Le Mans 24 Hours 2015 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 83º Edition des 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 14.6.2015
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.629 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
World Sportscar Championship (round 3)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	13/6 15:00
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	263500

Entered:	64
Practiced:	56
Qualified:	56
Started:	55
Finished:	39
Classified:	37

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	14	14	10
Le Mans Prototype 2	20	19	13
Le Mans GTE Pro	9	8	6
Le Mans GTE Am	14	14	8

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Race notes:
4 full-course cautions

Pre-race sessions:
1 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 240 minutes on 1/6
3 qualifying sessions held for a total of 360 minutes on 10-11/6
45 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	19	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Hülkenberg / Bamber / Tandy
Le Mans Prototype 2:	47	Oreca 05 Nissan	Howson / Bradley / Lapierre
Le Mans GTE Pro:	64	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Gavin / Milner / Taylor
Le Mans GTE Am:	72	Ferrari 458 Italia	Bertolini / Shaitar / Basov
Leaders:
laps 1-23:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid
lap 24:	7	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 25-29:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 30-38:	7	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 39-40:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid
lap 41:	7	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 42-83:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 84-89:	9	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 90-96:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 97-102:	9	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 103-109:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 110-115:	9	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 116-122:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 123-128:	9	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 129-131:	19	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 132-135:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 136-145:	19	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 146-148:	7	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 149-155:	9	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 156-158:	19	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 159-160:	7	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 161-197:	19	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 198-200:	7	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 201-236:	19	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 237-238:	7	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 239-249:	19	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 250-252:	7	Audi R18 e-tron quattro
laps 253-395:	19	Porsche 919 Hybrid
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	7	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Andre Lotterer (D)	3:17.475	248.500 km/h	lap 337
Le Mans Prototype 2:	38	Gibson 015S Nissan	Oliver Turvey (GB)	3:36.679	226.400 km/h	lap 244
Le Mans GTE Pro:	99	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	Ritchie Stanaway (NZ)	3:54.246	209.500 km/h	lap 273
Le Mans GTE Am:	53	SRT Viper GTS-R	Jeroen Bleekemolen (NL)	3:55.896	208.000 km/h	lap 227
Pole Positions:
Overall:	18	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Neel Jani (CH)	3:16.887	249.200 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	47	Oreca 05 Nissan	Richard Bradley (GB)	3:38.032	225.000 km/h
Le Mans GTE Pro:	99	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	Ritchie Stanaway (NZ)	3:54.928	208.800 km/h
Le Mans GTE Am:	98	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	Pedro Lamy (P)	3:55.102	208.700 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Ferrari (8), Ligier (7), Aston Martin (5), Oreca (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Nissan (17), Porsche (9), Ferrari (8), Aston Martin (5), Audi (3), HPD (3), AER (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Ferrari 458 (8), Ligier JS P2 (7), Porsche 991 RSR (5), Aston Martin V8 Vantage (5)
Driver nationalities:	F (31), GB (29), USA (16), D (15), I (12), CH (8), RUS (8), DK (6), A (5), P (5)
Team nationalities:	D (11), GB (9), USA (6), J (5), RUS (5), I (5), F (5), CH (3)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (69%), front-engined (20%), rear-engined (11%)
Average engine size:	4011 cc (with regard to 30% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4492 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tracy Krohn (61), Jacques Nicolet (59), Gianluca Roda (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Pipo Derani (22), Harry Tincknell (24), Paul-Loup Chatin (24)

Official Race Programme:

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