Prequalifying Le Mans 1996 - Race Results

Event: Essais Préqualificatifs 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 28.4.1996
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.600 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Prequalifying Le Mans
Non championship race

(Test Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
1^st	17	Eric van de Poele	Ferrari 333 SP	Racing For Belgium With Team Scandia	1^st	WSC	1^st	PQ
2^nd	18	Gentilozzi / van de Poele	Ferrari 333 SP	Rocket Sports Racing With Team Scandia	2^nd	WSC	2^nd	PQ
3^rd	19	Wayne Taylor	Riley & Scott Mk III Oldsmobile	Riley & Scott Racing	3^rd	WSC	3^rd	PQ
4^th	4	Jan Lammers	Courage C36 Porsche	Courage Competition	4^th	LMP1	4^th	PQ
5^th	8	Pierluigi Martini	TWR Porsche WSC95	Joest	5^th	LMP1	5^th	PQ
6^th	33	J.J. Lehto	McLaren F1 GTR	Gulf Racing	1^st	GT1	6^th	PQ
7^th	5	Lagorce	Courage C36 Porsche	La Filiére	6^th	LMP1	7^th	PQ
8^th	14	Patrick Gonin	WR LM96 Peugeot	Welter Racing	7^th	LMP2	8^th	PQ
9^th	2	Bouchut / Lässig	Kremer K8 Porsche	Kremer Racing	8^th	LMP1	9^th	PQ
10^th	7	Manuel Reuter	TWR Porsche WSC95	Joest	9^th	LMP1	10^th	PQ
11^th	25	Stuck / Boutsen / Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1	Porsche AG	2^nd	GT1	11^th	PQ
12^th	34	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	Gulf Racing	3^rd	GT1	12^th	PQ
13^th	39	Laffite / Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	Team Bigazzi SRL	4^th	GT1	13^th	PQ
14^th	15	David / Enjolras / Trévisiol	WR LM96 Peugeot	Welter Racing	10^th	LMP2	14^th	PQ
15^th	26	Dalmas / Stuck / Wendlinger	Porsche 911 GT1	Porsche AG	5^th	GT1	15^th	PQ
16^th	3	Jérôme Policand	Courage C36 Porsche	Courage Competition		LMP1		T
17^th	30	John Nielsen	McLaren F1 GTR	West Competition	6^th	GT1	16^th	PQ
18^th	11	Terrien / Ayari	WR LM94 Peugeot	Graff Racing	11^th	LMP2	17^th	PQ
19^th	38	Johnny Cecotto	McLaren F1 GTR	Team Bigazzi SRL	7^th	GT1	18^th	PQ
20^th	53	David Brabham	McLaren F1 GTR	Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing		GT1		T
21^st	29	Andy Wallace	McLaren F1 GTR	Harrods Mach One Racing	8^th	GT1	19^th	PQ
22^nd	45	Jean-Marc Gounon	Ferrari F40 GTE	Ennea	9^th	GT1	20^th	PQ
23^rd	50	Gache / Aiello	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	10^th	GT1	21^st	PQ
24^th	28	Geoff Lees	Lister Storm GTS	Newcastle United Lister Racing	11^th	GT1	22^nd	PQ
25^th	48	Price Cobb	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Canaska Southwind Motorsport	12^th	GT1	23^rd	PQ
26^th	52	Eric Hélary	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	13^th	GT1	24^th	PQ
27^th	44	Anders Olofsson	Ferrari F40 GTE	Ennea	14^th	GT1	25^th	PQ
28^th	20	Franck Fréon	Kudzu DLM Mazda	Mazdaspeed		LMP2		T
29^th	51	Dupuy / Hélary / Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	15^th	GT1	26^th	PQ
30^th	56	Michel Ferté	Ferrari F40 LM	Pilot Pen		GT1		T
31^st	12	Bertrand Gachot	WR LM94 SsangYong	PGM/Bertrand Gachot	12^th	LMP2	27^th	PQ
32^nd	49	Alain Cudini	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Canaska Southwind Motorsport	16^th	GT1	28^th	PQ
33^rd	55	Jarier / Lagniez	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Roock Racing Team	17^th	GT1	29^th	PQ
34^th	23	Hasemi / Ried	Nissan Skyline GT-R LM	NISMO	18^th	GT1	30^th	PQ
35^th	24	Masahiro Hasemi	Nissan Skyline GT-R LM	NISMO		GT1		PQ
36^th	59	Piero Nappi	Ferrari F40 GTE	Ennea	19^th	GT1	31^st	PQ
37^th	46	Alain Ferté	Sard MC8-R	Team Menicon SARD	20^th	GT1	33^rd	PQ
38^th	57	Alain Ferté	Toyota Supra LM	Toyota Team SARD		GT1		T
39^th	37	Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Konrad Motorsport	21^st	GT1	32^nd	PQ
40^th	27	Chéreau / Yver / Leconte / Malcher	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Chereau Sports	22^nd	GT1	34^th	PQ
41^st	32	Lionel Robert	Renault Spider	Legeay Sports	23^rd	GT1	35^th	PQ
42^nd	47	Saldaña / de Orleans / Burdell	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Kremer Racing	24^th	GT1	36^th	PQ
43^rd	40	Maury-Laribiére / Lécuyer / Clérico / Favre	Venturi 600 LM	BBA Competition	25^th	GT1	37^th	PQ
44^th	41	Dickens / Luyendyk / Ligonnet	McLaren F1 GTR	BBA Competition	26^th	GT1	38^th	PQ
45^th	81	Cor Euser	Marcos Mantara LM600	Team Marcos	1^st	GT2	39^th	PQ
46^th	79	Eichmann / Defourny	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing Team	2^nd	GT2	40^th	PQ
47^th	74	Almo Coppelli	Callaway Corvette LM600	Agusta Racing Team	3^rd	GT2	41^st	PQ
48^th	70	Soames Langton	Porsche 911 GT2	Stephen O'Rourke	4^th	GT2	42^nd	PQ
49^th	82	Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 911 GT2	Larbre Competition	5^th	GT2	43^rd	PQ
50^th	73	Michel Neugarten	Porsche 911 GT2	Elf Haberthur Racing	6^th	GT2	44^th	PQ
51^st	71	Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	New Hardware/Parr Motorsport	7^th	GT2	45^th	PQ
52^nd	83	Price / Evans / Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	New Hardware/Parr Motorsport	8^th	GT2	46^th	PQ
53^rd	42	Bertaggia / Said	Callaway C7R	Callaway Competition	27^th	GT1	47^th	PQ
54^th	72	Calderari / Bryner / Richter	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	9^th	GT2	48^th	PQ
55^th	80	Schirle / Percy / Warnock	Marcos Mantara LM600	Team Marcos	10^th	GT2	49^th	PQ
56^th	10	Guillaume Gomez	Debora LMP296 Ford	Didier Bonnet	13^th	LMP2	50^th	PQ
57^th	75	Tsuchiya / Suzuki	Honda NSX	Team Kunimitsu Honda		GT2		T
58^th	60	Thyrring / Nissen / Andrews	De Tomaso Pantera	ADA Engineering	28^th	GT1	51^st	PQ
59^th	77	Peter Seikel	Porsche 911 GT2	Seikel Motorsport		GT2		T
60^th	78	Adams / Gleason / MacQuillan / Jones	Porsche 911 GT2	Richard Jones	11^th	GT2	52^nd	PQ
61^st	76	Mello-Breyner / Mello-Breyner / Mello-Breyner	Porsche 911 GT2	Team Jumbo Pao de Acucar	12^th	GT2	53^rd	PQ
62^nd	31	Daoudi / Sourd / Robert	Renault Spider	Legeay Sports	29^th	GT1	54^th	PQ
63^rd	62	Tambay / Pallanca-Pastor	Bugatti EB110	Monaco Racing Team	30^th	GT1	55^th	PQ
64^th	85	Heinkélé / Guitteny / Gay	Ferrari F355	Yellow Racing	13^th	GT2	56^th	PQ
65^th	84	Metz / Bornhauser / Lacaud	VBM 4000 GTC	Jean-François Metz		GT2		PQ
66^th	16	Bruneau / Camus	WR LM93 Peugeot	Alain Lebrun	14^th	LMP2	57^th	PQ

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.	Div.
43	Bertaggia / Said	Callaway C7R	Callaway Competition	GT1	PQ

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.	Div.
1	Bouchut / Lässig	Kremer K8 Porsche	Kremer Racing	LMP1	T
9		Debora LMP296 Ford	Didier Bonnet	LMP2	T
21		Tiga - Buick	Sylvain Boulay		PQ
22		Nissan Skyline GT-R LM	NISMO	GT1	T
35		Lotus Esprit V8	Lotus Racing	GT1	PQ
36		Lotus Esprit V8	Lotus Racing	GT1	PQ
54		Honda NSX	Gary Ward	GT1	PQ
58	Jarier / Delétraz	McLaren F1 GTR	Larbre Compétition	GT1	PQ
61	Delétraz / Giroix	McLaren F1 GTR	Franck Muller Watch	GT1	PQ