Le Mans 24 Hours 1981 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 14.6.1981
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.626 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
World Championship for Drivers and Makes (round 8)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	11	Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell	Porsche 936/81	Porsche System	3:29.4400
2^nd	12	Jochen Mass / Vern Schuppan / Hurley Haywood	Porsche 936/81	Porsche System	3:32.6100
3^rd	14	Klaus Niedzwiedz / Reinhold Jöst / Dale Whittington	Porsche 908/80 Turbo	Joest Racing	3:34.5100
4^th	26	Henri Pescarolo / Patrick Tambay	Rondeau M379C Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:35.1600
5^th	24	Jean Rondeau / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Rondeau M379C Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:36.1700
6^th	59	Ted Field / Bill Whittington / Don Whittington	Porsche 935 K3/81	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:36.5400
7^th	60	Dieter Schornstein / Harald Grohs / Götz von Tschirnhaus	Porsche 935J	Vegla Racing Team	3:37.1500
8^th	82	Thierry Boutsen / Michel Pignard / Serge Saulnier	WM P81 Peugeot	WM A.E.R.E.M.	3:37.8900
9^th	5	Guy Fréquelin / Roger Dorchy	WM P79/80 Peugeot	WM A.E.R.E.M.	3:39.7400
10^th	25	Jean Ragnotti / Jean-Louis Lafosse	Rondeau M379C Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:40.3200
11^th	83	Max Mamers / Jean-Daniel Raulet / Michel Pignard	WM P81 Peugeot	WM A.E.R.E.M.	3:40.8000
12^th	18	Emilio de Villota / Guy Edwards / Juan Fernandez	Lola T600 Ford	Team Lola	3:42.4000
13^th	61	Edgar Dören / Gerhard Holup / Jürgen Lässig	Porsche 935 K3	Weralit Team	3:42.6600
14^th	22	Patrick Gaillard / André Chevalley / Bruno Sotty	ACR 80B Ford	André Chevalley Racing	3:43.4300
15^th	7	François Migault / Gordon Spice	Rondeau M379C Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:43.9900
16^th	4	Denis Morin / Charles Mendez / Xavier Mathiot	WM P79/80 Peugeot	WM A.E.R.E.M.	3:44.1400
17^th	41	Preston Henn / Michael Chandler / Marcel Mignot	Porsche 935 K3	Preston B. Henn	3:46.2200
18^th	10	Bob Wollek / Xavier Lapeyre / Guy Chasseuil	Porsche 917K/81	Kremer Racing	3:46.5400
19^th	20	Alain De Cadenet / Jean-Michel Martin / Philippe Martin	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Alain de Cadenet	3:46.6900
20^th	23	Chris Craft / Bob Evans	Dome Zero RL81 Ford	Dome Co Ltd.	3:47.4300
21^st	50	Jean-Pierre Jarier / Hans-Joachim Stuck / Helmut Henzler	BMW M1 Sauber	BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport	3:47.6300
22^nd	52	Marc Surer / David Deacon / Dieter Quester	BMW M1 Sauber	Wuerth-Lubrifilm Team Sauber	3:47.9000
23^rd	55	John Cooper / Dudley Wood / Claude Bourgoignie	Porsche 935 K3	Claude Bourgoignie	3:48.0200
24^th	66	Riccardo Patrese / Hans Heyer / Piercarlo Ghinzani	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	Martini Racing	3:48.1400
25^th	40	Mauricio DeNarvaez / Kenper Miller / Günter Steckkönig	Porsche 935J	Joest Racing	3:48.2000
26^th	21	Vivian Candy / Martin Birrane / Nick Faure	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Dorset Racing Associates	3:48.9000
27^th	27	Tony Trimmer / Tiff Needell	Ibec P6 Ford	Ian Bracey	3:49.9400
28^th	8	Jacky Haran / Jean-Louis Schlesser / Philippe Streiff	Rondeau M379C Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:50.6100
29^th	49	Alain Cudini / Philippe Gurdjian / John Morton	Ferrari 512 BB/LM	N.A.R.T.	3:52.6000
30^th	43	Paul Miller / Craig Siebert / Bob Akin	Porsche 935 K3/80	Bob Akin Motor Racing	3:52.6100
31^st	65	Eddie Cheever / Michele Alboreto / Carlo Facetti	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	Martini Racing	3:54.0900
32^nd	57	Claude Haldi / Hervé Poulain / Mark Thatcher	Porsche 935/77A	Claude Haldi	3:54.3200
33^rd	42	Anny-Charlotte Verney / Ralph Kent-Cooke / Bob Garretson	Porsche 935 K3/80	Cooke-Woods Racing	3:55.1500
34^th	45	Fabrizio Violati / Duilio Truffo / Maurizio Flammini	Ferrari 512 BB/LM Pininfarina	Scuderia Supercar Bellancauto	3:55.6600
35^th	51	Bernard Darniche / Johnny Cecotto / Philippe Alliot	BMW M1	B.M.W. Italie-France	3:55.6800
36^th	46	Pierre Dieudonné / Jean-Paul Libert / Jean Xhenceval	Ferrari 512 BB/LM	Rennod Racing	3:56.7200
37^th	47	Jean-Claude Andruet / Claude Ballot-Léna	Ferrari 512 BB/LM	Charles Pozzi S.A.	3:56.8900
38^th	53	David Hobbs / Eddie Jordan / Steve O'Rourke	BMW M1	Emka Productions Ltd.	3:56.9900
39^th	35	Cale Yarborough / Bill Cooper / Billy Hagan	Chevrolet Camaro	Stratagraph Inc.	3:59.5700
40^th	48	Steve Earle / Mike Salmon / Simon Phillips	Ferrari 512 BB/LM	Simon Phillips	3:59.9800
41^st	71	Christian Danner / Leopold von Bayern / Peter Oberndorfer	BMW M1	Helmut Marko	4:00.1400
42^nd	31	Jean-Philippe Grand / Yves Courage	Lola T298 BMW	Jean-Philippe Grand	4:00.4200
43^rd	1	Jürgen Barth / Walter Röhrl	Porsche 944 LM	Porsche System	4:01.0300
44^th	67	Emanuele Pirro / Beppe Gabbiani	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	Martini Racing	4:02.2200
45^th	33	Pierre Yver / Jacques Heuclin / Michel Dubois	Lola T298 BMW	Compagnie Primagaz	4:02.8100
46^th	30	Max Cohen-Olivar / Jean-Marie Lemerle / Alain Levié	Lola T298 BMW	Jean-Marie Lemerle	4:03.0800
47^th	72	Pierre-François Rousselot / François Servanin / Laurent Ferrier	BMW M1	B.M.W. ZOL' Auto	4:03.7600
48^th	36	Manfred Schurti / Andy Rouse	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Porsche System	4:04.0900
49^th	38	Win Percy / Yojiro Terada / Hiroshi Fushida	Mazda RX-7 253i	Mazdaspeed	4:04.7900
50^th	69	Jan Lundgardh / Mike Wilds / Axel Plankenhorn	Porsche 935 L1	Tuff-Kote Dinol Racing	4:06.9200
51^st	37	Pete Lovett / Tom Walkinshaw / Tetsu Ikuzawa	Mazda RX-7 253i	Mazdaspeed	4:07.1800
52^nd	70	Valentin Bertapelle / Thierry Perrier / Bernard Salam	Porsche 934	Thierry Perrier	4:08.8600
53^rd	68	Martino Finotto / Giorgio Schön / Giorgio Pianta	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	Jolly Club	4:09.0100
54^th	32	Louis Descartes / Hervé Bayard	Renard Delmas D31 ROC	Ecurie Renard-Delmas	4:15.5700
55^th	73	Jacques Alméras / Jean-Marie Alméras	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Eminence Racing Team	4:19.9100
56^th	75	Tony Dron / Richard Lloyd	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Porsche System Canon	4:20.0100
57^th	39	Dirk Vermeersch / Fred Stiff / Ray Ratcliff	Mazda RX-7	Z. & W. Enterprises Inc.	4:21.9700
58^th	74	Colin Bond / Peter Brock / Jim Richards	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Porsche Cars Australia	4:24.9500
59^th	62	Jacques Guérin / "Segolen" / Christian Bussi	Porsche 935	"Segolen"	4:03.8900
60^th	16	Michel Lateste / Patrick Perrier	Ardex S80 BMW	Max Sardou	4:05.0200
61^st	17	Bobby Rahal / Brian Redman	Lola T600 Porsche Turbo	Cooke-Woods Racing	4:18.3000
62^nd	90	Hervé Regout / Michel Elkoubi	McLaren M12 GT Chevrolet	Z & W Enterprises Inc.	5:13.0600

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
6	Denis Morin / Charles Mendez	WM P79/80 Peugeot	WM A.E.R.E.M.

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
19	Alain De Cadenet	Ford C100	Alain de Cadenet
34	Dominique Lacaud / Joël Gouhier	Lola T298 BMW	Dominique Lacaud
44	Howard Meister / Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935 M16	Andial Meister Racing
56		Porsche 935	Gelo Racing Team
58	Ted Field / Danny Ongais	Porsche 935 K3/80	Interscope-Kremer Racing
		Porsche 935 K3	Charles Ivey Racing
	Richard Cleare	Porsche 934	Richard Cleare Racing
	Martino Finotto / Carlo Facetti	Ferrari 308 GTB Turbo	Jolly Club
	Siegfried Brunn	Porsche 908/3 Turbo	Siegfried Brunn
	Reine Wisell	Porsche 935 K3/80	John Fitzpatrick Racing