mercedes Benz GT108B 5.0 L V8 DNF LMGT2 50 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger Marc Duez Patrick Huisman Chrysler Viper GTS R 28 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 DNF LMGT2 70 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad Larry Schumacher Nick Ham Porsche 911 GT2 24 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat 6 DNF LMGT1 35 AMG Mercedes Bernd Schneider Mark Webber Klaus Ludwig Mercedes Benz CLK LM 19 Mercedes Benz GT108B 5.0 L V8 DNF LMGT2 73 Konrad Motorsport Toni Seiler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra Porsche 911 GT2 2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat 6