Le Mans 24 Hours 1983 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 19.6.1983
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.626 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
FIA World Endurance Championship (round 4) European Endurance Championship (round 4)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	1	Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell	Porsche 956	Rothmans Porsche	3:16.5600	249.5700
2^nd	4	Michele Alboreto / Teo Fabi / Alessandro Nannini	Lancia LC2/83	Martini Racing	3:20.7900
3^rd	2	Jochen Mass / Stefan Bellof	Porsche 956	Rothmans Porsche	3:20.9800
4^th	5	Piercarlo Ghinzani / Hans Heyer / Teo Fabi	Lancia LC2/83	Martini Racing	3:21.3100
5^th	8	Stefan Johansson / Klaus Ludwig / Bob Wollek	Porsche 956	Sorga S.A.	3:23.7500
6^th	14	Jan Lammers / Jonathan Palmer / Richard Lloyd	Porsche 956	Canon Racing	3:27.4800
7^th	3	Vern Schuppan / Al Holbert / Hurley Haywood	Porsche 956	Rothmans Porsche	3:28.3600
8^th	21	Mario Andretti / Michael Andretti / Philippe Alliot	Porsche 956	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:28.8900
9^th	12	Volkert Merl / Clemens Schickentanz / Mauricio DeNarvaez	Porsche 956	Sorga S.A.	3:29.4800
10^th	16	Guy Edwards / Rupert Keegan / John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 956	Fitzpatrick Racing	3:29.9800
11^th	11	John Fitzpatrick / David Hobbs / Dieter Quester	Porsche 956	Fitzpatrick Racing	3:30.3000
12^th	18	Axel Plankenhorn / Desiré Wilson / Jürgen Lässig	Porsche 956	Obermaier Racing	3:31.1200
13^th	6	Alessandro Nannini / Jean-Claude Andruet / Paolo Barilla	Lancia LC2/83	Martini Racing	3:32.9200
14^th	22	Derek Warwick / Frank Jelinski / Patrick Gaillard	Porsche CK5-83	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:35.6200
15^th	39	Ray Mallock / Steve Earle / Mike Salmon	Nimrod NRA/C2B Aston Martin	Viscount Downe - Pace Petroleum	3:35.7800
16^th	24	Henri Pescarolo / Thierry Boutsen	Rondeau M482 Ford	Ford France	3:36.0600
17^th	9	Jean-Daniel Raulet / Michel Pignard / Didier Theys	WM P83 Peugeot	Secateva	3:36.3700
18^th	10	Alain Couderc / Pascal Fabre / Roger Dorchy	WM P83 Peugeot	Secateva	3:36.5500
19^th	26	Jean Rondeau / Alain Ferté	Rondeau M482 Ford	Ford France	3:37.5700
20^th	25	Philippe Streiff / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Rondeau M482 Ford	Ford France	3:38.6300
21^st	15	Jean-Michel Martin / Philippe Martin / Marc Duez	Porsche 936C	Joest Racing - Belga Team	3:38.6700
22^nd	72	Xavier Lapeyre / Dany Snobeck / Alain Cudini	Rondeau M382 Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:40.2300
23^rd	47	Preston Henn / Jean-Louis Schlesser / Claude Ballot-Léna	Porsche 956	Fitzpatrick Racing	3:40.3100
24^th	42	Richard Cleare / Tony Dron / Richard Jones	Porsche CK5	Richard Cleare	3:41.9800
25^th	41	Tiff Needell / Steve O'Rourke / Nick Faure	EMKA C83/1 Aston Martin	Emka Productions Ltd.	3:42.2300
26^th	63	Martino Finotto / Carlo Facetti / Marco Vanoli	Alba AR2 Giannini	Scuderia Jolly Club	3:42.7800
27^th	20	Jim Adams / François Servanin / Ralph Kent-Cooke	Lola T610 Ford	Cooke Racing	3:43.0500
28^th	30	Bernard de Dryver / Pierre Yver / Lucien Guitteny	Rondeau M382 Ford	Primagaz	3:43.9400
29^th	38	Chris Craft / Eliseo Salazar / Nick Mason	Dome RC82i Ford	Dome Racing - Colin Benett	3:44.3100
30^th	13	Yves Courage / Michel Dubois / Alain De Cadenet	Cougar C01B Ford	Primagaz	3:46.0400
31^st	51	Oscar Larrauri / Massimo Sigala / Max Cohen-Olivar	Lancia LC1	Sivama Motor	3:47.5800
32^nd	28	Joël Gouhier / Anny-Charlotte Verney / Vic Elford	Rondeau M379C Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:49.9000
33^rd	46	Diego Montoya / Albert Naon / Tony Garcia	Sauber C7 BMW	Sauber Racing Switzerland	3:50.0000
34^th	54	Bruno Sotty / Gérard Cuynet	URD C81 BMW	V. Bertapelle	3:52.4400
35^th	37	Hans-Joachim Stuck / Harald Grohs / Walter Brun	Sehcar C83 Porsche	Brun Motorsport GmbH	3:51.7700
36^th	29	Pascal Witmeur / Daniël Herregods / Jean-Paul Libert	Rondeau M382 Ford	Christian Bussi	3:53.1900
37^th	43	François Migault / David Kennedy / Martin Birrane	Ford C100	Peer Racing	3:54.9800
38^th	65	John Sheldon / François Duret / Ian Harrower	De Cadenet Lola Ford	François Duret	3:56.4200
39^th	49	Dudley Wood / Fred Stiff / Ray Ratcliff	Grid S1 Ford	Grid Motor Racing Ltd.	3:57.8300
40^th	36	Ludwig Heimrath, Jr. / David Deacon / Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.	Sehcar C6 Ford	Brun Motorsport GmbH	4:00.9400
41^st	53	François Hesnault / Thierry Perrier / Bernard Salam	Lancia LC1	A.S. Ecole Superieure de Tourisme	4:02.2400
42^nd	61	Jeff Allam / James Weaver / Steve Soper	Mazda 717C	Mazdaspeed	4:05.9200	199.4700
43^rd	60	Yoshimi Katayama / Yojiro Terada / Takashi Yorino	Mazda 717C	Mazdaspeed	4:06.1300	199.3000
44^th	64	Hubert Striebig / Jacques Heuclin / Noël del Bello	Sthemo SM01 BMW	Hubert Striebig	4:08.0500
45^th	90	Leopold von Bayern / Angelo Pallavicini / Jens Winther	BMW M1	Angelo Pallavicini	4:10.3700
46^th	95	Jean-Marie Alméras / Jacques Alméras / Jacques Guillot	Porsche 930	Equipe Alméras Freres	4:13.1900
47^th	94	Claude Haldi / Günter Steckkönig / Bernd Schiller	Porsche 930	Claude Haldi	4:14.2000
48^th	92	Georg Memminger / Fritz Müller / Heinz Kuhn-Weiss	Porsche 930	Georg Memminger	4:16.0700
49^th	93	John Cooper / Paul Smith / David Ovey	Porsche 930	Charles Ivey Racing	4:18.2600
50^th	96	Michel Lateste / Michel Bienvault / Raymond Touroul	Porsche 930	Michel Lateste	4:23.8000
51^st	91	Jean-Marie Lemerle / Alexandre Yvon / Michael Krankenberg	Porsche 930	Edgar Dören	4:31.2600
52^nd	97	Patrick Gonin / Raymond Boutinaud / Alain Le Page	Porsche 928 S	Raymond Boutinnaud	4:35.9400

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
33	Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell / Vern Schuppan / Jürgen Barth	Porsche 956	Rothmans Porsche
62	David Palmer / Pierre Honegger / Roy Baker	Harrier RX83C Mazda	Manns Racing

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
10	Kees Kroesemeijer / Volkert Merl	Porsche CK5	Porsche Kremer Racing
17	Neil Crang / Howden Ganley	Tiga GC83 Chevrolet	Tiga Racing Services
31	Yves Courage / Alain De Cadenet / Michel Dubois	Cougar C02 Ford	Courage Competition
34	Loris Kessel / Laurent Ferrier / Florian Vetsch	Cheetah G603 Ford	Cheetah
35	Hans-Joachim Stuck / Harald Grohs / Walter Brun	Sehcar SH C6 BMW Turbo	Brun Motorsport
41	Bob Evans / John Cooper / Tiff Needell	Cheetah G604 Aston Martin	Cheetah
48	Emilio de Villota	Grid S2 Porsche	Grid Motor Racing Ltd.
49		URD C83 BMW	URD Junior
50		Ferrari 512 BB-C	North American Racing Team
52	Joe Castellano / Duilio Truffo	Lancia LC1	Sivama Motor
69	Jan Lundgardh / Kurt Simonsen / Mike Wilds	Porsche 935 L1	Jan Lundgardh
	Motta Piazza / Fabio Ciseri / Jean-Pierre Frey / Mario Regusci	Porsche 930	Hobby Rallye
	Gerard Brucelle / Anny-Charlotte Verney / Jean-Jacques Vernier	Porsche 930	Gerard Brucelle
		Lola T600 Chevrolet	Cooke Racing
	Jacky Hery / Bernard Bouvet	Porsche 911	Jacky Hery
		March 83G Porsche	March Racing
		Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin	Nimrod Racing Automobiles