Le Mans 2000 24 hour race

Audi R8 with starting number 8; Winning car from Frank Biela , Tom Kristensen and Emanuele Pirro

The Corvette Racing trio Franck Fréon, Andy Pilgrim and Kelly Collins finished 10th overall in a Chevrolet Corvette C5-R

Lola B2 / K10

The 68th 24-hour race of Le Mans , the 68 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also 24 Heures du Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans , took place from June 17th to 18th, 2000 on the Circuit des 24 Heures .

The race

After the factory withdrawal of Porsche after the overall victory in 1998 , BMW , Mercedes-AMG , Toyota Motorsport and Nissan Motorsports International also discontinued the sports car programs in 1999 for various reasons. To the remaining Joest Racing Team , which handled the races for Audi , General Motors did come to Le Mans with a new Le Mans prototype . The US team, with the Cadillac Northstar LMP , was given just as little chance of overall victory as Panoz , another team from the US .

Audi had refrained from further developing the closed R8C and concentrated entirely on the open R8 . The R8 of 2000, however, was a completely new car, with a new body and an improved 3.8-liter V8 - turbo engine . Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish , who received long-term contracts, were signed on as the current Audi factory drivers .

Another new LMP car was the Reynard 2KQ . This vehicle could also be adapted for the smaller LMP class. The French racing organization Course relied on a 2-liter VW engine . It was the first time that the German automobile company appeared in Le Mans. At Panoz, Mario Andretti , now 60 years old, tried again to achieve his great goal of overall victory.

As expected, the Audi were without competition. The only tension arose from the open battle between the three R8s. In the end, the trio Tom Kristensen / Frank Biela / Emanuele Pirro won with one lap ahead of their teammates Laurent Aïello / Allan McNish / Stéphane Ortelli . In third place, Christian Abt , Michele Alboreto and Rinaldo Capello completed Audi's total triumph.

Results

Pilots by nationality

44 French	18 Americans	12 Japanese	11 Belgians	11 Germans
11 Italians	7 Dutch	6 British	5 Canadians	4 danes
3 Swiss	3 Spaniards	2 Monegasque	2 South Africans	1 Australian
1 Moroccan	1 Portuguese	1 Austrian	1 Swede

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	LMP900	8th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	M.	368
2	LMP900	9	Audi Sport Team Joest	Laurent Aïello Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	M.	367
3	LMP900	7th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Christian Abbot Michele Alboreto Rinaldo Capello	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	M.	365
4th	LMP900	16	Pescarolo sport	Olivier Grouillard Sébastien Bourdais Emmanuel Clérico	Courage C52	Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6	M.	344
5	LMP900	12	Panoz Motorsports	Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Kato Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	M.	342
6th	LMP900	23	TV Asahi Team Dragon	Toshio Suzuki Masami Kageyama Masahiko Kageyama	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	M.	340
7th	GTS	51	Viper Team Oreca	Dominique Dupuy Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M.	333
8th	LMP900	22nd	TV Asahi Team Dragon	Keiichi Tsuchiya Akira Iida Masahiko Kondō	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	M.	330
9	GTS	53	Viper Team Oreca	David Donohue Ni Amorim Anthony Beltoise	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M.	328
10	GTS	64	Corvette Racing	Franck Fréon Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8	G	327
11	GTS	63	Corvette Racing	Chris Kneifel Ron Fellows Justin Bell	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8	G	326
12	GTS	52	Viper Team Oreca	Tommy Archer Marc Duez Patrick Huisman	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M.	324
13	GTS	57	Carsport Holland	Mike Hezemans David Hart Hans Hugenholtz Junior	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M.	317
14th	GTS	60	Konrad Motorsport	Charles Slater Tommy Kendall Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	D.	317
15th	LMP900	11	Panoz Motorsports	David Brabham Jan Magnussen Mario Andretti	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	M.	315
16	GT	73	Team Taisan Advan	Hideo Fukuyama Atsushi Yogō Bruno Lambert	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Y	310
17th	GT	82	Skea Racing International	Johnny Mowlem David Murry Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	P	304
18th	GT	76	Seikel Motorsport	Max Cohen-Olivar Michel Neugarten Tony Burgess	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.	302
19th	LMP900	3	Team DAMS	Éric Bernard Emmanuel Collard Franck Montagny	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8	P	300
20th	LMP900	6th	Mopar Team Oreca	Didier Theys Jeffrey Van Hooydonk Didier André	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Chrysler Mopar 6.0L V8	M.	292
21st	LMP900	1	Team Cadillac	Franck Lagorce Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8	P	291
22nd	LMP900	2	Team Cadillac	Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli Eric van de Poele	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8	P	287
23	GT	79	Perspective Racing	Thierry Perrier Jean-Louis Ricci Romano Ricci	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	P	286
24	GT	80	M1 Club-Renstal Excelsior	Philippe Verellen Rudi Penders Kurt Dujardyn	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	P	285
25th	LMP675	32	Multimatic Motorsports	Scott Maxwell John Graham Greg Wilkins	Lola B2K / 40	Nissan AER VQL 3.0L V6	P	274
26th	LMP675	36	Rachel Welter	Richard Balandras Yōjirō Terada Sylvain Boulay	WR LMP	Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	266
27	GT	75	Manthey Racing	Mike Brockman Michael Lauer Gunnar Jeannette	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.	261
Not classified
28	LMP900	10	Team Den Blå Avis	John Nielsen Mauro Baldi Klaus Graf	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	P	205
Disqualified
29	GT	83	Dick Barbour Racing	Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.	319
Failed
30th	GTS	59	Freising Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Yukihiro Hane Katsunori Iketani	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	D.	313
31	GT	81	Haberthur Racing	Gabrio Rosa Michel Ligonnet Fabio Babini	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	P	310
32	LMP900	17th	SMG Compétition	Philippe Gache Gary Formato Didier Cottaz	Courage C60	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	P	219
33	GTS	56	Team Goh	Walter Brun Toni Seiler Christian Gläsel	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M.	210
34	GTS	54	Paul Belmondo Racing	Boris Derichebourg Guy Martinolle Jean-Claude Lagniez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	D.	180
35	LMP900	15th	Thomas Bscher PhD	Thomas Bscher Geoff Lee's Jean-Marc Gounon	BMW V12 LM	BMW S70 6.0L V12	G	180
36	LMP675	35	Gerard Welter	Xavier Pompidou Stéphane Daoudi Jean-Bernard Bouvet	WR LMP	Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	169
37	LMP900	21st	Team Rafanelli SRL	Domenico Schiattarella Didier de Radiguès Emanuele Naspetti	Lola B2K / 10	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	M.	154
38	LMP900	24	Johansson-Matthews Racing	Stefan Johansson Guy Smith Jim Matthews	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	Y	133
39	GT	72	Repsol Racing Engineering	Tomás Saldaña Jesús Diez de Villarroel Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.	78
40	LMP675	34	Racing Organization Course	Jordi Gené Jean-Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Volkswagen HPT16 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	72
41	LMP675	33	Racing Organization Course	Ralf Kellener's David Terrien Jean-Denis Delétraz	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Volkswagen HPT16 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	44
42	LMP900	20th	Racing for Holland	Jan Lammers Tom Coronel Peter Kox	Lola B2K / 10	Ford Roush 6.0L V8	D.	38
43	GT	77	Larbre Compétition	Patrice Goueslard Christophe Bouchut Jean-Luc Chéreau	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.	34
44	GT	78	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Bernard Chauvin Angelo Zadra	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.	32
45	LMP675	30th	Didier Bonnet	Patrick Lemarié Jean-François Yvon Yann Goudy	Debora LMP200	BMW S50 3.0L I6	A.	24
46	GT	71	Michael Colucci Racing	Shane Lewis Cort Wagner Bob Mazzuoccola	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.	22nd
47	LMP900	4th	Team DAMS	Marc Goossens Christophe Tinseau Kristian Kolby	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8	P	4th
48	LMP900	5	Mopar Team Oreca	Yannick Dalmas Nicolas Minassian Jean-Philippe Belloc	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Chrysler Mopar 6.0L V8	M.	1

Only in the entry list

Here you can find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race, but did not take part for various reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires
49	LMP900	13	Courage Compétition		Courage C60	Nissan 3.5L Turbo V8
50	LMP900	14th	Team Ascari	Robbie Stirling Klaas Zwart Max Wilson	Ascari A410	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	P
51	LMP900	18th	Risi Competizione	Ralf Kellener's Domenico Schiattarella Alex Caffi	Ferrari 333SP	Ferrari F130E 4.0L V12
52	LMP900	19th	Gerard MacQuillan	Gary Ayles Richard Jones Gérard MacQuillan	Harrier LR10-LMP	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	G
53	LMP675	31	Pierre Bruneau	Pierre Bruneau Marc Rostan	Debora LMP299	BMW 3.2L I6	A.
54	GTS	55	TV Asahi Team Tiger	Naoki Hattori Masahiko Kondō Masami Kageyama	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M.
55	GTS	58	Emka GTC	Steve O'Rourke	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12	P
56	GTS	61	Roock Racing International Motorsport	Bruno Eichmann Hugh Price Toshio Suzuki	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	Y
57	GT	70	Tommy Milner BMW Team PTG		BMW M3 PTG		Y
58	GT	74	Manthey Racing	Kersten Jodexnis Gustl Spreng Mathias Weiland	Porsche 911 GT3 Supercup	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	M.
59	LMP900		BMW Motorsport		BMW
60	LMP900		Nismo		Nissan
61	LMP900		Sintura	Richard Dean Kurt Luby	Lola B2K / 10	Ford Roush 6.0L V8
62	LMP900		Sintura		Sintura S99 GTP	Judd GV4 4.0L V10
63	LMP900		Konrad Motorsport	Sascha Maassen	Lola B98 / 10	Ford Roush 6.0L V8
64	LMP900		Dany Snobeck	Alain Cudini	Snobeck sera LMP1	Peugeot Sodemo PRV 3.2L V6
65	LMP900		Courage Compétition		Courage C60	Nissan 3.5L Turbo V8
66	LMP900		Team Cascandia	Ed Zabinski Shane Lewis Vic Rice	Lola B98 / 10	Judd GV4 4.0L V10
67	LMP900		Champion Racing	Dorsey Schroeder	Lola B2K / 10	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M.
68	LMP900		Tampolli Engineering	Denny Zardo Angelo Lancelotti Fabio Mancini	Tampolli SR1	Judd GV4 4.0L V10
69	LMP900		J & P		Reynard 2KQ-LM	Chrysler Mopar 6.0L V8
70	LMP900		Autoexe Motorsports		Autoexe LMP99	Ford Roush 6.0L V8
71	LMP900		Team Ascari		Ascari A410	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	P
72	LMP900		BSM Michel Ferté	Michel Ferté Alain Ferté Pascal Fabre	Ferrari 333SP	Ferrari F130E 4.0L V12
73	LMP900		Jabouille-Bouresche Racing	Christian Pescatori David Terrien	Ferrari 333SP	Ferrari F130E 4.0L V12
74	LMP900		Jabouille-Bouresche Racing		Ferrari 333SP	Ferrari F130E 4.0L V12
75	LMP900		Conrero		Riley & Scott Mk III	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	G
76	LMP900		SRS		Lola B98 / 10	Ford 2.6L Turbo
77	LMP900		BMS Scuderia Italia		Ferrari 333SP	Ferrari F130E 4.0L V12	P
78	LMP900		GLV Brums	Giovanni Lavaggi	Ferrari 333SP	Ferrari F130E 4.0L V12	G
79	LMP900		Team Goh	Keiichi Tsuchiya Masanori Sekiya Toshio Suzuki	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	M.
80	LMP900		GTC Competition		BMW V12 LM	BMW S70 6.0L V12
81	LMP900		Kremer Racing	Christian Gläsel Grant Orbell	Lola B2K / 10	Ford Roush 6.0L V8
82	LMP900		Kremer Racing		Lola B2K / 10	Ford Roush 6.0L V8
83	LMP900		George Robinson	George Robinson Baldwin	Reynard 2KQ	Judd GV4 4.0L V10
84	LMP900		Dyson Racing	James Weaver Rob Dyson Massimiliano Papis Eliott Forbes-Robinson	Reynard 2KQ	Ford Roush 6.0L V8
85	LMP900		Doran Enterprises	Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Mauro Baldi	Reynard 2KQ	Judd GV4 4.0L V10
86	LMP900		Pilbeam Racing Designs Ltd.	Martin Henderson Peter Owen Mark Smithson	Pilbeam MP84	Nissan 3.0L V6	A.
87	LMP675		Scuderia Munich	Martin Krisam	URD	BMW
88	LMP675		SCI	Ranieri Randaccio	Lucchini SR2-99	Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6	P
89	GTS		Chamberlain Engineering	Erik Messley	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M.
90	GTS		Chamberlain Engineering		Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M.
91	GTS		Paul Belmondo Racing	Paul Belmondo Claude-Yves Gosselin Didier Defourny Jean-Claude Lagniez Guy Martinolle	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10
92	GTS		DDO	Jean-Pierre Jarier François Lafon	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10
93	GTS		DDO	Dominique Dupuy David Hallyday François Fiat	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10
94	GTS		Freising Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Bob Wollek Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	D.
95	GTS		Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Christian Ried	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	Y
96	GTS		Cirtek Motorsport		Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	D.
97	GTS		Roock Racing International Motorsport	Claudia Hürtgen André Ahrlé Hubert Haupt	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6
98	GTS		Haberthur Racing		Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6
99	GTS		Cirtek Motorsport	David Warnock Robert Schirle Julian Bailey Tiff Needell Jamie Campbell-Walter Peter Hardman Nicolaus Springer	Lister Storm	Jaguar 7.0L V12
100	GTS		Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Herman Buurman Christian Vann	Marcos Mantara LM600	Chevrolet LT1 5.9L V8
101	GTS		Marcos Racing International	Calum Lockie Wout Reenen Harald Becker	Marcos Mantara LM600	Chevrolet LT1 5.9L V8
102	GTS		Saleen Speedlab	Terry Borcheller Ron Johnson Tim Allen Steve Saleen	Saleen Mustang	Ford 8.0L V8	P
103	GTS				Ferrari 550 Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12
104	GTS		First racing		Ferrari 550 Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12
105	GTS		First racing	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Delétraz	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12	D.
106	GTS		Red Racing		Ferrari 550 Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12
107	GT		Manthey Racing		Porsche 996 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.
108	GT		Lars-Christian Brask	Luc Alphand James Ruffier Luis Marques	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
109	GT		Lars-Christian Brask		Porsche 996 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
110	GT		G-Force	Magnus Wallinder Geoff Lister	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.
111	GT		G-Force		Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.
112	GT		Freising Motorsport	Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.
113	GT		Champion Racing		Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.
114	GT		Repsol Racing Engineering	Paul Newman	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.
115	GT		EMKA		Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	P
116	GT		Chereau Sports	Jean-Luc Chéreau	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.
117	GT		Chereau Sports	Patrick Huisman	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.
118	GT		Estoril Racing Communications	Manuel Monteiro Michel Monteiro	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.
119	GT		John Morrison		Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
120	GT		Parabolica Motorsport		Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
121	GT		Franco Scapini		Ferrari 360 Modena	Ferrari 3.6L V8	P
122	GT		Jabouille-Bouresche Racing		Ferrari 360 Modena	Ferrari 3.6L V8	P
123	GT		TVR		TVR Tuscan GT3
124	GT		Rollcentre Racing		TVR Cerbera GT3

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP900	Frank Biela	Tom Kristensen	Emanuele Pirro	Audi R8	Overall victory
LMP675	Scott Maxwell	John Graham	Greg Wilkins	Lola B2K / 40	Rank 25
GTS	Olivier Beretta	Karl Wendlinger	Dominique Dupuy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Rank 7
GT	Hideo Fukuyama	Atsushi Yogo	Bruno Lambert	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Rank 16

Racing data

• Registered: 124
• Started: 48
• Valued: 27
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 200,000
• Honorary starter of the race: unknown
• Race weekend weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 13.605 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
• Rounds of the winning team: 369
• Distance of the winning team: 5007.988 km
• Winner's average: 208.630 km / h
• Pole position: Allan McNish - Audi R8 (# 9) - 3: 36.124 = 225.332 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Allan McNish - Audi R8 (# 9) - 3: 37.359 = 227.771 km / h
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre: Les 24 heures du Mans 2000. Editions GSN, Brussels 2000, ISBN 2-940125-74-0 .

Web links

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