Les Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe 23.6.1991

24 h Le Mans

Spectators: 230 000 Started: 38 Classified: 12 (Cat.1 - 1, Cat.2 - 11) Race: 13,600 km * 362 laps = 4922,810 km AVG: 205,333 km/h FL: Michael Schumacher 31 Mercedes-Benz C11 3:35,564 227,125 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. 55 Volker Weidler / D Mazda 787B 002 Mazdaspeed 362 23:58:35,912 1. Cat.2 19. 3:43,503 Johnny Herbert / GB Bertrand Gachot / B 2. 35 Davy Jones / USA Jaguar XJR-12 990 Silk Cut Jaguar 360 23:59:14,957 2. Cat.2 18. 3:43,496 Raul Boesel / BR Michel Ferté / F 3. 34 Teo Fabi / I Jaguar XJR-12 991 Silk Cut Jaguar 358 23:57:21,939 3. Cat.2 27. 3:49,748 Kenny Acheson / GB Bob Wollek / F 4. 33 Derek Warwick / GB Jaguar XJR-12 891 Silk Cut Jaguar 356 23:57:36,213 4. Cat.2 24. 3:47,875 Andy Wallace / GB John Nielsen / DK 5. 31 Fritz Kreutzpointner / D Mercedes-Benz C11 05 Team Sauber Mercedes 355 23:55:51,110 5. Cat.2 12. 3:35,265 Karl Wendlinger / A Michael Schumacher / D 6. 18 David Kennedy / IRL Mazda 787B 001 Mazdaspeed 355 23:58:36,460 6. Cat.2 23. 3:46,641 Stefan Johansson / S Maurizio Sala / BR 7. 58 Hans-Joachim Stuck / D Porsche 962C 012 Konrad Motorsport (Joest Po 347 23:58:09,229 7. Cat.2 16. 3:40,526 Derek Bell / GB Frank Jelinski / D 8. 56 Pierre Dieudonné / B Mazda 787 002 Mazdaspeed 346 23:56:01,267 8. Cat.2 30. 3:50,161 Takashi Yorino / J Yojiro Terada / J 9. 11 Manuel Reuter / D Porsche 962CK6 CK6-08 Porsche Kremer Racing 343 23:56:40,977 9. Cat.2 15. 3:36,848 Harri Toivonen / SF J.J. Lehto / SF 10. 17 Oscar Larrauri / RA Porsche 962C 177 Repsol Brun Motorsport 338 23:58:37,635 10. Cat.2 14. 3:36,114 Jésus Pareja / E Walter Brun / CH 11. 12 François Migault / F Cougar C26S Porsche 7 Courage Compétition 331 23:55:17,767 11. Cat.2 20. 3:44,315 Lionel Robert / F Jean-Daniel Raulet / F 12. 41 Kiyoshi Misaki / J Spice SE90C Ford 021 Euro Racing (Team Fedco) 326 23:59:33,128 1. Cat.1 4. 3:53,833 Hisashi Yokoshima / J Naoki Nagasaka / J Not classified: 53 Hurley Haywood / USA Porsche 962C 146 Team Salamin Primagaz (Team 316 23:58:13,165 Cat.2 33. 3:55,706 James Weaver / GB Wayne Taylor / ZA 47 Michel Trollé / F Cougar C26S Porsche 05 Courage Compétition 293 22:02:35,536 Cat.2 32. 3:54,480 Claude Bourbonnais / CDN Marco Brand / I 43 Richard Piper / GB Spice SE89C Ford 009 Euro Racing (PC Automotive) 280 23:55:15,688 Cat.1 8. 4:02,519 Olindo Iacobelli / F Jean-Louis Ricci / F 15 Almo Coppelli / I Lancia LC2 Ferrari 0009 Veneto Equipe 111 23:58:06,318 Cat.2 35. 3:57,132 Luigi Giorgio / I Did not finish: 1 Jean-Louis Schlesser / F Mercedes-Benz C11 03 Team Sauber Mercedes 319 Engine Cat.2 11. 3:31,270 Jochen Mass / D Alain Ferté / F 49 George Fouché / ZA Porsche 962C 159 Courage Compétition (Trust 316 Gearbox Cat.2 22. 3:46,181 Steven Andskar / S 51 Jürgen Oppermann / D Porsche 962C 901 Team Salamin Primagaz/Oberm 232 Suspension Cat.2 31. 3:52,822 Jürgen Lässig / D Pierre Yver / F 32 Kurt Thiim / DK Mercedes-Benz C11 04 Team Sauber Mercedes 223 Engine Cat.2 13. 3:35,957 Jonathan Palmer / GB Stanley Dickens / S 52 Eje Elgh / S Porsche 962C 02C Team Salamin Primagaz (Team 202 Head gasket Cat.2 37. 4:01,761 Roland Ratzenberger / A Will Hoy / GB 57 "John Winter" / D Porsche 962C 014 Konrad Motorsport (Joest Po 197 Overheating Cat.2 17. 3:40,548 Bernd Schneider / D Henri Pescarolo / F 36 David Leslie / GB Jaguar XJR-12 190 TWR Suntec Jaguar 183 Input shaft Cat.2 28. 3:49,867 Mauro Martini / I Jeff Krosnoff / USA 39 Jean Philippe Grand / F Spice SE89C Ford 002 Louis Descartes (Graff Raci 163 Engine Cat.1 6. 3:57,298 Michel Maisonneuve / F Xavier Lapeyre / F 16 Harald Huysman / B Porsche 962C 160 Repsol Brun Motorsport 138 Head gasket Cat.2 29. 3:50,098 Robbie Stirling / CDN Bernard Santal / CH 45 Nick Adams / GB Spice SE89C Ford 101 Euro Racing (Chamberlain En 128 Electrics Cat.1 9. 4:06,578 Robin Donovan / GB Richard Jones / GB 14 Antoine Salamin / CH Porsche 962C 157 Team Salamin Primagaz 101 Overheating Cat.2 36. 3:59,674 Max Cohen-Olivar / MA Marcel Tarrés / F 21 Franz Konrad / A Porsche 962C 001K Konrad Motorsport 98 Engine Cat.2 21. 3:45,214 Anthony Reid / GB Pierre-Alain Lombardi / CH 50 Jacques Alméras / F Porsche 962C EAF-001 Courage Compétition (Almera 86 Accident Cat.2 34. 3:56,790 Jean-Marie Alméras / F Pierre de Thoisy / F 44 John Sheldon / GB Spice SE89C Ford 006 Euro Racing (Chamberlain En 85 Electrics Cat.1 10. 4:10,607 Ferdinand de Lesseps / F Charles Rickett / GB 8 Cor Euser / NL Spice SE90C Ford 022 Euro Racing 72 Engine Cat.1 3. 3:45,740 Charles Zwolsman / NL Tim Harvey / GB 6 Keke Rosberg / SF Peugeot 905 EV14 Peugeot Talbot Sport 68 Gear linkage Cat.1 2. 3:38,886 Yannick Dalmas / F Pierre-Henri Raphanel / F 40 Lyn St. James / USA Spice SE90C Ford 017 Euro Racing (A.O. Racing) 47 Accident Cat.1 38. 4:11,781 Desiré Wilson / ZA Cathy Muller / F 13 Johnny Dumfries / GB Cougar C26S Porsche 006 Courage Compétition 45 Engine Cat.2 26. 3:48,664 Anders Olofsson / S Thomas Danielsson / S 37 Bernard Thuner / CH ROC 002 Ford 1 Louis Descartes (ROC) 38 Driveshaft Cat.1 5. 3:55,446 Pascal Fabre / F 5 Mauro Baldi / I Peugeot 905 EV15 Peugeot Talbot Sport 22 Engine Cat.1 1. 3:35,058 Philippe Alliot / F Jean-Pierre Jabouille / F 46 Tomas Lopez / MEX Porsche 962CK6 CK6/09 Porsche Kremer Racing 18 Accident Cat.2 25. 3:48,519 Gregor Foitek / CH Tiff Needell / GB 7 Philippe de Henning / F ALD C91 Ford C91/1 Louis Descartes 16 Gearbox Cat.1 7. 3:59,343 Luigi Taverna / I Patrick Gonin / F Did not start: 59 Jürgen Barth / D Porsche 962C 145 Konrad Motorsport (Joest Po Spare car Cat.2 4:05,839 Franz Konrad / A 4 Teo Fabi / I Jaguar XJR-14 691 Silk Cut Jaguar Withdrawn Cat.1 3:31,912 Kenny Acheson / GB Andy Wallace / GB Did not qualify: 42 Justin Bell / GB Spice SE88P Ferrari 002 Euro Racing (Classic/TFR) Cat.2 5:09,145 Shunji Kasuya / J 48 Chris Hodgetts / GB Cougar C24S Porsche 002 Courage Competition DQ: underweigh Cat.2 4:14,499 Hepworth / GB Lecerf / F 54 Katsunori Iketani / J Porsche 962C 138/02 Team Salamin Primagaz (Team Cat.2 4:18,611 Mercedes Stermitz / A Val Musetti / I 2 Karl Wendlinger / A Mercedes-Benz C291 03 Team Sauber Mercedes Withdrawn Cat.1 6:55,969 Michael Schumacher / D Fritz Kreutzpointner / D Running in practice: 1T Jochen Mass / D Mercedes-Benz C11 02 Team Sauber Mercedes Spare car Cat.2 11T Manuel Reuter / D Porsche 962CK6 CK6-05-2 Porsche Kremer Racing Qualifying spa Cat.2 3:36,848 18T xxx Mazda 787 001 Mazdaspeed Spare car Cat.2 53T Vern Schuppan / AUS Porsche 962C TS962-03C Team Salamin Primagaz (Team Used 962-146 Cat.2 5T Philippe Alliot / F Peugeot 905 EV13 Peugeot Talbot Sport Qualifying spa Cat.1 3:35,058 Mauro Baldi / I 6T Pierre-Henri Raphanel / F Peugeot 905 EV12 Peugeot Talbot Sport Qualifying spa Cat.1 3:38,886 8T Cor Euser / NL Spice SE90C Ford Euro Racing Qualifying spa Cat.1 3:45,740 Did not practice: 3 Andy Wallace / GB Jaguar XJR-14 591 Silk Cut Jaguar Withdrawn Cat.1 Derek Warwick / GB 38 Ranieri Randaccio / I Spice SE90C Ford 004 Louis Descartes (Berkeley) Too late for s Cat.1 "Stingbrace" / I Mirko Savoldi