Prequalifying Le Mans 1998 - Grid

Event: Essais Préqualificatifs 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 3.5.1998
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
1^st	26	Allan McNish / Yannick Dalmas / Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Porsche AG	3:37.6870
2^nd	28	Martin Brundle / Emmanuel Collard	Toyota GT-One	Toyota Motor Sports	3:37.6960
3^rd	35	Klaus Ludwig / Mark Webber / Ricardo Zonta	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	AMG-Mercedes	3:38.0570
4^th	25	Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Porsche AG	3:38.9090
5^th	29	Thierry Boutsen / Eric Hélary	Toyota GT-One	Toyota Motor Sports	3:39.6490
6^th	31	Erik Comas / Jan Lammers / Andrea Montermini	Nissan R390 GT1	Nissan Motorsports	3:40.7780
7^th	30	Franck Lagorce / John Nielsen	Nissan R390 GT1	Nissan Motorsports	3:40.9260
8^th	32	Kazuyoshi Hoshino / Aguri Suzuki	Nissan R390 GT1	Nissan Motorsports	3:40.9270
9^th	5	Vincenzo Sospiri / Jean-Christophe Boullion / Jérôme Policand	Ferrari 333 SP 98	J.B.Jabouille-Bouresche	3:41.0390
10^th	27	Martin Brundle / Ukyou Katayama	Toyota GT-One	Toyota Motor Sports	3:41.3010
11^th	2	Pierluigi Martini / Johnny Cecotto	BMW V12 Le Mans	Team BMW Motorsport	3:41.4120
12^th	45	David Brabham / Andy Wallace	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Panoz Motorsports Inc.	3:41.6670
13^th	44	Eric Bernard / David Brabham	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Panoz Motorsports Inc.	3:42.3470
14^th	13	Didier Cottaz / Jean-Philippe Belloc / Patrice Gay	Courage C51 Nissan	Courage Competition	3:43.5880
15^th	3	Gianpiero Moretti / Didier Theys / Mauro Baldi	Ferrari 333 SP	Moretti Racing Inc.	3:43.7350
16^th	33	Mauro Martini / Satoshi Motoyama	Nissan R390 GT1	Nissan Motorsports	3:43.7390
17^th	8	Yannick Dalmas / Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Bob Wollek / Michele Alboreto	Porsche LMP1/98	Porsche AG	3:43.7860
18^th	38	Michael Bartels / Armin Hahne	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Zakspeed Racing	3:43.9110
19^th	12	Wayne Taylor / Eric van de Poele	Ferrari 333 SP	Doyle-Risi Racing	3:44.4420
20^th	1	Tom Kristensen / Steve Soper	BMW V12 Le Mans	Team BMW Motorsport	3:44.5280
21^st	7	Stefan Johansson / David Murry / Michele Alboreto	Porsche LMP1/98	Porsche AG	3:44.7200
22^nd	39	Jean-Denis Delétraz / Fabien Giroix	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Zakspeed Racing	3:44.7940
23^rd	36	Jean-Marc Gounon / Christophe Bouchut / Ricardo Zonta / Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-Benz CLK LM	AMG-Mercedes	3:46.0200
24^th	14	Fredrik Ekblom / Patrice Gay	Courage C51 Nissan	Courage Competition	3:47.3970
25^th	41	Thomas Bscher / Rinaldo Capello / Frank Biela	McLaren F1 GTR	Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren	3:47.9020
26^th	15	Henri Pescarolo / Olivier Grouillard / Emmanuel Clérico	Courage C36 Porsche	La Filiere	3:49.0610
27^th	48	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Larbre Competition	3:49.2250
28^th	10	Michel Ferté	Ferrari 333 SP	Pilot Racing	3:50.7700
29^th	21	Anthony Beltoise / Philippe Gache	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Philippe Gache	3:51.8180
30^th	40	Steve O'Rourke / Tim Sugden	McLaren F1 GTR	Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren	3:51.8420
31^st	46	James Weaver / Perry McCarthy	Panoz GTR-1 Hybrid	Panoz Motorsports Inc.	3:53.1990
32^nd	16	Rocky Agusta / Almo Coppelli	Kremer K8 Porsche	Kremer Racing	3:54.6170
33^rd	18	Franz Konrad	Porsche Spyder K8-07	Konrad Motorsport	3:54.6250
34^th	19	Jean-Bernard Bouvet / Xavier Pompidou / Marc Rostan	WR LMP 98 Peugeot	Gerard Welter	3:56.5820
35^th	51	Pedro Lamy / Dominique Dupuy / Olivier Beretta	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	4:00.1200
36^th	53	Justin Bell / Dominique Dupuy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	4:00.6650
37^th	52	Olivier Beretta / Karl Wendlinger / Luca Drudi	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	4:01.9210
38^th	17	Tomas Saldaña / Alfonso de Orleans / Enrico Bertaggia	Kremer K8/2 Porsche	Kremer Racing	4:02.1630
39^th	24	Yojiro Terada / Franck Fréon	Courage C41 Porsche	Courage Competition	4:03.3710
40^th	72	Patrice Goueslard / Jean-Luc Chéreau / Patrick Bourdais	Porsche 911 GT2	Larbre Competition	4:03.3800
41^st	64	Bruno Eichmann / Claudia Hürtgen	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing International	4:03.9250
42^nd	70	Nick Ham / Larry Schumacher	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	4:04.1210
43^rd	56	Matt Turner / Gary Ayles / Hans Hugenholtz	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering	4:04.6180
44^th	73	Toni Seiler / Peter Kitchak / Angelo Zadra	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	4:06.2010
45^th	67	Michel Neugarten / David Smadja	Porsche 911 GT2	Elf-Haberthur Racing	4:06.2150
46^th	55	Ni Amorim / Goncalo Gomes	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering	4:06.6080
47^th	62	John Morton / Harald Grohs / John Graham	Porsche 911 GT2	C.J. Motorsport	4:06.8140
48^th	71	Manuel Monteiro / Michel Monteiro / Michel Maisonneuve	Porsche 911 GT2	Estoril Racing Communication	4:08.2460
49^th	74	Robert Schirle / Michel Ligonnet	Saleen Mustang	Cirtek Motorsport	4:08.9980
50^th	61	Bernhard Müller / Michael Trunk / Ernst Palmberger	Porsche 911 GT2	Krauss Race Sports International	4:09.0160
51^st	22	Lionel Robert	Debora LMP296 BMW	Didier Bonnet	4:09.0590
52^nd	75	Robert Schirle	Saleen Mustang	Cirtek Motorsport	4:09.8950
53^rd	69	Michel Nourry / Thierry Perrier / Michel Quiniou	Porsche 993 GT2 Evo	Michel Nourry	4:10.7160
54^th	65	Andy Pilgrim / André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing International	4:14.4520
55^th	58	Benjamin Roy	Helem-Renault V6	RJ Racing	4:21.6040
56^th	68	Eric Graham / Hervé Poulain / Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Jean-Marc Smadja	Porsche 911 GT2	Elf-Haberthur Racing	4:23.9240
57^th	63	Thomas Erdos	Porsche 911 GT2	Gerard MacQuillan	4:45.3500
58^th	20	Pierre Bruneau	WR LMP 98 Peugeot	J. L. Sonnier (Idee Verte)	4:48.0100
59^th	66	Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing International	5:00.3670

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
37	Julian Bailey / Tiff Needell / Anthony Reid	Lister Storm GTL Jaguar	Newcaslte United Storm
59	Andrew Bramley / Chris Goodwin	Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo	Pilbeam Racing Designs Ltd.
54	Richard Dean / Michael Vergers / Kurt Luby / Julian Westwood	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Orion Motorsport

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
4	Gianluca Giraudi	Ferrari 333 SP 98	La Filiere
6	Ray Bellm	Ferrari 333 SP	GTC Motorsport/Lanzante
9	Michel Ferté	Ferrari 333 SP	Pilot Racing
11	Enzo Calderari / Lilian Bryner	Ferrari 333 SP 98	Ecurie Biennoise
23	François Migault	Sarta 624	Sarta Project-Lukoil
34	Masahiko Kageyama / Masami Kageyama / Satoshi Motoyama	Nissan R390 GT1	Nissan Motorsports
42	Chris Goodwin / Gary Ayles	McLaren F1 GTR	Parabolica McLaren
43		McLaren F1 GTR	Parabolica McLaren
47	Dino Morelli / David Goode	Porsche 911 GT1	Millenium Motorsport
50	Dominique Dupuy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca
57	Benjamin Roy	Helem-Renault V6	RJ Racing
60	Jean-Luc Chéreau / Pierre Yver	Porsche 911 GT2	Chereau Sports