Le Mans 24 Hours 1997 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 15.6.1997
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.605 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
Non championship race

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	7	Michele Alboreto / Stefan Johansson / Tom Kristensen	TWR-Joest Porsche WSC95	Joest Racing GMBH	3:41.5810	220.9580
2^nd	25	Bob Wollek / Hans-Joachim Stuck / Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	3:43.3630	219.1950
3^rd	3	Didier Theys / Gianpiero Moretti / Max Papis	Ferrari 333 SP	Moretti Racing Inc.	3:46.4310	216.2250
4^th	22	Eric van de Poele / Aguri Suzuki / Riccardo Patrese	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports	3:45.3240	217.2870
5^th	13	Didier Cottaz / Jérôme Policand / Marc Goossens	Courage C41 Porsche	Courage Compétition	3:47.6620	215.0560
6^th	42	J.J. Lehto / Steve Soper / Nelson Piquet	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	BMW Motorsport	3:45.4020	217.2120
7^th	10	Fredrik Ekblom / Jean-Louis Ricci / Jean-Paul Libert	Courage C36 Porsche	Courage Compétition	3:48.0110	214.7260
8^th	26	Emmanuel Collard / Yannick Dalmas / Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	3:45.4900	217.1270
9^th	8	Emmanuel Clérico / Henri Pescarolo / Jean-Philippe Belloc	Courage C36 Porsche	La Filiére Elf	3:48.6510	214.1250
10^th	27	Pierluigi Martini / Christian Pescatori / Antônio Hermann	Porsche 911 GT1	BMS Scuderia Italia	3:45.9130	216.7210
11^th	4	Michel Ferté / Adrian Campos / Charles Nearburg	Ferrari 333 SP	Pilot Racing	3:51.0920	211.8640
12^th	21	Martin Brundle / Wayne Taylor / Jörg Müller	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports	3:46.2280	216.4190
13^th	9	Mario Andretti / Michael Andretti / Olivier Grouillard	Courage C36 Porsche	Courage Compétition	3:51.3780	211.6020
14^th	30	Christophe Bouchut / Bertrand Gachot / Andy Evans	Porsche 911 GT1	Kremer Racing	3:46.3890	216.2650
15^th	5	Tomas Saldaña / Carl Rosenblad / Jürgen Lässig	Kremer K8 Porsche	Kremer Racing	3:55.9810	207.4740
16^th	44	Keiichi Tsuchiya / Gary Ayles / Akihiko Nakaya	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team Lark McLaren	3:47.1080	215.5800
17^th	15	Franck Fréon / Yojiro Terada / Jim Downing	Kudzu-Mazda DLM MS 97	Team T.D.R.	3:56.1220	207.3500
18^th	32	Allan McNish / Stéphane Ortelli / Karl Wendlinger	Porsche 911 GT1	Roock Racing Motorsport	3:47.3140	215.3850
19^th	14	Harri Toivonen / Jésus Pareja / Eliseo Salazar	BRM P301 Nissan	Pacific Racing	3:56.7340	206.8140
20^th	33	Pedro Lamy / Armin Hahne / Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 911 GT1	Schübel Engineering	3:47.4280	215.2770
21^st	23	Kazuyoshi Hoshino / Erik Comas / Masahiko Kageyama	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports	3:47.7450	214.9770
22^nd	43	Peter Kox / Roberto Ravaglia / Eric Hélary	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	BMW Motorsport	3:48.0570	214.6830
23^rd	52	Franck Lagorce / Eric Bernard / Jean-Christophe Boullion	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Société DAMS	3:48.1230	214.6210
24^th	29	Alain Ferté / Olivier Thévenin / Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 911 GT1	Société J.B. Jabouille Bouresche	3:48.3410	214.4160
25^th	41	Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Jean-Marc Gounon / Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren	3:48.3690	214.3900
26^th	49	Jan Lammers / Mike Hezemans / Alexander Grau	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing	3:48.3950	214.3650
27^th	39	Ray Bellm / Andrew Gilbert-Scott / Masanori Sekiya	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren	3:48.6650	214.1120
28^th	28	Mauro Baldi / Robert Nearn / Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT1	Franz Konrad Motorsport	3:49.4650	213.3660
29^th	46	Julian Bailey / Mark Skaife / Thomas Erdos	Lister Storm GTL	Newcastle United Lister Storm	3:49.5630	213.2750
30^th	55	Perry McCarthy / David Brabham / Doc Bundy	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	3:49.6990	213.1490
31^st	45	Geoff Lees / Tiff Needell / George Fouché	Lister Storm GTL	Newcastle United Lister Storm	3:50.3980	212.5020
32^nd	54	Andy Wallace / James Weaver / Butch Leitzinger	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	3:50.8520	212.0840
33^rd	62	Tommy Archer / Marc Duez / Soheil Ayari	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Société Viper Team Oréca	4:04.5890	200.1730
34^th	61	Philippe Gache / Olivier Beretta / Dominique Dupuy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Société Viper Team Oréca	4:04.6540	200.1190
35^th	67	Steve Saleen / Price Cobb / Carlos Palau	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen/Allen Speedlab	4:06.9220	198.2810
36^th	77	Jean-Pierre Jarier / Jean-Luc Chéreau / Jack Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2	Société Chéreau	4:07.1370	198.1090
37^th	74	Bruno Eichmann / Andy Pilgrim / André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	4:07.1530	198.0960
38^th	63	Justin Bell / John Morton / Pierre Yver	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Société Viper Team Oréca	4:08.0810	197.3550
39^th	66	Robert Schirle / David Warnock / Allen Lloyd	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen/Allen Speedlab	4:09.8010	195.9960
40^th	60	Almo Coppelli / Rocky Agusta / Eric Graham	Callaway Corvette LM GT2	Agusta Racing Team	4:10.0480	195.8020
41^st	84	Enzo Calderari / Lilian Bryner / Angelo Zadra	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	4:10.0940	195.7660
42^nd	73	Manuel Mello-Breyner / Pedro Mello-Breyner / Thomaz Mello-Breyner	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	4:10.4790	195.4650
43^rd	75	Patrick Bourdais / André Lara-Resende / Peter Kitchak	Porsche 911 GT2	Société Larbre Compétition	4:10.9030	195.1350
44^th	78	Michel Neugarten / Jean-Claude Lagniez / Guy Martinolle	Porsche 911 GT2	Elf Haberthur Racing	4:11.1340	194.9560
45^th	80	Claudia Hürtgen / Hugh Price / John Robinson	Porsche 911 GT2	GT Racing Team AG	4:11.6300	194.5710
46^th	70	Cor Euser / Harald Becker / Takashi Suzuki	Marcos LM600	Team Marcos	4:11.9040	194.3600
47^th	79	Michel Ligonnet / Larry Schumacher / Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	4:11.9110	194.3540
48^th	64	Jari Nurminen / Hans Hugenholtz / Chris Gleason	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering	4:12.6960	193.7510

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
40	John Nielsen / Thomas Bscher / Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren
50	Jean-Denis Delétraz / Fabien Giroix	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing
6	Giovanni Lavaggi / Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Bernard Chauvin	Kremer K8 Porsche	Kremer Racing
71	Dominic Chapell / Henri-Louis Maunoir / François Migault	Marcos LM600	Team Marcos

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
2	Sébastien Enjolras / Marc Rostan	WR LM97 Peugeot	Rachel Welter
12	Edouard Sezionale / François Jakubowski / David Dussau	Debora LMP297 Ford	Didier Bonnet
16	Tim Richardson / Bernard de Dryver / Robin Donovan	Matrix MXP-1 Nissan	Matrix Motor Co Ltd.
17	Pierre Bruneau	WR LM97 Peugeot	Alain Lebrun
24		Ferrari F40 GTE	Ennea
31		Porsche 911 GT1	Larbre Compétition
34	Olivier Grouillard	Sard MC8-R	Team Menicon Sard
35	Olivier Grouillard	Sard MC8-R	Team Menicon Sard
36	Patrick Gonin / Stéphane Daoudi / Benjamin Roy	Helem-Renault V6	RJ Racing
37	Patrick Gonin / Marc Sourd / Benjamin Roy	Helem-Renault V6	RJ Racing
38	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Pascal Fabre / Marcel Tarrès	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	BBA Compétition
47	Andrea Boldrini / Martin Stretton	Lotus Elise GT1	GBF (UK) Ltd.
48	Mimmo Schiattarella / Luca Badoer	Lotus Elise GT1	GBF (UK) Ltd.
51	Ratanakul Prutirat / Maurizio Sandro Sala / Kasikam Suphot	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Team Lotus F. Muller
53	Jean-Christophe Boullion / Wolfgang Kaufmann / David Velay	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS
65	Jay Cochran / Chris Gleason	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering
68	James Kaye	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen/Allen Speedlab
69	Eric van de Vyver	Gillet Vertigo V de V	Eric Van de Vyver
72	Chris Marsh / François Migault / Andy Purvis	Marcos LM600	Team Marcos
76	Bernhard Müller / Michael Trunk	Porsche 911 GT2	Bruno Krauss
81	Luca Drudi / Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	GT Racing Team AG
82	Hugh Price / Stéphane Ortelli / John Robinson	Porsche 911 GT2	Parr Motorsport
83	Ben Collins / Gérard MacQuillan	Porsche 911 GT2	Gerard MacQuillan
85	Steve O'Rourke / Win Percy / Tim Sugden	Porsche 911 GT2	Steve O'Rourke
		Spice WSC D97 Ford
		Spice WSC D97 Ford	Jon Dellor
		Lister Storm GTL	Newcastle United Lister
		TVR 12/7
		Ferrari 333 SP	Moretti Racing Inc.
		Spectre R42 Ford	Peter Allnutt