1993 24 Hours of Le Mans

1993 24 Hours of Le Mans

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The 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 61st Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 19 and 20, 1993.

This race marked the first year that Grand Touring (GT) style cars were allowed to race again at Le Mans since the initial creation of the Group C era, which was now in its downfall.

Official Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	C1	3	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Eric Hélary Christophe Bouchut Geoff Brabham	Peugeot 905 Evo 1B	M	375
					Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
2	C1	1	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Thierry Boutsen Yannick Dalmas Teo Fabi	Peugeot 905 Evo 1B	M	374
					Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
3	C1	2	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Philippe Alliot Mauro Baldi Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Peugeot 905 Evo 1B	M	367
					Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
4	C1	36	Toyota Team Tom's	Eddie Irvine Toshio Suzuki Masanori Sekiya	Toyota TS010	M	364
					Toyota RV10 3.5L V10
5	C2	22	Y's Racing Team SARD Co. Ltd.	Roland Ratzenberger Mauro Martini Naoki Nagasaka	Toyota 93C-V	D	363
					Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
6	C2	25	Nisso Trust Racing Team	George Fouché Eje Elgh Steven Andskär	Toyota 93C-V	D	358
					Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
7	C2	21	Obermaier Racing GmbH	Otto Altenbach Jürgen Oppermann Loris Kessel	Porsche 962C	G	355
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8	C1	38	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Jan Lammers Juan Manuel Fangio II	Toyota TS010	M	353
					Toyota RV10 3.5L V10
9	C2	18	Joest Porsche Racing	Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo Randy Meixner	Porsche 962C	G	351
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10	C2	14	Courage Compétition	Derek Bell Lionel Robert Pascal Fabre	Courage C30LM	G	347
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11	C2	13	Courage Compétition	Pierre Yver Jean-Louis Ricci Jean-François Yvon	Courage C30LM	G	343
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
12	C2	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Jürgen Lässig Giovanni Lavaggi Wayne Taylor	Porsche 962CK6	D	328
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13	C2	11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Andy Evans Tomas Saldaña François Migault	Porsche 962CK6	D	316
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
14	C2	23	Team Guy Chotard	Denis Morin Didier Caradec Alain Sturm	Porsche 962C	G	308
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT	47	Monaco Media International Larbre Compétition	Joël Gouhier Jürgen Barth Dominique Dupuy	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	304
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
16	GT	78	Jack Leconte Larbre Compétition	Jésus Pareja Jack Leconte Pierre de Thoisy	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	?	301
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
17	GT	65	Heico Dienstleistungen	Ulrich Richter Dirk Rainer Ebeling Karl-Heinz Wlazik	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Y	299
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
18	GT	77	Scuderia Chicco d'Oro	Claude Haldi Olivier Haberthur Charles Margueron	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	299
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
19	GT	62	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Jun Harada Antônio Herrman de Azevedo	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Y	293
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
20	C2	24	Graff Racing	Jean-Bernard Bouvet Richard Balandras Bruno Miot	Spice SE89C	G	288
					Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
21	GT	66	Mühlbauer Motorsport	Gustl Spreng Sandro Angelastri Fritz Müller	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	P	276
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22	GT	40	Obermaier Racing GmbH	Philippe Olczyk Josef Prechtl Gerard Dillmann	Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Cup	P	274
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
23	GT	55	Agusta Racing	Onofrio Russo Riccardo Agusta Paolo Mondini	Venturi 500LM	D	274
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
24	LMP	33	Welter Racing	Patrick Gonin Bernard Santal Alain Lamouille	WR LM93	M	268
					Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4
25	GT	57	Écurie Toison d'Or	Marc Duez Eric Bachelart Philip Verellen	Venturi 500LM	D	267
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
26	GT	49	Team Paduwa	Bruno Ilien Alain Gadal Bernard Robin	Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Cup	D	266
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27	GT	70	Eric Graham	Pascal Witmeur Michel Neugarten Jacques Tropenat	Venturi 500LM	D	262
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
28	GT	91	Alain Lamouille	Patrice Roussel Edouard Sezionale Hervé Rohée	Venturi 500LM	D	246
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
29	GT	92	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Michel Krine Patrick Camus	Venturi 500LM	D	243
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
30	LMP	35	Sport & Immagine SRL	Fabio Magnani Luigi Taverna Roberto Ragazzi	Lucchini SP91	?	221
					Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6
31 DSQ†	GT	50	TWR Jaguar Racing	John Nielsen David Brabham David Coulthard	Jaguar XJ220	D	306
					Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
32 DNF	C2	17	Joest Porsche Racing	Manuel Reuter Frank Jelinski Louis Krages	Porsche 962C	G	282
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
33 DNF	LMP	34	Didier Bonnet	Yvan Muller Gérard Tremblay Georges Tessier	Debora SP93	P	259
					Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6
34 DNF	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Pierre Henri Raphanel Kenny Acheson Andy Wallace	Toyota TS010	M	212
					Toyota RV10 3.5L V10
35 DNF	GT	71	Jacadi Racing	Jacques Lafitte Michel Maisonneuve Christophe Dechavanne	Venturi 500LM	D	210
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
36 DNF	C2	15	Porsche Kremer Racing	Almo Coppelli Robin Donovan Steve Fossett	Porsche 962CK6	D	204
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
37 DNF	GT	52	TWR Jaguar Racing	Paul Belmondo Jay Cochran Andreas Fuchs	Jaguar XJ220	D	176
					Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
38 DNF	C2	28	Roland Bassaler	Roland Bassaler Patrick Bourdais Jean-Louis Capette	Sauber SHS C6	G	166
					BMW M88 3.5L I6
39 DNF	GT	44	Lotus Sport Chamberlain Engineering	Richard Piper Olindo Iacobelli Ferdinand de Lesseps	Lotus Esprit S300	D	162
					Lotus 2.2L Turbo I4
40 DNF	C2	27	Chamberlain Engineering	Andy Petery Nick Adams Hervé Regout	Spice SE89C	G	137
					Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
41 DNF	C2	12	Courage Compétition	Tomiko Yoshikawa Claude Moran Alessandro Gini	Courage C30LM	G	108
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
42 DNF	GT	45	Lotus Sport Chamberlain Engineering	Yojiro Terada Peter Hardman Thorkild Thyrring	Lotus Esprit S300	D	92
					Lotus 2.2L Turbo I4
43 DNF	GT	56	Stéphane Ratel	Costas Los Johannes Bardutt Claude Brana	Venturi 500LM	D	80
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
44 DNF	GT	46	Le Mans Porsche Team	Walter Röhrl Hans Joachim Stuck Hurley Haywood	Porsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT	G	79
					Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
45 DNF	GT	76	Cartronic Motorsport	Enzo Calderari Luigino Pagotto Lilian Bryner	Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Cup	P	64
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
46 DNF	GT	48	Team Paduwa	Harald Grohs Jean-Paul Libert Didier Theys	Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Cup	D	8
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
47 DNF	GT	51	TWR Jaguar Racing	Armin Hahne Win Percy David Leslie	Jaguar XJ220	D	6
					Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
DNS	GT	72	Simpson Engineering	Robin Smith Stefano Sebastiani Tetsuya Ota	Ferrari 348 LM	P	-
					Ferrari 3.4L V8

† - #50 was disqualified for having an illegal exhaust system in post-race inspection.

Statistics

• Pole Position - #2 Peugeot Talbot Sport - 3:24.940
• Fastest Lap - #36 Toyota Team Tom's - 3:27.470
• Distance - 5100.0km
• Average Speed - 213.358km/h
• Highest Trap Speed - Peugeot 905 - 346 km/h (race), Porsche 962C - 366 km/h (qualifying)