Le Mans 24 Hours 1980 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 15.6.1980
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.626 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 7) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 7)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	15	Henri Pescarolo / Jean Ragnotti	Rondeau M379B Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:47.9000
2^nd	70	John Fitzpatrick / Brian Redman / Dick Barbour	Porsche 935 K3/80	Dick Barbour	3:48.4000
3^rd	42	Rolf Stommelen / Axel Plankenhorn / Tetsu Ikuzawa	Porsche 935 K3/80	Gozzy Kremer Racing	3:49.8000
4^th	9	Jacky Ickx / Reinhold Jöst	Porsche 908/80 Turbo	Martini Racing - Liqui Moly	3:50.0000
5^th	16	Jean Rondeau / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Rondeau M379B Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:50.2000
6^th	8	Alain De Cadenet / François Migault	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Alain de Cadenet	3:50.6000
7^th	12	Chris Craft / Bob Evans	Dome Zero RL80 Ford	Dome Co Ltd.	3:50.7000
8^th	41	Ted Field / Danny Ongais / Jean-Louis Lafosse	Porsche 935 K3/80	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:51.3000
9^th	5	Guy Fréquelin / Roger Dorchy	WM P79/80 Peugeot	W.M. Esso	3:51.9000
10^th	45	Bob Wollek / Helmut Kelleners	Porsche 935/80	Gelo Racing Team	3:53.1000
11^th	49	Dieter Schornstein / Harald Grohs / Götz von Tschirnhaus	Porsche 935/77A	Vegla Racing Team	3:54.0000
12^th	7	Serge Saulnier / Denis Morin / Jean-Louis Bousquet	WM P79/80 Peugeot	W.M. Esso	3:54.5000
13^th	1	Patrick Gaillard / François Trisconi / André Chevalley	ACR 80 Ford	A. Chevalley Racing	3:55.7000
14^th	71	Bobby Rahal / Allan Moffat / Bob Garretson	Porsche 935 K3	Dick Barbour	3:56.1000
15^th	6	Max Mamers / Jean-Daniel Raulet	WM P79/80 Peugeot	W.M. Esso	3:56.5000
16^th	73	John Paul / Guy Edwards / John Paul, Jr.	Porsche 935 JLP-2	J.L.P. Racing	3:56.8000
17^th	77	Claude Ballot-Léna / Jean-Claude Andruet	Ferrari 512 BB	Ch. Pozzi - JMS Racing	3:58.4000
18^th	46	Claude Haldi / Bernard Béguin / Volkert Merl	Porsche 935/77A	Meccarillos Racing	3:58.9000
19^th	17	Gordon Spice / Jean-Michel Martin / Philippe Martin	Rondeau M379B Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:59.0000
20^th	44	Pete Lovett / John Cooper / Dudley Wood	Porsche 935 K3	Charles Ivey Racing	4:00.0000
21^st	85	Don Whittington / Hurley Haywood / Dale Whittington	Porsche 935 K3	Whittington Bros.	4:00.1000
22^nd	68	Charles Mendez / Skeeter McKitterick / Leon Walger	Porsche 935 K3	Racing Associates Inc.	4:02.5000
23^rd	84	Hans-Joachim Stuck / Hans-Georg Bürger / Dominique Lacaud	BMW M1	Dominique Lacaud	4:02.5000
24^th	76	Pierre Dieudonné / Jean Xhenceval / Hervé Regout	Ferrari 512 BB	Ch. Pozzi - JMS Racing	4:02.6000
25^th	83	Didier Pironi / Marcel Mignot / Dieter Quester	BMW M1	B.M.W. France	4:02.7000
26^th	51	Hans Heyer / Bernard Darniche / Teo Fabi	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	Lancia Corse	4:03.2000
27^th	43	Xavier Lapeyre / Anny-Charlotte Verney / Jean-Louis Trintignant	Porsche 935 K3/80	Malardeau Kremer Racing	4:04.1000
28^th	53	Martino Finotto / Carlo Facetti	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	Jolly Club - Lancia Corse	4:05.2000
29^th	69	Bob Akin / Paul Miller / Ralph Kent-Cooke	Porsche 935 K3	Racing Associates Inc.	4:05.3000
30^th	52	Gianfranco Brancatelli / Piercarlo Ghinzani / Markku Alén	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	Lancia Corse	4:06.6000
31^st	95	Laurent Ferrier / François Servanin / Pierre-François Rousselot	BMW M1	B.M.W. Zol-Auto	4:08.2000
32^nd	28	Lella Lombardi / Mark Thatcher	Osella PA8 BMW	Scuderia Torino Corse	4:08.6000
33^rd	82	Michael Korten / Patrick Neve / Manfred Winkelhock	March-BMW M1	March Engines Ltd.	4:09.4000
34^th	3	Derek Bell / Al Holbert	Porsche 924 Carrera GT Turbo	Porsche System	4:10.8000
35^th	24	Bernard Verdier / Marc Sourd	Lola T298 ROC	ROC - Société Yacco	4:10.9000
36^th	75	Lucien Guitteny / Gérard Bleynie / Jean-Paul Libert	Ferrari 512 BB	Ch. Pozzi - JMS Racing	4:11.1000
37^th	96	Fréderic Alliot / Jacques Guérin	BMW M1	Garage du Bac	4:11.7000
38^th	89	Dany Snobeck / Hervé Poulain / Pierre Destic	Porsche 935	Hervé Poulain	4:12.9000
39^th	72	Michael Sherwin / Robert Kirby / Bob Harmon	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour - Wynn's International	4:13.5000
40^th	20	Yves Courage / Jean-Philippe Grand	Chevron B36 BMW	Jean-Philippe Grand	4:14.0000
41^st	79	Spartaco Dini / Maurizio Micangeli / Fabrizio Violati	Ferrari 512 BB	Scudéria Super Car Bellancauto	4:14.3000
42^nd	27	Patrick Perrier / Pierre Yver	Lola T298 BMW	Michel Elkoubi - Primagaz	4:14.4000
43^rd	23	Michel Dubois / Florian Vetsch / Christian Debias	Lola T298 ROC	ROC - Société Yacco	4:16.0000
44^th	2	Andy Rouse / Tony Dron	Porsche 924 Carrera GT Turbo	Porsche System	4:16.5000
45^th	29	Peter Clark / Martin Birrane / Nick Mason	Lola T297 Ford	Dorset Racing Associates	4:16.7000
46^th	4	Jürgen Barth / Manfred Schurti	Porsche 924 Carrera GT Turbo	Porsche System	4:17.1000
47^th	25	Philippe Hesnault / Bruno Sotty / Daniel Laurent	Chevron B36 ROC	ROC - Société Yacco	4:17.2000
48^th	22	Michel Pignard / Hubert Striebig / Mario Ketterer	TOJ SM01 BMW	Hubert Striebig	4:17.4000
49^th	94	Jacques Alméras / Jean-Marie Alméras / Marianne Hoepfner	Porsche 934	Equipe Alméras Freres	4:18.9000
50^th	91	Christian Bussi / Bernard Salam / Cyril Grandet	Porsche 934	A.S.A. Cachia	4:25.3000
51^st	80	Mandy Gonzalez / Francisco Romero / Diego Febles	Porsche 934	Diego Febles Racing	4:26.3000
52^nd	90	Georges Bourdillat / Roland Ennequin / Alain-Michel Bernard	Porsche 934	Georges Bourdillat	4:26.4000
53^rd	86	Ernesto Soto / Pierre Honegger / Mark Hutchins	Mazda RX-7	Z. et W. Enterprises Inc.	4:36.1000
54^th	93	Thierry Perrier / Roger Carmillet	Porsche 911 SC	Thierry Perrier	4:37.6000
55^th	78	Steve O'Rourke / Richard Down / Simon Phillips	Ferrari 512 BB	Steve O'Rourke	4:19.7000

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
10	Tiff Needell / Tony Trimmer	Ibec P6 Ford	Ian Bracey
11	Bernard de Dryver / Nick Faure / Richard Jones	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Nick Faure
74	Preston Henn / Jean-Pierre Delaunay	Ferrari 512 BB	Luigi Chinetti Sr.
87	Maurice Carter / Murray Edwards / Richard Valentine	Chevrolet Camaro	All Canadian Racing
21	Sandro Plastina / Mario Luini / Marc Frischknecht	Cheetah G601 Ford	Racing Fan's - Walter Wolf Racing
88	Jacques Bienvenue / Bill Adam / Douglas Rowe	Chevrolet Corvette	Douglas Rowe
26	Michel Lateste / Patrice Lenormand / Jacques Terrien	Lola T298 BMW	Patrice Gaulupeau
81	Nobuhide Tachi / Fumiyasu Satou	Dome Toyota Celica Turbo	Alpha Cubic Dome
40	John Sheldon / Ian Harrower / John Brindley	Triumph TR8 Turbo	Janspeed/ADA-T.R. Register
30	Jean-Marie Lemerle / Max Cohen-Olivar	Lola T298 ROC	Jean-Marie Lemerle

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
14	David Preece / Simon Phillips / Richard Jenvey	Aston Martin D.P.L.M.	Simon Phillips Racing
18	Stig Blomqvist / Ola Strömberg / Heinz Schulthess	Sambo Saab Turbo	Racing Team Schulthess
54	Gianfranco Brancatelli / Carlo Pietromarchi / Maurizio Micangeli	De Tomaso Pantera	Carlo Pietromarchi
	Jacques Alméras / Jean-Marie Alméras / Jean-Pierre Sivel	Porsche 935	Almeras Freres
	Paul Perrier / Michel Lateste / Yves Courage	Lambretta LW80 ROC	Michel Elkoubi
	Michel Elkoubi / Max Cohen-Olivar / Pierre Yver	Lambretta LW80 ROC	Patrice Gaulupeau
	Bruno Sotty / Noël del Bello	Chevron B36 ROC	ROC - Société Yacco
	Angelo Pallavicini / Herbert Müller	Porsche 934	Angelo Pallavicini
	Martin Birrane / Tony Charnell	Lotus Esprit S1	Martin Birrane