Le Mans 24 Hours 2007

Audi R10 TDI; the winning car with Marco Werner at the wheel during the race

Jacques Villeneuve in the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

A Pescarolo 01 during the technical inspection

75. The 24-hour race at Le Mans , the 75 ^s Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , including 24 Heures Du Mans, Le Mans , was from 16 to 17 June 2007 at the Circuit des 24 Heures instead of.

The race

In 2007 Audi, where the diesel concept was still being pursued with the R10 TDI , received a new opponent in the Peugeot works team . Developed by Peugeot Sport, the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP was presented as a model for the first time at the Paris Motor Show in September 2006 . The race car was a V12 - diesel engine driven with 5.5-liter displacement and an opening angle of 100 °. This gave it an output of around 515 kW (700 hp) and developed a maximum torque of 1,200 Nm. The FAP diesel particulate filter system was taken from series production. The test work was carried out by the experienced Éric Hélary , who was a substitute driver at Le Mans. Two prototypes have been registered for the competition, which of Stéphane Sarrazin , Pedro Lamy , Sebastien Bourdais , Nicolas Minassian , Marc Gené and the Canadian Formula 1 racing driver from 2007 Jacques Villeneuve were piloted. With the 01, a new racing car was also used by Henri Pescarolo .

In the race, the Peugeots could not keep up with the Audi’s pace from the start and had to accept the failure of the car with the number seven on Sunday afternoon after an engine failure. Audi also lost two vehicles. Mike Rockenfeller had an accident on Saturday when it started to rain and permanently destroyed the car. At 7 o'clock in the morning on Sunday, Rinaldo Capello in the Audi with the number 2 lost a wheel when approaching the Indianapolis curve and had to give up too. The engine of the second Peugeot was also already defective just before the end, so that Bourdais waited ten minutes before the start-and-finish straight for the checkered flag, actually forbidden by the regulations, but the officials turned a blind eye.

At the finish, this Peugeot, classified in second place, was ten laps behind the Audi of Marco Werner , Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela , who were able to repeat their previous year's victory.

Results

Pilots by nationality

35 French	34 British	11 Americans	8 Italians	8 Dutch
7 Germans	7 Japanese	7 Swiss	6 Danes	6 Austrians
5 Czechs	4 Canadians	4 Sweden	4 Spaniards	3 Brazilians
3 Portuguese	2 Monegasque	2 Russians	1 Australian	1 Belgian
1 fin	1 Malay	1 Mexican	1 Saudi

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 Diesel	M.	369
2	LMP1	8th	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Sébastien Bourdais	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 Diesel	M.	359
3	LMP1	16	Pescarolo sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Romain Dumas	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	M.	358
4th	LMP1	18th	Rollcentre Racing	Stuart Hall João Barbosa Martin Short	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	D.	347
5	GT1	009	Aston Martin Racing	David Brabham Darren Turner Rickard Rydell	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	343
6th	GT1	63	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Ron Fellows	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8	M.	342
7th	GT1	008	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Christophe Bouchut Fabrizio Gollin Casper Elgaard	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	341
8th	LMP1	15th	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Alex Yoong	Lola B07 / 17	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	M.	338
9	GT1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Johnny Herbert Peter Kox Tomáš Enge	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	337
10	GT1	54	Team Oreca	Laurent Groppi Nicolas Prost Jean-Philippe Belloc	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8	M.	337
11	GT1	100	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabio Babini Jamie Davies Matteo Malucelli	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	P	336
12	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Jérôme Policand Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8	M.	327
13	LMP1	17th	Pescarolo sport	Harold Primate Christophe Tinseau Benoît Tréluyer	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	M.	325
14th	GT1	67	Convers MenX Racing	Alexey Vasilyev Tomáš Kostka Robert Pergl	Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 5.9L V12	P	322
15th	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	M.	320
16	GT1	55	Team Oreca	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari Nicolas Lapierre	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8	M.	318
17th	GT1	59	Team Modena	Antonio García Jos Menten Christian Fittipaldi	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	318
18th	LMP2	31	Binnie Motorsports	William Binnie Allen Timpany Chris Buncombe	Lola B05 / 42	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	K	318
19th	GT2	99	Risi Competizione	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Colin Braun	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8	M.	314
20th	LMP1	19th	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Gareth Evans Bob Berridge Peter Owen	Lola B06 / 10	AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8	M.	310
21st	GT2	93	Autorlando Sport	Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen Allen Simonsen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	P	309
22nd	GT2	78	AF Corse	Joe Macari Ben Aucott Adrian Newey	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8	M.	308
23	GT2	82	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean Rob Bell	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Élan 5.0L V8	P	308
24	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Jean-Luc Blanchemain Didier André Vincent Vosse	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8	M.	306
25th	LMP1	14th	Racing for Holland	Jan Lammers Jeroen Bleekemolen David Hart	Dome S101.5	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	M.	305
26th	LMP1	12	Courage Compétition	Alexander Frei Jonathan Cochet Bruno Besson	Courage LC70	AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8	M.	304
27	LMP2	33	Barazi epsilon	Adrián Fernández Haruki Kurosawa Robbie Kerr	Zytek 07S / 2	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	M.	301
28	GT1	70	PSI Experience	Claude-Yves Gosselin David Hallyday Philipp Peter	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8	P	289
29	GT1	006	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Patrick Bornhauser Roland Bervillé Gregor Fisken	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	272
Failed
30th	LMP1	7th	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Jacques Villeneuve Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 Diesel	M.	338
31	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 Diesel	M.	262
32	LMP2	32	Barazi epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Karim Ojjeh	Zytek 07S / 2	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	M.	252
33	GT2	83	GPC sport	Matthew Marsh Carl Rosenblad Jesús Diez Villarroel	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8	P	252
34	LMP2	25th	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Andy Wallace Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX264	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	251
35	GT2	87	Scuderia Ecosse	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8	P	241
36	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Alain Filhol Bruce Jouanny	Courage LC75	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	224
37	GT2	97	Risi Competizione	Mika Salo Johnny Mowlem Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8	M.	223
38	LMP2	24	Noël del Bello Racing	Vitaly Petrov Romain Iannetta Liz Halliday	Courage LC75	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	M.	198
39	LMP1	13	Courage Compétition	Jean-Marc Gounon Guillaume Moreau Stefan Johansson	Courage LC70	AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8	M.	175
40	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron	Andrea Belicchi Andrea Chiesa Alex Caffi	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8	M.	145
41	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team Racing for Portugal	Miguel Amaral Warren Hughes Miguel Angel de Castro	Lola B05 / 40	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	D.	137
42	LMP2	20th	Pierre Bruneau	Marc Rostan Chris MacAllister Gavin Pickering	Pilbeam MP93	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	M.	126
43	GT2	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Seth Neiman Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	M.	124
44	LMP2	44	Kruse Motorsport	Tony Burgess Jean De Pourtales Norbert Siedler	Pescarolo 01	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	K	98
45	GT2	86	Spyker Squadron	Jaroslav Janiš Mike Hezemans Jonny Kane	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8	M.	70
46	GT2	71	Seikel Motorsport	Horst Felbermayr Horst Felbermayr Jr. Philip Collin	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	Y	68
47	LMP1	5	Swiss Spirit	Marcel Fässler Jean-Denis Delétraz Iradj Alexander	Lola B07 / 10	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	M.	62
48	GT2	81	Team LNT	Tom Kimber-Smith Danny Watts Tommy Milner	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Élan 5.0L V8	P	60
49	LMP2	29	T2M motorsport	Robin Longechal Yutaka Yamagishi Yōjirō Terada	Dome S101.5	Mader 3.4L V8	M.	56
50	LMP1	9	Creation Autosportif Ltd.	Jamie Campbell-Walter Shinji Nakano Felipe Ortiz	Creation CA07	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	D.	55
51	LMP1	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller Alexandre Prémat	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 Diesel	M.	23
52	GT1	64	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Max Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8	M.	22nd
53	LMP2	21st	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Tim Greaves Stuart Moseley Robin Liddell	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	D.	16
54	GT1	53	JLOC Isao Noritake	Kōji Yamanishi Atsushi Yogō Marco Apicella	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini L535 6.0L V12	Y	1
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55	LMP1	10	Arena International Motorsport	Stefan Johansson Hayanari Shimoda Tom Chilton	Zytek 07S / 2	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8		1

¹ accident on the test day

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
56	LMP2	22nd	Rollcentre Racing		Radical SR9	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	D.
57	GT2	77	Felbermayr-Proton team	Marc Lieb Xavier Pompidou	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	M.
58	GT2	84	Chad Peninsula Panoz		Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Élan 5.0L V8	M.
59	GT2	86	IMSA Performance Matmut	Bruno Derlot Vanina Ickx	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	M.
60	GT2	90	Petersen Motorsports	Tim Bergmeister Memo Gidley	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8	M.
61	GT2	92	Thierry Perrier	Thierry Perrier	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	M.
62	GT2	98	Ice Pol Racing Team	Christian Lefort Yves Lambert	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8	P
63	GT2	99	JMB Racing	Ben Aucott Joe Macari Adrian Newey	Ferrari F430 GT	Ferrari F136 4.0L V8	P

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Marco Werner	Emanuele Pirro	Frank Biela	Audi R10 TDI	Overall victory
LMP2	William Binnie	Allan Timpany	Chris Buncombe	Lola B05 / 42	Rank 18
GT1	David Brabham	Rickard Rydell	Darren Turner	Aston Martin DBR9	Rank 5
GT2	Raymond Narac	Richard Lietz	Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Rank 15

Racing data

• Registered: 63
• Started: 54
• Rated: 29
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 250,952
• Honorary starter of the race: unknown
• Weather on the race weekend: warm, rain showers
• Route length: 13.629 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 02: 42,628 hours
• Rounds of the winning team: 369
• Distance of the winning team: 5029.101 km
• Winner's average: 209.152 km / h
• Pole position: Sébastien Bourdais - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 8) - 3: 26.344 = 226.806 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Allan McNish - Audi T10 TDI (# 2) - 3: 27.176
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

Web links

Commons : 24 Hours of Le Mans 2007  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 24 Heures. Race - After 24 hours - Classement provisoire. (PDF) Automobile Club de l'Ouest, June 17, 2007, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; Retrieved August 2, 2013 .