Les Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe 19.6.1983

24 h Le Mans

Spectators: 60 000 Practiced: 54 Started: 51 (C - 38, C junior - 5, B - 8) Classified: 20 (C - 14, C junior - 2, B - 4) Race: 13,626 km * 370 laps = 5047,934 km AVG: 210,330 km/h FL: Jacky Ickx 1 Porsche 956 3:29,070 233,922 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. 3 Vern Schuppan / AUS Porsche 956 003 Rothmans Porsche 370 1. C 7. 3:28,360 Al Holbert / USA Hurley Haywood / USA 2. 1 Jacky Ickx / B Porsche 956 005 Rothmans Porsche 370 0:01:04,300 2. C 1. 3:16,560 Derek Bell / GB 3. 21 Mario Andretti / USA Porsche 956 101 Porsche Kremer Racing 364 3. C 8. 3:28,890 Michael Andretti / USA Philippe Alliot / F 4. 12 Volkert Merl / D Porsche 956 105 Joest Racing 361 4. C 9. 3:29,480 Clemens Schickentanz / D Mauricio DeNarvaez / COL 5. 16 John Fitzpatrick / GB Porsche 956 102 John Fitzpatrick Racing 358 5. C 10. 3:29,980 Guy Edwards / GB Rupert Keegan / GB 6. 8 Bob Wollek / F Porsche 956 104 Joest Racing 354 6. C 5. 3:23,750 Klaus Ludwig / D Stefan Johansson / S 7. 18 Axel Plankenhorn / D Porsche 956 109 Obermaier Racing 347 7. C 12. 3:31,120 Jürgen Lässig / D Desiré Wilson / ZA 8. 14 Jonathan Palmer / GB Porsche 956 106 Richard Lloyd Racing 339 8. C 6. 3:27,480 Jan Lammers / NL Richard Lloyd / GB 9. 46 Diego Montoya / COL Sauber C7 BMW 01 Sauber Racing Switzerland 338 9. C 33. 3:50,000 Albert Naon / USA Tony Garcia / USA 10. 47 Preston Henn / USA Porsche 956 103 Preston Henn/Thunderbird Sw 327 10. C 23. 3:40,310 Claude Ballot-Léna / F Jean-Louis Schlesser / F 11. 93 John Cooper / GB Porsche 930 003 0009 Charles Ivey Racing 303 1. B 48. 4:18,260 Paul Smith / GB David Ovey 12. 60 Yoshimi Katayama / J Mazda 717C 002 Mazdaspeed 302 1. C junior 42. 4:06,130 Yojiro Terada / J Takashi Yorino / J 13. 92 Heinz Kuhn-Weiss Porsche 930 930 870 0171 Georg Memminger 299 2. B 47. 4:16,070 Georg Memminger Fritz Müller / D 14. 54 Bruno Sotty / F URD C81 BMW Valentin Bertapelle 292 11. C 34. 3:52,440 Gérard Cuynet / F DNS - Baldino 15. 95 Jean-Marie Alméras / F Porsche 930 930 670 0590 Equipe Alméras Fréres 279 3. B 45. 4:13,190 Jacques Alméras / F Jacques Guillot 16. 10 Roger Dorchy / F WM P83 Peugeot WM Secateva 278 12. C 18. 3:36,550 Alain Couderc / F Pascal Fabre / F 17. 41 Tiff Needell / GB EMKA C83/1 Aston Marti 83/1 EMKA Productions Ltd. 275 13. C 25. 3:42,230 Steve O'Rourke / GB Nick Faure / GB 18. 61 Jeff Allam / GB Mazda 717C 001 Mazdaspeed 267 2. C junior 41. 4:05,920 James Weaver / GB Steve Soper / GB 19. 29 Daniel Herregods / B Rondeau M382 Ford 003 Christian Bussi 265 14. C 35. 3:53,190 Jean-Paul Libert / B Pascal Witmeur / B 20. 96 Michel Lateste / F Porsche 930 930 870 0039 Michel Lateste 264 4. B 49. 4:23,800 Raymond Touroul / F Michel Bienvault / F Not classified: 97 Raymond Boutinaud / F Porsche 928S 840225 Raymond Boutinnaud 234 B 51. 4:35,940 Patrick Gonin / F Alain le Page 53 François Hesnault / F Lancia LC1 Ecole Superieure de Tourism 232 C 40. 4:02,240 Thierry Perrier / F Bernard Salam / F 51 Oscar Larrauri / RA Lancia LC1 Sivama Motor Griffone 217 C 31. 3:47,580 Massimo Sigala / I Max Cohen-Olivar / MA 65 John Sheldon / GB De Cadenet Lola LM F ADA/01 Francois Duret 214 C junior 37. 3:56,420 François Duret / GB Ian Harrower / GB Did not finish: 2 Jochen Mass / D Porsche 956 008 Rothmans Porsche 281 Engine C 3. 3:20,980 Stefan Bellof / D 39 Ray Mallock / GB Nimrod NRA C2B Aston Ma 004 Viscount Downe Racing 218 con-rod C 15. 3:35,780 Mike Salmon / GB Steve Earle / USA 24 Thierry Boutsen / B Rondeau M482 Ford Ford Concessionaires France 174 Engine C 16. 3:36,060 Henri Pescarolo / F 20 Ralph Kent - Cooke / USA Lola T610 Ford HU2 Cooke Racing 165 Head gasket C 27. 3:43,050 Jim Adams / USA François Servanin / F 90 Leopold von Bayern / D BMW M1 Angelo Pallavicini 160 Gearbox B 44. 4:10,370 Jens Winther / DK Angelo Pallavicini / CH 63 Carlo Facetti / I Alba AR2 Giannini 001 Scuderia Jolly Club 158 Handling C junior 26. 3:42,780 Martino Finotto / I Marco Vanoli / CH 28 Anny-Charlotte Verney / F Rondeau M379C Ford 06or002 Jean Rondeau - Malardeau 136 Valve C 32. 3:49,900 Vic Elford / GB Joël Gouhier / F 6 Paolo Barilla / I Lancia LC2/83 Martini Racing 135 Injection C 13. 3:32,920 Jean-Claude Andruet / F Alessandro Nannini / I 11 John Fitzpatrick / GB Porsche 956 110 John Fitzpatrick Racing 135 Fuel pump C 11. 3:30,300 David Hobbs / GB Dieter Quester / A 26 Michel Ferté / F Rondeau M482 Ford Ford Concessionaires France 90 Engine C 19. 3:37,570 Alain Ferté / F Jean Rondeau / F 13 Alain de Cadenet / GB Cougar C01B Ford 01 Primagaz 86 Engine C 30. 3:46,040 Yves Courage / F Michel Dubois / F 22 Derek Warwick / GB Kremer-Porsche CK5/83 003 Porsche Kremer Racing 76 Head gasket C 14. 3:35,620 Patrick Gaillard / F Frank Jelinski / D 38 Chris Craft / GB Dome RC82/83 Ford 01 Dome Racing with Colin Bene 75 Clutch C 29. 3:44,310 Eliseo Salazar / RCH Nick Mason / GB 64 Hubert Striebig / F Sthemo SM01 BMW Hubert Striebig 71 Engine C junior 43. 4:08,050 Jacques Heuclin / F Noël del Bello / F 49 Dudley Wood / GB Grid S1 Ford GA01 GRID Motor Racing Ltd. 69 Oil leak C 38. 3:57,830 Fred Stiff / USA Ray Ratcliff / USA 36 Ludwig Heimrath / CDN Sehcar C83 Ford Brun Motorsport 68 Water leak C 39. 4:00,940 Jacques Villeneuve / CDN David Deacon / CDN 72 Xavier Lapeyre / F Rondeau M382 Ford Communaute Pays de Loire 31 Engine C 22. 3:40,230 Alain Cudini / F Dany Snobeck / F 4 Michele Alboreto / I Lancia LC2/83 Martini Racing 27 Gearbox C 2. 3:20,790 Alessandro Nannini / I Teo Fabi / I 43 François Migault / F Ford C100 ex-LM82 no6 Peer Racing 16 Fuel pressure C 36. 3:54,980 David Kennedy / IRL Martin Birrane / GB 25 Philippe Streiff / F Rondeau M482 Ford 003 Ford Concessionaires France 12 Oil leak C 20. 3:38,630 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud / F 15 Jean-Michel Martin / B Porsche 936C 005 Joest Racing 9 Injection pump C 21. 3:38,670 Phillippe Martin / B Marc Duez / B 42 Richard Cleare / GB Kremer-Porsche CK5 001 Richard Cleare Racing 8 Turbocharger C 24. 3:41,980 Tony Dron / GB Richard Jones / GB 5 Piercarlo Ghinzani / I Lancia LC2/83 Martini Racing Fuel pressure C 4. 3:21,310 Hans Heyer / D 9 Jean-Daniel Raulet / F WM P83 Peugeot WM Secateva Overheating C 17. 3:36,370 Michel Pignard / F Didier Theys / B 30 Lucien Guitteny / F Rondeau M382 Ford 005 Primagaz DQ: Pushed ove C 28. 3:43,940 Pierre Yver / F Bernard de Dryver / B 91 Jean-Marie Lemerle / F Porsche 930 Edgar Dören Gearbox B 50. 4:31,260 Alain Ayon / F Michael Krankenberg / D 94 Claude Haldi / CH Porsche 930 930 970 0069 Claude Haldi Piston B 46. 4:14,200 Günther Steckkönig / D Bernd Schiller Did not start: 37 Harald Grohs / D Sehcar C83 Porsche Brun Motorsport Engine C 3:51,770 Hans-Joachim Stuck / D Walter Brun / CH Did not qualify: 62 David Palmer Harrier RX83C Mazda Manns Racing C junior 4:33,300 Roy Baker / GB Pierre Honegger / USA Running in practice: 33 Jacky Ickx / B Porsche 956 004 Rothmans Porsche Spare car C 3:27,970 Derek Bell / GB Vern Schuppan / AUS Jürgen Barth / D In entry list only: - de Villota / E Grid S2 Porsche GA02 GRID Motor Racing Ltd. C - xxx Ferrari 512 BB-C North American Racing Team C - xxx Nimrod 82C Aston Martin Nimrod Racing Automobiles C - xxx March 83G Porsche March Racing C - Hans-Joachim Stuck / D Sehcar - BMW Brun Motorsport C Walter Brun / CH - xxx Lola T600 Chevrolet Cooke Racing C - Castellano / USA Lancia LC1 Sivama Motor C - Neil Crang / AUS Tiga GC83 Chevrolet Tiga Racing Services C Ganley / NZ - xxx Cougar C02 Ford Courage Competition C - Loris Kessel / CH Cheetah G603 Ford 1 Cheetah C Ferrier / F Vetsch / CH