2005 24 Hours of Le Mans

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2005 24 Hours of Le Mans
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A bronze plaque with the handprints of the overall winners.

The 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 73e 24 Heures du Mans) was a non-championship 24-hour automobile endurance race held from 18 to 19 June 2005, at the Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, for teams of three drivers each entering Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring cars. It was the 73rd running of the event, as organised by the automotive group, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) since 1923. A test day was held two weeks prior to the race on 5 June. Approximately 230,000 people attended the race.

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Jean-Christophe Boullion, Emmanuel Collard and Érik Comas began from pole position in a Pescarolo Sport C60 car after Boullion set the overall fastest lap time in the fourth qualifying session. The car led for the first two hours before a gearbox problem forced it into the garage for repairs, allowing Emanuele Pirro's Champion Racing Audi R8 to take the lead until Pirro crashed after a safety car intervention. JJ Lehto, Tom Kristensen and Marco Werner drove the sister Champion car to victory. It was Werner's first Le Mans victory, Lehto's second, and Kristensen's seventh. Kristensen surpassed Jacky Ickx to become the all-time leader in overall Le Mans victories and Audi claimed its fifth victory since the 2000 race. Pescarolo finished second, two laps behind, and the sister Champion Audi car of Frank Biela, Allan McNish and Pirro finished third.

The Ray Mallock Racing MG-Lola EX264 car of Thomas Erdos, Mike Newton and Warren Hughes won the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category after taking the class lead in the race's final hour. Karim Ojjeh, Claude-Yves Gosselin and Adam Sharpe in a Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65 finished second, five laps behind the MG-Lola, while Didier André, Paul Belmondo and Rick Sutherland's sister No. 37 car was third. Corvette Racing won their fourth class victory since their debut in the 2001 race. Olivier Beretta, Oliver Gavin and Jan Magnussen's No. 64 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R held a two-lap advantage over the No. 63 of Ron Fellows, Max Papis and Johnny O'Connell in the Le Mans Grand Touring 1 (LMGT1) category. Porsches led the Le Mans Grand Touring 2 (LMGT2) class with the No. 71 Alex Job Racing 911 GT3-RSR of Leo Hindery, Marc Lieb and Mike Rockenfeller ahead of the No. 90 White Lighting Racing car of Jörg Bergmeister, Patrick Long and Timo Bernhard.

Background

In September 2004, the dates for the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans were announced. [1] It was the 73rd edition of the race and took place at the 8.482 mi (13.650 km) Circuit de la Sarthe road racing circuit close by Le Mans, France, from 18 to 19 June. [2] [3] 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. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is considered one of the world's most prestigious motor races and is part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport. [4]

Regulation and track changes

The Le Mans regulations for the two Grand Touring (GT) categories underwent significant changes for the event. Le Mans Grand Touring Sport became Le Mans Grand Touring 1 (LMGT1), while Le Mans Grand Touring became Le Mans Grand Touring 2 (LMGT2). Both the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, the world governing body of motor racing, and the ACO required new vehicles in both classes to be homologated. [5] In 2005, cars built to comply with the Le Mans Prototype 900 (LMP900) regulations could compete alongside newer "hybrid" cars built to comply with the updated aerodynamic regulations in the Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) category for the last time. LMP900 cars had to run with a smaller air restrictor to reduce engine performance and they had to weigh more than "hybrid" cars. [6]

The ACO recommended that LMGT1 cars lap the Circuit de la Sarthe in no more than 3 minutes, 55 seconds, and LMGT2 cars in no more than 4 minutes, 8 seconds. Had these rules not been met, the automotive group would immediately intervene to lower the performance of individual cars by altering their aerodynamic efficiency, reducing the size of the air restrictor and the fuel tank for future editions of the Le Mans race. [7] [8] GT2-specification vehicles could compete if at least 100 road-going cars were built by "the big manufacturers" and 25 by "the small manufacturers." The ACO would otherwise suspend homologation for the 2006 race. [8]

The circuit was resurfaced from Mulsanne to Arnage corners from late 2004 to early 2005, and a section of road at the circuit's 89th post was levelled. [2]

Entries

By the deadline for entries on 19 January 2005, the ACO had received 78 applications (37 for the Le Mans Prototype (LMP) classes and 41 for the GT categories). It granted 50 invitations to the race, with entries divided between the LMP1, LMP2, LMGT1, and LMGT2 categories. [9]

Automatic entries

Teams that won their category in the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans earned automatic entries. Teams that won Le Mans-related series and events such as the 2004 Petit Le Mans, the 2004 Le Mans Endurance Series and the 2004 American Le Mans Series were also invited. Some second-place finishers were also granted automatic entries in certain series, though none were given to the winners and runners-up of the 2004 FIA GT Championship's GT and N-GT categories, as was the case the previous year. [10] Because entries were pre-selected to teams, they were limited to a maximum of two cars and were not permitted to change their vehicles from year to year. Entries were allowed to switch categories as long as they did not change the make of their car and the ACO granted official permission for the switch. [11]

The ACO published its final list of automatic invitations on 18 January 2005. [12] Audi Sport Japan Team Goh, the 2004 winners, and the runners-up Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx were among the teams to decline their automatic entries. Dyson Racing, Prodrive Racing, Barron Connor Racing, ChoroQ Racing Team, JMB Racing and Alex Job Racing also declined their automatic entries. No replacements were found. [12]

Automatic entries for the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans
Reason EnteredLMP1LMP2LMGT1LMGT2
1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Flag of Japan.svg Audi Sport Japan Team Goh 1 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg White Lighting Racing
2nd in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx 1 Flag of France.svg Rachel Welter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Prodrive Racing 1 Flag of Japan.svg ChoroQ Racing Team 1
1st in the 2004 Le Mans Endurance Series Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx 1 Flag of France.svg Courage Compétition Flag of France.svg Larbre Compétition Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sebah Automotive
2nd in the 2004 Le Mans Endurance Series Flag of Japan.svg Team Goh 1 Flag of France.svg PiR Compétition Flag of the Netherlands.svg Barron Connor Racing 1 Flag of Monaco.svg JMB Racing 1
1st in the 2004 Petit Le Mans Flag of the United States.svg Champion Racing Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing 1
1st in the 2004 American Le Mans Series Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing 1 Flag of the United States.svg Miracle Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports
Source: [10] [12]
1. ^  – Team declined their automatic invitations. [10]

Entry list and reserves

The ACO announced the complete 50-car entry list for Le Mans, plus eight reserves, on 24 March 2005. [13] Several teams withdrew their entries after they were published. Team Nasamax withdrew its two-year-old bio-ethanol-powered DM139-Judd car, citing financial difficulties causing the team to reduce its schedule for the 2005 racing season. This promoted the No. 91 T2M Motorsport Porsche 911-GT3 RSR LMGT2-class car to the race entry. [14] Four days later, ACEMCO Motorsports withdrew its No. 63 Saleen S7-R due to aerodynamic deficiencies caused by a modification of the height of the car's rear wing at the 2004 Petit Le Mans to comply with ACO regulations. This promoted the reserve No. 76 IMSA Performance LMGT2-class Porsche to the race. [15]

A revised entry list released by the ACO on 27 April confirmed the withdrawal of the Team Nasamax and ACEMCO Motorsports entries as well as the dropping of the Graham Nash Motorsport Saleen S7-R, Thierry Perrier's Porsche 911-GT3 RSR, a second Racing for Holland Dome S101-Judd car, a Ferrari 360 Modena GTC fielded by G.P.C. Sport and a second Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello purchased by Larbre Compétition from the reserve list. [16] Four days before the start of scrutineering, Lucchini Engineering were unable to rectify a gearbox ratio problem in its LMP2/04 and were forced to withdraw the car, reducing the number of entries to 49. [17]

Testing

On June 5, a mandatory two-session pre-Le Mans test day lasting eight hours was held at the circuit, with 50 entries, to work on car setup and driver orientation. Rainfall before the end of the afternoon session made it impossible for teams to lap faster. [11] [18] Emmanuel Collard in the No. 16 C60 Hybrid Judd car set the day's pace for Pescarolo Sport with a 3 minutes, 32.468 seconds lap. [19] The No. 17 Pescarolo of Soheil Ayari was second, and Jonathan Cochet's No. 13 Courage Compétition car came in third. JJ Lehto's No. 3 Champion Racing Audi R8 was fourth with Seiji Ara's No. 5 Jim Gainer International Dome S101 fifth. João Barbosa's lap put the No. 18 Rollcentre Racing Dallara SP1 car in sixth place, while Franck Montagny's Team Oreca Audi was seventh. [20] Sam Hancock led the LMP2 class in the No. 32 Intersport Racing Lola B05/40 vehicle with a time of 3 minutes, 44.426 seconds ahead of Ray Mallock's No. 32 MG-Lola EX264 of Thomas Erdos, the No. 30 Kruse Motorsport Courage C65 of Phil Bennett and Didier André's No. 37 Paul Belmondo Racing cars. [20] Aston Martin, in its first Le Mans works entry since the 1989 event, [21] led the LMGT1 category with a 3 minutes, 50.033 seconds lap from Tomáš Enge's No. 58 DBR9, with David Brabham's No. 59 car second. Christophe Bouchut's No. 61 Cirtek Motorsport Ferrari and Oliver Gavin and Johnny O'Connell's Nos. 64 and 63 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R finished third and fifth in class, respectively. [20] Timo Bernhard's No. 90 White Lighting Racing car helped Porsche lead the LMGT2 category, followed by Robin Liddell's No. 77 Panoz Esperante GT-LM and Romain Dumas' No. 76 IMSA Performance car. [20]

Qualifying

All entrants had eight hours of qualifying, divided into four two-hour sessions on 15 and 16 June. To qualify for the race, all entrants were required to set a time within 115% of the fastest lap set by the fastest vehicle in each of the four categories during the sessions. [11] Rain fell during the first session's start, making the track slippery and decreasing visibility. [22] Some drivers met the required minimum distance to drive in the race. [23] Collard took the lead late in the session with a lap of 4 minutes, 13.526 seconds. Tom Kristensen's lap put Champion's lead Audi in second and Ryo Michigami's Jim Gainer Dome car was third. [24] Andy Wallace was fourth in Creation Autosportif's No. 7 DBA 03S-Judd car, and Michael Krumm was fifth in his Rollcentre Dallara. Ayari's Pescarolo was provisionally sixth and Allan McNish's No. 2 Champion car was seventh. [22] Bouchut drove the Cirtek Ferrari to provisional pole in LMGT1 with a 4 minutes, 23.885 seconds lap, more than 12 seconds ahead of the two Aston Martin cars. [24] Andre's Paul Belmondo Courage took the LMP2 lead with a lap of 4 minutes, 24.832 seconds, and Hancock's Intersport Lola was second. [24] Earlier, Peter Owen's No. 39 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport Lola caused the session to be stopped due to a loss of control at the rear while changing gears. Owen was unhurt after crashing at the exit of the second Mulsanne chicane. [22] Mike Rockenfeller's Alex Job Porsche was fastest in LMGT2 with a 4 minutes, 37.574 seconds lap, followed by Jörg Bergmeister's No. 90 White Lighting and Dumas' No. 76 IMSA Performance entries. [22] [24]

When the track dried near the end of the second qualifying session, lap times decreased. [23] Ayari in Pescarolo's No. 17 car improved provisional pole position by more than 12 seconds with a 4 minutes, 1.197 seconds lap just before the session ended, followed by McNish's improved No. 2 Champion Audi and Nicolas Minassian in Creation Autosportif's No. 7 DBA 03S entry. [25] Montagny put the Oreca Audi on provisional pole with half an hour remaining before falling to fourth. Lehto in the second Champion car fell to fifth. Michigami was sixth and Jota's Zytek 04S car of Sam Hignett seventh. [26] A seal on a fuel rig braking during a pit stop caused a flash fire that damaged the Rollcentre Dallara's bodywork. The car's damage forced it to stop running early. [27] Hancock gave the Intersport team provisional pole in the LMP2 class after displacing Andre's Paul Belmondo car, setting a time of 4 minutes, 11.719 seconds, a second faster than Ian James' second-placed No. 34 Miracle Motorsports Courage. In LMGT1, Vincent Vosse led the session with a lap of 4 minutes, 20.688 seconds, displacing the Cirtek Ferrari at the top of the time sheets. Similarly, Dumas set a lap of 4 minutes, 25.598 seconds in the IMSA Performance Porsche to lead the LMGT2 category with 35 minutes remaining. [26]

The No. 16 Pescarolo Sport C60 took overall pole position in the hands of Emmanuel Collard during the final qualifying session. Pescarolo 2005.jpg
The No. 16 Pescarolo Sport C60 took overall pole position in the hands of Emmanuel Collard during the final qualifying session.

The weather for the two qualifying sessions on 16 June was humid and dry. [28] For the second consecutive session, Ayari's No. 17 Pescarolo vehicle improved provisional pole position to a 3 minutes, 35.555 seconds lap. Team Oreca's Audi of Montagny was second and McNish was the fastest Champion car in third. Cochet improved the No. 13 Pescarolo's time in the session's final minutes to go into fourth as Minassian's DBA 03S fell to fifth. Michigami's Jim Gainer Dome remained sixth and Barbosa's Rollcentre Dallara was seventh. [29] The No. 16 Pescarolo C60 had its times deleted for Collard touching the car after relieving Jean-Christophe Boullion though the penalty was rescinded 40 minutes later. [30] In LMP2, Warren Hughes' first lap of 3 minutes, 49.845 seconds in the No. 25 Ray Mallock MG-Lola was bettered by James' 3 minutes, 48.819 seconds time in the No. 34 Miracle Courage C65 to lead the category. [28] A crash at the exit to Indianapolis corner by Jean-Bernard Bouvet's No. 23 Gerard Welter WR LMP04 car halted the session after 90 minutes. [28] [31] Pedro Lamy helped Aston Martin to lead in LMGT1 with a 3-minute, 50.311-second lap, followed by Brabham's No. 59 car and Gavin and O'Connell's Corvettes. [29] Rockenfeller greatly improved Alex Job's Porsche lap to maintain the lead in LMGT2 with a time of 4 minutes, 5.326 seconds. Johannes van Overbeek's No. 80 Flying Lizard Motorsports and Bill Auberlen's No. 77 Panoz were second and third in class. [29] Tom Coronel's throttle stuck in the No. 85 Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R and he crashed in the Porsche Curves. [32] Andrew Kirkcaldy's No. 93 Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari struck a barrier at the Ford Chicane. [28]

As temperatures cooled in the final qualifying session, three-quarters of the field improved their fastest laps, [33] including Collard's No. 16 Pescarolo car, which set a lap of 3 minutes, 34.715 seconds on his first lap and held the place to secure pole position. Ayari was 0.840 seconds slower and joined Collard on the grid's front row. McNish's Champion car was third, Katsumoto Kaneishi improved on the Jim Gainer Dome's lap to start fourth and Montagny's Team Oreca Audi qualified fifth. [31] Shinji Nakano's No. 13 Courage C60 and Minassian's No. 7 DBA 03 vehicles were sixth and seventh. [33] The No. 34 Miracle Courage C65 car of Andy Lally, Hancock, Erdos and Andre shared the lead of the LMP2 category early in the session until Andre's lap of 3 minutes, 42.301 seconds secured pole position for the Paul Belmondo team. [31] In LMGT1 Aston Martin maintained the first two positions as Brabham led until Enge took pole position with ten minutes left with a lap of 3 minutes, 48.576 seconds. [33] Corvette Racing were third with Gavin's No. 64 car, ahead of Alexei Vasiliev's Cirtek Ferrari. Alex Job Racing's Rockenfeller retained first place in LMGT2 ahead of the No. 80 Flying Lizard and No. 77 Panoz cars. [33] [34] A crash for Bergmeister into Tetre Rouge corner ended Flying Lizard's session early. [31] [34]

Post-qualifying

Despite qualifying more than 115 per cent slower than the fastest LMP2 car, the stewards declared force majeure after the team's No. 35 Courage C65 vehicle was heavily damaged in the first qualifying session. The team was granted dispensation to start at the back of the grid. [35]

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are indicated in bold. The fastest time set by each entry is denoted in gray.

Final qualifying classification
PosClassNo.TeamCarDay 1Day 2GapGrid
1LMP116 Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Hybrid-Judd 4:13.5263:34.715—1
2LMP117 Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Hybrid-Judd 4:01.1973:35.555+0.8402
3LMP12 ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 4:02.0273:37.795+3.0803
4LMP15Jim Gainer International Dome S101Hb-Mugen 4:08.7453:38.094+3.3794
5LMP14 Audi PlayStation Team Oreca Audi R8 4:05.7703:38.281+3.5665
6LMP113 Courage Compétition Courage C60H-Judd 4:26.2473:38.785+4.0706
7LMP17 Creation Autosportif DBA 03S-Judd 4:02.9923:38.929+4.2147
8LMP13 ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 4:07.6433:38.988+4.2738
9LMP118Rollcentre Racing Dallara SP1-Judd 4:28.8523:39.643+4.9289
10LMP19 Team Jota Zytek 04S 4:09.5783:41.177+6.46210
11LMP110 Racing for Holland Dome S101-Judd 4:15.8163:41.930+7.26511
12LMP237 Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65-Ford AER 4:14.4063:42.301+7.52612
13LMP112 Courage Compétition Courage C60H-Judd 4:45.0843:42.859+8.14413
14LMP18Rollcentre Racing Dallara SP1-Nissan 4:20.8623:43.377+8.66214
15LMP232 Intersport Racing Lola B05/40-AER 4:11.7193:44.752+10.04015
16LMP225 Ray Mallock Ltd. MG-Lola EX264-Judd 4:28.8693:46.205+11.49016
17GT158 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9 4:31.0223:48.576+13.86117
18LMP234Miracle Motorsports Courage C65-AER 4:12.7543:48.819+14.10418
19LMP230Kruse Motorsport Courage C65-Judd 4:31.1273:49.267+14.55219
20GT159 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9 4:22.6003:49.739+15.02420
21LMP233Cirtek Motorsport Courage C65-AER 4:29.2173:51.844+17.12921
22GT164 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 4:36.2093:52.426+17.71122
23LMP231Noël del Bello Racing Courage C65-CG-Mecachrome 4:21.5623:53.051+18.33623
24LMP236 Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65-Ford AER 4:27.2683:53.376+18.66124
25GT161Russian Age Racing Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 4:23.8853:55.309+20.59425
26LMP239Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport Lola B05/40-AER 4:51.5143:55.531+20.81626
27GT163 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 4:36.3093:55.914+21.19927
28GT150 Larbre Compétition Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 4:20.6883:55.983+21.26828
29LMP220Pir Competition Pilbeam MP93-JPX 4:39.0593:57.612+21.89729
30GT151 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 4:30.9733:57.676+21.96130
31LMP224 Welter Racing WR LMP04 4:42.4033:59.103+23.38831
32GT152 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 4:24.6863:59.475+23.76032
33GT271 Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4:32.2354:05.326+29.61133
34LMP223 Welter Racing WR LMP04 4:51.1634:05.855+30.14034
35GT280 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4:44.4344:06.658+30.94335
36GT277 Panoz Motorsports Panoz Esperante GT-LM-Ford Élan 4:32.9044:07.027+31.31236
37GT276 IMSA Performance Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4:25.5984:07.349+31.63437
38GT169 JMB Racing Ferrari 575-GTC 4:33.6004:07.654+31.93938
39GT278 Panoz Motorsports Panoz Esperante GT-LM-Ford Élan 5:07.9554:09.262+33.54739
40GT290White Lightning Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4:33.1074:11.105+35.39040
41GT291T2M Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4:47.9224:12.144+36.42941
42GT272 Luc Alphand Aventures Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4:41.0654:12.258+36.54342
43GT293Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari 360 Modena GTC 4:28.7244:13.237+37.52243
44GT289Sebah Automotive Ltd. Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4:43.1504:16.930+41.21544
45GT292Cirtek Motorsport Ferrari 360 Modena GTC 4:53.0194:20.873+45.15845
46GT295 Racesport Peninsula TVR TVR Tuscan T400R 4:48.3794:22.310+46.59546
47GT283 Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 4:49.4044:24.068+48.35147
48LMP235G-Force Racing Courage C65-Judd 4:31.453No time+55.73848 1
49GT285 Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R-Audi 4:36.5394:32.043+56.32749
Sources: [36] [37]

Notes:

Warm-up

The drivers had a 45-minute warm-up session at 09:00 Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) to test car functionality in clear and warm weather. [11] [38] Boullion's No. 16 Pescarolo car was the fastest with a la of 3 minutes, 37.042 seconds. The No. 3 R8 of Kristensen and Frank Biela's No. 2 car were second and third. Sébastien Loeb was fourth in the No. 17 Pescarolo car with Jamie Campbell-Walter fifth in the No. 7 Creation Autosportif DBA vehicle. Liz Halliday's No. 32 Intersport Lola fastest LMP2 lap time was 3 minutes, 49.477 seconds. Bennett was second in class with his No. 30 Kruse Courage car. In LMGT1, Brabham's No. 59 Aston Martin was fastest and Lieb's No. 71 Alex Job Porsche led in LMGT2. [39] The No. 8 Rollcentre Dallara emitted smoke from its left-hand exhaust system and the team changed engines. A major oversteer caused Dumas to lose control of the No. 76 IMSA Performance car and damage its front-right corner against a barrier leaving the Indianapolis turn. [40]

Race

Start and opening hours

The weather at the start was dry and clear with an air temperature of 32 °C (90 °F). [41] Approximately 230,000 people attended the race. [42] Martin Winterkorn, Audi's president, waved the French tricolour to start of the race at 16:00 local time. [2] Pole sitter Boullion led the field. [43] There were 49 cars scheduled to start, but Paul Belmondo's Courage, Bouvet's Gerald Welter WR, the Rollcentre Dallara, and the Chamberlain-Synergy Lola vehicles started from the pit lane because of technical issues. [43] Boullion led his teammate Ayari for the first three laps, pulling away from the rest of the field. [41] Michigami's Jim Gainer Dome car passed Emanuele Pirro on the inside for third entering the Dunlop chicane. On the third lap, Auberlen overtook Rockenfeller for the lead of LMGT2. [43] Gear selection problems forced the No. 25 Ray Mallock Lola car to the garage and Michigami lost a lap due to a minor paddle shift issue. Towards the close of the first hour the LMGT1-class-leading No. 59 Aston Martin of Turner incurred two stop-and-go penalties for driving across a white line denoting the track boundaries at the Ford Chicane, dropping the car to third. [41]

Several cars were affected by mechanical attrition in the second hour. Owing to a loose undertray on Liddell's Panoz vehicle, Lieb's Alex Job car took the lead in LMGT2. Gavin's No. 64 Corvette slowed to 60 mph (97 km/h) after a left-rear puncture caused by a lack of pressure on the Mulsanne Straight. He returned to the pit lane for a replacement wheel, falling to third in class after another delay caused by a water leak. [44] Stefan Eriksson's No. 92 Cirtek Ferrari spun just before the Ford Chicanes, causing several drivers to scramble for space to avoid hitting his car. [41] [44] Soon after, Patrick Bourdais was caught off guard when Ayari lapped his No. 78 Panoz car at Arnage corner, resulting in a collision between Bourdais and Ayari. Bourdais spun into a gravel trap, tapping a tyre barrier. [44] Ayari drove the No. 17 Pesarolo into the garage with steering and front bodywork damage. After four minutes of repairs, it dropped to sixth place, with Éric Hélary relieving Ayari. [45]

When Campbell-Walter had a broken mechanical connection between the No. 7 DBA-Judd's paddle shift and gearbox, Enge's No. 58 Aston Martin moved into the top ten. Following high water temperatures that took 25 minutes to correct, the car dropped down the race order. [41] [46] LMP2 was led by Ian Mitchell's Kruse' Courage C65, which passed Hancock's Intersport Lola entry and battled the No. 37 Paul Belmondo car. Later, the Petersen Porsche passed Lieb's Alex Job car to take the lead in LMGT2. [41] Nearing the 2-hour and 30-minute mark, Beretta's No. 64 Corvette suffered a second rear-left puncture and entered the pit lane for another tyre change. [47] Shortly after, Comas's No. 16 Pescarolo ceded the race lead to Pirro's No. 2 Audi as a gear selection fault required a visit to the garage, dropping the car to fifth. It lost further positions as the problem persisted leaving the first Mulsanne chicane with Collard driving. [48]

The Chamberlain-Synergy Lola began leaking oil at the end of the second hour, requiring the ACO to deploy three safety cars for 15 minutes while marshals scattered cement dust to dry the spilled oil. [41] [49] Pirro locked his cold tyres heavily on the run to Arnage corner as the safety cars were recalled, colliding with a tyre barrier with the No. 2 Audi's left-front corner. Marshals recovered the vehicle, and Pirro drove slowly to the pit lane for bodywork repairs. The No. 2 Audi rejoined in fifth place, with Marco Werner taking the lead and Stéphane Ortelli's Team Oreca car moving into second. [49] [50] A left-rear puncture on Hélary No. 16 Pescarolo C60 car midway through the lap necessitated a pit stop to repair bodywork damage. After a ten-minute pit stop, the car rejoined the race in seventh place. [49] Krumm's recovering No. 18 Rollcentre Dallara car, which had a cured misfiring engine, was forced to enter the pit lane to repair a broken power steering pump that needed fluid replenishment. [50]

Night

As night fell, Max Papis' No. 63 Corvette took the lead in LMGT1 as Lamy made a pit stop to give the No. 58 Aston Martin to co-driver Peter Kox. Bruce Jouanny's No. 13 Courage C60H suffered a major rear left puncture on the approach from Mulsanne corner to Indianapolis turn, removing the car's rear wing and bodywork and forcing its retirement in the garage. [50] The incident delayed Ortelli, who drove into a gravel trap at the Dunlop Esses after hitting debris from Jouanny's car, but he avoided hitting the trackside barriers.  A suspension problem on Jean-Marc Gounon's Team Oreca Audi dropped it to sixth overall, promoting Biela's No. 2 Champion vehicle to second. Gounon reclaimed fourth place by passing Vanina Ickx's No. 18 Rollcentre Dallara and Jan Lammers' No. 10 Racing for Holland Dome cars. Meanwhile, Alex Job driver Rockenfeller retook the lead of LMGT2 from White Lighting. [51] Ron Fellows' No. 63 Corvette was passed for the lead of the LMGT1 category by Kox's No. 59 Aston Martin entering the first Mulsanne chicane in the seventh hour and Kox began to pull away from the rest of the class field. [52] [53]

Not long after, Donny Crevels' No. 85 Spyker C8 caught fire at its right rear due to a broken oil line spraying oil on its warm exhaust pipe. He retired after a high speed spin into a gravel trap at Indianapolis corner. [54] The safety cars were needed a second time to give marshals 24 minutes to dry the spilled oil with cement dust. During the safety car period, the No. 34 Miracle Courage lost its left rear wheel at the pit lane exit and coasted backwards down a small hill before re-entering the pit lane. [52] [53] Turner was then given a third time penalty for overtaking another car under yellow flag conditions; the gap between Lieb's Alex Job Racing Porsche and Bernhard's White Lighting car in the first two positions in LMGT2 was 14 seconds. [52] [53] At midnight, Ayari's No. 17 Pescarolo C60 and Bobby Verdon-Roe's No. 8 Rollcentre Dallara cars collided at the first Mulsanne chicane, dropping Ayari to 14th while his car was repaired. [55]

Halliday and later Gregor Fisken twice brought the No. 32 Intersport Lola car from the LMP2 lead straight to the pit lane with a fuel injector problem. The team lost 15 minutes and the category lead to Paul Belmondon's No. 37 Courage car. [56] [57] Boullion's No. 16 Pescarolo C60 vehicle took fourth when driver John Bosch entered the pit lane for debris removal from the Racing for Holland Dome's car sidepod and radiator. [57] Fuel injector problems on Andre's LMP2-class leading No. 37 Paul Belmondo Courage forced him into the garage for replacement fuel pump and filters, [58] as the No. 32 Intersport Lola vehicle was retired with a broken engine valve. [59] Andre lost his two-lap lead to Karim Ojjeh's sister No. 36 car and, later, Adam Sharpe. Werner's No. 3 Audi led his Champion teammate McNish by a lap as the race approached half distance after the No. 2 car made an unscheduled stop to replace a slow puncture. Comas returned to fifth when the No. 5 Jim Gainer Dome car's engine control unit was changed and fell to fourth. [60]

Morning to early afternoon

Early in the morning, McNish's quick pace cut Kristensen's overall lead to less than a minute. [61] After missing his braking point, Gounon lost control of the Team Oreca R8 and narrowly avoided hitting Kristensen at the Ford Chicane. [62] Soon after, a tyre delamination sent McNish's Audi into a tyre barrier at Indianapolis, where it was beached in a gravel trap. After marshals recovered the Audi from the gravel, he returned to the track, but McNish drove straight to the garage. It took 18 minutes to repair the Audi's front-right suspension and rear bodywork. Boullion in the No. 17 Pescarolo car was promoted to second as the No. 2 Audi now driven by Biela fell to third place. [63] Xavier Pompidou's No. 91 T2M Motorsport Porsche struck a tree at 190 km/h (120 mph) at Indianapolis corner after its left-rear wheel bearing failed before his braking point, forcing its retirement. Because the brunt of the impact damaged the car's right-hand corner, Pompidou was unharmed; he was transported from the circuit via a medical vehicle for a precautionary check-up. [64] Kristsensen selected a gear too early in the No. 3 Audi and ran wide onto the grass at the second Mulsanne chicane; he kept the overall lead from Boullion's faster Pescarolo. [65] The No. 36 Paul Belmondo Racing Courage car lost its four-lap lead in the LMP2 category to Erdos' No. 25 Ray Mallock Lola car because of an overheating issue. [65] [66]

At the first Mulsanne chicane, Campbell-Walter locked his front-left tyre on gravel and oil strewn across the track and collided with a tyre barrier. He drove the No. 13 Creation Autosportif DBA-Judd car to the garage for a new splitter, bodywork, and brake disc before rejoining the race in 20th after 1 hour and 10 minutes. [67] Loeb brought the No. 16 Pescarolo into the pit lane for a three-minute stop to clear debris from the car's air intakes and bodywork after going off the track onto an escape road at Indianapolis corner. [65] The No. 25 Ray Mallock MG-Lola lost the LMP2 lead to Andre in the No. 37 Paul Belmondo Courage vehicle due to a broken layshaft bearing that forced the car into the garage for 34 minutes, dropping it to third in the category. [65] [68] Soon after, Enge's No. 58 Aston Martin sustained front splitter damage. After a five-minute pit stop to repair the damage, the car lost the LMGT1 lead to Beretta's No. 64 Corvette. Stéphane Sarrazin's No. 59 Aston Martin also passed teammate Enge for second place in the category; despite a left-rear puncture, his pit stop did not lose him second in LMGT1. [69] [70]

In the 19th hour, Ayari, fifth, picked up a rear puncture on a bump at the first Mulsanne chicane. [70] He spun through 90 degrees into a tyre wall, [70] damaging the No. 17 Pescarolo car's rear wing, steering and suspension, as well as loosening its bodywork. Ayari slowed for almost an entire lap to enter the garage. Pescarolo were unable to repair the damage after half an hour and retired the car. The No. 17's retirement elevated John Stack's No. 9 Jota Zytek car to fifth overall. [71] The Zytek car held fifth until Hignett understeered across a gravel trap at Indianapolis corner and collided with a tyre barrier. Marshals freed Hignett from the barrier, and the car returned to the track in eighth overall. The attrition rate among LMP1 cars promoted the LMGT1-leading No. 64 Corvette to fifth overall. [72] Meanwhile, Erdos' No. 25 Ray Mallock MG-Lola car spun into a gravel trap at the Ford Chicane because of a right-rear suspension failure. Erdos was able to drive the car to the pit lane for repairs. [68] [73] With 90 minutes remaining, the No. 59 Aston Martin entered the garage to have a water leak in its radiator repaired, while Enge's No. 58 car retired after running out of fuel on track. [73] After an unscheduled visit to the garage to have debris removed from the radiator, Boullion's No. 16 Pescarolo began to fall off the race pace. The debris was the result of duct grilles being opened to stop the car overheating. [72]

Finish

Tom Kristensen (pictured in 2006) took over from Jacky Ickx as the driver with the most overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Dtm Tom Kristensen (2266243381).jpg
Tom Kristensen (pictured in 2006) took over from Jacky Ickx as the driver with the most overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Unchallenged since the race's third hour, [74] Kristensen won for the No. 3 Audi team in a time of 24:01:30.901 at an average speed of 210.216 km/h (130.622 mph), [75] two laps ahead of Boullion's No. 16 Pescarolo car. [73] A further four laps separated the No. 2 Champion vehicle, which was third overall. Team Oreca, the final Audi vehicle, finished fourth, another two laps behind. [76] It was Werner's first Le Mans victory, Lehto's second and Kristensen's seventh. [77] Kristensen eclipsed Jacky Ickx's all-time record of six overall Le Mans wins, [78] and Werner completed the Triple Crown of Endurance Racing (overall wins in the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans). [79] It was also Audi's fifth overall victory and the last for the R8. [76] The No. 64 Corvette maintained its two-lap advantage at the front of the LMGT1 field over the No. 63 car, earning the team their fourth class win. Aston Martin's No. 59 DBR9 completed the category podium in third. [80] Alex Job won the LMGT2 category, unchallenged since the fifth hour of the race, two minutes ahead of White Lightning's No. 90 Porsche and seven laps ahead of Flying Lizard's No. 80 entry. The race for the LMP2 class victory continued into the final hour, with the Ray Mallock Lola car overtaking the two Paul Belmondo Courage vehicles after they experienced mechanical problems with 45 minutes remaining. [81]

Race results

The minimum number of laps for classification (75 per cent of the overall winning car's race distance) was 277 laps. Class winners are denoted with bold.

Final race classification
PosClassNo.TeamDriversChassisTyreLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1LMP13 Flag of the United States.svg ADT Champion Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Tom Kristensen
Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner 		Audi R8 M 37024:01:30.901
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2LMP116 Flag of France.svg Pescarolo Sport Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Collard
Flag of France.svg Jean-Christophe Boullion
Flag of France.svg Érik Comas 		Pescarolo C60 Hybrid M 368+2 Laps
Judd GV5 5.0L V10
3LMP12 Flag of the United States.svg ADT Champion Racing Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish
Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro 		Audi R8 M 364+6 Laps
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
4LMP14 Flag of France.svg Audi PlayStation Team Oreca Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny
Flag of France.svg Jean-Marc Gounon
Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Ortelli 		Audi R8 M 362+8 Laps
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
5GT164 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 349+21 Laps
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8
6GT163 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ron Fellows
Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis
Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 347+23 Laps
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8
7LMP110 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Racing for Holland Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Lammers
Flag of the United States.svg Elton Julian
Flag of the Netherlands.svg John Bosch		 Dome S101 D 346+24 Laps
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
8LMP112 Flag of France.svg Courage Compétition Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schwager
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexander Frei
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christian Vann		 Courage C60H Y 339+31 Laps
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
9GT159 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner 		Aston Martin DBR9 M 333+37 Laps
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
10GT271 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing
Flag of the United States.svg BAM! Motorsport		 Flag of Germany.svg Mike Rockenfeller
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Flag of the United States.svg Leo Hindery 		Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Y 332+38 Laps
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11GT290 Flag of the United States.svg Petersen Motorsports
Flag of the United States.svg White Lightning Racing		 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Bernhard 		Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 331+39 Laps
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12GT150 Flag of France.svg Larbre Compétition Flag of France.svg Patrice Goueslard
Flag of France.svg Olivier Dupard
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vincent Vosse		 Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 324+46 Laps
Ferrari F133 5.9L V12
13GT280 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Flag of the United States.svg Lonnie Pechnik
Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman 		Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 323+47 Laps
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14LMP17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Creation Autosportif Ltd. Flag of France.svg Nicolas Minassian
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Campbell-Walter
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Wallace 		DBA 03S M 322+48 Laps
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
15GT276 Flag of France.svg IMSA Performance Flag of France.svg Raymond Narac
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Dumez
Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas 		Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 322+48 Laps
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16LMP118 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rollcentre Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Short
Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vanina Ickx 		Dallara SP1 M 318+52 Laps
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
17GT161 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cirtek Motorsport
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Age Racing
Flag of Russia.svg Convers Team		 Flag of Russia.svg Nikolai Fomenko
Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Vasilyev
Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut 		Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 315+55 Laps
Ferrari F133 5.9L V12
18GT272 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand
Flag of France.svg Jérôme Policand
Flag of France.svg Christopher Campbell		 Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 311+59 Laps
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19GT289 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sebah Automotive Ltd. Flag of Denmark.svg Lars-Erik Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Thorkild Thyrring
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret		 Porsche 911 GT3-RSR D 307+63 Laps
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20LMP225 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML) Flag of Brazil.svg Thomas Erdos
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Newton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Hughes 		MG-Lola EX264 M 305+65 Laps
Judd XV675 3.4L V8
21LMP236 Flag of France.svg Paul Belmondo Racing Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Karim A. Ojjeh
Flag of France.svg Claude-Yves Gosselin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Sharpe		 Courage C65 M 300+70 Laps
Ford (AER) 2.0L Turbo I4
22LMP237 Flag of France.svg Paul Belmondo Racing Flag of France.svg Didier André
Flag of France.svg Paul Belmondo
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Sutherland		 Courage C65 M 294+76 Laps
Ford (AER) 2.0L Turbo I4
23GT283 Flag of Germany.svg Seikel Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Philip Collin
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Shep
Flag of Austria.svg Horst Felbermayr 		Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Y 274+96 Laps
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
24LMP230 Flag of Germany.svg Kruse Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Mullen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Mitchell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Bennett 		Courage C65 P 268+102 Laps
Judd XV675 3.4L V8
25
NC		LMP19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Jota
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zytek Engineering Ltd.		 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Hignett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Stack
Flag of Japan.svg Haruki Kurosawa		 Zytek 04S D 325Not classified
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
26
NC		GT295 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Racesport Peninsula TVR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Hartshorne
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Stanton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Piers Johnson		 TVR Tuscan T400R D 256Not classified
TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6
27
NC		LMP224 Flag of France.svg Rachel Welter Flag of Japan.svg Yojiro Terada
Flag of France.svg Patrice Roussel
Flag of the United States.svg William Binnie 		WR LMP04 P 233Not classified
Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4
28
DNF		GT158 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Kox
Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge 		Aston Martin DBR9 M 327Fuel system
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
29
DNF		LMP117 Flag of France.svg Pescarolo Sport Flag of France.svg Soheil Ayari
Flag of France.svg Éric Hélary
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 		Pescarolo C60 Hybrid M 288Accident damage
Judd GV5 5.0L V10
30
DNF		GT292 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cirtek Motorsport
Flag of Russia.svg Conversbank		 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Eriksson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Macari
Flag of New Zealand.svg Rob Wilson 		Ferrari 360 Modena GTC D 218Wheel
Ferrari F131 3.6L V8
31
DNF		LMP15 Flag of Japan.svg Jim Gainer International Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami
Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara
Flag of Japan.svg Katsutomo Kaneishi 		Dome S101Hb D 193Gearbox
Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8
32
DNF		GT278 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of France.svg Patrick Bourdais
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Sellers
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti 		Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 185Drivetrain
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
33
DNF		LMP235 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg G-Force Racing / Bokkenrijders Flag of the Netherlands.svg Val Hillebrand
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Hahn
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gavin Pickering		 Courage C65 D 183Gearbox
Judd XV675 3.4L V8
34
DNF		GT291 Flag of Japan.svg T2M Motorsport Flag of Japan.svg Yutaka Yamagishi
Flag of France.svg Xavier Pompidou
Flag of France.svg Jean-Luc Blanchemain		 Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 183Accident
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
35
DNF		LMP18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rollcentre Racing Flag of Germany.svg Michael Krumm
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bobby Verdon-Roe
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Harold Primat 		Dallara SP1 M 133Disqualified/Distance
Nissan 3.6L Turbo V8
36
DNF		LMP232 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Liz Halliday
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Hancock
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gregor Fisken 		Lola B05/40 G 119Exhaust
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
37
DNF		LMP234 Flag of the United States.svg Miracle Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg John Macaluso
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian James
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally 		Courage C65 K 115Disqualified/Reversing
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
38
DNF		LMP231 Flag of France.svg Noël del Bello Racing Flag of France.svg Romain Iannetta
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christophe Pillon
Flag of Portugal.svg Ni Amorim 		Courage C65 M 99Gearbox
CG-Mecachrome 3.4L V8
39
DNF		GT169 Flag of Monaco.svg JMB Racing Flag of France.svg Jean-René De Fournoux
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Daoudi
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Matthews		 Ferrari 575-GTC P 84Engine
Ferrari F133 6.0L V12
40
DNF		GT285 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Spyker Squadron b.v. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter van Merksteijn
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Donny Crevels 		Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R D 76Fire
Audi 3.8L V8
41
DNF		GT293 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scuderia Ecosse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Kirkaldy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nathan Kinch
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Reid 		Ferrari 360 Modena GTC P 70Accident
Ferrari F131 3.6L V8
42
DNF		GT151 Flag of Italy.svg BMS Scuderia Italia Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Gollin
Flag of Italy.svg Christian Pescatori
Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Ramos 		Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello P 67Accident
Ferrari F133 5.9L V12
43
DNF		GT152 Flag of Italy.svg BMS Scuderia Italia Flag of Italy.svg Michele Bartyan
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Toni Seiler		 Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello P 60Accident damage
Ferrari F133 5.9L V12
44
DNF		LMP223 Flag of France.svg Gerard Welter Flag of France.svg Jean-Bernard Bouvet
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robert Julien
Flag of France.svg Sylvain Boulay		 WR LMP04 P 53Off course
Peugeot ES9J4S 3.4L V6
45
DNF		LMP113 Flag of France.svg Courage Compétition Flag of France.svg Jonathan Cochet
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano
Flag of France.svg Bruce Jouanny 		Courage C60H Y 52Accident
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
46
DNF		LMP220 Flag of France.svg Pir Competition Flag of France.svg Pierre Bruneau
Flag of France.svg Marc Rostan
Flag of France.svg Philippe Haezebrouck 		Pilbeam MP93 M 32Clutch
JPX 3.4L V6
47
DNF		LMP239 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Berridge
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gareth Evans
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Owen		 Lola B05/40 D 30Gearbox
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
48
DNF		LMP233 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cirtek Motorsport		 Flag of Denmark.svg Juan Barazi
Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Zlobin
Flag of France.svg Bastien Brière		 Courage C65 M 30Suspension
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
49
DNF		GT277 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Liddell
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Maxwell 		Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 27Engine
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
Source: [75] [82]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
SymbolTyre manufacturer
D Dunlop
G Goodyear
K Kumho
M Michelin
P Pirelli
Y Yokohama

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The 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship was the inaugural running of the World Endurance Championship. It was co-organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series replaced the former Intercontinental Le Mans Cup held by the ACO from 2010 to 2011. The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes and grand tourer-based racing cars meeting four ACO categories. Several championships, cups, and trophies were awarded in the series' four categories following an eight race season, with a World Championship available to the top scoring drivers and LMP1 category manufacturer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rebellion Racing</span> Sports car endurance racing team in the World Endurance Championship

Rebellion Racing was a Swiss racing team that competed in endurance racing. The team competed in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup season and won the LMP1 teams' title in the 2011 Le Mans Series season. The team started as an association between Speedy Racing and Sebah Racing, which began in 2008. Rebellion Racing's last team principal was Alexandre Pesci and the team manager was Bart Hayden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 12 Hours of Sebring</span> Sports car endurance race held at Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, USA

The 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring was an 12-hour automobile endurance race for teams of three drivers each fielding sports prototype and grand touring cars held on March 17, 2012 at the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida before more than 90,000 spectators. It was the 60th 12 Hours of Sebring and the first round of both the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the 2012 American Le Mans Series (ALMS). Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Prototype Challenge (LMPC), Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE), and Grand Touring Challenge (GTC) cars competed in the race.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps</span>

The 2012 WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was a six-hour automobile endurance race for two or three driver teams in Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) cars held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium on 5 May 2012 before 31,000 people. It was the second round of eight in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship, featuring the Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional, and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Amateur classes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 24 Hours of Le Mans</span> 81st 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race

The 81st 24 Hours of Le Mans was a 24-hour automobile endurance racing event for teams of three drivers entering Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 19 to 23 June 2013 at the Circuit de la Sarthe close to Le Mans, France. It was the 81st running of the event, as organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) since 1923. The race was the third and the premier round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, with 32 of the race's 56 entries contesting the championship. A test day was held two weeks prior to the race on 9 June. Approximately 245,000 spectators attended the event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Audi R10 TDI</span> Sports prototype racing car by Audi

The Audi R10 TDI is a sports prototype designed and built by Audi in partnership with Dallara. Built to the Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) regulations, the R10 was highly successful throughout its career; the R10 became the first diesel-powered car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006, in what would be the first of three 24 Hours of Le Mans wins. Unveiled to the public on 13 December 2005 in Paris, the R10 would go on to win the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans just 200 days later.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 24 Hours of Le Mans</span> 82nd 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race

The 82nd 24 Hours of Le Mans was an 24-hour automobile endurance racing event for teams of three drivers entering Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 11 to 15 June 2014 at the Circuit de la Sarthe close to Le Mans, France. It was the 82nd running of the event, as organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) since 1923. The race was the third round and the premier event of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, with half of the race's fifty-five entries contesting the championship. Approximately 263,000 spectators attended the event, the largest crowd since 1989.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Courage C60</span> Racing automobile

The Courage C60 was a Le Mans Prototype (LMP) racing car built by Courage Compétition in 2000, and used in international sports car races until 2006. A replacement for the Courage C52, it was Courage's first all-new prototype since the Courage C41 was built in 1994.

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