Prequalifying Le Mans 1997 - Race Results

Event: Essais Préqualificatifs 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 4.5.1997
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.605 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Prequalifying Le Mans
Non championship race

(Test Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
1^st	21	Brundle / Müller	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports		1^st	GT1	1^st	PQ
2^nd	7	Alboreto / Johansson	TWR-Joest Porsche WSC95	Joest		1^st	LMP875		T
3^rd	26	Kelleners / Collard / Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG		2^nd	GT1	2^nd	PQ
4^th	42	Lehto / Soper / Piquet	McLaren F1 GTR	Team BMW Motorsport		3^rd	GT1	3^rd	PQ
5^th	3	Moretti / Theys	Ferrari 333 SP	Moretti Racing Inc.		2^nd	LMP875	4^th	PQ
6^th	43	Kox / Ravaglia / Hélary	McLaren F1 GTR	Team BMW Motorsport		4^th	GT1	5^th	PQ
7^th	33	Lamy / Hahne / Goueslard	Porsche 911 GT1	Schubel Engineering		5^th	GT1	6^th	PQ
8^th	41	Gounon / Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	Gulf Team Davidoff		6^th	GT1	7^th	PQ
9^th	13	Cottaz / Policand	Courage C41 Porsche	Courage Compétition		3^rd	LMP875	8^th	PQ
10^th	55	McCarthy / Brabham / Paul, Jr.	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing		7^th	GT1	9^th	PQ
11^th	29	Ferté / Thévenin / von Gartzen	Porsche 911 GT1	JB Racing		8^th	GT1	10^th	PQ
12^th	23	Comas / Hoshino	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports		9^th	GT1	11^th	PQ
13^th	45	Lees / Needell / Bailey	Lister Storm GTL	Newcastle United Lister		10^th	GT1	12^th	PQ
14^th	49	Lammers / Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing		11^th	GT1	13^th	PQ
15^th	40	Nielsen / Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	Gulf Team Davidoff		12^th	GT1	14^th	PQ
16^th	10	Ekblom / Ricci	Courage C36 Porsche	Courage Compétition		4^th	LMP875	15^th	PQ
17^th	22	Patrese / Suzuki / van de Poele	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports		13^th	GT1	16^th	PQ
18^th	32	Ortelli / McNish	Porsche 911 GT1	Roock Racing		14^th	GT1	17^th	PQ
19^th	27	Martini / Pescatori / Hermann	Porsche 911 GT1	BMS Scuderia Italia		15^th	GT1	18^th	PQ
20^th	44	Ayles / Nakaya / Tsuchiya / Kaneishi	McLaren F1 GTR	Team Lark McLaren		16^th	GT1	19^th	PQ
21^st	30	Bouchut / Rosenblad / Evans	Porsche 911 GT1	Kremer Racing		17^th	GT1	20^th	PQ
22^nd	50	Delétraz / Giroix	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing		18^th	GT1	21^st	PQ
23^rd	25	Wollek / Stuck / Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1	Porsche AG		19^th	GT1		T
24^th	54	Wallace / Weaver / Leitzinger	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing		20^th	GT1	22^nd	PQ
25^th	8	Pescarolo / Belloc / Clérico	Courage C36 Porsche	La Filiére		5^th	LMP875	23^rd	PQ
26^th	46	Lees / Ulrich / Bailey	Lister Storm GTL	Newcastle United Lister		21^st	GT1	24^th	PQ
27^th	53	Velay / Boullion / Kaufmann	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS		22^nd	GT1	25^th	PQ
28^th	9	Andretti / Martini	Courage C36 Porsche	Courage Compétition		6^th	LMP875	26^th	PQ
29^th	28	Konrad / Baldi	Porsche 911 GT1	Konrad Motorsports		23^rd	GT1	27^th	PQ
30^th	35	Olivier Grouillard	Sard MC8R	Team Menicon Sard		24^th	GT1	28^th	PQ
31^st	52	Lagorce / Bernard / Boullion	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS		25^th	GT1	29^th	PQ
32^nd	4	Ferté / Campos / Nearburg	Ferrari 333 SP	Michel Ferté		1^st	WSC	30^th	PQ
33^rd	34	Olivier Grouillard	Sard MC8R	Team Menicon Sard		26^th	GT1	31^st	PQ
34^th	39	Bellm / Gilbert-Scott	McLaren F1 GTR	Gulf Team Davidoff		27^th	GT1		T
35^th	6	Lavaggi / Rosenblad / Saldaña	Kremer K8 Porsche	Kremer Racing		7^th	LMP875	32^nd	PQ
36^th	38	Maury-Laribiére / Fabre / Tarrès	McLaren F1 GTR	BBA Compétition		28^th	GT1	33^rd	PQ
37^th	5	Lavaggi / Saldaña / Lässig / Rosenblad / Bouchut	Kremer K8 Porsche	Kremer Racing		8^th	LMP875	34^th	PQ
38^th	14	Toivonen / O'Connell	BRM P301 Nissan	Pacific Racing Ltd.		9^th	LMP875	35^th	PQ
39^th	51	Sandro Sala / Prutirat / Suphot	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing F. Muller		29^th	GT1	36^th	PQ
40^th	15	Downing / Terada / Fréon	Kudzu-Mazda DLM MS 971	Team T.D.R.		2^nd	WSC	37^th	PQ
41^st	36	Gonin / Sourd / Roy	Helem-Renault V6	RJ Racing		30^th	GT1	38^th	PQ
42^nd	37	Gonin / Sourd / Roy	Helem-Renault V6	RJ Racing		31^st	GT1	39^th	PQ
43^rd	74	Ahrlé / Pilgrim / Yver	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing		1^st	GT2	40^th	PQ
44^th	61	Gache / Beretta / Ayari	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca		2^nd	GT2	41^st	PQ
45^th	77	Jarier / Leconte / Chéreau	Porsche 911 GT2	Chéreau Sports		3^rd	GT2	42^nd	PQ
46^th	12	Sezionale / Jakubowski / Dussau	Debora LMP297 Ford	Didier Bonnet		1^st	LMP650	43^rd	PQ
47^th	16	de Dryver / Donovan / Richardson	Matrix MXP-1 Nissan	Matrix Motor Co Ltd.		10^th	LMP875	44^th	PQ
48^th	63	Beretta / Dupuy / Bell	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca		4^th	GT2	45^th	PQ
49^th	62	Dupuy / Archer / Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca		5^th	GT2	46^th	PQ
50^th	67	Lloyd / Cobb / Andrews	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen/Allen Speedlab		6^th	GT2	47^th	PQ
51^st	79	Nearn / Seiler / Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsports		7^th	GT2	48^th	PQ
52^nd	60	Agusta / Coppelli	Callaway Corvette LM GT2	Agusta Racing Team Ltd.		8^th	GT2	49^th	PQ
53^rd	71	Migault / Van de Haterd / van Kouwen	Marcos LM600	Team Marcos		9^th	GT2	50^th	PQ
54^th	84	Calderari / Bryner / Richter	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport		10^th	GT2	51^st	PQ
55^th	78	Neugarten / Camus	Porsche 911 GT2	Elf Haberthur Racing		11^th	GT2	52^nd	PQ
56^th	66	Saleen / Warnock / Schirle	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen/Allen Speedlab		12^th	GT2	53^rd	PQ
57^th	76	Müller / Trunk	Porsche 911 GT2	Bruno Krauss		13^th	GT2	54^th	PQ
58^th	65	Cochran / Gleason	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering		14^th	GT2	55^th	PQ
59^th	64	Hugenholtz / Nurminen / Lister	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering		15^th	GT2	56^th	PQ
60^th	70	Euser / Schumann / Becker	Marcos LM600	Team Marcos		16^th	GT2	57^th	PQ
61^st	80	Pagotto / Hürtgen / Price / Robinson	Porsche 911 GT2	GT Racing Team AG		17^th	GT2	58^th	PQ
62^nd	83	Collins / MacQuillan / Peeler	Porsche 911 GT2	Gerard MacQuillan		18^th	GT2	59^th	PQ
63^rd	85	O'Rourke / Percy / Sugden	Porsche 911 GT2	Steve O'Rourke		19^th	GT2	60^th	PQ
64^th	73	Mello-Breyner / Mello-Breyner	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing		20^th	GT2		T
65^th	75	Bourdais / Lara-Resende	Porsche 911 GT2	Larbre Compétition		21^st	GT2		T
66^th	69	Eric van de Vyver	Gillet Vertigo V de V	Eric Van de Vyver		22^nd	GT2	61^st	PQ
67^th	2	Enjolras / Rostan	WR LM97 Peugeot	Rachel Welter	Fatal accident - Enjolras	2^nd	LMP650		T
68^th	81	Drudi / Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	GT Racing Team AG		23^rd	GT2	62^nd	PQ

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
17	Pierre Bruneau	WR LM97 Peugeot	Alain Lebrun		LMP875	PQ

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Car	Entrant	Gr.	Div.
24	Ferrari F40 GTE	Ennea	GT1	PQ
31	Porsche 911 GT1	Larbre Compétition	GT1	PQ
47	Lotus Elise GT1	GBF (UK) Ltd.	GT1	PQ
48	Lotus Elise GT1	GBF (UK) Ltd.	GT1	PQ
68	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen/Allen Speedlab	GT2	PQ
72	Marcos Mantara LM600	Team Marcos	GT2	PQ
82	Porsche 911 GT2	Parr Motorsport	GT2	PQ