Le Mans 24 Hours 1997 - Qualifying 1 Results

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 15.6.1997
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.605 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
Non championship race

(Qualifying 1 Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q1 Time
1^st	25	Bob Wollek / Hans-Joachim Stuck / Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	3:44.2340
2^nd	26	Emmanuel Collard / Yannick Dalmas / Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche AG	3:45.4900
3^rd	7	Michele Alboreto / Stefan Johansson / Tom Kristensen	TWR-Joest Porsche WSC95	Joest Racing GMBH	3:46.0660
4^th	3	Didier Theys / Gianpiero Moretti / Max Papis	Ferrari 333 SP	Moretti Racing Inc.	3:46.4310
5^th	42	J.J. Lehto / Steve Soper / Nelson Piquet	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	BMW Motorsport	3:46.8950
6^th	27	Pierluigi Martini / Christian Pescatori / Antônio Hermann	Porsche 911 GT1	BMS Scuderia Italia	3:46.9070
7^th	21	Martin Brundle / Wayne Taylor / Jörg Müller	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports	3:48.0890
8^th	52	Franck Lagorce / Eric Bernard / Jean-Christophe Boullion	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Société DAMS	3:48.1230
9^th	41	Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Jean-Marc Gounon / Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren	3:48.3690
10^th	10	Fredrik Ekblom / Jean-Louis Ricci / Jean-Paul Libert	Courage C36 Porsche	Courage Compétition	3:49.0050
11^th	8	Emmanuel Clérico / Henri Pescarolo / Jean-Philippe Belloc	Courage C36 Porsche	La Filiére Elf	3:49.0500
12^th	29	Alain Ferté / Olivier Thévenin / Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 911 GT1	Société J.B. Jabouille Bouresche	3:49.2550
13^th	40	John Nielsen / Thomas Bscher / Chris Goodwin	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren	3:49.3300
14^th	43	Peter Kox / Roberto Ravaglia / Eric Hélary	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	BMW Motorsport	3:49.6300
15^th	22	Eric van de Poele / Aguri Suzuki / Riccardo Patrese	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports	3:49.7640
16^th	23	Kazuyoshi Hoshino / Erik Comas / Masahiko Kageyama	Nissan R390	Nissan Motorports	3:50.1520
17^th	30	Christophe Bouchut / Bertrand Gachot / Andy Evans	Porsche 911 GT1	Kremer Racing	3:50.2480
18^th	44	Keiichi Tsuchiya / Gary Ayles / Akihiko Nakaya	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Team Lark McLaren	3:50.5780
19^th	33	Pedro Lamy / Armin Hahne / Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 911 GT1	Schübel Engineering	3:50.7670
20^th	49	Jan Lammers / Mike Hezemans / Alexander Grau	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing	3:50.9860
21^st	39	Ray Bellm / Andrew Gilbert-Scott / Masanori Sekiya	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren	3:51.4940
22^nd	32	Allan McNish / Stéphane Ortelli / Karl Wendlinger	Porsche 911 GT1	Roock Racing Motorsport	3:52.2500
23^rd	4	Michel Ferté / Adrian Campos / Charles Nearburg	Ferrari 333 SP	Pilot Racing	3:52.3950
24^th	55	Perry McCarthy / David Brabham / Doc Bundy	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	3:53.1010
25^th	28	Mauro Baldi / Robert Nearn / Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT1	Franz Konrad Motorsport	3:53.1240
26^th	9	Mario Andretti / Michael Andretti / Olivier Grouillard	Courage C36 Porsche	Courage Compétition	3:55.3220
27^th	13	Didier Cottaz / Jérôme Policand / Marc Goossens	Courage C41 Porsche	Courage Compétition	3:56.1990
28^th	54	Andy Wallace / James Weaver / Butch Leitzinger	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Price Racing	3:56.3480
29^th	46	Julian Bailey / Mark Skaife / Thomas Erdos	Lister Storm GTL	Newcastle United Lister Storm	3:56.7090
30^th	6	Giovanni Lavaggi / Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Bernard Chauvin	Kremer K8 Porsche	Kremer Racing	3:56.9290
31^st	45	Geoff Lees / Tiff Needell / George Fouché	Lister Storm GTL	Newcastle United Lister Storm	3:57.2000
32^nd	50	Jean-Denis Delétraz / Fabien Giroix	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Lotus Racing	3:59.3270
33^rd	14	Harri Toivonen / Jésus Pareja / Eliseo Salazar	BRM P301 Nissan	Pacific Racing	4:01.2370
34^th	15	Franck Fréon / Yojiro Terada / Jim Downing	Kudzu-Mazda DLM MS 97	Team T.D.R.	4:02.6210
35^th	5	Tomas Saldaña / Carl Rosenblad / Jürgen Lässig	Kremer K8 Porsche	Kremer Racing	4:02.9500
36^th	62	Tommy Archer / Marc Duez / Soheil Ayari	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Société Viper Team Oréca	4:04.5890
37^th	61	Philippe Gache / Olivier Beretta / Dominique Dupuy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Société Viper Team Oréca	4:04.6540
38^th	67	Steve Saleen / Price Cobb / Carlos Palau	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen/Allen Speedlab	4:06.9220
39^th	77	Jean-Pierre Jarier / Jean-Luc Chéreau / Jack Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2	Société Chéreau	4:07.1370
40^th	74	Bruno Eichmann / Andy Pilgrim / André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	4:09.7820
41^st	66	Robert Schirle / David Warnock / Allen Lloyd	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen/Allen Speedlab	4:09.8010
42^nd	84	Enzo Calderari / Lilian Bryner / Angelo Zadra	Porsche 911 GT2	Stadler Motorsport	4:10.0940
43^rd	75	Patrick Bourdais / André Lara-Resende / Peter Kitchak	Porsche 911 GT2	Société Larbre Compétition	4:10.9030
44^th	70	Cor Euser / Harald Becker / Takashi Suzuki	Marcos LM600	Team Marcos	4:12.4740
45^th	64	Jari Nurminen / Hans Hugenholtz / Chris Gleason	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering	4:12.6960
46^th	78	Michel Neugarten / Jean-Claude Lagniez / Guy Martinolle	Porsche 911 GT2	Elf Haberthur Racing	4:12.8060
47^th	79	Michel Ligonnet / Larry Schumacher / Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	4:13.5040
48^th	73	Manuel Mello-Breyner / Pedro Mello-Breyner / Thomaz Mello-Breyner	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	4:14.1240
49^th	80	Claudia Hürtgen / Hugh Price / John Robinson	Porsche 911 GT2	GT Racing Team AG	4:14.1590
50^th	63	Justin Bell / John Morton / Pierre Yver	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Société Viper Team Oréca	4:14.6530
51^st	60	Almo Coppelli / Rocky Agusta / Eric Graham	Callaway Corvette LM GT2	Agusta Racing Team	4:15.6160
52^nd	71	Dominic Chapell / Henri-Louis Maunoir / François Migault	Marcos LM600	Team Marcos	4:22.9950

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
2	Sébastien Enjolras / Marc Rostan	WR LM97 Peugeot	Rachel Welter
12	Edouard Sezionale / François Jakubowski / David Dussau	Debora LMP297 Ford	Didier Bonnet
16	Tim Richardson / Bernard de Dryver / Robin Donovan	Matrix MXP-1 Nissan	Matrix Motor Co Ltd.
17	Pierre Bruneau	WR LM97 Peugeot	Alain Lebrun
24		Ferrari F40 GTE	Ennea
31		Porsche 911 GT1	Larbre Compétition
34	Olivier Grouillard	Sard MC8-R	Team Menicon Sard
35	Olivier Grouillard	Sard MC8-R	Team Menicon Sard
36	Patrick Gonin / Stéphane Daoudi / Benjamin Roy	Helem-Renault V6	RJ Racing
37	Patrick Gonin / Marc Sourd / Benjamin Roy	Helem-Renault V6	RJ Racing
38	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Pascal Fabre / Marcel Tarrès	McLaren F1 GTR BMW	BBA Compétition
47	Andrea Boldrini / Martin Stretton	Lotus Elise GT1	GBF (UK) Ltd.
48	Mimmo Schiattarella / Luca Badoer	Lotus Elise GT1	GBF (UK) Ltd.
51	Ratanakul Prutirat / Maurizio Sandro Sala / Kasikam Suphot	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1 Team Lotus F. Muller
53	Jean-Christophe Boullion / Wolfgang Kaufmann / David Velay	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	DAMS
65	Jay Cochran / Chris Gleason	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chamberlain Engineering
68	James Kaye	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen/Allen Speedlab
69	Eric van de Vyver	Gillet Vertigo V de V	Eric Van de Vyver
72	Chris Marsh / François Migault / Andy Purvis	Marcos LM600	Team Marcos
76	Bernhard Müller / Michael Trunk	Porsche 911 GT2	Bruno Krauss
81	Luca Drudi / Luigino Pagotto	Porsche 911 GT2	GT Racing Team AG
82	Hugh Price / Stéphane Ortelli / John Robinson	Porsche 911 GT2	Parr Motorsport
83	Ben Collins / Gérard MacQuillan	Porsche 911 GT2	Gerard MacQuillan
85	Steve O'Rourke / Win Percy / Tim Sugden	Porsche 911 GT2	Steve O'Rourke
		Spectre R42 Ford	Peter Allnutt
		Spice WSC D97 Ford
		Spice WSC D97 Ford	Jon Dellor
		Lister Storm GTL	Newcastle United Lister
		TVR 12/7
		Ferrari 333 SP	Moretti Racing Inc.