Prequalifying Le Mans 1997 - Grid

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

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	21	Martin Brundle / Jörg Müller	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports	3:43.1520	219.4020
2^nd	7	Michele Alboreto / Stefan Johansson	TWR-Joest Porsche WSC95	Joest	3:43.7990
3^rd	26	Ralf Kelleners / Emmanuel Collard / Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	3:44.6850	217.9050
4^th	42	J.J. Lehto / Steve Soper / Nelson Piquet	McLaren F1 GTR	Team BMW Motorsport	3:45.9730	216.6630
5^th	3	Gianpiero Moretti / Didier Theys	Ferrari 333 SP	Moretti Racing Inc.	3:46.0050	216.6320
6^th	43	Peter Kox / Roberto Ravaglia / Eric Hélary	McLaren F1 GTR	Team BMW Motorsport	3:46.3810	216.2730
7^th	33	Pedro Lamy / Armin Hahne / Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 911 GT1	Schubel Engineering	3:46.6590	216.0070
8^th	41	Jean-Marc Gounon / Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	Gulf Team Davidoff	3:47.1900	215.5020
9^th	13	Didier Cottaz / Jérôme Policand	Courage C41 Porsche	Courage Compétition	3:47.3610	215.3400
10^th	55	Perry McCarthy / David Brabham / John Paul, Jr.	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	3:47.4350	215.2700
11^th	29	Michel Ferté / Olivier Thévenin / Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 911 GT1	JB Racing	3:47.4390	215.2670
12^th	23	Erik Comas / Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports	3:47.7040	215.0160
13^th	45	Geoff Lees / Tiff Needell / Julian Bailey	Lister Storm GTL	Newcastle United Lister	3:47.7710	214.9530
14^th	49	Jan Lammers / Mike Hezemans	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing	3:47.8140	214.9120
15^th	40	John Nielsen / Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	Gulf Team Davidoff	3:48.5590	214.2120
16^th	10	Fredrik Ekblom / Jean-Louis Ricci	Courage C36 Porsche	Courage Compétition	3:48.8770	213.9140
17^th	22	Riccardo Patrese / Aguri Suzuki / Eric van de Poele	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports	3:48.9050	213.8880
18^th	32	Stéphane Ortelli / Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1	Roock Racing	3:49.4390	213.3900
19^th	27	Pierluigi Martini / Christian Pescatori / Antônio Hermann	Porsche 911 GT1	BMS Scuderia Italia	3:49.6030	213.2380
20^th	44	Gary Ayles / Akihiko Nakaya / Keiichi Tsuchiya / Katsutomo Kaneishi	McLaren F1 GTR	Team Lark McLaren	3:49.9260	212.9380
21^st	30	Christophe Bouchut / Carl Rosenblad / Andy Evans	Porsche 911 GT1	Kremer Racing	3:50.0550	212.8190
22^nd	50	Jean-Denis Delétraz / Fabien Giroix	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing	3:50.1230	212.7560
23^rd	25	Bob Wollek / Hans-Joachim Stuck / Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1	Porsche AG	3:50.1780
24^th	54	Andy Wallace / James Weaver / Butch Leitzinger	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	3:50.2930	212.5990
25^th	8	Henri Pescarolo / Jean-Philippe Belloc / Emmanuel Clérico	Courage C36 Porsche	La Filiére	3:50.4940	212.4130
26^th	46	Geoff Lees / Jake Ulrich / Julian Bailey	Lister Storm GTL	Newcastle United Lister	3:51.1540	211.8070
27^th	5	Giovanni Lavaggi / Tomas Saldaña / Jürgen Lässig / Carl Rosenblad / Christophe Bouchut	Kremer K8 Porsche	Kremer Racing	3:51.6400	211.3620
28^th	53	David Velay / Jean-Christophe Boullion / Wolfgang Kaufmann	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS	3:51.6660
29^th	9	Mario Andretti / Mauro Martini	Courage C36 Porsche	Courage Compétition	3:51.9280	211.1000
30^th	28	Franz Konrad / Mauro Baldi	Porsche 911 GT1	Konrad Motorsports	3:52.0740	210.9670
31^st	35	Olivier Grouillard	Sard MC8R	Team Menicon Sard	3:52.3240	210.7400
32^nd	52	Franck Lagorce / Eric Bernard / Jean-Christophe Boullion	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS	3:52.9430	210.1800
33^rd	4	Michel Ferté / Adrian Campos / Charles Nearburg	Ferrari 333 SP	Michel Ferté	3:53.0000	210.1290
34^th	34	Olivier Grouillard	Sard MC8R	Team Menicon Sard	3:53.3150
35^th	39	Ray Bellm / Andrew Gilbert-Scott	McLaren F1 GTR	Gulf Team Davidoff	3:53.5700
36^th	6	Giovanni Lavaggi / Carl Rosenblad / Tomas Saldaña	Kremer K8 Porsche	Kremer Racing	3:53.9070	209.3140
37^th	38	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Pascal Fabre / Marcel Tarrès	McLaren F1 GTR	BBA Compétition	3:56.0320	207.4300
38^th	14	Harri Toivonen / Johnny O'Connell	BRM P301 Nissan	Pacific Racing Ltd.	3:56.4790	207.0370
39^th	51	Maurizio Sandro Sala / Ratanakul Prutirat / Kasikam Suphot	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing F. Muller	3:56.4870	207.0300
40^th	15	Jim Downing / Yojiro Terada / Franck Fréon	Kudzu-Mazda DLM MS 971	Team T.D.R.	3:58.6630	205.1430
41^st	36	Patrick Gonin / Marc Sourd / Benjamin Roy	Helem-Renault V6	RJ Racing	3:59.7550	204.2080
42^nd	37	Patrick Gonin / Marc Sourd / Benjamin Roy	Helem-Renault V6	RJ Racing	4:00.2300	203.8050
43^rd	74	André Ahrlé / Andy Pilgrim / Pierre Yver	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	4:04.5870	200.1740
44^th	61	Philippe Gache / Olivier Beretta / Soheil Ayari	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	4:04.6150	200.1510
45^th	77	Jean-Pierre Jarier / Jack Leconte / Jean-Luc Chéreau	Porsche 911 GT2	Chéreau Sports	4:04.6410	200.1300
46^th	12	Edouard Sezionale / François Jakubowski / David Dussau	Debora LMP297 Ford	Didier Bonnet	4:04.8490	199.9600
47^th	16	Bernard de Dryver / Robin Donovan / Tim Richardson	Matrix MXP-1 Nissan	Matrix Motor Co Ltd.	4:05.8460	199.1449
48^th	63	Olivier Beretta / Dominique Dupuy / Justin Bell	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	4:05.9700	199.0490
49^th	62	Dominique Dupuy / Tommy Archer / Philippe Gache	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	4:05.9770	199.0430
50^th	67	Allen Lloyd / Price Cobb / Phil Andrews	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen/Allen Speedlab	4:07.4470	197.8610
51^st	79	Robert Nearn / Toni Seiler / Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsports	4:08.1810	197.2750
52^nd	60	Rocky Agusta / Almo Coppelli	Callaway Corvette LM GT2	Agusta Racing Team Ltd.	4:08.9480	196.6680
53^rd	71	François Migault / Toon Van de Haterd / John van Kouwen	Marcos LM600	Team Marcos	4:09.0800	196.5630
54^th	84	Enzo Calderari / Lilian Bryner / Ulli Richter	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	4:09.1140	196.5370
55^th	78	Michel Neugarten / Patrick Camus	Porsche 911 GT2	Elf Haberthur Racing	4:09.4120	196.3020
56^th	66	Steve Saleen / David Warnock / Robert Schirle	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen/Allen Speedlab	4:09.5200	196.2170
57^th	76	Bernhard Müller / Michael Trunk	Porsche 911 GT2	Bruno Krauss	4:09.6670	196.1010
58^th	65	Jay Cochran / Chris Gleason	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering	4:09.7040	196.0720
59^th	64	Hans Hugenholtz / Jari Nurminen / Geoff Lister	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering	4:10.4980	195.4510
60^th	70	Cor Euser / John Schumann / Harald Becker	Marcos LM600	Team Marcos	4:10.7400	195.2620
61^st	80	Luigino Pagotto / Claudia Hürtgen / Hugh Price / John Robinson	Porsche 911 GT2	GT Racing Team AG	4:10.8680	195.1620
62^nd	83	Ben Collins / Gérard MacQuillan / Scott Peeler	Porsche 911 GT2	Gerard MacQuillan	4:11.5890	194.6030
63^rd	85	Steve O'Rourke / Win Percy / Tim Sugden	Porsche 911 GT2	Steve O'Rourke	4:11.9540	194.3210
64^th	73	Pedro Mello-Breyner / Thomaz Mello-Breyner	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	4:14.2120
65^th	75	Patrick Bourdais / André Lara-Resende	Porsche 911 GT2	Larbre Compétition	4:19.7640
66^th	69	Eric van de Vyver	Gillet Vertigo V de V	Eric Van de Vyver	4:24.1560	185.3450
67^th	2	Sébastien Enjolras / Marc Rostan	WR LM97 Peugeot	Rachel Welter	4:34.9470
68^th	81	Luca Drudi / Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	GT Racing Team AG	4:59.0640	163.7110

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
17	Pierre Bruneau	WR LM97 Peugeot	Alain Lebrun

Entered cars that did not arrive:

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