Le Mans 24 Hours 1979 - Qualifying Results

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 10.6.1979
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.626 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 6)

(Qualifying Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	14	Wollek / Haywood / *Barth	Porsche 936/78	Essex-Porsche	3:30.0700
2^nd	12	Redman / Ickx	Porsche 936/78	Essex-Porsche	3:31.3700
3^rd	41	Whittington / Ludwig / Whittington	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:34.6400
4^th	36	Schurti / Heyer	Porsche 935/77A	Gelo Sportswear International	3:36.6500
5^th	10	Schuppan / Hobbs / Jaussaud	Ford M10	Grand Touring Cars Ltd./Ford Concessionnaires France	3:41.6300
6^th	5	Ragnotti / Darniche	Rondeau M379 Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:43.2800
7^th	45	Plankenhorn / Gurdjian / "Winter"	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:43.9800
8^th	11	Bell / Hobbs / Schuppan	Ford M10	Grand Touring Cars Ltd./Ford Concessionnaires France	3:44.8300
9^th	4	Pescarolo / Beltoise	Rondeau M379 Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:45.5000
10^th	8	Migault / De Cadenet	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Alain de Cadenet	3:45.6100
11^th	37	Fitzpatrick / Grohs / Lafosse	Porsche 935/77A	Gelo Sportswear International	3:46.2500
12^th	1	Lapeyre / Chevalley / Perrier	Lola T286 Ford	Chevalley Racing Switzerland	3:47.5700
13^th	3	Lovett / Cooper / Morrison	SG Lola T380 Ford	J. C. Racing Ltd.	3:47.8200
14^th	15	Mallock / Raymond / *Phillips	De Cadenet Lola T380 Ford	Fisons Agricole-Simon Phillips	3:48.4400
15^th	6	Craft / Spice	Dome Zero RL Ford	Dome Co. Ltd.	3:49.2600
16^th	70	Stommelen / Barbour / Newman	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour	3:49.8400
17^th	42	Schornstein / Dören / von Tschirnhaus	Porsche 935/77A	Sekurit Racing Team	3:51.0100
18^th	7	Trimmer / Evans	Dome Zero RL Ford	Dome Co. Ltd.	3:51.2400
19^th	55	Rondeau / Haran	Rondeau M379 Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:54.2800
20^th	40	Servanin / Trisconi / Ferrier	Porsche 935/77A	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:55.0800
21^st	74	Townsend / Jarier / Touroul	Porsche 935	Jean-Pierre Jarier	3:55.7300
22^nd	53	Pignard / Coulon / Saulnier / *Raulet	WM P79 Peugeot	W.M. Aerem	3:56.0800
23^rd	76	Mignot / Poulain / Winkelhock	BMW M1	Hervé Poulain	3:57.3800
24^th	39	Guérin / Alliot / "Chanaud" / *Schlesser	Porsche 935	A.S.A. Cachia	3:57.4700
25^th	68	Field / Minter / Morton	Porsche 935/79	Interscope Racing	3:58.4900
26^th	16	Edwards / Grob / Quester	March-BMW M1	March Racing	3:59.3900
27^th	43	Haldi / Téran / Loewe	Porsche 935	Claude Haldi	3:59.8700
28^th	52	Mamers / Raulet / *Saulnier	WM P79 Peugeot	W.M. Aerem	4:00.0100
29^th	63	Ballot-Léna / Leclère / Gregg	Ferrari 512 BB	C. H. Pozzi/J.M.S. Racing	4:00.7800
30^th	27	Vetsch / Sourd / Carmillet	Chevron B36 ROC	Racing Organisation Course	4:01.3200
31^st	62	Andruet / Dini	Ferrari 512 BB	C. H. Pozzi/J.M.S. Racing	4:02.4200
32^nd	23	Sotty / Cuynet / Frischknecht	Lola T296 Ford	Pronuptia	4:02.9200
33^rd	71	McFarlin / Akin / Woods	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour	4:03.3900
34^th	51	Morin / Dorchy	WM P79 Peugeot	W.M. Aerem	4:04.1700
35^th	20	Elkoubi / Yver / Cohen-Olivar	Lola T298 BMW	Lambretta S.A.F.D.	4:05.7400
36^th	29	Charnell / Jones / Smith	Chevron B36 Ford	Mogil Motors Ltd.	4:05.8000
37^th	64	Delaunay / Grandet / Henn	Ferrari 512 BB	N.A.R.T.	4:06.3000
38^th	32	Cudini / Striebig / Kirschoffer	TOJ SC206 BMW	Hubert Striebig	4:06.6200
39^th	82	Müller / Pallavicini / Vanoli	Porsche 934	Lubrifilm Racing Team	4:06.6500
40^th	73	Kirby / Hotchkis / Harmon	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour - Wynn's International	4:07.0500
41^st	18	Brillat / Aeschlimann	Cheetah G601 BMW	Daniel Brillat - Ecurie Cedac Suisse	4:07.1700
42^nd	26	Rousselot / Dubois / Menant	Chevron B36 ROC	Racing Organisation Course	4:07.5900
43^rd	31	Lacaud / Lateste / *Heinkélé	Lola T297 BMW	Kores Racing - France Chauffage	4:08.0800
44^th	33	Dechelette / Dechelette / Tarrès	Chevron B36 ROC	Chevalley Racing Switzerland - Racing Organisation Course	4:08.2600
45^th	35	Brancatelli / Micangeli / Pietromarchi	De Tomaso Pantera	Carlo Pietromarchi	4:10.7700
46^th	61	Faure / de Dryver / O'Rourke / "Beurlys"	Ferrari 512 BB	"Beurlys"	4:11.9800
47^th	17	Plastina / Roux / Luini / *Jeanneret	Cheetah G601 BMW	Cheetah Racing Cars	4:12.0200
48^th	28	Dufréne / Verdier / del Bello	Chevron B36 ROC	Racing Organisation Course	4:12.1700
49^th	84	Verney / Bardinon / Metge	Porsche 934	Anny-Charlotte Verney	4:12.2900
50^th	24	Jenvey / Mason / Joscelyne / Birchenhough	Lola T297 Ford	Dorset Racing Associates	4:12.4700
51^st	22	Vuagnat / Boillat / Morand / Laurent	Lola T296 Ford	Georges Morand	4:12.9100
52^nd	86	Bourdillat / Ennequin / Bernard	Porsche 934	Kores Racing	4:15.1700
53^rd	87	Bussi / Salam	Porsche 934	Christian Bussi	4:15.8200
54^th	25	Levié / Lemerle / Malcher	Lola T298 ROC	Jean-Marie Lemerle	4:17.3800
55^th	72	Garretson / McKitterick / Abate / *Newman	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour	4:18.1900
56^th	77	Ikuzawa / Terada / Buchet	Mazda RX-7 252i	Mazda Auto Tokyo Co. Ltd.	4:18.8800	189.4840
57^th	50	Hamilton / Salmon / Preece	Aston Martin AM V8 Turbo	Robin Hamilton	4:24.4800
58^th	21	Calmels / Laverre / Lenormand	Lola T296 ROC	Lambretta S.A.F.D.	4:25.9900
59^th	80	Salamin / Vial / Collet	Porsche 930	Ecurie des 13 Etoiles	4:35.2500
60^th	30	Foix / Bienvault / Smith	Lola T296 ROC	A.S.A. Cachia - Francois Migault	no time

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
2	Perrier / Capoferri / Zorzi	Lola T286 Ford	Chevalley Racing Switzerland
54	Brun / Cudini	BMW M1	Walter Brun Racing Organisation
60	Rowe / Lorent / Adam	Chevrolet Corvette	PP Sauber - Douglas J. Rowe
65		Ferrari 512 BB	N.A.R.T.
66	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 512 BB	SA. Mo. Car S.p.A.
67	Whittington / Whittington	Porsche 935/79	Don Whittington
81	Schimpf / Dören / Holup / Reich	Porsche 934	Autohaus Max Moritz GmbH
	Werner / Vanoli / Pallavicini	Porsche Carrera RSR	Angelo Pallavicini
	Claude Bourgoignie	Porsche 935	Porsche Kremer Racing
	Lafosse / Metge	Porsche 935	ASA Cachia
	Paul / Keyser	Porsche 935 JLP-1	J.L.P. Racing
	Strähl / Blättler / Blumer	Sauber C5 BMW	Sauber Racing
	Welti / Bärtsch / Blättler	Sauber C5 BMW	Sauber Racing
	Bracey / Bond / Galica	Ibec P5 LM Ford	Ian Bracey
	Striebig / Kirschoffer	Porsche 934	Hubert Striebig
	Somekh / Machoir / Enjalbert / Thepenier	Porsche Carrera	Stanislas Machoir
	Guérin / De Lautour / Lafosse	Porsche Carrera	ASA Cachia
	Cortes / Espinosa / Lopez / DeNarvaez	Porsche Carrera RSR	Botero Racing
		Porsche 934	Jean-Luc Thepenier
	"Segolen"	Porsche Carrera	"Segolen"
	Perrier / Carmillet / de Saint-Pierre	Porsche Carrera	Thierry Perrier
	Richard Jenvey	Lotus Esprit S1	Richard Jenvey
	Heinz Schulthess	Saab 900 Turbo	Ecurie 3 Chevrons
	Alliot / Alliot	Porsche 934	Kores Racing
	Jean-Luc Favresse	Lola T296 ROC	Roland Germain
	Lafosse / Metge	Porsche Carrera	ASA Cachia
	Belliard / Imbert / Martinez	Porsche Carrera	Jean Belliard