2007 24 Hours of Le Mans Totally Explained

Everything about 2007 24 Hours Of Le Mans totally explained

The 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 75th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France from 16–17 June 2007. Four classes of cars raced together, with each class having honors for its highest finishers. The faster LMP1 and LMP2 classes were for custom-built Le Mans Prototypes, and the slower GT1 and GT2 classes were for modified GT road cars.
The LMP1 class saw the first competition between the new diesel Peugeot 908 prototype and the diesel Audi R10, the Le Mans winner; the Audi once again achieved an overall victory. There was heavy attrition in the LMP2 class, in which only two competitors finished the race. In the GT1 class, Aston Martin achieved its first win over the Corvette since returning to the event in . The GT2 class was a battle between Ferrari and Porsche, won by Porsche. The race was attended by over 250,000 spectators.

Track changes

Between the and 2007 races, the Circuit de la Sarthe was upgraded, most obviously by the reprofiling of the Tertre Rouge corner. The new corner was moved inward, to create a long flowing curve instead of the single point apex it had been previously, shortening the lap distance by 21 meters to a revised 13.629 km. A new pedestrian tunnel – below the Mulsanne Straight, immediately after Tertre Rouge – was also built. The work had been planned to be carried out before the 2006 event, but it was delayed because of budgetary concerns.
Nine new garages were built at the end of the pit lane, replacing the four temporary garages that had been built a few years earlier. The additional garages allowed the ACO to increase the number of entries it could grant from 50 to 55. The paddock behind the garages was also re-organized with more facilities added for spectators, including more shops, new landscaping, and the Audi Tower monument.

LMP1s with diesel engines had their fuel tank capacity decreased from 90 litres to 81 litres. LMP1s with gasoline engines kept their 90 litre tanks.
LMP2, GT1, and GT2 class cars had to be fitted with 5% smaller air restrictors than they'd run in 2006, in order to decrease horsepower.
GT1 and GT2 classes were allowed to run ethanol and other alternative fuels if approved by the ACO.

The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) initially decided to not abide by the LMP2 restrictor change for the American Le Mans Series, although that decision was reversed following Le Mans. SERO decided not to fully conform to the new ACO regulations in the Japan Le Mans Challenge until 2008.
The ACO also announced rule changes specific to Le Mans:

The number of invited entries was increased from 50 to 55, with this number to be increased in subsequent years.

All entries had to run Shell fuel in either diesel or gasoline form.

The temperature inside closed-cockpit cars wasn't to exceed 32 °C in cars with air conditioning or 10 °C above the ambient air temperature in cars without. The ACO would monitor cockpit temperature, and stop any car in which those limits were exceeded.

All cars had to run mufflers in order to produce less than 113 dB of engine noise.

Older LMP900 and LMP675 class prototypes were not allowed to be entered. Only newer LMP1 and LMP2 class cars were allowed to compete. It was also decided that the race would start at 3:00 pm local time, one hour earlier than the normal 4:00 pm, to allow French spectators more time to vote in the 17 July French legislative election.

Entries

Automatic invitations

Teams earned automatic invitations to the event from the ACO for winning certain races and championships in their respective classes. Teams were limited to no more than two entries. If a team had already earned its two entries, additional invitations were extended to the next best-performing competitor. Cars running outside of the ACO's rules were also skipped and the invitation given to the next competitor.
On 13 December 2006, the ACO released its official list of automatic entries from the multiple Le Mans backed series and races. On 22 December, the ACO announced that it would add four more automatic entries, this time chosen from the 2006 FIA GT Championship season's team champions and runners-up in each class, as part of an agreement between the ACO and FIA GT's SRO organisation.
All other teams had to apply to the ACO for an invitation. The ACO then decided on the remainder of the entry list based on each team's recent performances, as well as its originality in chassis and engine design.

List of automatic entries

Team	Reason Entered	Note
LMP1
Audi Sport Team Joest	1st in 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
Pescarolo Sport	2nd in 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
Pescarolo Sport	1st in 2006 Le Mans Series championship
Creation Autosportif	2nd in 2006 Le Mans Series championship
Audi Sport North America	1st in 2006 Petit Le Mans
Audi Sport North America	1st in 2006 American Le Mans Series championship
LMP2
Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML)	1st in 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
Binnie Motorsports	2nd in 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
Barazi-Epsilon	1st in 2006 Le Mans Series championship
Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML)	2nd in 2006 Le Mans Series championship	Entry Not Taken
Penske Racing	1st in 2006 Petit Le Mans	Entry Not Taken
Penske Racing	1st in 2006 American Le Mans Series championship	Entry Not Taken
GT1
Corvette Racing	1st in 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
Aston Martin Racing	2nd in 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
Aston Martin Racing Larbre	1st in 2006 Le Mans Series championship
Convers MenX Team	2nd in 2006 Le Mans Series championship
Corvette Racing	3rd in 2006 Petit Le Mans¹
Aston Martin Racing	2nd in 2006 American Le Mans Series championship²
Vitaphone Racing Team	1st in 2006 FIA GT Championship	Entry Not Taken
Aston Martin Racing BMS	2nd in 2006 FIA GT Championship
GT2
Team LNT	1st in 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
Seikel Motorsport	2nd in 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
Autorlando Sport	1st in 2006 Le Mans Series championship
Team LNT	2nd in 2006 Le Mans Series championship
Risi Competizione	2nd in 2006 Petit Le Mans³
Risi Competizione	1st in 2006 American Le Mans Series championship
AF Corse	1st in 2006 FIA GT Championship
Scuderia Ecosse	2nd in 2006 FIA GT Championship

� 1. Due to IMSA allowing Aston Martin to run Petit Le Mans below the ACO's minimum weight, their first and second place finishes were not allowed, and automatic entry given to Corvette Racing.

� 2. Corvette Racing had already won two automatic entries, thus the entry was given to Aston Martin.

� 3. Petersen/White Lightning was allowed to participate in Petit Le Mans on a technical waiver. Thus their win wasn't allowed by the ACO, and automatic entry was given to Risi Competizione.

On 19 January 2007, the ACO announced that 24 of the 28 teams had accepted their automatic entries before the deadline. Penske Racing turned down both of its invitations, and Ray Mallock, Ltd. rejected its second entry because of a lack of funding. Vitaphone Racing Team rejected its invitation because its Maserati MC12 didn't comply with the ACO's GT1 rules, although the team later attempted to gain entry in another class through application.

Official entry list

On 27 February 2007, the ACO published the official entry list, which included the full 55 entries and 8 reserves.
Although drivers were not listed, Tom Kristensen's injury in the opening round of the 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season made his participation in the race questionable. As the driver with the most wins at Le Mans, he was intended to be part of Audi's factory team. Fellow Audi DTM driver Mattias Ekström was nominated as his possible replacement by Audi. However, on June 11, 2007 Kristensen was cleared by doctors to race, leaving Ekström's services unneeded.

Reserve entries

A total of eight reserve entries were listed by the ACO in its initial published list. Reserves were added to the entry list when a competitor already on the list withdrew. The ACO determined the order in which reserve entries were considered for addition to the entry list.
Two cars officially withdrew from the entry list in April, with their places taken by the following reserve entries:

On 3 April 2007, Rollcentre Racing announced that its LMP2 Radical-Judd entry had been withdrawn due to the car being purchased by Embassy Racing. The PSI Experience Chevrolet Corvette C6.R took its place on the entry list.

On 11 April 2007, Petersen/White Lightning announced that its GT2 Ferrari entry had withdrawn due to financial strain for the team, leaving it to concentrate solely on the American Le Mans Series. The G.P.C. Sport Ferrari F430 took its place on the entry list. JMB Racing also withdrew its entry from the reserve list due to its drivers reaching an agreement with AF Corse to run in its entry instead.

Test session

The official test session for Le Mans was held on 3 June, and was the only practice session that wasn't part of qualifying timing. A total of eight hours of track time was allowed for teams to find their set-ups and for rookie drivers to get in their required ten laps to learn the circuit.
   The sessions were led by Sébastien Bourdais, with his Peugeot 908 setting a lap time of 3:26.707, a second and a half ahead of two trailing Audis. Pescarolo Sport had the fastest gasoline-powered car in fourth. In the LMP2 class, the pair of Barazi-Epsilon entries led with identical times of 3:39.016; ASM Team Racing for Portugal trailed the pair in class.
   In GT1, the #63 Corvette recorded the fastest time of the day with a 3:49.207, followed by the #007 Aston Martin and the second factory Corvette. GT2 was dominated by Porsche, with the top three positions being taken by the new 997s. IMSA Performance Matmut led with a 4:01.598, while Autorlando and Flying Lizard followed behind. The Risi Competizione entry was the fastest Ferrari, in fourth place.
   Although there were various small incidents, three major accidents led to a red flag for the session. The #13 Courage Compétition entry, driven by Guillaume Moreau, went off at the Porsche Curves during the second hour. The car couldn't return to the test session due a bent chassis caused by the heavy impact. The second red flag involved the #24 Noël del Bello entry going off the track at the same location in the hands of Vitaly Petrov, becoming briefly airborne after contact with the concrete wall. In the final incident, almost in the last hour of the session, the #10 Arena Motorsports Zytek also went off at the Porsche Curves, and briefly caught fire.
   The damage to the Arena Zytek led to the car being withdrawn during scrutineering a week and a half later, just before the actual race. The team decided that it wasn't able to repair the damage in time for the car to pass scrutineering.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 13–14 June, with two two-hour sessions each night; one run at dusk, the other in darkness. New drivers were again required to run a set number of laps to learn the circuit and be allowed to race: three in daylight and three at night. The best overall time from all four sessions determined the starting grid.

Wednesday

The first qualifying session began under the threat of rain, so most of the teams tried to set a good lap time before the conditions deteriorated. The Audis and Peugeots swapped the overall pole position several times, and at the end of the session the #1 Audi was fastest overall with a time of 3.28.301. The #33 Barazi-Epsilon Zytek led LMP2, after an earlier misfiring problem had been repaired. Oreca's Saleens were the fastest two GT1 cars, while Ferrari and Porsche were close to one another in GT2. The session was red flagged about halfway through because of an accident in which the #53 JLOC Lamborghini Murciélago, driven by Marco Apicella, hit the wall at the first Mulsanne chicane. The #25 Ray Mallock Ltd. Lola and #81 LNT Panoz were the only cars not to set a lap time before the session briefly returned to green as rain began. The ACO extended the session by fifteen minutes to compensate for the earlier red flag.
The second session started several minutes late due to the damp conditions from the earlier rain. A red flag briefly came out for the #5 Swiss Spirit Lola a few minutes after the session began due to the car being stopped at the side of the track. Although the track was drying, it wasn't until the last half hour that teams were able to improve on their first session times. The #2 Audi and #8 Peugeot swapped the pole position multiple times before the session ended with the #8 Peugeot claiming the top position on the final lap of the session with a time of 3:26.344. In GT1 the #008 Larbre Aston Martin took the class lead on the final lap with a 3:50.761. The LMP2 and GT2 classes saw very little improvement; the class leading teams remained the same.
It was later announced by the ACO that JLOC Isao Noritake would be allowed to use another Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT chassis, borrowed from the French DAMS team, but Marco Apicella wasn't allowed to drive in the race due to the head injuries he sustained in his accident during qualifying, leaving the team with two drivers.

Thursday

The first session on Thursday began in heavy rain. Although some cars attempted to carry out wet weather testing, the conditions forced all the teams back to their garages. Once the rain began to slacken off cars returned to the track, but the rain continued throughout the entire session. No one was able to improve on their qualifying times from the previous day.
The rain continued throughout the second session, so most teams concentrated on their wet weather setups in preparation for a wet race. About halfway through the session the #7 Peugeot in the hands of Marc Gené missed the turn at Arnage and hit a tire barrier. The car was unable to return to the pits and was taken behind the wall by the marshals. This was soon followed by the #73 Luc Alphand Corvette missing the same turn as well, but it continued on without significant damage. The #70 PSI Corvette had a minor accident in the last five minutes of the session, bringing out the only red flag of the day and ending all of qualifying. Audi led the wet sessions with a 4:01.257 time for the #1 car, followed by the #3 Audi and #8 Peugeot within a second. #33 Barazi-Epsilon again lead the times for the second day in LMP2, while the #54 Oreca Saleen continued to show strong pace with the fastest time in GT1. The #93 Autorlando Sport Porsche was the fastest GT2 class entry in the rain.

Qualifying times

Class leaders and the fastest lap time on each day are in bold. No cars set a faster time on the second day.

Pos	Team	Class	Day 1	Day 2
1	#8 Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	3:26.344	4:01.928
2	#2 Audi Sport North America	LMP1	3:26.916	4:01.257
3	#7 Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	3:27.724	4:06.205
4	#1 Audi Sport North America	LMP1	3:28.301	4:04.386
5	#3 Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	3:29.736	4:01.629
6	#16 Pescarolo Sport	LMP1	3:33.590	4:11.511
7	#13 Courage Compétition	LMP1	3:35.171	4:23.905
8	#18 Rollcentre Racing	LMP1	3:35.559	4:26.442
9	#14 Racing for Holland	LMP1	3:35.660	4:16.675
10	#9 Creation Autosportif	LMP1	3:36.279	4:18.797
11	#15 Charouz Racing System	LMP1	3:37.737	4:12.490
12	#12 Courage Compétition	LMP1	3:38.371	4:36.646
13	#17 Pescarolo Sport	LMP1	3:38.753	4:11.611
14	#5 Swiss Spirit	LMP1	3:42.626	4:21.415
15	#33 Barazi-Epsilon	LMP2	3:44.158	4:11.296
16	#19 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	LMP1	3:44.721	6:37.797
17	#40 Quifel ASM Team	LMP2	3:45.838	4:47.127
18	#31 Binnie Motorsports	LMP2	3:48.173	4:48.025
19	#21 Team Bruichladdich Radical	LMP2	3:48.332	4:37.507
20	#32 Barazi-Epsilon	LMP2	3:48.935	4:14.508
21	#25 Ray Mallock Ltd.	LMP2	3:49.217	4:17.297
22	#35 Saulnier Racing	LMP2	3:49.621	4:32.963
23	#008 Aston Martin Racing Larbre	GT1	3:50.761	4:32.633
24	#55 Team Oreca	GT1	3:51.240	4:32.860
25	#20 Pierre Bruneau	LMP2	3:51.342	4:39.787
26	#64 Corvette Racing	GT1	3:52.130	4:35.281
27	#009 Aston Martin Racing	GT1	3:52.471	4:29.918
28	#44 Kruse Motorsport	LMP2	3:52.552	5:00.117
29	#63 Corvette Racing	GT1	3:52.657	4:36.285
30	#59 Team Modena	GT1	3:53.727	4:28.580
31	#54 Team Oreca	GT1	3:54.718	4:26.955
32	#100 Aston Martin Racing BMS	GT1	3:55.141	4:28.906
33	#72 Luc Alphand Aventures	GT1	3:55.668	4:39.531
34	#007 Aston Martin Racing	GT1	3:55.714	4:28.604
35	#70 PSI Experience	GT1	3:56.922	4:30.723
36	#24 Noël del Bello Racing	LMP2	3:57.566	4:24.793
37	#73 Luc Alphand Aventures	GT1	3:59.068	4:52.166
38	#006 Aston Martin Racing Larbre	GT1	4:01.674	4:53.664
39	#82 Scuderia Ecosse	GT2	4:04.185	4:47.877
40	#76 IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	4:04.622	4:38.386
41	#97 Risi Competizione	GT2	4:05.358	4:39.564
42	#80 Flying Lizard Motorsports	GT2	4:05.588	4:41.736
43	#53 JLOC Isao Noritake	GT1	4:06.223	-
44	#93 Autorlando Sport	GT2	4:08.211	4:36.386
45	#99 Risi Competizione	GT2	4:09.065	5:10.785
46	#67 Convers MenX Racing	GT1	4:09.088	4:39.343
47	#85 Spyker Squadron	GT2	4:10.719	4:48.139
48	#81 Team LNT	GT2	4:11.025	4:41.334
49	#86 Spyker Squadron	GT2	4:11:598	4:44.373
50	#82 Team LNT	GT2	4:13.049	4:46.961
52	#83 G.P.C. Sport	GT2	4:15.669	5:04.447
52	#71 Seikel Motorsport	GT2	4:17.750	5:03.369
53	#78 AF Corse	GT2	4:21.714	4:53.812
54	#29 T2M Motorsport	LMP2	4:53.983	4:54.729

Race

Start

The race began at 3:00 pm local time (GMT+1), with the track still damp following a wet morning warm-up. Sébastien Bourdais's Peugeot 908 led the field into the Dunlop Chicane, which he overshot, handing the lead to the #2 Audi. The three Audis took over the lead during the opening hour, before pit stops began.
The rebuilt Lamborghini of JLOC Isao Noritake was the first retirement of the race when the gearbox failed on the Mulsanne during its second lap of the race. Shortly after the first hour of the race had been completed, heavy rain resulted in the safety car being brought out again.
Soon after the field was released, the safety car was once again required after an accident in which Mike Rockenfeller spun his #3 Audi on the exit from Tertre Rouge, hitting the safety barriers on the Mulsannes Straight backwards. While crews fixed the barrier, Rockenfeller attempted to repair his Audi, but he was finally forced to retire. This caution period also saw an early retirement for the #64 Corvette when a part of its drivetrain broke while following the safety car. Oliver Gavin attempted to return to the pits using battery power but was stopped by the marshals, forcing him to abandon the car. The race eventually continued after nearly an hour under caution.

Night

As dusk began to fall on the drying track, the #8 Peugeot suffered from rear wheel hub failures which required two lengthy visits to the garage. This allowed the #1 Audi to take over second place. Jacques Villeneuve's #7 Peugeot also lost time, which dropped it to two laps behind the #2 Audi. The #1 Audi had its own brief moment when the #63 Corvette clipped the Audi's rear end. The Corvette was forced to take evasive action through the Dunlop Chicane's gravel trap, and the Audi required replacement rear bodywork on its next pit stop.
A third safety car period was caused by the Creation Autosportif entry, which ran into the tire barriers at the Porsche Curves and needed to be extracted. The Creation returned to the pits but eventually retired. The Kruse Motorsport entry also suffered problems when it briefly stopped at the pit entrance during the caution period, blocking other cars attempting to make their own pit stops. The Kruse entry eventually succeeded in getting to its garage.
As the night continued and the race neared its halfway point, many cars suffered mechanical failures, putting them out of the race. They included a large number of the LMP2 class cars such as Team ASM and Ray Mallock Ltd., both of which had led the class at one point. In GT1, the two factory Aston Martins led the lone remaining factory Corvette by one lap, while the #97 Risi Competizione Ferrari had a two lap lead in the GT2 class.

Morning

In the early hours, fluids were spilled on the track by the leader in GT2, the Risi Competizione Ferrari. This caused numerous competitors to spin, and required the Ferrari to undergo major front-end repairs, resulting in the car falling several laps behind. The biggest problem of the morning though occurred shortly before the completion of the 17th hour, when the race-leading #2 Audi of Rinaldo Capello lost a left rear wheel at high speed at the Indianapolis corner. Unable to control the car he went straight on into a tire barrier. Although Capello attempted to get the car back to the pits, it was too badly damaged to be drivable. Television footage had recorded the #2 Audi being dropped off its airjacks before the left rear wheel was attached on the prior pit stop, but Audi claimed that this was likely not the cause of the wheel coming off at speed.
With two Audis out, this left the lone #1 Audi to take over the race lead, with the two Peugeots four and six laps behind respectively. Just before to the #2 Audi's accident, the GT1-leading Aston Martin had also come off the track, damaging its front splitter. The necessary repairs led to the car spending eight minutes in the garage, dropping it to fourth in class. The lone factory Corvette gained a place to take over second in class. Scuderia Ecosse's Ferrari briefly took over the GT2 lead after Risi's problems, but it too broke down on the track, handing the lead to the IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche. Binnie Motorsport's entry had a sizable lead in its class, having not suffered the many problems its LMP2 competitors had.

Finish

After having held off for most of the race, the rain began to fall once more during the final three hours. This caused numerous incidents, including the #93 Autorlando Porsche missing a Mulsanne chicane and plowing through a temporary tire barrier. The #7 Peugeot made an unscheduled garage stop and retired one lap after re-entering the race, claiming oil pressure problems.
   The rain eventually became heavier, making the conditions treacherous and bringing the safety car back out. This put a temporary stop to the battle between Aston Martin and Corvette for first and second place in the GT1 class. The second place Corvette had been quicker in the wet conditions, but it wasn't allowed to further close on the Aston Martin during the safety period. After problems for both of the Barazi-Epsilon LMP2s, Binnie Motorsports brought its class leading LMP2 car to the garage to ensure that the car was prepared for the weather and could hold on to the lead until the finish.
   After over an hour behind the safety car, the field was released to race one last time with only twelve minutes remaining. With no close contests between the competitors, the field continued to run at less than racing pace, in preparation for the finish. The #8 Peugeot of Sébastien Bourdais briefly went into the pits, before returning to the track. To ensure that the Peugeot finished the race, and didn't break down before crossing the finishing line behind the winner, Bourdais stopped at the Ford Chicanes on the final lap. Once the #1 Audi had gone past to take the checkered flag, Bourdais restarted the Peugeot and finished as well. The #16 Pescarolo finished the race in third, the highest placed petrol car.
   The #009 Aston Martin took the GT1 class win by a single lap over the Corvette, earning Aston Martin its first victory since its overall win in . The #76 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche was the GT2 winner, with a six lap margin of victory. Only two cars finished in the LMP2 class. The #31 Binnie Motorsports Lola took the victory in spite of finishing 18th overall. Of the 54 starters, only 29 cars finished the race. The GT1 class cars proved themselves to be the most reliable, losing only two competitors over the 24 hours.

Official results

Class winners are marked in bold. Cars finishing the race but not completing 75% of the winner's distance are listed as Not Classified (NC). Audi Sport North AmericaAudiTDI 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)Aston Martin RacingAston Martin 6.0L V12Patrick LongPorsche 3.8L Flat-6Lola B05/42Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
Marco Werner Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela	Audi R10		369
Marco Werner Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela			369
2	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Sébastien Bourdais	Peugeot 908		359
2	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Sébastien Bourdais	Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		359
3	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Romain Dumas	Pescarolo 01		358
3	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Romain Dumas	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10		358
4	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	Stuart Hall João Barbosa Martin Short	Pescarolo 01		347
4	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	Stuart Hall João Barbosa Martin Short	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10		347
David Brabham Darren Turner Rickard Rydell	Aston Martin DBR9		343
David Brabham Darren Turner Rickard Rydell			343
6	GT1	63	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Ron Fellows	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		342
6	GT1	63	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Ron Fellows	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8		342
7	GT1	008	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Christophe Bouchut Fabrizio Gollin Casper Elgaard	Aston Martin DBR9		341
7	GT1	008	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Christophe Bouchut Fabrizio Gollin Casper Elgaard	Aston Martin 6.0L V12		341
8	LMP1	15	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Alex Yoong	Lola B07/17		338
8	LMP1	15	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Alex Yoong	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10		338
9	GT1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Johnny Herbert Peter Kox Tomáš Enge	Aston Martin DBR9		337
9	GT1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Johnny Herbert Peter Kox Tomáš Enge	Aston Martin 6.0L V12		337
10	GT1	54	Team Oreca	Laurent Groppi Nicolas Prost Jean-Philippe Belloc	Saleen S7-R		337
10	GT1	54	Team Oreca	Laurent Groppi Nicolas Prost Jean-Philippe Belloc	Ford 7.0L V8		337
11	GT1	100	Aston Martin Racing BMS	Fabio Babini Jamie Davies Matteo Malucelli	Aston Martin DBR9		336
11	GT1	100	Aston Martin Racing BMS	Fabio Babini Jamie Davies Matteo Malucelli	Aston Martin 6.0L V12		336
12	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Jérôme Policand Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		327
12	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Jérôme Policand Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8		327
13	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau Benoît Treluyer	Pescarolo 01		325
13	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau Benoît Treluyer	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10		325
14	GT1	67	Convers MenX Racing	Alexei Vasiliev Tomáš Kostka Robert Pergl	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		322
14	GT1	67	Convers MenX Racing	Alexei Vasiliev Tomáš Kostka Robert Pergl	Ferrari F133 5.9L V12		322
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		320
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16	GT1	55	Team Oreca	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari Nicolas Lapierre	Saleen S7-R		318
16	GT1	55	Team Oreca	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari Nicolas Lapierre	Ford 7.0L V8		318
17	GT1	59	Team Modena	Antonio García Jos Menten Christian Fittipaldi	Aston Martin DBR9		318
17	GT1	59	Team Modena	Antonio García Jos Menten Christian Fittipaldi	Aston Martin 6.0L V12		318
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19	GT2	99	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Colin Braun	Ferrari F430 GT2		314
19	GT2	99	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Colin Braun	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8		314
20	LMP1	19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Gareth Evans Bob Berridge Peter Owen	Lola B06/10		310
20	LMP1	19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Gareth Evans Bob Berridge Peter Owen	AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8		310
21	GT2	93	Autorlando Sport Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		309
21	GT2	93	Autorlando Sport Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		309
22	GT2	78	AF Corse Aucott Racing	Joe Macari Ben Aucott Adrian Newey	Ferrari F430 GT2		308
22	GT2	78	AF Corse Aucott Racing	Joe Macari Ben Aucott Adrian Newey	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8		308
23	GT2	82	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean Rob Bell	Panoz Esperante GT-LM		308
23	GT2	82	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean Rob Bell	Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8		308
24	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Jean-Luc Blanchemain Didier André Vincent Vosse	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R		306
24	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Jean-Luc Blanchemain Didier André Vincent Vosse	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8		306
25	LMP1	14	Racing for Holland b.v.	Jan Lammers Jeroen Bleekemolen David Hart	Dome S101.5		305
25	LMP1	14	Racing for Holland b.v.	Jan Lammers Jeroen Bleekemolen David Hart	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10		305
26	LMP1	12	Courage Compétition	Alexander Frei Jonathan Cochet Bruno Besson	Courage LC70		304
26	LMP1	12	Courage Compétition	Alexander Frei Jonathan Cochet Bruno Besson	AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8		304
27	LMP2	33	Barazi-Epsilon Zytek Engineering	Adrian Fernández Haruki Kurosawa Robbie Kerr	Zytek 07S/2		301
27	LMP2	33	Barazi-Epsilon Zytek Engineering	Adrian Fernández Haruki Kurosawa Robbie Kerr	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8		301
28	GT1	70	PSI Experience	Claude-Yves Gosselin David Hallyday Philipp Peter	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		289
28	GT1	70	PSI Experience	Claude-Yves Gosselin David Hallyday Philipp Peter	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8		289
29	GT1	006	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Patrick Bornhauser Roland Bervillé Gregor Fisken	Aston Martin DBR9		272
29	GT1	006	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Patrick Bornhauser Roland Bervillé Gregor Fisken	Aston Martin 6.0L V12		272
30 DNF	LMP1	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Jacques Villeneuve Marc Gené	Peugeot 908		338
30 DNF	LMP1	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Jacques Villeneuve Marc Gené	Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		338
31 DNF	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R10		262
31 DNF	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		262
32 DNF	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Karim Ojjeh	Zytek 07S/2		252
32 DNF	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Karim Ojjeh	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8		252
33 DNF	GT2	83	G.P.C. Sport	Matthew Marsh Carl Rosenblad Jesús Diez Villarroel	Ferrari F430 GT2		252
33 DNF	GT2	83	G.P.C. Sport	Matthew Marsh Carl Rosenblad Jesús Diez Villarroel	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8		252
34 DNF	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML)	Mike Newton Andy Wallace Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX264		251
34 DNF	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML)	Mike Newton Andy Wallace Thomas Erdos	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4		251
35 DNF	GT2	87	Scuderia Ecosse	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430 GT2		241
35 DNF	GT2	87	Scuderia Ecosse	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8		241
36 DNF	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Alain Filhol Bruce Jouanny	Courage LC75		224
36 DNF	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Alain Filhol Bruce Jouanny	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4		224
37 DNF	GT2	97	Risi Competizione	Mika Salo Johnny Mowlem Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GT2		223
37 DNF	GT2	97	Risi Competizione	Mika Salo Johnny Mowlem Jaime Melo	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8		223
38 DNF	LMP2	24	Noël del Bello Racing	Vitaly Petrov Romain Ianetta Liz Halliday	Courage LC75		198
38 DNF	LMP2	24	Noël del Bello Racing	Vitaly Petrov Romain Ianetta Liz Halliday	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4		198
39 DNF	LMP1	13	Courage Compétition	Jean-Marc Gounon Guillaume Moreau Stefan Johansson	Courage LC70		175
39 DNF	LMP1	13	Courage Compétition	Jean-Marc Gounon Guillaume Moreau Stefan Johansson	AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8		175
40 DNF	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Andrea Belicchi Andrea Chiesa Alex Caffi	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R		145
40 DNF	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Andrea Belicchi Andrea Chiesa Alex Caffi	Audi 3.8L V8		145
41 DNF	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team Racing for Portugal	Miguel Amaral Warren Hughes Miguel Angel de Castro	Lola B05/40		137
41 DNF	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team Racing for Portugal	Miguel Amaral Warren Hughes Miguel Angel de Castro	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4		137
42 DNF	LMP2	20	Pierre Bruneau	Marc Rostan Chris MacAllister Gavin Pickering	Pilbeam MP93		126
42 DNF	LMP2	20	Pierre Bruneau	Marc Rostan Chris MacAllister Gavin Pickering	Judd XV675 3.4L V8		126
43 DNF	GT2	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes Van Overbeek Seth Neiman Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		124
43 DNF	GT2	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes Van Overbeek Seth Neiman Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		124
44 DNF	LMP2	44	Kruse Motorsport	Tony Burgess Jean De Pourtales Norbert Siedler	Pescarolo 01		98
44 DNF	LMP2	44	Kruse Motorsport	Tony Burgess Jean De Pourtales Norbert Siedler	Judd XV675 3.4L V8		98
45 DNF	GT2	86	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Jaroslav Janiš Mike Hezemans Jonny Kane	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R		70
45 DNF	GT2	86	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Jaroslav Janiš Mike Hezemans Jonny Kane	Audi 3.8L V8		70
46 DNF	GT2	71	Seikel Motorsport Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr Horst Felbermayr Jr. Philip Collin	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		68
46 DNF	GT2	71	Seikel Motorsport Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr Horst Felbermayr Jr. Philip Collin	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		68
47 DNF	LMP1	5	Swiss Spirit	Marcel Fässler Jean-Denis Délétraz Iradj Alexander	Lola B07/18		62
47 DNF	LMP1	5	Swiss Spirit	Marcel Fässler Jean-Denis Délétraz Iradj Alexander	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8		62
48 DNF	GT2	81	Team LNT	Tom Kimber-Smith Danny Watts Tom Milner Jr.	Panoz Esperante GT-LM		60
48 DNF	GT2	81	Team LNT	Tom Kimber-Smith Danny Watts Tom Milner Jr.	Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8		60
49 DNF	LMP2	29	T2M Motorsport	Robin Longechal Yutaka Yamagishi Yojiro Terada	Dome S101.5		56
49 DNF	LMP2	29	T2M Motorsport	Robin Longechal Yutaka Yamagishi Yojiro Terada	Mader 3.4L V8		56
50 DNF	LMP1	9	Creation Autosportif Ltd.	Jamie Campbell-Walter Shinji Nakano Felipe Ortiz	Creation CA07		55
50 DNF	LMP1	9	Creation Autosportif Ltd.	Jamie Campbell-Walter Shinji Nakano Felipe Ortiz	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10		55
51 DNF	LMP1	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller Alexandre Prémat	Audi R10		23
51 DNF	LMP1	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller Alexandre Prémat	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		23
52 DNF	GT1	64	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Max Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		22
52 DNF	GT1	64	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Max Papis	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8		22
53 DNF	LMP2	21	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Tim Greaves Stuart Moseley Robin Liddell	Radical SR9		16
53 DNF	LMP2	21	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Tim Greaves Stuart Moseley Robin Liddell	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4		16
54 DNF	GT1	53	JLOC Isao Noritake	Koji Yamanishi Atsushi Yogo Marco Apicella	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		1
54 DNF	GT1	53	JLOC Isao Noritake	Koji Yamanishi Atsushi Yogo Marco Apicella	Lamborghini L535 6.0L V12		1
DNQ	LMP1	10	Arena Motorsports International	Stefan Johansson Hayanari Shimoda	Zytek 07S		-
DNQ	LMP1	10	Arena Motorsports International	Stefan Johansson Hayanari Shimoda	Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8		-

Statistics

Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 3:27.176

Distance - 5029.101 km

Average Speed - 209.152 km/h

Highest Trap Speed - Audi R10 - 339 km/h, Peugeot 908 - 339 km/hFurther Information

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