1995 24 Hours of Le Mans

1995 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 63rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 17 and 18 1995.

Race

The 1995 race was won by a McLaren F1 GTR entered in the GT1 category. The car was already well known for dominating the BPR Global GT Series with customer teams, but the car that won was actually the initial GTR prototype that was on loan to Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing. Mario Andretti's Courage finished second, having been the sentimental favourite of many in the run-up to the race. However the reliability of the production-based McLaren helped it defeat the much faster Le Mans prototypes.

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	59	Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing	Yannick Dalmas Masanori Sekiya JJ Lehto	McLaren F1 GTR	M	298
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
2	WSC	13	Courage Compétition	Bob Wollek Eric Hélary Mario Andretti	Courage C34	M	297
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
3	GT1	51	Harrods Mach One Racing David Price Racing	Andy Wallace Derek Bell Justin Bell	McLaren F1 GTR	G	296
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
4	GT1	24	GTC Gulf Racing	Mark Blundell Ray Bellm Maurizio Sandro Sala	McLaren F1 GTR	M	291
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
5	GT1	50	Giroix Racing Team	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz Olivier Grouillard	McLaren F1 GTR	M	290
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
6	WSC	4	Porsche Kremer Racing	Thierry Boutsen Hans Joachim Stuck Christophe Bouchut	Kremer K8 Spyder	G	289
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
7	WSC	5	D.T.R. Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yojiro Terada Jim Downing Franck Freon	Kudzu DG-3	G	282
					Mazda 13B 2.0L 4-Rotor
8	GT2	84	Team Kunimitsu Honda	Keiichi Tsuchiya Akira Iida Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda NSX	Y	275
					Honda 3.0L V6
9	GT2	73	Callaway Competition	Enrico Bertaggia Johnny Unser Frank Jelinski	Callaway Corvette SuperNatural	BF	273
					Chevrolet 6.3L V8
10	GT1	22	NISMO	Hideo Fukuyama Masahiko Kondo Shunji Kasuya	Nissan Skyline GT-R LM	B	271
					Nissan 2.6L Turbo I6
11	GT2	75	Agusta Racing Team	Robin Donovan Eugene O'Brien Riccardo Agusta	Callaway Corvette SuperNatural	D	271
					Chevrolet 6.3L V8
12	GT1	34	Pilot Aldix Racing	Michel Ferté Olivier Thévenin Carlos Palau	Ferrari F40 LM	M	270
					Ferrari 3.0L Turbo V8
13	GT1	42	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Marc Sourd Hervé Poulain	McLaren F1 GTR	D	266
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
14	GT1	27	SARD Co. Ltd.	Jeff Krosnoff Marco Apicella Mauro Martini	Toyota Supra LM	D	264
					Toyota 3S-GTE 2.1L Turbo I4
15	GT2	77	Seikel Motorsport	Guy Kuster Karel Dolejsi Peter Seikel	Porsche 911 GT2	P	263
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16	GT2	78	Jean-François Veroux	Eric van de Vyver Didier Ortion Jean-François Veroux	Porsche 911 GT2	G	262
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	81	Richard Jones	Nick Adams Richard Jones Gerard MacQuillan	Porsche 911 GT2	G	250
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT1	41	Ennea SRL Ferrari Club Italia	Gary Ayles Massimo Monti Fabio Mancini	Ferrari F40 GTE	P	237
					Ferrari 3.0L Turbo V8
19	GT1	54	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Yukihiro Hane Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 993 Bi-Turbo	G	229
					Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6
20	LMP2	14	Didier Bonnet	Patrice Roussel Eduoard Sezionale Bernard Sental	Debora LMP295	M	222
					Ford Cosworth 2.0L Turbo I4
21 NC	GT1	44	Venturi Automobiles SA	Jean-Marc Gounon Paul Belmondo Arnaud Trévisiol	Venturi 600LM	M	193
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
22 NC	GT2	71	Team Marcos	David Leslie Chris Marsh François Migault	Marcos Mantara LM600	D	184
					Chevrolet 6.3L V8
23 NC	GT1	46	Honda Motor Co. Ltd.	Hideki Okada Philippe Favre Naoki Hattori	Honda NSX GT1	D	121
					Honda 3.0L Turbo V6
24 DNF	LMP2	9	Welter Racing	William David Jean-Bernard Bouvet Richard Balandras	WR LM94	M	196
					Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4
25 DNF	GT1	45	Eric Graham	François Birbeau Eric Graham Ferdinand de Lesseps	Venturi 600LM	D	178
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
26 DNF	WSC	3	Porsche Kremer Racing	Jürgen Lässig Franz Konrad Antonio Herrmann de Azevedo	Kremer K8 Spyder	G	163
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
27 DNF	GT1	23	NISMO	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki Masahiko Kageyama	Nissan Skyline GT-R LM	B	157
					Nissan 2.6L Turbo I6
28 DNF	GT1	57	PC Automotive Jaguar	Richard Piper Tiff Needell James Weaver	Jaguar XJ220	D	135
					Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
29 DNF	GT2	70	Team Marcos	Chris Hodgetts Thomas Erdos Cor Euser	Marcos Mantara LM600	D	133
					Chevrolet 6.3L V8
30 DNF	GT1	49	West Competition David Price Racing	John Nielsen Jochen Mass Dr. Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	G	131
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
31 DNF	GT1	43	BBA Compétition	Emanuele Clérico Laurent Lecuyer Bernard Chauvin	Venturi 600LM	D	130
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
32 DNF	GT1	58	PC Automotive Jaguar	Bernard Thuner Olindo Iaccobelli Win Percy	Jaguar XJ220	D	123
					Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
33 DNF	GT2	76	Agusta Racing Team	Thorkild Thyrring Almo Coppelli Patrick Bourdais	Callaway Corvette SuperNatural	D	96
					Chevrolet 6.3L V8
34 DNF	GT1	37	Larbre Compétition	Dominique Dupuy Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	M	82
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
35 DNF	GT2	79	Stadler Motorsport	Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Andreas Fuchs	Porsche 911 GT2	P	81
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
36 DNF	GT1	25	GTC Gulf Racing	Pierre-Henri Raphanel Philippe Alliot Lindsay Owen-Jones	McLaren F1 GTR	M	77
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
37 DNF	GT1	36	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Pierre Jarier Jesús Pareja Érik Comas	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	M	64
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
38 DNF	GT2	91	Heico Motorsport Kremer Racing	Tomas Saldaña Miguel Ángel de Castro Prince Alfonso d'Orléans Bourbon	Porsche 911 GT2	G	63
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
39 DNF	GT1	30	ZR-1 Corvette Team USA	John Paul Jr. Chris McDougall James Mero	Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1	G	57
					Chevrolet 6.3L Turbo V8
40 DNF	GT1	40	Ennea SRL Ferrari Club Italia	Anders Olofsson Luciano della Noce Tetsuya Ota	Ferrari F40 GTE	P	42
					Ferrari 3.0L Turbo V8
41 DNF	GT1	52	Lister Cars Ltd.	Geoff Lees Dominic Chappell Rupert Keegan	Lister Storm GTS	M	40
					Jaguar 7.0L V12
42 DNF	GT1	55	Jean-Claude Miloé Societé Larbre Compétition	Pierre Yver Jean-Luc Chereau Jack Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	M	40
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
43 DNF	LMP2	8	Welter Racing	Patrick Gonin Pierre Petit Marc Rostan	WR LM94	M	33
					Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4
44 DNF	WSC	11	Courage Compétition	Henri Pescarolo Franck Lagorce Éric Bernard	Courage C41	G	26
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
45 DNF	GT1	26	SARD Co. Ltd.	Alain Ferté Kenny Acheson Tomiko Yoshikawa	Sard MC8-R	D	14
					Toyota 4.0L Turbo V8
46 DNF	GT2	82	Elf Haberthur Racing	Charles Margueron Pierre de Thoisy Philippe Siffert	Porsche 911 GT2	P	13
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
47 DNF	WSC	1	Euromotorsport Racing Inc.	Massimo Sigala Jay Cochran René Arnoux	Ferrari 333 SP	G	7
					Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12
48 DNF	GT1	47	Honda Motor Co. Ltd.	Armin Hahne Bertrand Gachot Ivan Capelli	Honda NSX GT1	D	7
					Honda 3.0L Turbo V6

Statistics

• Pole Position - #9 Welter Racing - 3:46.050
• Fastest Lap - #8 Welter Racing - 3:51.410
• Distance - 4055.8 km
• Average Speed - 168.992 km/h
• Highest Trap Speed - Courage C34 - 311 km/h (race), McLaren F1 GTR - 281 km/h (qualifying)