Thursday 10th June 2004

Le Mans Qualifying

All well during qualifying

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No major dramas to report from Le Mans yet (thankfully). Three of the four qualifying sessions have been completed so far.

Martin Short's Rollcentre team currently stands in ninth position in the LMP1 class of nineteen cars.

The TVRs have acquitted themselves well. The 96 car has suffered some electrical problems but is running again ok now. It's notched up a 13th in class. This is the car driven by Nigel Greensall, Lawrence Tomlinson and team owner Gareth Evans.

TVR number 96 has scored a very creditable 7th in class, behind various 911s and Ferraris. Chris Stockton and Michael Caine both put in strong times. The third driver in this car is Bob Berridge.

[tork@tiv]

Are there two no. 96 cars then?

[hui]

I think the Caine/Berridge/Stockton car is no 89

[top fuel]

hui said:

I think the Caine/Berridge/Stockton car is no 89

To confirm, That is the car 7th in class.

[PetrolTed]

[FourWheelDrift]

Final qualifying results:-

Le Mans 24 Hours, final qualifying
Pos Drivers Car Time
Class LM1
1 Davies/Herbert/Smith Audi 3m32.838s
2 Biela/Kaffer/McNish Audi 3m33.233s
3 Wallace/Brabham/Shimoda Zytek 3m33.923s
4 Ara/Capello/Kristensen Audi 3m34.038s
5 Collard/Bourdais/Minassian Pescarolo-Judd 3m36.525s
6 Lehto/Werner/Pirro Audi 3m34.927s
7 Katoh/Michigami/Fukuda Dome-Mugen 3m36.285s
8 Lammers/Dyson/Kaneishi Dome-Judd 3m36.353s
9 Short/Barff/Barbosa Dallara-Judd 3m39.260s
10 Coronel/Wilson/Firman Dome-Judd 3m40.261s
11 Ayari/Comas/Treluyer Pescarolo-Judd 3m40.399s
12 Newton/Erdos/Kinch Lola-MG 3m42.298s
13 Stirling/Lupberger/McGarrity Nasamax-Judd 3m42.429s
14 Nielsen/Elgaard/Moller Lister 3m43.760s
15 Field/Dayton/Connor Lola-Judd 3m48.670s
16 Andre/Leuenberger/Vanni Lola-Judd 3m50.703s
17 Maurylaribiere/Boulay/Besson Reynard-Lehman 3m53.640s
18 Bourdais/Blanchemain/Berville Panoz 3m57.816s
19 Andrews/Lockie/Kumpen Lola-Caterpillar 4m14.380s

Class LM2
1 Frei/Gounon/Hancock Courage-AER 3m41.126s
2 Belmondo/Gosselin/Saviozzi Courage-AER 3m51.862s
3 Jeanette/Pickering/Derlot Courage-Willman 3m57.850s
4 Binnie/Field/Sutherland Lola-Judd 3m59.984s
5 Bouvet/Gommendy/Briere WR 4m05.163s
6 Terada/Roussel/Porta WR 4m05.852s

Class GTS
1 Enge/Kox/Menu Ferrari 550 3m49.438s
2 Gavin/Beretta/Magnussen Corvette 3m49.750s
3 Fellows/O'Connell/Papis Corvette 3m51.378s
4 McRae/Rydell/Turner Ferrari 550 3m51.755s
5 Bouchut/Goueslard/Dupard Ferrari 550 3m55.500s
6 Hezemans/Deletraz/Barde Ferrari 575 4m00.714s
7 Bosch/Sullivan/Biagi Ferrari 575 4m06.375s

Class GT
1 Maasen/Bergmeister/Long Porsche 4m07.394s
2 Melo/Daoudi/de Fournoux Ferrari 360 4m08.484s
3 Hindery/Lieb/Rockenfeller Porsche 4m09.079s
4 Kelleners/Ortelli/Dumas Porsche 4m10.011s
5 Rosa/van Merkstein/Caffi Porsche 4m11.490s
6 Kurosawa/Nishizawa/Oriodo Porsche 4m12.949s
6 Khan/Smith/Sugden Porsche 4m13.009s
7 Berridge/Caine/Stockton TVR 4m13.368s
8 Burgess/Collin/Bagnalli Porsche 4m13.943s
9 Alphand/Laveille/Almeras Porsche 4m14.785s
10 Wilson/Montain/Hugenholtz Ferrari 360 4m18.768s
11 Vasiliev/Fomenko/Nearn Porsche 4m18.973s
12 Tomlinson/Greensall/Evans TVR 4m19.980s
13 Donaldson/Fisken/Nielsen Porsche 4m20.010s
14 Warnock/Matthews/Daniels Porsche 4m21.277s
15 Sharpe/Hyde/Cunningham Morgan 4m24.080s

[PetrolTed]

Apparently it wasn't an electrical problem it was an engine issue. It's all been reassembled now ready to race.

[anonymous-user]

.....Like a Timing chain going through the top of the engine according to Radio Lemans

[FourWheelDrift]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

an electrical problem, timing chain through the alternator.

[hedgetrimmer]

Thats from the McLaren book of "electrical" failures. Hmm the McLaren /TVR conspiracy thickens.