Preliminary practice

Hello LE MANS fans,

Since last year, the organization in LE MANS allowed a preliminary practice day. It was last sunday (8 may). I have not complete time results as some improvements have been made during the last hour, so in the list below times are those at 5pm (end session was 6pm), a few cars won't have their best time given (*), but their place is right!

All cars are mixed and not given by category (prototype : LMP1/C90 (1) and LMP2 (2); grand tourisme : LM_GT1 (3), LM_GT2 (4))

place car   cat.  car                  pilots                     best time
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1     03    1     COURAGE C32          ROBERT FABRE OLCZYK         03 47 44
2     02    1     COURAGE C32          RAPHANEL PESCAROLO          03 53 87*
3     35    3     PORSCHE DAUER 962LM  STUCK BALDI BOUTSEN         03 52 43
4     21    2     WR LM93              ORTELLI GONIN YVON          04 03 28
5     34    3     BUGATTI EB110        HELARY CUDINI MALCHER       04 19 35*
                                      [if memory serves me         04 06 ..]
6     44    3     VENTURI 600LM        FERTE TROPENAT              04 14 32
7     33    3     PORSCHE 911          DUPUY GOUHIER LECONTE       04 16 80
8     08    1     SAUBER S93           BOURDAIS MINASSIAN COUVREUR 04 18 94
9     06    1     PORSCHE 962          HARADA YOSHIKAWA            04 18 95
10    31    3     VENTURI 600LM        AGUSTA KRINE TAVERNA        04 19 72
11    61    4     LOTUS ESPRIT         KENNEDY FUCHSZWART          04 21 20
12    64    4     FERRARI 348          SARTORI LARRAURI MANCINI    04 25 27*
13    43    3     VENTURI 600LM        BASSO MEGEMOND              04 24 38
14    05    1     PORSCHE KREMER       BELL LASSIG DONOVAN         04 24 93
15    30    3     VENTURI 600LM        MAURY LARIBIERE CAMUS       04 25 07
16    50    4     PORSCHE 911 RSR      YVER CHEREAU LECONTE        04 33 42*
17    49    4     PORSCHE 911 RSR      ALMERAS ALMERAS LAFITTE     04 27 73*
18    66    4     PORSCHE 968          NUTTALL RICKETT             04 27 68
19    20    2     DEBORA LMP 294       TESSIER MIOT  SANTAL        04 27 92
20    47    4     HONDA NSX            TAKAHASHI TSUCHIYA IIDA     04 28 07
21    56    4     PORSCHE 911 RSR      HABERTUR GOUESLARD VUILLAUME04 29 13
22    48    4     HONDA NSX   HAHNE    GACHOT      BOUCHUT         04 30 25
23    59    4     PORSCHE 911 RSR      LAYER LARRAN                04 33 42
24    65    4     VENTURI 400 GTR      RATEL CHAUFOUR CHAUVIN      04 36 74*
25    71    4     PORSCHE 911 RSR      KONRAD                      04 35 27
26    70    4     PORSCHE 911 RSR      AUVRAY ANGELASTRI SEILER    04 35 48
27    68    4     VENTURI 400          PUIG  CAMP  SIRRERA         04 37 44
28    57    4     FERRARI 348          ORLEANS-BOURBON SALDANA     04 37 71
29    67    4     PORSCHE CARRERA      BOIDRON MASSE BRARDA        04 41 38
30    69    4     PORSCHE 911 RSR      CARADEC LEDUIGOU "SEGOLEN"  04 46 22
31    40    3     DODGE VIPER          ARNOUX BELL J. BALLOT-LENA  04 50 23
32    52    4     PORSCHE 911 RSR      GADAL ILIEN DE PUISELIERE   04 50 35
33    46    4     HONDA NSX            DUHAMEL FAVRE SHIMIZU       04 56 64
34    58    4     PORSCHE 968          NIELSEN BSCHER OWEN-JONES   06 05 99
35    54    4     CALLAWAY CORVETTE    SAID MAISONNEUVE CALLAWAY   08 57 06

OUF! what a job for me as I type with 2 fingers! as you can see the vette just mamaged to complete 1 or 2 laps! The Viper's colour made me sick (a terrible orange fluo!)

2 cars did not complete a lap : an ALPINE A 610 was not finished (a problem of ?motor wheel? "between motor and gear box! they discovered the problem in the pit when final assembling!) an ALD (old one) don't know if it was a mechanical problem or a technical one (with the "commissaires" of the ACO) ?

Next rendez-vous will be in june (18 and 19). I don't know if i will be able to do any report during the training sessions as i may work in a team as "chrono" and will not go to work for a week!!!

Cheers.

Charles.

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