2002 24 Hours of Le Mans

2002 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Circuit de la Sarthe track

The winning No. 1 Audi R8 LMP900, pictured at The Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans was an automobile endurance race held for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring cars from 15 to 16 June 2002 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, close by Le Mans, France. It was the 70th running of the event, as organized by the automotive group, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) since 1923. A test day was held five weeks prior to the race on 5 May. The No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest car of Tom Kristensen, Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro won the race overall and Audi's third consecutive victory in Le Mans, extending back to the 2000 event.

Background and circuit changes

The 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 70th edition of the event and took place at the 13.880 km (8.625 mi) Circuit de la Sarthe road racing track close to Le Mans, France, from 15 to 16 June. ^{[1] [2]} The race was first held in 1923 after the automotive journalist Charles Faroux, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) general secretary Georges Durand and the industrialist Emile Coquile agreed to hold a test of vehicle reliability and durability. It is considered the world's most prestigious sports car race and is part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport. ^[3]

After the Bugatti Circuit was reconstructed, the organisers of the race and automotive group, the ACO, announced improvements requested to the circuit by the governing body of motorcycle racing, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, between the Dunlop Bridge and the entry to the Esses complex of corners. The track was lengthened by 275 m (301 yd) and widened by 64 m (210 ft) due to the addition of a new left-hand corner for a better transition from the Circuit de la Sarthe to the Bugatti Circuit. New gravel traps were also added to the area. Construction cost ₣15 million and took place from November 2001 to February 2002. ^[4]

Entries

The ACO received 96 applications by the deadline for entries on 22 February 2002. It granted 48 invitations to the 24 Hours of Le Mans and entries were divided between the LMP900 (Le Mans Prototype 900), LMGTP (Le Mans Grand Touring Prototype), LMP675 (Le Mans Prototype 675), LMGTS (Le Mans Grand Touring Sports) and LMGT (Le Mans Grand Touring) categories. ^[5] A special invitation category was created by the ACO for the Panoz and Lola prototypes fielded by the DAMS team to allow for the filming of the 2003 film Michel Vaillant by Luc Besson. ^{[6] [7]}

Automatic entries

Eight automatic entry invitations were earned by teams that won their class in the 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, or victories in two rounds of the worldwide Le Mans Series that the ACO designed as "qualifying events" – the Petit Le Mans of the American Le Mans Series and the 1000km of Estoril of the defunct European Le Mans Series. ^[5] They were Audi Sport Team Joest in the LMP900 class, Corvette Racing in the LMGTs category and Seikel Motorsport in the LMGT class. Audi and Corvette also earned berths for securing victories in their respective classes at the Petit Le Mans race and Pescarolo Sport of the LMP900 category, GTS entrants Ray Mallock Limited and Freisinger Motorsport in the LMGT class were granted invitations for winning the 1000 km of Estoril. ^[5] Prototype Technology Group were the only team not to accept their automatic invitation as the team's car supplier BMW had withdrawn from the American Le Mans Series due to a technological dispute. ^{[8] [9]}

Entry list and reserves

On 21 March 2002, the selection committee of the ACO announced the full 50-car entry list for Le Mans, plus six reserves. ^[6] In addition from the eight guaranteed entries, 17 regular season entries came from the American Le Mans Series, while the remainder of the field was filled with one-off entries only competing at Le Mans. ^[10] Team Rafanelli announced that their Ferrari 550M would be withdrawn on 26 March, after the team decided to focus on the GTS championship in the American Le Mans Series. ^[11] This promoted the No. 27 Chamberlain Motorsport MG-Lola EX257 to the race entry as a result and increased the number of LMP675 entries to seven. ^[12] All of the reserve entries were deleted from the entry list on 31 May. ^[13]

Testing

A mandatory pre-Le Mans testing day split into two daytime sessions of four hours each was held at the circuit on 5 May, involving all 48 entries as well as all six reserve cars. ^[13] The two four-hour sessions were held in cold and overcast weather conditions. ^[14] Audi set the day's pace with a lap of 3 minutes and 30.296 seconds from the No. 2 Audi R8 of Rinaldo Capello in the final ten minutes of the second session, followed by Stéphane Sarrazin in the No. 14 Team Oreca Dallara SP1 in second. Slower traffic restricted Tom Kristensen's No. 1 car to third and his teammate Michael Krumm put the No. 3 vehicle in fourth. The No. 27 MG-Lola EX257 driven by Mark Blundell was fifth overall, and he was in front of the sole LMGTP entry, Eric van de Poele's No. 8 Bentley EXP Speed 8 in sixth overall. ^[15] In the LMGTS class, Tomáš Enge, driving the No. 58 Prodrive Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello, set the category's fastest time and he was more than two seconds faster than Christophe Bouchut in the No. 50 Larbre Compétition-Chereau-entered Chrysler Viper GTS-R. ^[15] The No. 81 The Racer's Group-fielded Porsche 911 GT3-RS was the fastest car in the LMGT category, followed by the PK Sport Ltd. Porsche in second and the third-placed JMB Racing Ferrari 360 Modena. ^[14]

Qualifying

There were eight hours of qualifying divided into four two-hour sessions available to all the entrants on 12 and 13 June. During the sessions, all entrants were required to set a time within 110 percent of the fastest lap established by the fastest vehicle in each category to qualify for the race. ^[9] Jan Lammers' No. 16 Racing for Holland Dome S101 set an early pace of 3 minutes and 31.355 seconds just before the end of the first qualifying session's first hour. The lap was not bettered by any other car, giving the entry provisional pole position. The fastest Audi R8 was the No. 1 car of Kristensen who was 0.414 seconds slower in second but more than three seconds faster than Capello in third and Krumm in fourth. Olivier Beretta was the fastest Dallara in fifth and van de Poele put the No. 8 Bentley in sixth. ^[16] A red flag was necessitated when the No. 26 MG-Lola EX257 of Jonny Kane had an engine failure on the Mulsanne Straight and his team changed engines. ^[16] The first two positions in the LMP675 class were occupied by Warren Hughes and Julian Bailey's MGs, ^[17] with the No. 28 ROC Organisation Course Reynard 2KQ-LM driven by Mark Smithson in third. ^[16] Rickard Rydell in the Prodrive Ferrari led the LMGTS category by more than four seconds over the leading Corvette of Andy Pilgrim and the LMGT class was topped by The Racer's Group Porsche 911 of Lucas Luhr. ^[16] JMB Racing's No. 71 Ferrari got beached in the gravel trap at the Dunlop Curve, bringing an early end to the session with ten minutes to go. ^[18]

The second qualifying session had Capello go faster than Lammers' time from the first session to take the provisional pole position with a lap of 3 minutes and 30.347 seconds in its eighth minute. Kristensen remained in second as he improved the No. 1 car's best lap. He demoted the No. 16 Racing for Holland Dome of Lammers to third overall although the latter entry bettered its first session time. Krumm's No. 3 Audi maintained fourth and Blundell advanced the No. 27 MG-Lola from seventh to fifth overall despite a collision with a LMGT Porsche through the Tetre Rouge Esses complex of corners at about 135 mph (217 km/h). The MG-Lola crashed into a barrier beside the circuit and damaged its steering arm. ^[19] Blundell drove the car back to the pit lane for extensive repairs to it. ^[20] Four minutes before the conclusion of the session, Andy Wallace's No. 8 Bentley and a slower car made contact on the approach to Indianapolis corner, causing the Bentley to run into the trackside gravel trap. ^{[19] [20]} Yannick Dalmas in the No. 5 Audi Sport Japan Team Goh car lost his right rear wing endplate from possibly hitting debris on the Mulsanne Straight and the car launched airborne before resting against a barrier. ^[21] In LMGTS, Oliver Gavin's Chevrolet Corvette C5-R and Alain Menu in the Prodrive Ferrari battled for the provisional pole position with Menu ending the session top of all the entrants in the category with a time of 3 minutes and 56.730 seconds. ^[20] The LMGT class continued to be led by The Racer's Group Porsche 911. ^[19]

After the second session, the No. 16 Racing for Holland Dome had all of its lap times deleted due to a fuel infringement caused by possibly its fuel tank not being extensively cleaned. ^[22] Teams running with more powerful engines for qualifying stopped utilising them and installed the power units they would use for the race in order to comply with an ACO regulation that forbade teams changing engines before the final qualifying session and the race. ^[22] The 13 June's first qualifying session had Capello improve provisional pole position with a 3 minutes and 29.905 seconds lap that he set late in the session and broke the overall lap record held by Martin Brundle in a Toyota GT-One since the 1999 race. He was followed by Kristensen's No. 2 Audi in second after the latter was delayed by a slower car and Sarrazin's third-placed No. 14 Team Oreca Dallara though he aborted his first timed lap due to traffic. ^[23] The No. 3 Audi remained in fourth place, ^[24] and Blundell's No. 27 MG-Lola maintained fifth though his engine failed at the first chicane on the Mulsanne Straight. ^[23] Dalmas' session was ended early with an electrical failure that caused him to abandon his Audi at the side of the track. ^[25] Although it stopped on its first lap with a transmission fault, the Prodrive Ferrari continued to lead the LMGTS category, ^[25] and The Racer's Group Porsche maintained the LMGT class lead despite Luhr making a driver error that put the car into the gravel trap at the Dunlop Chicane, ^{[25] [26]} and a broken water sealant when Kevin Buckler was driving the vehicle. ^[23] The session was stopped halfway through for ten minutes to allow marshals to dry a large amount of spilled oil at the Ford Chicanes. ^{[23] [25]}

As temperatures cooled in the final qualifying session, over a third of the field improved their fastest laps, but Capello's pole position time was unchallenged. Kristensen led the session in the No. 2 Audi with a lap of 3 minutes and 30.219 seconds while his teammate Krumm moved the No. 3 car to third place as the Audis concentrated on race testing. ^[27] It was Audi's third consecutive pole position at Le Mans, extending back to the 2000 event. ^[28] Franck Montagny and Sarrazin qualified the No. 14 Oreca in fourth and Lammer qualified the Racing for Holland Dome in fifth. The No. 27 MG-Lola fell to sixth as it did not take part in the session as it underwent a change of engine and Beretta put the No. 15 Team Oreca Dallara in seventh. The No. 11 Panoz LMP01 Evo, driven by Bryan Herta, caused the session's only stoppage halfway through the session for ten minutes when the car caught fire and stopped at the Dunlop Chicane. ^{[29] [30]} Enge earned Prodrive the LMGTS pole position by improving the class' fastest lap time to a 3 minutes and 54.091 seconds although he damaged the rear of his Ferrari in a crash against a trackside wall. The Racer's Group Porsche 911 of Luhr lowered its best lap to 4 minutes and 10.803 seconds and took pole position in the LMGT category. ^[29]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold and by a ‡. The fastest time set by each entry is denoted in gray.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Car	Time	Gap
1	LMP900	2	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	3:29.905	—‡
2	LMP900	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R8	3:30.219	+0.314
3	LMP900	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R8	3:30.801	+0.896
4	LMP900	14	PlayStation Team Oreca	Dallara SP1	3:31.828	+1.923
5	LMP900	16	Racing for Holland	Dome S101	3:32.734	+2.829
6	LMP675	27	MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	MG-Lola EX257	3:41.016	+3.319‡
7	LMP900	15	PlayStation Team Oreca	Dallara SP1	3:33.403	+3.398
8	LMP900	7	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	3:33.569	+3.564
9	LMP900	11	Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz LMP01 Evo	3:34.824	+4.919
10	LMP900	6	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	3:39.992	+5.037
11	LMGTP	8	Team Bentley	Bentley EXP Speed 8	3:35.056	+5.051‡
12	LMP675	26	MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	MG-Lola EX257	3:36.694	+6.789
13	LMP900	13	Courage Compétition	Courage C60	3:37.305	+7.037
14	LMP900	21	Team Ascari	Ascari KZR-1	3:37.825	+7.920
15	LMP900	5	Audi Sport Japan Team Goh	Audi R8	3:47.495	+8.124
16	LMP900	4	Riley & Scott Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III C	3:38.548	+8.643
17	LMP900	12	Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz LMP01 Evo	3:39.069	+9.164
18	LMP900	18	Pescarolo Sport	Courage C60	3:41.237	+12.332
19	LMP900	17	Pescarolo Sport	Courage C60	3:41.509	+12.604
20	LMP675	30	Knight Hawk Racing	MG-Lola EX257	3:42.441	+13.536
21	LMP900	22	DAMS	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	3:44.877	+15.982
22	LMP900	9	Kondo Racing	Dome S101	3:45.412	+16.507
23	LMP900	10	DAMS	Lola B98/10	3:47.381	+18.476
24	LMP675	25	Gérard Welter	WR LM2001	3:47.546	+18.641
25	LMP900	19	MBD Sportscar Team	Panoz LMP07	3:49.299	+20.294
26	LMP675	29	Noël del Bello	Reynard 2KQ-LM	3:51.095	+22.290
27	LMP675	28	ROC Organisation Course	Reynard 2KQ-LM	3:51.411	+22.506
28	LMGTS	58	Prodrive	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	3:54.091	+24.096‡
29	LMGTS	63	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	3:54.903	+24.998
30	LMGTS	50	Larbre Compétition-Chereau	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	3:57.116	+27.111
31	LMGTS	53	Team Carsport Holland	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	3:57.960	+28.055
32	LMGTS	64	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	3:57.972	+28.067
33	LMGTS	66	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	3:58.833	+28.778
34	LMGTS	52	Equipe de France FFSA	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	3:59.302	+30.397
35	LMP675	24	Autoexe Motorsports	Autoexe LMP-02	4:01.791	+32.786
36	LMGTS	51	Larbre Compétition-Chereau	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	4:06.331	+37.426
37	LMGTS	68	RML	Saleen S7-R	4:08.223	+38.218
38	LMGTS	67	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	4:08.549	+38.544
39	LMGT	81	The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	4:10.803	+41.797‡
40	LMGT	80	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	4:12.698	+42.693
41	LMGT	82	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	4:12.908	+43.003
42	LMGT	78	PK Sport Ltd.	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	4:13.912	+44.007
43	LMGT	75	Orbit	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	4:15.488	+45.483
44	LMGT	70	JMB Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	4:15.951	+46.046
45	LMGT	77	Team Taisan Advan	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	4:15.989	+46.094
46	LMGT	73	DeWalt-Racesport Salisbury	Morgan Aero 8	4:16.847	+47.842
47	LMGT	72	Luc Alphand Adventures	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	4:19.234	+50.229
48	LMGT	74	Auto Palace	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	4:19.536	+50.531
49	LMGT	85	Spyker Automobielen BV	Spyker C8 Double-12R	4:19.969	+51.064
50	LMGT	71	JMB Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	4:27.313	+58.208
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Car	Time	Gap
Source: [31]

Race

The 2002 edition saw Audi Sport Team Joest, with drivers Frank Biela, Tom Kristensen, and Emanuele Pirro, taking their third victory not only as a team and manufacturer, but also as a driving team, marking the first time a set of three drivers won the event three years in a row. ^[32]

Race results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP900	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro	Audi R8	M	375
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
2	LMP900	2	Audi Sport North America	Johnny Herbert Christian Pescatori Rinaldo Capello	Audi R8	M	374
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
3	LMP900	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marco Werner Michael Krumm Philipp Peter	Audi R8	M	372
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
4	LMGTP	8	Team Bentley	Andy Wallace Eric van de Poele Butch Leitzinger	Bentley EXP Speed 8	D	362
					Bentley 4.0 L Turbo V8
5	LMP900	15	PlayStation Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Érik Comas Pedro Lamy	Dallara SP1	M	359
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
6	LMP900	14	PlayStation Team Oreca	Stéphane Sarrazin Franck Montagny Nicolas Minassian	Dallara SP1	M	359
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
7	LMP900	5	Audi Sport Japan Team Goh	Hiroki Katoh Yannick Dalmas Seiji Ara	Audi R8	M	358
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
8	LMP900	16	Racing for Holland	Jan Lammers Tom Coronel Val Hillebrand	Dome S101	M	351
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
9	LMP900	6	Team Cadillac	Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli Christophe Tinseau	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	M	345
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8
10	LMP900	17	Pescarolo Sport	Sébastien Bourdais Jean-Christophe Boullion Franck Lagorce	Courage C60	M	343
					Peugeot A32 3.2 L Turbo V6
11	LMGTS	63	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	335
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
12	LMP900	7	Team Cadillac	Éric Bernard Emmanuel Collard JJ Lehto	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	M	334
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8
13	LMGTS	64	Corvette Racing	Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins Franck Fréon	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	331
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
14	LMGTS	52	Equipe de France FFSA	Jonathan Cochet Benoît Tréluyer Jean-Philippe Belloc	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	326
					Chrysler 8.0 L V10
15	LMP900	13	Courage Compétition	Didier Cottaz Boris Derichebourg Thed Björk	Courage C60	M	322
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
16	LMGT	81	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Lucas Luhr Timo Bernhard	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	322
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17	LMGT	80	Freisinger Motorsport	Romain Dumas Sascha Maassen Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	321
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18	LMGTS	50	Larbre Compétition-Chereau	Christophe Bouchut Patrice Goueslard Vincent Vosse	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	319
					Chrysler 8.0 L V10
19	LMP675	29	Noël del Bello	Jean-Denis Délétraz Christophe Pillon Walter Lechner, Jr.	Reynard 2KQ-LM	M	317
					Volkswagen HPT16 2.0 L I4
20	LMP675	25	Gérard Welter	Jean-René de Fournoux Stéphane Daoudi Jean-Bernard Bouvet	WR LM2001	M	317
					Peugeot 2.0 L Turbo I4
21	LMGT	77	Team Taisan Advan	Atsushi Yogo Akira Iida Kazuyuki Nishizawa	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	316
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22	LMGT	82	Seikel Motorsport	Gabrio Rosa Luca Drudi Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	315
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
23	LMGTS	68	RML	Pedro Chaves Miguel Ramos Gavin Pickering	Saleen S7-R	D	312
					Ford 6.9 L V8
24	LMGT	72	Luc Alphand Adventures	Luc Alphand Christian Lavieille Olivier Thévenin	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	299
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
25	LMGTS	51	Larbre Compétition-Chereau	Jean-Luc Chéreau Carl Rosenblad Jean-Claude Lagniez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	278
					Chrysler 8.0 L V10
26	LMGTS	66	Konrad Motorsport	Terry Borcheller Toni Seiler Franz Konrad	Saleen S7-R	P	266
					Ford 6.9 L V8
NC	LMP900	10	DAMS	Philippe Gache Emanuele Clerico Michel Neugarten	Lola B98/10	M	150
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
DNF	LMP900	19	MBD Sportscar Team	Didier de Radiguès Milka Duno John Graham	Panoz LMP07	A	259
					Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8
DNF	LMP900	12	Panoz Motor Sports	Bill Auberlen David Donohue Gunnar Jeannette	Panoz LMP01 Evo	M	230
					Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
DNF	LMP675	27	MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	Mark Blundell Julian Bailey Kevin McGarrity	MG-Lola EX257	M	219
					MG XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4
DNF	LMP900	4	Riley & Scott Racing	Marc Goossens Jim Matthews Didier Theys	Riley & Scott Mk III C	G	189
					Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
DNF	LMP900	9	Kondo Racing	Masahiko Kondo Ian McKellar Jr. François Migault	Dome S101	M	182
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
DNF	LMGT	73	DeWalt-Racesport Salisbury	Richard Stanton Steve Hyde Richard Hayes	Morgan Aero 8	D	181
					BMW 4.0 L V8
DNF	LMGTS	58	Prodrive	Rickard Rydell Alain Menu Tomáš Enge	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	167
					Ferrari 5.9 L V12
DNF	LMGT	75	Orbit	Leo Hindery, Jr. Peter Baron Anthony Kester	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	165
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
DNF	LMP900	18	Pescarolo Sport	Éric Hélary Stéphane Ortelli Ukyo Katayama	Courage C60	M	144
					Peugeot A32 3.2 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMGT	85	Spyker Automobielen BV	Peter Kox Norman Simon Hans Hugenholtz	Spyker C8 Double-12R	D	142
					BMW 4.0 L V8
DNF	LMP675	26	MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	Anthony Reid Warren Hughes Jonny Kane	MG-Lola EX257	M	129
					MG XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4
DNF	LMP675	28	ROC Organisation Course	Jordi Gené Mark Smithson Peter Owen	Reynard 2KQ-LM	M	126
					Volkswagen HPT16 2.0 L I4
DNF	LMGT	74	Auto Palace	Guillaume Gomez Ryo Fukuda Laurent Cazenave	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	P	119
					Ferrari 3.6 L V8
DNF	LMP675	30	Knight Hawk Racing	Steve Knight Mel Hawkins Duncan Dayton	MG-Lola EX257	A	102
					MG XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4
DNF	LMP900	22	DAMS	Jérôme Policand Marc Duez Perry McCarthy	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	M	98
					Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
DNF	LMGTS	53	Team Carsport Holland	Mike Hezemans Gabriele Matteuzzi Anthony Kumpen	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	P	93
					Chrysler 8.0 L V10
DNF	LMP900	11	Panoz Motor Sports	David Brabham Jan Magnussen Bryan Herta	Panoz LMP01 Evo	M	90
					Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
DNF	LMGT	71	JMB Racing	Steve Earle Chris MacAllister Gary Schultheis	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	P	85
					Ferrari 3.6 L V8
DNF	LMGTS	67	Konrad Motorsport	Walter Brun Charles Slater Rodney Mall	Saleen S7-R	P	83
					Ford 6.9 L V8
DNF	LMGT	78	PK Sport Ltd.	Robin Liddell David Warnock Piers Masarati	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	P	83
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
DNF	LMP900	21	Team Ascari	Werner Lupberger Ben Collins Timothy J. Bell	Ascari KZR-1	D	17
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
DNF	LMGT	70	JMB Racing	Cort Wagner Sam Hancock Martin Short	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	P	16
					Ferrari 3.6 L V8
DNF	LMP675	24	Autoexe Motorsports	Yojiro Terada John Fergus Jim Downing	Autoexe LMP-02	A	5
					Mazda R26B 2.6 L 4-Rotor

Statistics

• Fastest Lap – #1 Audi Sport Team Joest – 3:33.483
• Distance – 5118.75 km
• Average Speed – 213.068 km/h
• Highest Trap Speed – Audi R8 – 340 km/h (race), Dome Judd S101 Racing for Holland – 340 km/h (race)

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