Le Mans 24 Hours 2015

Winners podium of the first three in the overall ranking. Next to the drivers on the podium (from left): Porsche Head of Development Wolfgang Hatz, the technical director of Joest Racing Ralf Jüttner and Porsche project manager Fritz Enzinger

The victorious Porsche 919 Hybrid at the Hunaudières

The finish of the Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP5 from André Lotterer , Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer . Behind the R-One rebellion by Nicolas Prost , Nick Heidfeld and Mathias Beche

Leading the field on the first lap in Mulsanne, Timo Bernhard in the Porsche 919 Hybrid in the lead in front of his teammates Neel Jani and Nico Hülkenberg , followed by the two Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP5s of Marco Bonanomi and André Lotterer

The winning Chevrolet Corvette C7.R in the LMGTE-Pro class driven by Oliver Gavin , Tommy Milner and Jordan Taylor

The Nissan GT-R LM Nismo, at the wheel Lucas Ordoñez , with starting number 21 and the driver's door cracked open in the early stages of the race. The door could be closed again during a subsequent pit stop

The Toyota TS040 - here the car with the number 2 of Alexander Wurz , Stéphane Sarrazin and Mike Conway - were inferior to the competition this time in the race for overall victory

The SMP-Racing-BR Engineering BR1 from Maurizio Mediani , David Markozov and Nicolas Minassian ; 14th in the general classification and sixth in the LMP2 class

The disqualified CLM P1 / 01 from Team ByKolles

Aston Martin Vantage GTE with the number 98; Paul Dalla Lana had an accident with the car an hour before the end of the race and thus lost the possible victory in the GTE-Am class

The 83rd 24 Hours of Le Mans , the 83 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also World Championship, Rd3, Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France , took place from June 13th to 14th 2015 on the Circuit des 24 Heures .

Before the race

On December 15, 2014, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest announced the first ten invitations for the 56 starting places to be awarded. Those invited include the overall and class winners of the race from the previous year , the overall and class winners in the overall standings of the European Le Mans Series , the Asian Le Mans Series and the United SportsCar Championship . On December 26, 2014, the preliminary schedule for the event was announced.

The first two races of the 2015 season in the FIA World Endurance Championship showed a different picture of the balance of power, especially in the LMP1 class. While Toyota still dominated racing in 2014 with the TS040 Hybrid , this changed in 2015 in favor of Porsche and Audi . Audi won both the race at Silverstone and the endurance race at Spa-Francorchamps . André Lotterer , Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler both remained victorious.

According to the regulations, the LMP1 works teams were obliged to compete with hybrid vehicles. Toyota entered with a further developed version of the TS040 Hybrid. Both Porsche (with the 919 Hybrid ) and Audi (with the Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP5 ) built completely new cars. The fourth manufacturer was Nissan with the Nissan GT-R LM Nismo . A completely different concept was pursued with this car than with the LMP1 factory competitors: the engine of the car was not behind but in front of the driver ( front mid-engine ) and drove the front wheels, while the electric motor was supposed to drive the rear wheels. Due to many problems, Nissan drove the race without an electric motor. They even had to skip the first two races of the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship; the vehicle thus made its racing debut at Le Mans.

Test day

The racing event started on May 31 with the test day. This first day of training was held until 1994 to enable teams and drivers to make their first use on the track for the race of the respective year. After that, these training times were waived for several reasons. In 1994, only 35 racing teams took part on the test day - the fastest at the time was Lionel Robert on a Courage C32LM - and the organizer did not want to close the public road sections to traffic for another two days. The Ligne Droite des Hunaudières (English: Mulsanne Straight ), part of the route départementale D338 (1973-2006 route national N138 / 1824-1973 N158 ) was particularly affected by the suspension during training and races . This road connects the two cities of Le Mans and Tours . As a result of the closures, the daily heavy goods traffic was forced to take longer detours and access to some companies was made more difficult. With the opening of a new section of the A28 autobahn , a large part of everyday traffic was relocated to the autobahn, relieving the old main road. With the introduction of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012 , the test day was also reactivated.

All 56 entries and four racing cars on the reserve list took part in the test. The second KCMG- Oreca 05 (# 49) (pilots: Tomonobu Fujii , Satoshi Hoshino and Christian Klien ), the second Ibañez- Oreca 03 (# 44) (pilots: Yutaka Yamagishi , Pierre Perret , Stéphane Raffin and José Ibañez ), the Gulf Racing- Porsche 911 RSR (# 86) ( Drivers : Mike Wainwright , Adam Carroll and Phil Keen ) and the Formula Rating- Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 (# 60) (Drivers: Johnny Laursen , Mikkel Mac Jensen and Andrea Rizzoli ). There were also two additional AF Corse -Ferrari 458 Italia GT2s as replacement cars for the team and two LMP3 ginettas. The two LMP3 cars were primarily used by Nissan Motorsports pilots who had no knowledge of the route.

The two four-hour sessions took place under mixed weather conditions. Sometimes it rained heavily. Neel Jani first set the fastest time in the first session with a time of 3: 21.945 minutes, which his Porsche team- mate Brendon Hartley improved to 3: 21.061 minutes a little later . Marco Bonanomi achieved the best Audi time with 3: 22.307 minutes. The preliminary tests already showed that Toyota could not keep up with the pace of the competition from Porsche and Audi. For the TS040 Hybrid , times just over 3:25 minutes were possible. The afternoon was marked by heavy rain, so that no meaningful times were possible.

training

The first of the three qualification training sessions took place on June 10th under good external conditions. In the first flying laps, the three Porsche 919 Hybrids in the LMP1 class ensured the fastest training times of the entire weekend. Timo Bernhard first set the best time in 3: 17.767 minutes, which was soon undercut by Neel Jani with 3: 16.887 minutes and which ultimately remained the pole position time . This time corresponded to an average speed of 249.200 km / h. He was more than three seconds faster than Stéphane Sarrazin in 2010 in the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP . Sarrazin drove a time of 3: 19.711 minutes, which corresponded to an average of 245.677 km / h. However, in 2010 Loïc Duval was in the race - also on a Peugeot 908 Hdi FAP - on his fastest race lap by seven tenths of a second faster. Since the installation of the two chicanes on the Hunaudières in 1990 , no driver at Le Mans had driven a lap faster than Jani in 2015. Despite the two chicanes, the highest average speed so far at Le Mans was within reach. In the 1985 by Hans-Joachim Stuck in a Porsche 962 251.815 km / h achieved lacked only 2.5 km / h.

Behind the Porsche prototypes followed the three Audis, led by Loïc Duval and almost three seconds behind the pole position. Stéphane Sarrazin in the Toyota TS040 Hybrid was two seconds behind the fastest Porsche. Nissan played no role, the fastest time of 3: 38.468 minutes was more than twenty seconds behind the pole position time. The number 12 R-One used by Rebellion Racing was surprisingly fast, which was only three seconds behind the Toyotas without hybrid technology.

The fastest LMP2 lap time was also achieved early in the session. Richard Bradley drove a time of 3: 38.032 minutes in the KCMG-Oreca 05 and was one second ahead of the following competition. Aston Martin dominated the GTE classes and ranked first in both the PRO and AM categories. Richie Stanaway set the best time for the professionals with 3: 54.928 minutes. For the amateurs, Pedro Lamy, plagued by chickenpox, set the top time. With 3: 55.102 minutes he was only slightly slower than his teammate Stanaway.

The weather forecast for Thursday predicted bad weather, but the announced rain did not materialize. It quickly became apparent, however, that it was hardly possible to improve the times, so that almost all teams worked exclusively on the race set-up.

Race course

The race started at 3 p.m. local time with the flying start of the 55 vehicles. The number 23 Nissan GT-R LM Nismo, in which Jann Mardenborough was supposed to drive the starting turn, was still in the pits with a technical problem with the clutch , so only 54 cars crossed the starting line. After just a few bends, there was the first change in leadership when Timo Bernhard in the Porsche with the number 17 passed his team-mate Jani on the Hunaudières. Before the second lap came to an end, Nico Hülkenberg in the third Porsche fell back to sixth place behind all three Audis. After the race he explained that at the beginning of the race he needed time to get into the rhythm and had to let the heavily attacking Audi drivers go.

The first retirement in the race occurred after just under an hour of racing and resulted in the first safety car phase . The Manthey -Porsche 911 RSR, which was being driven by Patrick Pilet at the time, lost oil as a result of a drive train defect when approaching the first Hunaudières chicane. On the leaked oil, Alexandre Imperatori collided in the Rebellion R-One with the Strakka-Dome S103 by Johnny Kane . While Imperatori and Kane were able to pit for repairs, the Porsche caught fire and was eliminated. The safety car was sent out so that marshals could apply oil binding agents. After the restart, André Lotterer took the lead in the Audi with the number 7 in quick succession past the two Porsches in front of him. Lotterer lost the lead after the third series of pit stops. While the drivers of all three hybrid Porsches changed after the third stint and a new set of tires was fitted, the Audis only refueled. After only one lap, Lotterer had to return to the pits due to an impending tire damage. As a result, the driver and tires of the number 7 Audi were changed and the vehicle fell back to sixth place in the overall standings.

While Richard Bradley and Tristan Gommendy's Oreca 05s were leading the way in the LMP2 class , there was a close race in the GTE classes between the almost equally fast cars from Aston Martin, Ferrari , Porsche and Chevrolet .

The second safety car phase was initiated by Loïc Duval. On the approach to Indianapolis, the Audi driver ran into a group of slow vehicles that had slowed down their speed because of waved yellow flags. Duval hit the group at high speed and tried to avoid the grass strip to the right. He lost control of the car and crashed into the guardrail on the left . The car was only slightly damaged in the impact and could be repaired within four minutes of Duval's return to the pits, but fell back to eighth place overall. The three safety cars had to be brought onto the track because the damaged guardrail had to be replaced.

Several cars had problems during the second safety car phase. Nicki Thiim , who was in the lead in the LMGTE Pro with the number 95 Aston Martin, pitted with a leaky power steering system and lost the lead. The Proton Porsche with the number 88 broke down due to an engine fire. After the safety cars had been brought back to their starting point, the battle in the GT classes continued unabated. Brendon Hartley in the Porsche took the lead, while Filipe Albuquerque in the Audi with the number 9 set a new lap record in a time of 3: 17.647 minutes. At dusk Romain Dumas braked himself in the Porsche with number 18 in front of the Mulsanne and hit a pile of tires. The damaged front section could be swapped quickly, but the car dropped to fifth place.

The third safety car phase was triggered by Paul-Loup Chatin , who had an accident in the Alpine A450b . When the race started again, Nico Hulkenberg took the lead. This was helped by a one-minute stop-and-go penalty that leader Mark Webber had to take because team-mate Hartley had overtaken Hartley under the yellow flag. All three Nissans had constant technical problems, with the first falling out before half-time.

During the night, the Porsches consistently set faster lap times than the Audis and two cars, the numbers 19 and 17, managed to break away. For Toyota, the race was already decided at this stage. Both TS040s were already two laps behind and could no longer win on their own. A preliminary decision was made on Sunday morning when all three Audis had problems. The fastest car, number 7, lost seven minutes in the pits because part of the rear had to be replaced.

Porsche celebrated a double victory. Overall victory went to Nick Tandy and the two Le Mans debutants Nico Hülkenberg and Earl Bamber . The third Porsche works car won the race; the vehicle that did not regularly take part in the world championship, but was only prepared for Le Mans after its use in Spa.

Class wins

In the LMP2 class, KCMG triumphed with drivers Richard Bradley, Matthew Howson and Nicolas Lapierre . The Oreca 05 of the Chinese KCMG team was looked after by technicians and mechanics from the Oreca team and did not run completely technically without problems. Nevertheless, the car was in the lead for most of the race (Lapierre braked once in the Indianapolis curve, but lost only insignificant time) and finished ninth in the overall standings.

In the GTE Pro class, the decision was made in favor of the only factory that entered the race after the fastest Aston Martin failed due to a gearbox damage on the long-running leading AF Corse Ferrari of Gianmaria Bruni , Giancarlo Fisichella and Toni Vilander , who threw the vehicle far back -Corvette from Oliver Gavin , Tommy Milner and Jordan Taylor (17th place overall).

The decision of the GTE-Am class was particularly dramatic. Almost an hour before the end of the race, car owner Paul Dalla Lana had an accident so badly in the Aston Martin in the Ford chicane before the start and finish that he had to give up the race. A class victory that seemed certain was lost as a result. Victor Shaitar , Aleksey Basov and Andrea Bertolini were able to benefit from this accident and thus achieved a class win in Ferrari Italia (20th place in the overall standings).

The death of Gustav Büsing

As in previous years, Gustav Büsing , journalist and long-time Le Mans team leader at Eurosport , commented on the race in 2015 together with colleagues and the two former racing drivers Frank Biela and Ralf Kelleners . Büsing had commented on the start phase and was also active as a commentator in the early evening . Before another mission early in the morning, he apologized by stating that he was not feeling well. The Audi team doctor who was called up found an acute heart attack and organized the immediate transport to a hospital. After a prompt operation, Büsing's condition worsened and he was placed in an artificial coma. A few days later he was transferred to a Paris clinic, where he died on June 29 of a secondary infarction.

Invitations

Start list

On February 5, 2015, the ACO published a first preliminary starting list with 56 participants plus seven reserve teams.

Start list
No.	team	vehicle	tires	driver
LMP1
1	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	M.	Sébastien Buemi	Anthony Davidson	Kazuki Nakajima
2	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	M.	Alexander Wurz	Stéphane Sarrazin	Mike Conway
4th	Team ByKolles	CLM P1 / 01	M.	Simon Trummer	Pierre Kaffer	Tiago Monteiro
7th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP5	M.	André Lotterer	Benoît Tréluyer	Marcel Fässler
8th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP5	M.	Oliver Jarvis	Lucas di Grassi	Loïc Duval
9	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP5	M.	Marco Bonanomi	Filipe Albuquerque	René Rast
12	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R-One	M.	Nicolas Prost	Mathias Beche	Nick Heidfeld
13	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R-One	M.	Alexandre Imperatori	Dominik Kraihamer	Daniel Dept.
17th	Porsche team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	M.	Timo Bernhard	Mark Webber	Brendon Hartley
18th	Porsche team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	M.	Romain Dumas	Marc Lieb	Neel Jani
19th	Porsche team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	M.	Nico Hulkenberg	Earl Bamber	Nick Tandy
21st	Nissan Motorsports	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	M.	Tsugio Matsuda	Lucas Ordoñez	Mark Schulschizki
22nd	Nissan Motorsports	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	M.	Harry Tincknell	Alex Buncombe	Michael Krumm
23	Nissan Motorsports	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	M.	Max Chilton	Jann Mardenborough	Olivier Pla
LMP2
26th	G-Drive Racing	Ligier JS P2	D.	Roman Rusinov	Julien Canal	Sam Bird
27	SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR1	D.	Maurizio Mediani	David Markozov	Nicolas Minassian
28	G-Drive Racing	Ligier JS P2	D.	Gustavo Yacamán	Ricardo González	Luís Felipe Derani
29	Pegasus Racing	Morgan LMP2	D.	Léo Roussel	David Cheng	Ho-Pin Tung
30th	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	D.	Scott Sharp	Ryan Dalziel	David Heinemeier Hansson
31	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	D.	Ed Brown	Johannes van Overbeek	Jon Fogarty
34	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P2	D.	Chris Cumming	Kévin Estre	Laurens Vanthoor
35	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P2	D.	Jacques Nicolet	Jean-Marc Merlin	Érik Maris
36	Signatech Alpine	Alpine A450b	D.	Nelson Panciatici	Paul-Loup Chatin	Vincent Capillaire
37	SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR1	D.	Mikhail Aleshin	Anton Ladygin	Kirill Ladygin
38	Iota sport	Gibson 015S	D.	Simon Dolan	Mitch Evans	Oliver Turvey
39	Team SARD-Morand	Morgan LMP2 Evo	D.	Christian Klien	Kōki saga	Zoël Amberg
40	Krohn Racing	Ligier JS P2	M.	Tracy Krohn	Niclas Jönsson	João Barbosa
41	Greaves Motorsport	Gibson 015S	D.	Gary Hirsch	Jon Lancaster	Gaëtan Paletou
42	Strakka Racing	Strakka Dome S103	M.	Nick Leventis	Danny Watts	Jonny Kane
43	Team SARD-Morand	Morgan LMP2 Evo	D.	Oliver Webb	Pierre Ragues	Zoël Amberg
45	Ibañez Racing	Oreca 03R	D.	José Ibañez	Ivan Bellarosa	Pierre Perret
46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 05	D.	Pierre Thiriet	Ludovic Badey	Tristan Gommendy
47	KCMG	Oreca 05	D.	Matthew Howson	Richard Bradley	Nicolas Lapierre
48	Murphy prototypes	Oreca 03R	D.	Karun Chandhok	Nathanaël Berthon	Mark Patterson
LMGT-Pro
51	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M.	Gianmaria Bruni	Toni Vilander	Giancarlo Fisichella
63	Corvette Racing GM	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M.	Jan Magnussen	Antonio García	Ryan Briscoe
64	Corvette Racing GM	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M.	Oliver Gavin	Tommy Milner	Jordan Taylor
71	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M.	Davide Rigon	James Calado	Olivier Beretta
91	Porsche Team Manthey	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Richard Lietz	Michael Christensen	Jörg Bergmeister
92	Porsche Team Manthey	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Patrick Pilet	Frédéric Makowiecki	Wolf Henzler
95	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M.	Nicki Thiim	Christoffer Nygaard	Marco Sørensen
97	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M.	Darren Turner	Stefan Mücke	Rob Bell
99	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M.	Fernando Rees	Alex MacDowall	Richie Stanaway
LMGT-Am
50	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M.	Gianluca Roda	Paolo Ruberti	Kristian Poulsen
53	Riley Motorsports-TI Auto	SRT Viper GTS-R	M.	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Ben Keating	Marc Miller
55	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M.	Duncan Cameron	Matt Griffin	Alex Mortimer
61	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M.	Peter Ashley Mann	Raffaele Gianmaria	Matteo Cressoni
62	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M.	Bill Sweedler	Townsend Bell	Jeff Segal
66	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	D.	Cuba Giermaziak	Abdulaziz Al Faisal	Michael Avenatti
67	Team AAI	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	M.	Jun-san Chen	Alex Kapadia	Xavier Maassen
68	Team AAI	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	M.	Han-Chen Chen	Gilles Vannelet	Mike Parisy
72	SMP Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M.	Victor Shaitar	Aleksey Basov	Andrea Bertolini
77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Patrick Dempsey	Patrick Long	Marco Seefried
83	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M.	François Perrodo	Emmanuel Collard	Rui Águas
88	Abu Dhabi Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Christian Ried	Klaus Bachler	Khaled Al Qubaisi
96	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M.	Roald Goethe	Stuart Hall	Francesco Castellacci
98	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M.	Paul Dalla Lana	Pedro Lamy	Mathias Lauda

Reserve vehicles

As in previous years, the ACO published a list of reserve vehicles at the same time as the first preliminary start list. Three LMP and four GT teams were put on the list and were given the opportunity to replace those teams that were unable to take part in the race for various reasons. The LMP reservists were only allowed to replace vehicles of the LMP1 and LMP2 class, just as the GT reservists were only allowed to replace GT vehicles. The advancement takes place in the order of the nomination.

class	No.	team	vehicle	Nominated driver
LMP2	25th	Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2	Rudolf Munemann
LMP2	44	Ibañez Racing	Oreca 03	Pierre Perret
LMP2	49	KCMG	Oreca 03	Alexandre Imperatori
LMGT-AM	53	Riley Motorsports-TI Automotive	SRT Viper GTS-R	Jeroen Bleekemolen
LMGT-AM	60	Formula racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Johnny Laursen
LMGT-AM	65	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	Wolf Henzler
LMGT-AM	86	Gulf Racing UK	Porsche 911 RSR	Mike Wainwright

Training times

qualification

Item	class	No.	team	Qualification 1	Qualification 2	Qualification 3	Residue	Launch site
1	LMP1	18th	Porsche team	3: 16.887	3: 20.974	3: 21.119		1
2	LMP1	17th	Porsche team	3: 17.767	3: 20.980	3: 21.065	+ 0.880	2
3	LMP1	19th	Porsche team	3: 19.297	3: 18.862	3: 22.097	+ 1.975	3
4th	LMP1	8th	Audi Sport Team Joest	3: 19.866	3: 21.681	3: 22.678	+ 2.979	4th
5	LMP1	7th	Audi Sport Team Joest	3: 21.839	3: 20.561	3: 20.967	+ 3.674	5
6th	LMP1	9	Audi Sport Team Joest	3: 21.081	3: 22.494	3: 20.997	+ 4.110	6th
7th	LMP1	2	Toyota Racing	3: 23.543	3: 26.380	3: 23.738	+ 6.656	7th
8th	LMP1	1	Toyota Racing	3: 23.767	3: 25.233	3: 24.562	+ 6.880	8th
9	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	3: 26.874	3: 28.745	3: 28.053	+ 9.987	9
10	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	3: 31.933	3: 38.044	3: 28.930	+ 12.043	10
11	LMP1	4th	Team ByKolles	3: 40.368	3: 36.825	3: 37.167	+ 19.938	29
12	LMP1	22nd	Nissan Motorsports	3: 41,400	3: 42.230	3: 36.995	+ 20.108	30th
13	LMP1	23	Nissan Motorsports	3: 38.468	3: 38.954	3: 37.291	+ 20.404	31
14th	LMP2	47	KCMG	3: 38.032	3: 40.624	3: 39.147	+ 21.145	11
15th	LMP1	21st	Nissan Motorsports	3: 51.289	3: 39.992	3: 38.691	+ 21.804	32
16	LMP2	26th	G-Drive Racing	3: 39.867	3: 47.713	3: 38.939	+ 22.052	12
17th	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	3: 38.958	3: 44.123	3: 41.722	+ 22.071	13
18th	LMP2	38	Iota sport	3: 39.004	3: 45.770	3: 40.920	+ 22.117	14th
19th	LMP2	36	Signatech-Alpine	3: 40.438	3: 41.477	3: 39.699	+ 22.812	15th
20th	LMP2	46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	3: 39.923	3: 40.441	3: 39.805	+ 23.036	16
21st	LMP2	34	OAK Racing	3: 40.058	3: 43.853	3: 40.078	+ 23.171	17th
22nd	LMP2	48	Murphy prototypes	3: 44.513	3: 41.827	3: 40.690	+ 23.803	18th
23	LMP2	28	G-Drive Racing	3: 40.967	3: 46.504	3: 42.053	+ 24.080	19th
24	LMP2	43	Team SARD-Morand	3: 42.015	no time	3: 41.250	+ 24.363	20th
25th	LMP2	29	Pegasus Racing	3: 42.023	3: 43.824	3: 43.850	+ 25.136	21st
26th	LMP2	27	SMP Racing	3: 42.077	3: 54.065	3: 43.729	+ 25.190	22nd
27	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	3: 42.237	3: 44.704	3: 43.750	+ 25,350	23
28	LMP2	37	SMP Racing	3: 42.417	3: 52.383	3: 43.549	+ 25.530	24
29	LMP2	30th	Extreme speed motorsports	3: 44.675	3: 42.862	3: 42.453	+ 25,566	25th
30th	LMP2	31	Extreme speed motorsports	3: 46.165	3: 44.631	3: 46.585	+ 27.744	26th
31	LMP2	40	Krohn Racing	3: 44.899	3: 44.854	3: 45.491	+ 27.967	27
32	LMP2	45	Ibañez Racing	3: 45.450	no time	3: 48.220	+ 28.463	33
33	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	3: 52.843	3: 59.244	3: 53.995	+ 35,956	28
34	LMGTE Pro	99	Aston Martin Racing	3: 54.928	3: 59.263	3: 57.041	+ 38.041	34
35	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	3: 59.815	3: 57.503	3: 55.025	+ 38.138	35
36	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	3: 55.102	4: 00,110	3: 59.081	+ 38.215	36
37	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	3: 55.466	3: 57.447	3: 57.219	+ 38.579	37
38	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	3: 57.216	3: 58.398	3: 55.582	+ 38.695	54
39	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	3: 55.783	3: 58.983	3: 55.848	+ 38.896	38
40	LMGTE Pro	63	Corvette Racing GM	3: 55.963	3: 59.754	no time	+ 39.076	WD
41	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche Team Manthey	3: 57.192	3: 57.843	3: 56.618	+ 39.731	39
42	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	3: 56.723	4: 03.641	3: 57.844	+ 39.836	40
43	LMGTE Am	72	SMP Racing	3: 57.271	3: 58.837	3: 56.877	+ 39.990	41
44	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche Team Manthey	3: 57.667	3: 58.721	3: 56.922	+ 40.035	42
45	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing GM	3: 57.081	4: 00.025	3: 58.689	+ 40.194	43
46	LMGTE Am	53	Riley Motorsport-TI car	3: 59.054	4: 01.501	3: 57.836	+ 40.949	44
47	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	3: 58.822	4: 08.157	3: 57.842	+ 40.955	45
48	LMGTE Am	88	Abu Dhabi Proton Racing	3: 58.259	4: 02.361	3: 58.771	+ 41.372	46
49	LMGTE Am	55	AF Corse	3: 59.091	4: 03.765	3: 58.433	+ 41,546	47
50	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse	4: 02.544	4: 00.311	3: 58.695	+ 41.808	48
51	LMGTE Am	62	Scuderia Corsa	3: 58.946	4: 05.332	4: 03.162	+ 42.059	49
52	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	3: 59.522	4: 02.871	3: 59.566	+ 42.635	50
53	LMGTE Am	66	JMW Motorsport	4: 00.551	4: 03.881	3: 59.612	+ 42.725	51
54	LMGTE Am	96	Aston Martin Racing	4: 01.160	4: 04.193	4: 01.146	+ 44.259	52
55	LMGTE Am	68	Team AAI	4: 03.117	4: 02.789	4: 01.243	+ 44.356	55
56	LMGTE Am	67	Team AAI	4: 04.827	4: 05.137	4: 01.270	+ 44.383	53

Results

Pilots by nationality

31 French	28 British	17 Americans	15 Germans	12 Italians
8 Russians	8 Swiss	7 Danes	5 Austrians	5 Portuguese
4 New Zealanders	3 Brazilians	2 Australians	2 Chinese	2 Japanese
2 Canadians	2 Dutch	2 Spaniards	2 Taiwanese	1 Belgian
1 emirati	1 fin	1 Indian	1 Irish	1 Colombian
1 Mexican	1 Monegasse	1 pole	1 Saudi	1 Swede

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	LMP1	19th	Porsche team	Earl Bamber Nick Tandy Nico Hulkenberg	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0L Turbo V4	M.	395
2	LMP1	17th	Porsche team	Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0L Turbo V4	M.	394
3	LMP1	7th	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP5	Audi 4.0L Turbo Diesel V6	M.	393
4th	LMP1	8th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis	Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP5	Audi 4.0L Turbo Diesel V6	M.	392
5	LMP1	18th	Porsche team	Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0L Turbo V4	M.	391
6th	LMP1	2	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	Toyota 3.7L V8	M.	387
7th	LMP1	9	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marco Bonanomi Filipe Albuquerque René Rast	Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP5	Audi 4.0L Turbo Diesel V6	M.	387
8th	LMP1	1	Toyota Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	Toyota 3.7L V8	M.	386
9	LMP2	47	KCMG	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	358
10	LMP2	38	Iota sport	Simon Dolan Oliver Turvey Mitch Evans	Gibson 015S	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	358
11	LMP2	26th	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Julien Canal Sam Bird	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	358
12	LMP2	28	G-Drive Racing	Gustavo Yacamán Ricardo González Luís Felipe Derani	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	354
13	LMP2	48	Murphy prototypes	Nathanaël Berthon Karun Chandhok Mark Patterson	Oreca 03R	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	347
14th	LMP2	27	SMP Racing	Maurizio Mediani David Markozov Nicolas Minassian	BR Engineering BR1	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	M.	340
15th	LMP2	31	Extreme speed motorsports	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Jon Fogarty	Ligier JS P2	Honda HR28TT 2.8L Turbo V6	D.	339
16	LMP2	45	Ibañez Racing	José Ibañez Pierre Perret Ivan Bellarosa	Oreca 03R	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	337
17th	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing GM	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	M.	337
18th	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Alexandre Imperatori Dominik Kraihamer Daniel Abt	Rebellion R-One	AER P60 2.4L Turbo V6	M.	336
19th	LMP2	29	Pegasus Racing	Léo Roussel Ho-Pin Tung David Cheng	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	M.	334
20th	LMGTE Am	72	SMP Racing	Victor Shaitar Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	M.	332
21st	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon James Calado Olivier Beretta	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	M.	332
22nd	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Patrick Dempsey Patrick Long Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	331
23	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Nick Heidfeld Mathias Beche	Rebellion R-One	AER P60 2.4L Turbo V6	M.	330
24	LMGTE Am	62	Scuderia Corsa	Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Jeff Segal	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	M.	330
25th	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	M.	330
26th	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	M.	330
27	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Christoffer Nygaard Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	M.	330
28	LMP2	30th	Extreme speed motorsports	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel David Heinemeier Hansson	Ligier JS P2	Honda HR28TT 2.8L Turbo V6	D.	329
29	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Jacques Nicolet Jean-Marc Merlin Érik Maris	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	328
30th	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche Team Manthey	Richard Lietz Michael Christensen Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	327
31	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse	Peter Ashley Mann Raffaele Giammaria Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	M.	326
32	LMP2	40	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson João Barbosa	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6L V8	M.	323
33	LMP2	37	SMP Racing	Mikhail Aleshin Kirill Ladygin Anton Ladygin	BR Engineering BR1	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	M.	322
34	LMGTE Pro	99	Aston Martin Racing	Fernando Rees Alex MacDowall Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	M.	320
35	LMGTE Am	68	Team AAI	Han-Chen Chen Gilles Vannelet Mike Parisy	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	320
36	LMGTE Am	66	JMW Motorsport	Cuba Giermaziak Michael Avenatti Abdulaziz Al Faisal	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	D.	320
37	LMGTE Am	67	Team AAI	Jun-San Chen Xavier Maassen Alex Kapadia	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	316
Not classified
38	LMP1	22nd	Nissan Motorsports	Harry Tincknell Alex Buncombe Michael Krumm	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	Nissan VRX30A 3.0L Turbo V6	M.	242
Disqualified
39	LMP1	4th	Team ByKolles	Simon Trummer Pierre Kaffer Tiago Monteiro	CLM P1 / 01	AER P60 2.4L Turbo V6	M.	260
Failed
40	LMP2	34	OAK Racing	Chris Cumming Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Ligier JS P2	Honda HR28TT 2.8L Turbo V6	D.	329
41	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	M.	321
42	LMGTE Am	53	Riley Motorsports-TI Auto	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Marc Miller	Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R	Dodge 8.0L V10	M.	304
43	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts	Strakka Dome S103	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	264
44	LMGTE Am	55	AF Corse	Duncan Cameron Alex Mortimer Matt Griffin	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	M.	241
45	LMP1	23	Nissan Motorsports	Max Chilton Jann Mardenborough Olivier Pla	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	Nissan VRX30A 3.0L Turbo V6	M.	234
46	LMP2	46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey Tristan Gommendy	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	204
47	LMGTE Am	96	Aston Martin Racing	Roald Goethe Stuart Hall Francesco Castellacci	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	M.	187
48	LMP2	43	Team SARD-Morand	Pierre Ragues Oliver Webb Zoël Amberg	Morgan LMP2 Evo	SARD 3.6L V8	D.	162
49	LMP1	21st	Nissan Motorsports	Tsugio Matsuda Lucas Ordoñez Mark Schulschizki	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	Nissan VRX30A 3.0L Turbo V6	M.	115
50	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine	Nelson Panciatici Paul-Loup Chatin Vincent Capillaire	Alpine A450b	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	110
51	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Rob Bell	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	M.	110
52	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti Kristian Poulsen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	M.	94
53	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Gary Hirsch Jon Lancaster Gaëtan Paletou	Gibson 015S	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	71
54	LMGTE Am	88	Abu Dhabi Proton Racing	Christian Ried Klaus Bachler Khaled Al Qubaisi	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	44
55	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche Team Manthey	Patrick Pilet Frédéric Makowiecki Wolf Henzler	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	14th
Not started
56	LMGTE Pro	63	Corvette Racing GM	Jan Magnussen Antonio García Ryan Briscoe	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	M.	1

¹ accident by Magnussen during training

Only in the entry list

Other registered teams, vehicles and drivers can be found in the start and reserve lists.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Earl Bamber	Nick Tandy	Nico Hulkenberg	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Overall victory
LMP2	Matthew Howson	Richard Bradley	Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 05	Rank 9
LMGTE Pro	Oliver Gavin	Tommy Milner	Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Rank 17
LMGTE Am	Viktor Shaitar	Aleksey Basov	Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Rank 20

Racing data

• Registered: 64
• Started: 55
• Rated: 37
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 263 500
• Honorary starter of the race: William Clay Ford Junior , Chairman of the Ford Motor Company
• Race weekend weather: warm and cloudy, light rain showers
• Route length: 13.629 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 42,785 hours
• Rounds of the winning team: 395
• Distance of the winning team: 5382.820 km
• Winner's average: 224.200 km / h
• Pole position: Neel Jani - Porsche 919 Hybrid (# 18) - 3: 16.887 = 249,200 km / h
• Fastest race lap: André Lotterer - Audi R18 e-tron quattro (# 7) - 3: 17.475 = 248,500 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship

Web links

Commons : Le Mans 24 Hours 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ First invitations for the 2015 race
2. ↑ Preliminary schedule for 2015
3. ↑ Le Mans test day 1994
4. ↑ Le Mans test day 2015
5. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Nico Hülkenberg: Le Mans is the greatest victory of my life. Motorsport-Total.com, June 14, 2015, accessed June 19, 2015 . 
6. ↑ On the death of Gustav Büsing
7. ↑ ACO published a preliminary starting list on February 5, 2015
8. ↑ Kaffer and Liuzzi at Kolles
9. ↑ Monteiro replaces Liuzzi at Kolles
10. ↑ Nissan announces additional drivers for the Le Mans project
11. ^ Driver castling in the Nissan team
12. ↑ ^{a b} Nissan driver teams complete
13. ↑ ^{a b} Nissan announces more drivers for the Le Mans project
14. ↑ OAK Racing with the number 35, with Merlin and Maris in Le Mans ( Memento from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ Mitch Evans starts at Le Mans
16. ↑ SARD-Morand also nominates the third driver ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
17. ^ SARD-Morand did not start
18. ↑ KCMG driver team complete
19. ↑ ^{a b} Successor for start number 39, SARD-Morand
20. ↑ First qualification training
21. ↑ Second qualification training
22. ↑ Starting grid
23. ↑ Notes from the test day - All signs point to Ford
24. ↑ Results at Racing Sports Cars

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