Le Mans 24 hour race 1984

The number 33 Porsche 956 from Fitzpatrick-Racing. David Hobbs, Philippe Streiff and Sarel van der Merwe drive the car in third place in the overall standings

The Lancia LC2 with starting number 5, driven by Paolo Barilla, Mauro Baldi and Hans Heyer. The car broke down after 275 laps with a defect on the camshaft

The 52nd 24-hour race of Le Mans , the 52 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also 24 Heures du Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans , took place from 16 to 17 June 1984 on the Circuit des 24 Heures .

The race

Before the start

After the FISA had again drawn up new regulations for the sports car world championship for 1984 , which not only opened the races in Europe for the vehicles of the IMSA-GTP series , but also led to a 15% reduction in fuel consumption, the Porsche waived Factory team on a line-up at Le Mans.

The Stuttgart brand was prominently represented by the two German private teams Joest and Kremer Racing . In addition there were the racing teams of John Fitzpatrick and Walter Brun as well as other teams from Germany, Great Britain and France, all of whom used the tried and tested Porsche 956 as an emergency vehicle.

Lancia brought three LC2s to the Sarthe, powered by a 3-liter Ferrari turbo engine. The Jaguar brand made a comeback at Le Mans after many years of absence.

The Formula 1 world champion from 1980, Australian Alan Jones , made his Le Mans debut and the winner of 1970 , Richard Attwood , after 13 years of absence a comeback at Aston Martin .

Race course

The Frenchman Roger Dorchy had the best start in the World Championship P83 from Welter Racing and led the field into the first lap. It was the first time a Welter racing car was driven in the 24-hour race. However, it only took one lap before pole setter Alessandro Nannini took the lead. The eventual winner Henri Pescarolo had an unscheduled pit stop after just eleven minutes to have a defective fuel pump repaired. The Frenchman fell back to the bottom of the field and was the last to return to the track. After three hours, Pescarolo's team-mate Klaus Ludwig had to go to the pits for another repair and lost 14 minutes because the left suspension had to be replaced. At 9 p.m. in the evening the duo had made it back to the top ten in the overall standings and at 7 a.m. on Sunday morning the Joest-Porsche was in the lead for the first time.

Shortly after dark, a serious accident occurred on the Les Hunaudieres straight that claimed a fatality. John Sheldon had lost control of his Aston Martin at high speed and collided with his teammate Drake Olson's car . A marshals were fatally injured by flying parts. Sheldon suffered severe burns but got away with his life.

The long leading works Lancia owned by Nannini and Bob Wollek had to complain about the loss of fifth gear on Sunday and only crossed the finish line in eighth. The last few hours turned into a gauntlet run for the Joest-Porsche, as problems with the left-hand suspension kept cropping up, which made several pit stops necessary. At the finish, however, the car was still two laps ahead of the Porsche of Jean Rondeau and John Paul Jr. For Henri Pescarolo, it was the fourth overall victory at Le Mans after his success with Matra in the 1970s.

Both Jaguars failed with technical defects. All four Wankel racing cars, including two Mazda 727C , crossed the finish line.

Results

Pilots by nationality

46 French	31 British	23 Americans	13 Italians	9 Germans
7 Australians	6 Belgians	4 Swiss	3 Japanese	3 Sweden
2 danes	2 Dutch	2 South Africans	1 Argentine	1 Brazilian
1 Irish	1 Canadian	1 Colombian

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	C1	7th	New-Man Joest Racing	Henri Pescarolo Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 956B	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	360
2	C1	26th	Henn's T-Bird Swap Shop	Jean Rondeau John Paul Jr.	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	358
3	C1	33	John Fitzpatrick Racing	David Hobbs Philippe Streiff Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 956B	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	Y	351
4th	C1	9	Brun Motorsport GmbH	Walter Brun Leopold Prince of Bavaria Bob Akin	Porsche 956B	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	340
5	C1	12	Chimney Racing Team	Volkert Merl Dieter Schornstein Louis Krages	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	340
6th	C1	11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Alan Jones Vern Schuppan Jean-Pierre Jarier	Porsche 956B	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	337
7th	C1	20th	Brun Motorsport GmbH	Massimo Sigala Oscar Larrauri Joël Gouhier	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	335
8th	C1	4th	Martini Racing	Bob Wollek Alessandro Nannini	Lancia LC2	Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8	D.	326
9	C1	17th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Tiff Needell David Sutherland Rusty French	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	321
10	C2	68	BF Goodrich Company	John O'Steen John Morton Yoshimi Katayama	Lola T616	Mazda 13B 1.3L 2- Wankel	B F	320
11	C2	93	Jean-Philippe Grand	Jean-Philippe Grand Jean-Paul Libert Pascal Witmeur	Rondeau M379	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	A.	310
12	C2	67	BF Goodrich Company	Jim Busby Boy Hayje Rick Knoop	Lola T616	Mazda 13B 1.3L 2-Wankel	B F	295
13	C1	37	McCormack and Dodge	Jim Mullen Walt drilling Alain Ferté	Rondeau M482	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	293
14th	B.	109	Helmut Gall	Philippe Dagoreau Jean-François Yvon Pierre de Thoisy	BMW M1	BMW M88 3.5L I6	D.	292
15th	C2	87	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Dave Kennedy Jean-Michel Martin Philippe Martin	Mazda 727C	Mazda 13B 1.3L 2-Wankel	D.	291
16	B.	106	Claude Haldi	Claude Haldi Altfrid Heger Jean Krucker	Porsche 930	Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6	M.	285
17th	IMSA GTO	122	Raymond Touroul	Raymond Touroul Valentin Bertapelle Thierry Perrier	Porsche 911SC	Porsche 3.0L Flat-6	M.	283
18th	IMSA GTO	123	Alméras Fréres team	Jean-Marie Alméras Jacques Alméras Tom Winters	Porsche 930	Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6	M.	268
19th	C2	81	Scuderia Jolly Club	Almo Coppelli Davide Pavia Guido Daccò	Alba AR2	Giannini Carma FF 2.0L Turbo I4	A.	262
20th	C2	86	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Pierre Dieudonné Takashi Yorino Yōjirō Terada	Mazda 727C	Mazda 13B 1.3L 2-Wankel	D.	261
21st	C2	80	Scuderia Jolly Club	Martino Finotto Carlo Facetti Marco Vanoli	Alba AR2	Giannini Carma FF 2.0L Turbo I4	A.	258
22nd	B.	107	Raymond Boutinaud	Raymond Boutinaud Philippe Renault Giles Guinand	Porsche 928S	Porsche 4.7L V8		255
Disqualified
23	C1	16	GTi engineering	Richard Lloyd Nick Mason René Metge	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	139
Failed
24	IMSA GTP	44	Jaguar Group 44	Brian Redman Doc Bundy Bob Tullius	Jaguar XJR-5	Jaguar 6.0L V12	G	291
25th	C1	5	Martini Racing	Paolo Barilla Hans Heyer Mauro Baldi	Lancia LC2	Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8	D.	275
26th	C1	21st	Charles Ivey Racing	Alain de Cadenet Allan Grice Chris Craft	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	274
27	IMSA GTP	61	Henn's T-Bird Swap Shop	Michel Ferté Edgar Dören Preston Henn	Porsche 962	Porsche Type-935 2.9L Turbo Flat-6	G	247
28	C1	14th	GTi engineering	Jan Lammers Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	239
29	IMSA GTP	40	Jaguar Group 44	Tony Adamowicz John Watson Claude Ballot-Léna	Jaguar XJR-5	Jaguar 6.0L V12	G	212
30th	C1	8th	New-Man Joest Racing	Stefan Johansson Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	170
31	C1	38	Dorset Racing Associates	Nick Faure Mark Galvin Richard Jones	Dome RC82	Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	D.	156
32	C1	50	Primagaz	Pierre Yver Bernard de Dryver Pierre-François Rousselot	Rondeau M382	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	M.	155
33	C1	13	Primagaz	Yves Courage Michel Dubois John Jellinek	Cougar C02	Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	M.	153
34	C1	47	Obermaier Racing GmbH	Jürgen Lässig George Fouché John Graham	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	D.	147
35	IMSA GTO	121	Charles Ivey Racing	David Ovey Paul Smith Margie Smith-Haas	Porsche 930	Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6	A.	146
36	C1	34	Holden Dealer Team Australia	Peter Brock Larry Perkins	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	145
37	C1	23	WM Secateva	Roger Dorchy Alain Couderc Gérard Patté	WM P83B	Peugeot PRV 2.8L Turbo V6	M.	122
38	C1	6th	Scuderia Jolly Club	Pierluigi Martini Xavier Lapeyre Beppe Gabbiani	Lancia LC2	Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8	D.	117
39	B.	101	Jens Winther Team Castrol	Jens Winther David Mercer Lars-Viggo Jensen	BMW M1	BMW M88 1 3.5L I6	A.	96
40	IMSA GTP	62	Pegasus Racing Ltd.	Ken Madren Marion L. Speer Wayne Pickering	March 84G	Buick 3.3L Turbo V6	G	95
41	C1	31	Viscount Downe Aston Martin	Ray Mallock Drake Olson	Nimrod NRA / C2B	Aston Martin -Tickford DP1229 5.3L V8	A.	94
42	C1	32	Viscount Downe Aston Martin	John Sheldon Mike Salmon Richard Attwood	Nimrod NRA / C2B	Aston Martin-Tickford DP1229 5.3L V8	A.	92
43	C1	24	WM Secateva	Michel Pignard Jean-Daniel Raulet Pascal Pessiot	WM P83B	Peugeot PRV 2.8L Turbo V6	M.	74
44	C1	55	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Rupert Keegan Guy Edwards Roberto Moreno	Porsche 962	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	Y	72
45	B.	114	Michel Lateste	Michel Lateste Michel Bienvault André Gahinet	Porsche 930	Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6		70
46	C2	70	Spice Tiga Racing	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm Neil Crang	Tiga GC84	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	A.	69
47	IMSA GTX	27	Scuderia Bellancauto	Roberto Marazzi Maurizio Micangeli Dominique Lacaud	Ferrari 512BB LM	Ferrari 5.0L Flat-12	D.	65
48	C2	48	John Bartlett Racing	François Migault Steve Kempton François Sérvanin	Lola T610	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	D.	52
49	C1	45	Christian Bussi	Christian Bussi Jack Griffin Bruno Ilien	Rondeau M382	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	D.	49
50	C2	79	ADA engineering	Ian Harrower Bob Wolff Glen Smith	ADA 01	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	A.	42
51	C2	85	Hubert Striebig	Hubert Striebig Jacques Heuclin Noël del Bello	Sthemo SM C2	BMW M88 1 3.5L I6		41
52	C2	77	Ecurie Ecosse	Mike Wilds David Duffield David Leslie	Ecosse C2	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	A.	36
53	C1	25th	Charles Ivey Racing	Dudley Wood John Cooper Barry Robinson	Grid S2	Porsche Type-935 2.9L Turbo Flat-6	A.	10
Not started
54	C1	39	Uchida Dome Racing	Eje Elgh Stanley Dickens	Dome RC83	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8	D.	1
55	C2	99	JQF Engineering Ltd	François Duret Jeremy Rossiter	Tiga GC284	Cosworth BDT 1.8L L4	A.	2

¹ accident during training ² engine damage during training

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine
56	C2		Maurizio Gellini		Alba A3
57	C1		Porsche Kremer Racing		Kremer CK5	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6
58	B.		Scuderia Bellancauto		Ferrari 250 GTO	Ferrari 3.0L V12
59	C1	29	Clean racing		Clean C7	BMW
60	C1	36	Richard Cleare Racing	Richard Cleare	Kremer CK5	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6
61	C1	42	Cheetah Gatol Suisse	Loris Kessel Laurent Ferrier Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Cheetah G604	Aston Martin-Tickford DP1229 5.3L V8
62	C1	50	Challenger Communications	François Migault Philippe Hazenbrouck Jean-Claude Lagniez	Challenger	Chevrolet
63	IMSA GTX	63	North American Racing Team	Alain Cudini Dany Snobeck	Ferrari 512 BB LM	Ferrari 5.0L Flat-12
64	IMSA GTX	64	North American Racing Team		Ferrari 512 BB LM	Ferrari 5.0L Flat-12
65	C2	74	Scorpion Racing	Eddie Arundel James Weaver John Jellinek	Arundel C200	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8
66	C2	90	Spice Tiga Engineering	Ray Bellm	Tiga GC84	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
67	C2	92	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Louis Descartes Daniel Hubert Jean-Marie Lemerle	ALD 01	BMW
68	B.	102	Edgar Dören	Edgar Dören Walter Mertes Heinz-Christian Juergensen Ulli Richter	BMW M1	BMW M88 1 3.5L I6
69	B.	108	Angelo Pallavicini	Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche 930	Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6
70	B.	116	Georg Memminger	Georg Memminger Heinz Kuhn-Weiss	Porsche 930	Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6
71	IMSA GTO	120	Stratagraph Inc.	Billy Hagan Gene Felton	Chevrolet Camaro
72	IMSA GTO	121	Stratagraph Inc.	Tommy Riggins Les Delano	Chevrolet Camaro

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Group C1	Henri Pescarolo	Klaus Ludwig		Porsche 956B	Overall victory
Group C2	John O'Steen	John Morton	Yoshimi Katayama	Lola T616	Rank 10
Group B	Philippe Dagoreau	Jean-François Yvon	Pierre de Thoisy	BMW M1	Rank 14
IMSA GTO	Raymond Touroul	Valentin Bertapelle	Thierry Perrier	Porsche 911SC	Rank 17
IMSA GTP	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 72
• Started: 53
• Valued: 22
• Race classes: 5
• Spectators: 150,000
• Honorary starter of the race: Franz Stadler , President of the ADAC
• Race weekend weather: hot and sunny
• Route length: 13.626 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 360
• Distance of the winning team: 4900.276 km
• Winner's average: 204.178 km / h
• Pole position: Bob Wollek - Lancia LC2 (# 4) - 3: 17.110 = 248.864 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Alessandro Nannini - Lancia LC2 (# 4) - 3: 28.900 = 234.818 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round of the 1984 sports car world championship

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

Commons : 24 Hours of Le Mans 1984  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Previous race Silverstone 1000km race 1984

Sports car world championship

Successor race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1984