Le Mans 24 Hours 2006

The victorious Audi R10 TDI of Frank Biela , Marco Werner and Emanuele Pirro during practice

The pit area during night training on the Wednesday before the race

The Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R with starting number 85

The 74th 24-hour race at Le Mans , the 74 ^s Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , and 24 Heures du Mans, Le Mans , was from 17 to 18 June 2006 the Circuit des 24 Heures instead of.

The race

After the Audi R8 was no longer used, Audi came to Le Mans with a completely new vehicle and engine concept. The Audi R10 TDI presented in Paris on December 13, 2005 was powered by a newly developed, 5.5-liter, twelve-cylinder TDI engine with twin- turbo charging . With over 475 kW and 1200 Newton meters, the Le Mans prototype exceeded the performance data of its successful predecessor, the R8. The V12 engine housing was made entirely of aluminum .

During the first race, the Sebring 12-hour race , there were unexpected problems. Problems with the radiators occurred in both vehicles, and one car was even lost during the race due to an engine failure, which is very rare at Audi. R10s that were driven by the Capello / Kristensen / McNish and Biela / Werner / Pirro teams were registered in Le Mans . As in the previous year, the only serious opponents were the Pescarolo C60 by Henri Pescarolo and the Dome S101 by Jan Lammers . At Pescarolo, as in previous years, with Emmanuel Collard , Érik Comas , Nicolas Minassian , Éric Hélary and the now two-time rally world champion Sébastien Loeb, only French sat in the cockpits. In addition to the now 50-year-old Stefan Johansson, Lammers signed the former Malaysian Formula 1 driver Alex Yoong . In the race, the two Audis were clearly superior to the competition. The decision about victory was made by a defective turbocharger on the car with the number 8. This Audi was unable to make up the gap of over ten laps on the second works car. This gave Pescarolo a surprising second place finish.

The LMP2 class was better staffed this year than at previous events. The MG-Lola EX264 owned by Mike Newton , Thomas Erdos and Andy Wallace remained safe in the race. The lead on second class Lola B05 / 42 by William Binnie , Yōjirō Terada and Allen Timpany was 15 laps at the end.

In the GT classes, the teams fought for positions for almost 24 hours. In the GT1 class, the Corvette team, Oliver Gavin / Olivier Beretta / Jan Magnussen , won, up to fourth place overall. For the trio it was the third class win in a row. The GT2 class provided the big surprise. There the newly developed Panoz Esperante GT-LM by Lawrence Tomlinson , Tom Kimber-Smith and Richard Dean narrowly prevailed against the favored Porsches.

Results

Pilots by nationality

30 British	29 French	16 Americans	10 Danes	10 Italians
8 Dutch	8 Japanese	6 Germans	5 Swiss	4 Belgians
3 Brazilians	3 Canadians	3 Portuguese	2 Mongassen	2 Sweden
2 Spaniards	2 Czechs	1 Australian	1 Malay	1 New Zealander
1 Austrian	1 Russian	1 Saudi	1 Slovake

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	LMP1	8th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Frank Biela Marco Werner Emanuele Pirro	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12	M.	380
2	LMP1	17th	Pescarolo sport	Sébastien Loeb Éric Hélary Franck Montagny	Pescarolo C60	Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10	M.	376
3	LMP1	7th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Rinaldo Capello Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12	M.	367
4th	GT1	64	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8	M.	355
5	LMP1	16	Pescarolo sport	Emmanuel Collard Érik Comas Nicolas Minassian	Pescarolo C60	Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10	M.	352
6th	GT1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Tomáš Enge Darren Turner Andrea Piccini	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	350
7th	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Patrice Goueslard Jérôme Policand	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8	M.	346
8th	LMP2	25th	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Andy Wallace	MG-Lola EX264	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	343
9	GT1	62	Russian Age Racing	Antonio García David Brabham Nelson Piquet junior	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	343
10	GT1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Stéphane Sarrazin Stéphane Ortelli	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	342
11	GT1	66	ACEMCO Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem Terry Borcheller Christian Fittipaldi	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8	M.	337
12	GT1	63	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Massimiliano Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8	M.	327
13	LMP2	24	Binnie Motorsports	William Binnie Yōjirō Terada Allen Timpany	Lola B05 / 42	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	M.	326
14th	LMP2	27	Miracle Motorsports	Andy Lally John Macaluso Ian James	Courage C65	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	K	324
15th	GT2	81	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson Tom Kimber-Smith Richard Dean	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Élan 5.0L V8	P	321
16	GT2	83	Seikel Motorsport	Lars-Erik Nielsen Pierre Ehret Dominik Farnbacher	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Y	320
17th	GT2	87	Scuderia Ecosse	Andrew Kirkaldy Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8	M.	311
18th	GT2	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Long Seth Neiman	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.	309
19th	LMP2	33	Intersport Racing	Clint Field Liz Halliday Duncan Dayton	Lola B05 / 40	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	G	297
20th	LMP2	22nd	Rollcentre Racing	Martin Short João Barbosa Stuart Moseley	Radical SR9	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	D.	294
21st	LMP2	32	Barazi epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Neil Cunningham	Courage C65	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	294
22nd	GT2	93	Team Taisan Advan	Kazuyuki Nishizawa Shinichi Yamaji Philip Collin	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Y	291
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23	GT2	73	Gordon Racing Team	Yves-Emmanuel Lambert Christian Lefort Romain Iannetta	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	D.	282
24	LMP1	2	Zytek Engineering	John Nielsen Casper Elgaard Philip Andersen	Zytek 06S	Zytek ZB408 4.0L V8	M.	269
25th	LMP1	19th	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Bob Berridge Gareth Evans Peter Owen	Lola B06 / 10	AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8	D.	267
26th	LMP2	20th	Pir Competition	Marc Rostan Simon Pullan Chris MacAllister	Pilbeam MP93	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	M.	244
27	GT1	53	JLOC Isao Noritake	Marco Apicella Kōji Yamanishi Yasutaka Hinoi	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	Lamborghini L535 6.0L V12	P	283
Failed
28	GT2	89	Sebah Automotive Ltd.	Christian Ried Xavier Pompidou Thorkild Thyrring	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.	256
29	LMP1	9	Creation Autosportif Ltd.	Felipe Ortiz Beppe Gabbiani Jamie Campbell-Walter	Creation CA06 / H	Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10	M.	240
30th	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Jean-Luc Blanchemain Gabriele Gardel	Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 5.9L V12	M.	222
31	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Luca Riccitelli Romain Dumas	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	M.	211
32	GT2	86	Spyker Squadron BV	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans Jonny Kane	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8	M.	202
33	GT1	67	Convers MenX team	Alexey Vasilyev Robert Pergl Peter Kox	Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 5.9L V12	M.	196
34	GT2	91	T2M motorsport	Yutaka Yamagishi Jean-René de Fournoux Miro Konopka	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D.	196
35	LMP2	39	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Miguel Amaral Warren Hughes Miguel Ángel de Castro	Lola B05 / 40	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	D.	196
36	LMP1	6th	Lister Storm Racing	Gavin Pickering Nicolas Kiesa Jens Møller	Lister Storm LMP	Chevrolet LS1 6.0L V8	D.	192
37	LMP1	14th	Racing for Holland	Jan Lammers Alex Yoong Stefan Johansson	Dome S101Hb	Judd GV5 5.0L V10	D.	182
38	LMP1	12	Courage Compétition	Sam Hancock Alexander Frei Gregor Fisken	Courage LC70	Mugen MF458S 4.5L V8	Y	171
39	GT2	90	White Lightning Racing	Jörg Bergmeister Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.	148
40	LMP2	30th	Gérard Welter	Patrice Roussel Frédéric Hauchard Julien Briché	WR LMP04	Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4	P	134
41	LMP1	5	Swiss Spirit	Harold Primat Marcel Fässler Philipp Peter	Courage LC70	Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10	M.	132
42	GT1	61	Russian Age Racing	Tim Sugden Nigel Smith Christian Vann	Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 5.9L V12	M.	124
43	GT2	98	Noël del Bello Racing	Adam Sharpe Patrick Bourdais Tom Cloet	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M.	115
44	LMP2	36	Paul Belmondo Racing	Claude-Yves Gosselin Karim A. Ojjeh Pierre Ragues	Courage C65	Mecachrome 3.4L V8	M.	84
45	LMP2	37	Paul Belmondo Racing	Jean-Bernard Bouvet Didier André Yann Clairay	Courage C65	Mecachrome 3.4L V8	M.	48
46	LMP2	35	G-Force Racing	Franck Hahn Jean-François Leroch Ed Morris	Courage C65	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	D.	47
47	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron BV	Donny Crevels Peter Dumbreck Tom Coronel	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8	M.	40
48	LMP1	13	Courage Compétition	Shinji Nakano Jean-Marc Gounon Haruki Kurosawa	Courage LC70	Mugen MF458S 4.5L V8	Y	35
49	GT2	77	Multimatic Motorsport Team Panoz	Gunnar Jeannette Scott Maxwell Tommy Milner	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Élan 5.0L V8	P	34
50	GT1	69	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Fabio Babini Christian Pescatori	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	P	3
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51	GT2	84	Team Icer Brakes	Jesus Diaz Villaroel Tomás Saldaña Javier Macias	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8	D.	1

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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
52	LMP1	10	Creation Autosportif Ltd.		Creation CA06 / H	Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10	M.
53	LMP2	23	Rollcentre Racing		Radical SR9	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	D.
54	LMP2	31	Rachel Welter		WR LMP2 hybrid	Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4
55	LMP2	40	Kruse Motorsport		Courage C65	Judd XV675 3.4L V8
56	GT2	82	Team LNT		Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Élan 5.0L V8	P
57	GT2	83	Seikel Motorsport	Tim Bergmeister Tony Burgess Phillip Collin	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
58	GT2	94	Flying Lizard Motorsports		Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
59	GT2	94	Farnbacher Racing	Horst Farnbacher Dirk Werner Marco Seefried Ian Baas	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Frank Biela	Marco Werner	Emanuele Pirro	Audi R10 TDI	Overall victory
LMP2	Thomas Erdos	Mike Newton	Andy Wallace	MG-Lola EX264	Rank 8
GT1	Oliver Gavin	Olivier Beretta	Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Rank 4
GT2	Lawrence Tomlinson	Tom Kimber-Smith	Richard Dean	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Rank 15

Racing data

• Registered: 59
• Started: 50
• Valued: 22
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 230,500
• Honorary starter of the race: unknown
• Weather on the race weekend: warm, rain showers
• Route length: 13,650 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
• Rounds of the winning team: 380
• Distance of the winning team: 5187,000 km
• Winner's average: 215,409 km / h
• Pole position: Allan McNish - Audi R10 TDI (# 7) - 3: 30.466 = 222.364 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Tom Kristensen - Audi T10 TDI (# 16) - 3: 31.211
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre: Les 24 heures du Mans 2006 , Apach, Waterloo 2006, ISBN 2-9303-5438-0 .

Web links

Commons : Le Mans 24 Hours 2006  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 24 Heures. After 24 hours. (PDF) Automobile Club de l'Ouest, June 18, 2006, archived from the original on July 1, 2006 ; Retrieved August 2, 2013 .