Le Mans 24 Hours 1983 - Race Results

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)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time
1^st	3	Schuppan / Holbert / Haywood	Porsche 956	Rothmans Porsche	371	5047.934 kms	210.331	1^st	C	3:30.600
2^nd	1	Ickx / Bell	Porsche 956	Rothmans Porsche	371	5044.584 kms	210.191	2^nd	C	3:29.700
3^rd	21	Andretti / Andretti / Alliot	Porsche 956	Porsche Kremer Racing	365	4962.650 kms	206.777	3^rd	C	3:32.000
4^th	12	Merl / Schickentanz / DeNarvaez	Porsche 956	Sorga S.A.	362	4927.218 kms	205.300	4^th	C	3:33.400
5^th	16	Edwards / Keegan / Fitzpatrick	Porsche 956	Fitzpatrick Racing	359	4887.404 kms	203.641	5^th	C	3:35.900
6^th	8	Ludwig / Johansson / Wollek	Porsche 956	Sorga S.A.	355	4829.829 kms	201.142	6^th	C	3:31.400
7^th	18	Plankenhorn / Lässig / Wilson	Porsche 956	Obermaier Racing	348	4736.462 kms	197.362	7^th	C	3:38.800
8^th	14	Lammers / Palmer / Lloyd	Porsche 956	Canon Racing	340	4622.008 kms	192.583	8^th	C	3:34.300
9^th	46	Montoya / Naon / Garcia	Sauber C7 BMW	Sauber Racing Switzerland	339	4606.032 kms	191.918	9^th	C	3:48.900
10^th	47	Henn / Schlesser / Ballot-Léna	Porsche 956	Fitzpatrick Racing	328	4463.477 kms	185.978	10^th	C	3:33.800
11^th	93	Cooper / Smith / Ovey	Porsche 930	Charles Ivey Racing	304	4141.157 kms	172.548	1^st	B	4:13.700
12^th	60	Katayama / Terada / Yorino	Mazda 717C	Mazdaspeed	303	4122.093 kms	171.753	1^st	C Junior	4:09.400
13^th	92	Memminger / Müller / Kuhn-Weiss	Porsche 930	Georg Memminger	300	4080.930 kms	170.038	2^nd	B	4:19.600
14^th	54	Sotty / Cuynet	URD C81 BMW	V. Bertapelle	293	3991.120 kms	166.296	11^th	C	4:01.700
15^th	95	Alméras / Alméras / Guillot	Porsche 930	Equipe Alméras Freres	280	3808.874 kms	158.703	3^rd	B	4:21.100
16^th	10	Couderc / Fabre / Dorchy	WM P83 Peugeot	Secateva	279	3789.160 kms	157.881	12^th	C	3:39.000
17^th	41	Needell / O'Rourke / Faure	EMKA C83/1 Aston Martin	Emka Productions Ltd.	276	3747.874 kms	156.161	13^th	C	3:46.500
18^th	61	Allam / Soper / Weaver	Mazda 717C	Mazdaspeed	268	3646.511 kms	151.937	2^nd	C Junior	4:07.700
19^th	29	Witmeur / Herregods / Libert	Rondeau M382 Ford	Christian Bussi	266	3611.141 kms	150.464	14^th	C	3:48.700
20^th	96	Lateste / Bienvault / Touroul	Porsche 930	Michel Lateste	265	3610.749 kms	150.447	4^th	B	4:21.300

Not classified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Gr.	FL Time
51	Larrauri / Sigala / Cohen-Olivar	Lancia LC1	Sivama Motor	218	C	4:03.400
65	Sheldon / Duret / Harrower	De Cadenet Lola Ford	François Duret	215	C Junior	3:59.200
97	Gonin / Boutinaud / Le Page	Porsche 928 S	Raymond Boutinnaud	135	B	4:30.500
53	Hesnault / Perrier / Salam	Lancia LC1	A.S. Ecole Superieure de Tourisme	133	C	4:03.900

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.	FL Time
2	Mass / Bellof	Porsche 956	Rothmans Porsche	281	Engine	C	3:30.100
30	Yver / Guitteny / de Dryver	Rondeau M382 Ford	Primagaz	266	DQ: pushed over finish line	C	3:43.000
39	Mallock / Earle / Salmon	Nimrod NRA/C2B Aston Martin	Viscount Downe - Pace Petroleum	218	Con-rod	C	3:39.200
94	Haldi / Steckkönig / Schiller	Porsche 930	Claude Haldi	217	Piston	B	4:16.100
90	von Bayern / Pallavicini / Winther	BMW M1	Angelo Pallavicini	180	Gearbox	B	4:07.100
24	Pescarolo / Boutsen	Rondeau M482 Ford	Ford France	174	Engine	C	3:42.500
20	Adams / Servanin / Kent-Cooke	Lola T610 Ford	Cooke Racing	165	Head gasket	C	3:40.300
63	Facetti / Finotto / Vanoli	Alba AR2 Giannini	Scuderia Jolly Club	158	Handling	C Junior	4:02.700
28	Gouhier / Verney / Elford	Rondeau M379C Ford	Jean Rondeau	136	Valve	C	3:47.100
11	Quester / Fitzpatrick / Hobbs	Porsche 956	Fitzpatrick Racing	135	Fuel pump	C	3:32.900
6	Nannini / Andruet / Barilla	Lancia LC2	Martini Racing	135	Turbocharger	C	3:33.900
5	Ghinzani / Heyer / Fabi	Lancia LC2	Martini Racing	121	Fuel pressure	C	3:34.500
9	Raulet / Pignard / Theys	WM P83 Peugeot	Secateva	102	Overheating	C	3:38.100
26	Rondeau / Ferté	Rondeau M482 Ford	Ford France	90	Engine	C	3:39.600
13	Courage / Dubois / De Cadenet	Cougar C01B Ford	Primagaz	86	Engine	C	3:47.000
22	Warwick / Jelinski / Gaillard	Porsche CK5-83	Porsche Kremer Racing	76	Head gasket	C	3:40.300
38	Craft / Salazar / Mason	Dome RC82i Ford	Dome Racing - Colin Benett	75	Clutch	C	3:44.400
64	Striebig / Heuclin / del Bello	Sthemo SM01 BMW	Hubert Striebig	71	Engine	C Junior	4:18.900
49	Wood / Stiff / Ratcliff	Grid S1 Ford	Grid Motor Racing Ltd.	69	Oil leak	C	3:57.100
36	Heimrath, Jr. / Deacon / Villeneuve, Sr.	Sehcar C6 Ford	Brun Motorsport GmbH	68	Clutch	C	3:38.000
72	Lapeyre / Snobeck / Cudini	Rondeau M382 Ford	Jean Rondeau	31	Engine	C	3:44.000
4	Alboreto / Fabi / Nannini	Lancia LC2	Martini Racing	27	Gearbox	C	3:31.300
43	Migault / Kennedy / Birrane	Ford C100	Peer Racing	16	Fuel pressure	C	3:51.600
25	Streiff / Jaussaud	Rondeau M482 Ford	Ford France	12	Oil leak	C	3:41.000
15	Martin / Duez / Martin	Porsche 936C	Joest Racing - Belga Team	9	Fuel injection	C	3:40.600
42	Cleare / Dron / Jones	Porsche CK5	Richard Cleare	8	Turbocharger	C	3:45.600
91	Lemerle / Yvon / Krankenberg	Porsche 930	Edgar Dören	7	Gearbox	B	4:44.800

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
37	Stuck / Grohs / Brun	Sehcar C83 Porsche	Brun Motorsport GmbH	Insufficient preparation	C

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
62	Palmer / Honegger / Baker	Harrier RX83C Mazda	Manns Racing		C Junior

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time
	33	Ickx / Bell / Schuppan / Barth	Porsche 956	Rothmans Porsche				Spare car		C

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
10	Kroesemeijer / Merl	Porsche CK5	Porsche Kremer Racing	Not accepted	C
17	Crang / Ganley	Tiga GC83 Chevrolet	Tiga Racing Services		C
31	Courage / De Cadenet / Dubois	Cougar C02 Ford	Courage Competition		C
34	Kessel / Ferrier / Vetsch	Cheetah G603 Ford	Cheetah		C
35	Stuck / Brun / Grohs	Sehcar SH C6 BMW Turbo	Brun Motorsport		C
41	Evans / Cooper / Needell	Cheetah G604 Aston Martin	Cheetah		C
48	Emilio de Villota	Grid S2 Porsche	Grid Motor Racing Ltd.		C
49		URD C83 BMW	URD Junior	Not accepted	C
50		Ferrari 512 BB-C	North American Racing Team		C
52	Castellano / Truffo	Lancia LC1	Sivama Motor		C
69	Lundgardh / Simonsen / Wilds	Porsche 935 L1	Jan Lundgardh	Not accepted	GTX
	Brucelle / Verney / Vernier	Porsche 930	Gerard Brucelle	Not accepted	B
	Piazza / Ciseri / Frey / Regusci	Porsche 930	Hobby Rallye	Not accepted	B
		Lola T600 Chevrolet	Cooke Racing		C
		Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin	Nimrod Racing Automobiles		C
		March 83G Porsche	March Racing		C
	Hery / Bouvet	Porsche 911	Jacky Hery		GTO