Le Mans 24 Hours 2005

The Pescarolo C60 with the start number 17, which retired on Sunday around noon after an accident

The Aston Martin DBR9 with the number 58 and Tomáš Enge at the wheel; half an hour before the end of the race the car stopped without fuel on the track

The Pilbeam MP93 with starting number 20

The 73rd 24 Hours of Le Mans , the 73 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also Le Mans 24 Hours, Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans took place from June 18 to 19, 2005 on the Circuit des 24 Heures .

The race

In 2005, the previously superior Audi R8 with the Pescarolo C60 was an equal opponent. Henri Pescarolo took advantage of a loophole in the Le Mans regulations. As with the Dome S101 , the chassis still complied with the old LMP 900 regulations, but the aerodynamics of an LMP1 vehicle of this year. With the Pescarolo C60 Hybrid , Pescarolo suddenly had a victorious LMP1 concept that led to serial successes in the Le Mans Series . As in the previous year , Pescarolo only hired French drivers. The car with starting number 16 was driven by Emmanuel Collard , Jean-Christophe Boullion and Érik Comas . For the car with starting number 17, the signing of the rally world champion Sébastien Loeb , who was already very popular in France at the time, succeeded ; Soheil Ayari and Éric Hélary started with him .

As in previous years, the Audi R8s were used by private teams. Two vehicles were registered by the US Champion Racing Team. ORECA took over a third vehicle . For the Audi's, the air flow rate of the turbocharger was restricted, and the racing cars had to start with an additional weight of 50 kg.

In practice, the Pescarolo C60 were significantly faster than the R8. On his pole position lap, Emmanuel Collard was three seconds ahead of the best Audi with Allan McNish at the wheel with a time of 3: 34.715 minutes . In the race, the two French LMP-1 prototypes started from the front row were not stable enough. Problems with the gearbox in particular caused problems for the car. In the end, the car with the number 16 was two laps short of the winning car in which Tom Kristensen celebrated his seventh and Marco Werner his first overall victory.

Results

Pilots by nationality

39 French	31 British	17 Americans	10 Germans	7 Japanese
7 Dutch	6 Italians	5 danes	4 Canadians	4 Portuguese
3 Belgians	3 Swiss	3 Russians	1 Australian	1 Brazilian
1 fin	1 Monegasse	1 New Zealander	1 Saudi	1 Swede
1 Czech

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	LMP1	3	ADT Champion Racing	Tom Kristensen JJ Lehto Marco Werner	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	M.	370
2	LMP1	16	Pescarolo sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Érik Comas	Pescarolo C60 Hybrid	Judd GV5 5.0L V10	M.	368
3	LMP1	2	ADT Champion Racing	Frank Biela Allan McNish Emanuele Pirro	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	M.	364
4th	LMP1	4th	Audi PlayStation Team Oreca	Franck Montagny Jean-Marc Gounon Stéphane Ortelli	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	M.	362
5	GT1	64	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8	M.	349
6th	GT1	63	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Massimiliano Papis Johnny O'Connell	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8	M.	347
7th	LMP1	10	Racing for Holland	Jan Lammers Elton Julian John Bosch	Dome S101	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	D.	346
8th	LMP1	12	Courage Compétition	Dominik brother-in-law Alexander Frei Christian Vann	Courage C60 Hybrid	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	Y	339
9	GT1	59	Aston Martin Racing	David Brabham Stéphane Sarrazin Darren Turner	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	333
10	GT2	71	Alex Job Racing	Mike Rockenfeller Marc Lieb Leo Hindery	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Y	332
11	GT2	90	Petersen Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Timo Bernhard	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.	331
12	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Patrice Goueslard Olivier Dupard Vincent Vosse	Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 5.9L V12	M.	324
13	GT2	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.	323
14th	LMP1	7th	Creation Autosportif Ltd.	Nicolas Minassian Jamie Campbell-Walter Andy Wallace	DBA 03S	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	M.	322
15th	GT2	76	IMSA performance	Raymond Narac Sébastien Dumez Romain Dumas	Porsche 911 GT3 RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.	322
16	LMP1	18th	Rollcentre Racing	Martin Short João Barbosa Vanina Ickx	Dallara SP1	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	M.	318
17th	GT1	61	Russian Age Racing	Nikolai Fomenko Alexey Vasilyev Christophe Bouchut	Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 5.9L V12	M.	315
18th	GT2	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Jérôme Policand Christopher Campbell	Porsche 911 GT3 RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.	311
19th	GT2	89	Sebah Automotive Ltd.	Lars-Erik Nielsen Thorkild Thyrring Pierre Ehret	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.	307
20th	LMP2	25th	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton Warren Hughes	MG-Lola EX264	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	M.	305
21st	LMP2	36	Paul Belmondo Racing	Karim A. Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Adam Sharpe	Courage C65	Ford AER 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	300
22nd	LMP2	37	Paul Belmondo Racing	Didier André Paul Belmondo Rick Sutherland	Courage C65	Ford AER 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	294
23	GT2	83	Seikel Motorsport	Philip Collin David Shep Horst Felbermayr, Sr.	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Y	274
24	LMP2	30th	Kruse Motorsport	Tim Mullen Ian Mitchell Phil Bennett	Courage C65	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	P	268
Not classified
25th	LMP1	9	Team iota	Sam Hignett John Stack Haruki Kurosawa	Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	D.	325
26th	GT2	95	Racesport Peninsula TVR	John Hartshorne Richard Stanton Piers Johnson	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR Speed ​​Six 4.0L I6	D.	256
27	LMP2	24	Rachel Welter	Yōjirō Terada Patrice Roussel William Binnie	WR LMP04	Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4	P	233
Failed
28	GT1	58	Aston Martin Racing	Peter Kox Pedro Lamy Tomáš Enge	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	327
29	LMP1	17th	Pescarolo sport	Soheil Ayari Éric Hélary Sébastien Loeb	Pescarolo C60 Hybrid	Judd GV5 5.0L V10	M.	288
30th	GT2	92	Cirtek Motorsport	Stefan Eriksson Joe Macari Rob Wilson	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari F131 3.6L V8	D.	218
31	LMP1	5	Jim Gainer International	Ryō Michigami Seiji Ara Katsutomo Kaneishi	Dome S101Hb	Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8	D.	193
32	GT2	78	Panoz Motor Sports	Patrick Bourdais Bryan Sellers Marino Franchitti	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford Élan 5.0L V8	P	185
33	LMP2	35	G-Force Racing Bokkenrijders	Val Hillebrand Frank Hahn Gavin Pickering	Courage C65	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	D.	183
34	GT2	92	T2M motorsport	Yutaka Yamagishi Xavier Pompidou Jean-Luc Blanchemain	Porsche 911 GT3 RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.	183
35	LMP1	8th	Rollcentre Racing	Michael Krumm Bobby Verdon-Roe Harold Primat	Dallara SP1	Nissan 3.6L Turbo V8	M.	133
36	LMP2	32	Intersport Racing	Liz Halliday Sam Hancock Gregor Fisken	Lola B05 / 40	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	G	119
37	LMP2	34	Miracle Motorsports	John Macaluso Ian James Andy Lally	Courage C65	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	K	115
38	LMP2	31	Noël del Bello Racing	Romain Iannetta Christophe Pillon Ni Amorim	Courage C65	CG- Mecachrome 3.4L V8	M.	99
39	GT1	69	JMB Racing	Jean-René de Fournoux Stéphane Daoudi Jim Matthews	Ferrari 575 GTC	Ferrari F133 6.0L V12	P	84
40	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron BV	Tom Coronel Peter van Merksteijn Donny Crevels	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8	D.	76
41	GT2	93	Scuderia Ecosse	Andrew Kirkaldy Nathan Kinch Anthony Reid	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari F131 3.6L V8	P	70
42	GT1	51	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Christian Pescatori Miguel Ramos	Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 5.9L V12	P	67
43	GT1	52	BMS Scuderia Italia	Michele Bartyan Matteo Malucelli Toni Seiler	Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 5.9L V12	P	60
44	LMP2	23	Gérard Welter	Jean-Bernard Bouvet Robert Julien Sylvain Boulay	WR LMP04	Peugeot ES9J4S 3.4L V6	P	53
45	LMP1	13	Courage Compétition	Jonathan Cochet Shinji Nakano Bruce Jouanny	Courage C60 Hybrid	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	Y	52
46	LMP2	20th	Pir Competition	Pierre Bruneau Marc Rostan Philippe Haezebrouck	Pilbeam MP93	JPX 3.4L V6	M.	32
47	LMP2	39	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Bob Berridge Gareth Evans Peter Owen	Lola B05 / 40	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	D.	30th
48	LMP2	33	Intersport Racing	Juan Barazi Sergei Slobin Bastien Brière	Courage C65	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	30th
49	GT2	77	Panoz Motor Sports	Bill Auberlen Robin Liddell Scott Maxwell	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford Élan 5.0L V8	P	27

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
50	LMP2	45	Lucchini Engineering Srl.	Fabrizio Peroni Marco Savoldi Filippo Francioni	Lucchini XV	Judd XV675 3.4L V8
51	LMP1	14th	Team Nasamax	Robbie Stirling Werner Lupberger Kevin McGarrity	Nasamax DM139	Judd GV4 4.0L V10
52	GT1	55	ACEMCO Motorsports	Terry Borcheller Johnny Mowlem Ralf Kelleners	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8
53	GT1	60	Larbre Compétition		Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 5.9L V12
54	LMP1	11	Racing for Holland		Dome S101	Judd GV4 4.0L V10
55	GT2	99	GPC Sport Srl.	Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari F131 3.6L V8
56	GT1	65	Graham Nash Motorsport	Matteo Bobbi Stéphane Lémeret Ricky Cole Paolo Ruberti	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8
57	GT2	86	Spyker Squadron BV	Frank Munsterhuis Marc Goossens Michael Bleekemolen	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8
58	GT2	75	Perspective Racing Thierry Perrier		Porsche 911 GT3 RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
59	LMP1		Arena motorsport		Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
60	LMP1		Fred Goddard Racing		Reynard MP900	Judd GV4 4.0L V10
61	LMP1		Lister Racing Team	Justin Keen	Lister Storm LMP	Chevrolet LS1 6.0L V8
62	LMP1		Team Essex Invest	Casper Elgaard Hayanari Shimoda John Nielsen	Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
63	LMP2		BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Jean-Philippe Belloc	Courage C65	CG-Mecachrome 3.4L V8
64	LMP2		Binnie Motorsports	William Binnie	Lola B05 / 40	Nicholson McLaren V8
65	GT2		Team LNT	Jonny Kane Lawrence Tomlinson	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR Speed ​​Six 4.0L I6
66	GT2		Team LNT	Mark Hynes Patrick Pearce Richard Dean	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR Speed ​​Six 4.0L I6
67	LMP1		Dyson Racing Team	James Weaver Butch Leitzinger Chris Dyson Guy Smith	MG-Lola EX257	MG AER XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
68	GT1		Amprex Motorsport	Genji Hashimoto Norman Simon	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini L535 6.0L V12
69	GT1		Carsport Holland	Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin Mike Hezemans	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8
70	GT1		Gianpaolo Coppi	Jean-Denis Delétraz Andrea Piccini Jaime Melo Jean-Philippe Belloc	Ferrari 575 GTC	Ferrari F133 6.0L V12
71	GT2		British American Motorsports	Tony Burgess Martin Jensen	Porsche 911 GT3 RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
72	GT2		Group M	Tim Sugden Jonathan Cocker	Porsche 911 GT3 RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
73	GT2		Bernard Jubin		Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
74	LMP2		Team Durango
75	LMP2		Tracsport	John Gaw John Ingram Rick Pearson	Courage C65	Ford AER 2.0L Turbo I4
76	GT1		Barron Connor Racing		Ferrari 575 GTC	Ferrari F133 6.0L V12
77	GT1		Choro-Q Racing Team
78	GT1		BAM Motorsport	Leo Hindery	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
79	GT1		PK Sport		Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
80	GT1		The Racers Group		Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	JJ Lehto	Marco Werner	Tom Kristensen	Audi R8	Overall victory
LMP2	Thomas Erdos	Mike Newton	Warren Hughes	MG-Lola EX264	Rank 20
GT1	Oliver Gavin	Olivier Beretta	Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Rank 5
GT2	Mike Rockenfeller	Marc Lieb	Leo Hindery	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Rank 10

Racing data

• Registered: 80
• Started: 49
• Valued: 24
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 230,000
• Honorary starter of the race: Martin Winterkorn , CEO of Audi AG
• Race weekend weather: very hot and dry
• Route length: 13,650 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 01: 30.901 hours
• Rounds of the winning team: 370
• Distance of the winning team: 5050.500 km
• Winner's average: 210.216 km / h
• Pole position: Emmanuel Collard - Pescarolo C60 Hybrid (# 16) - 3: 34.715 = 228.862 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jean-Christophe Boullion - Pescarolo C60 Hybrid (# 16) - 3: 34.968 = 228.592 km / h
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre: Les 24 heures du Mans 2005 . Apach, Waterloo 2005, ISBN 2-9303-5435-6 .

Web links

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