Le Mans 24 Hours 1984 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 17.6.1984
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 3)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	16/6 15:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	150000

Entered:	71
Practiced:	55
Qualified:	54
Started:	53
Finished:	22
Classified:	22

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Group C1	30	29	10
Group C2	12	11	7
Group B	5	5	3
IMSA GTP	4	4	0
IMSA GTX	1	1	0
IMSA GTO	3	3	2

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Race notes:
1 full-cource caution for 1 hr., 2 min.

Pre-race sessions:
4 qualifying sessions held for a total of 480 minutes on 13-14/6

Winners:
Overall:	7	Porsche 956B	Pescarolo / Ludwig
Group C2:	68	Lola T616 Mazda	Katayama / Morton / O'Steen
Group B:	109	BMW M1	de Thoisy / Yvon / Dagoreau
IMSA GTO:	122	Porsche 911 SC	Perrier / Bertapelle / Touroul
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	4	Lancia LC2/84	Alessandro Nannini (I)	3:28.9000	234.8180 km/h	lap 261
Group C2:	70	Tiga GC84 Ford	Gordon Spice (GB)	3:51.7000
Group B:	101	BMW M1	Lars-Viggo Jensen (DK)	4:12.0000
IMSA GTP:	40	Jaguar XJR-5	Claude Ballot-Léna (F)	3:36.9000
IMSA GTO:	123	Porsche 930	Jean-Marie Alméras (F)	4:13.3000
Pole Positions:
Overall:	4	Lancia LC2/84	Bob Wollek (F)	3:17.1100	248.8730 km/h
Group C2:	80	Alba AR2 Giannini	Finotto / Facetti / Vanoli	3:41.4800
Group B:	101	BMW M1	Winther / Mercer / Jensen	4:09.9300
IMSA GTP:	44	Jaguar XJR-5	Tullius / Redman / Bundy	3:35.3300
IMSA GTX:	27	Ferrari 512 BB/LM Pininfarina	Marazzi / Micangeli / Lacaud	4:00.2000
IMSA GTO:	123	Porsche 930	Alméras / Winters / Alméras	4:02.7500
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (22), Rondeau (4), Lancia (3), Lola (3), BMW (2), Mazda (2), Alba (2), Jaguar (2), Nimrod (2), WM (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (23), Ford (10), Ferrari (4), Mazda (4), BMW (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 956 (14), Porsche 930 (4), Lancia LC2 (3)
Driver nationalities:	F (45), GB (31), USA (22), I (13), D (9), AUS (7), B (6), CH (4), J (3), NL (2), IRL (2), DK (2), ZA (2)
Team nationalities:	GB (14), F (12), USA (8), D (7), I (5), CH (3), J (2)
Most used colours:	white (47%), red (16%), blue (11%), yellow (8%), green (7%), black (5%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (88%), rear-engined (9%), front-engined (3%)
Average engine size:	3079 cc (with regard to 54% turbocharged cars and 7% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 4006 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Bob Tullius (54), Preston Henn (53), Martino Finotto (51)
Youngest known drivers:	George Fouché (19), Pierluigi Martini (23), Paolo Barilla (23)
Female drivers:	Margie Smith-Haas

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