1995 24 Hours of Le Mans

1995 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 63rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 17 and 18 June 1995.

Race

The 1995 race was won by the #59 McLaren F1 GTR driven by Finnish driver JJ Lehto, French driver Yannick Dalmas and Japanese driver Masanori Sekiya entered in the GT1 category. This was the first Le Mans win for a driver from Finland and for a driver from Japan.^[1] The car was already well known for dominating the BPR Global GT Series with customer teams, but the car that won was actually the initial GTR prototype that was on loan to Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing. Mario Andretti's Courage finished second, having been the sentimental favourite of many in the run-up to the race. However the reliability of the production-based McLaren helped it defeat the much faster Le Mans prototypes, although in an interview 20 years later Graham Humphrys, who engineered the race winning car, attributed the win to the rain which fell on the circuit overnight, which eased the stress on the car's relatively fragile transmission, and which also saw a remarkable performance by Lehto, who was as much as 30 seconds a lap faster than his rivals at times. Humphrys also managed to identify the source of the gear selection problems which the Kokusai car and the other McLarens in the race suffered from, working out that the exposed gear linkage mechanism was filling with water and dirt from the wet conditions, and solved the problem by filling the affected area with WD-40 at every pit stop.^[1]

The top three spots in GT2 were taken by Honda NSX, Chevrolet Corvette, and Chevrolet Corvette. The class was showing competitive diversity unlike equivalent classes dominated by the Porsche 911 platform since the middle 1970s.

Official results

Le Mans in 1995

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT1	59	Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing	Yannick Dalmas Masanori Sekiya JJ Lehto	McLaren F1 GTR	M	298
1	GT1	59	Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing	Yannick Dalmas Masanori Sekiya JJ Lehto	BMW S70 6.1L V12	M	298
2	WSC	13	Courage Compétition	Bob Wollek Éric Hélary Mario Andretti	Courage C34	M	297
2	WSC	13	Courage Compétition	Bob Wollek Éric Hélary Mario Andretti	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	M	297
3	GT1	51	Harrods Mach One Racing David Price Racing	Andy Wallace Derek Bell Justin Bell	McLaren F1 GTR	G	296
3	GT1	51	Harrods Mach One Racing David Price Racing	Andy Wallace Derek Bell Justin Bell	BMW S70 6.1L V12	G	296
4	GT1	24	GTC Gulf Racing	Mark Blundell Ray Bellm Maurizio Sandro Sala	McLaren F1 GTR	M	291
4	GT1	24	GTC Gulf Racing	Mark Blundell Ray Bellm Maurizio Sandro Sala	BMW S70 6.1L V12	M	291
5	GT1	50	Giroix Racing Team	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz Olivier Grouillard	McLaren F1 GTR	M	290
5	GT1	50	Giroix Racing Team	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz Olivier Grouillard	BMW S70 6.1L V12	M	290
6	WSC	4	Porsche Kremer Racing	Thierry Boutsen Hans Joachim Stuck Christophe Bouchut	Kremer K8 Spyder	G	289
6	WSC	4	Porsche Kremer Racing	Thierry Boutsen Hans Joachim Stuck Christophe Bouchut	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	289
7	WSC	5	D.T.R. Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yojiro Terada Jim Downing Franck Fréon	Kudzu DG-3	G	282
7	WSC	5	D.T.R. Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yojiro Terada Jim Downing Franck Fréon	Mazda 13B 2.0L 4-Rotor	G	282
8	GT2	84	Team Kunimitsu Honda	Keiichi Tsuchiya Akira Iida Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda NSX	Y	275
8	GT2	84	Team Kunimitsu Honda	Keiichi Tsuchiya Akira Iida Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda 3.0L V6	Y	275
9	GT2	73	Callaway Competition	Enrico Bertaggia Johnny Unser Frank Jelinski	Callaway Corvette SuperNatural	BF	273
9	GT2	73	Callaway Competition	Enrico Bertaggia Johnny Unser Frank Jelinski	Chevrolet 6.3L V8	BF	273
10	GT1	22	NISMO	Hideo Fukuyama Masahiko Kondo Shunji Kasuya	Nissan Skyline GT-R LM	B	271
10	GT1	22	NISMO	Hideo Fukuyama Masahiko Kondo Shunji Kasuya	Nissan 2.6L Turbo I6	B	271
11	GT2	75	Agusta Racing Team	Robin Donovan Eugene O'Brien Riccardo Agusta	Callaway Corvette SuperNatural	D	271
11	GT2	75	Agusta Racing Team	Robin Donovan Eugene O'Brien Riccardo Agusta	Chevrolet 6.3L V8	D	271
12	GT1	34	Pilot Aldix Racing	Michel Ferté Olivier Thévenin Carlos Palau	Ferrari F40 LM	M	270
12	GT1	34	Pilot Aldix Racing	Michel Ferté Olivier Thévenin Carlos Palau	Ferrari 3.0L Turbo V8	M	270
13	GT1	42	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Marc Sourd Hervé Poulain	McLaren F1 GTR	D	266
13	GT1	42	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Marc Sourd Hervé Poulain	BMW S70 6.1L V12	D	266
14	GT1	27	SARD Co. Ltd.	Jeff Krosnoff Marco Apicella Mauro Martini	Toyota Supra LM	D	264
14	GT1	27	SARD Co. Ltd.	Jeff Krosnoff Marco Apicella Mauro Martini	Toyota 3S-GTE 2.1L Turbo I4	D	264
15	GT2	77	Seikel Motorsport	Guy Kuster Karel Dolejsi Peter Seikel	Porsche 911 GT2	P	263
15	GT2	77	Seikel Motorsport	Guy Kuster Karel Dolejsi Peter Seikel	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	263
16	GT2	78	Jean-François Veroux	Eric van de Vyver Didier Ortion Jean-François Veroux	Porsche 911 GT2	G	262
16	GT2	78	Jean-François Veroux	Eric van de Vyver Didier Ortion Jean-François Veroux	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	262
17	GT2	81	Richard Jones	Nick Adams Richard Jones Gerard MacQuillan	Porsche 911 GT2	G	250
17	GT2	81	Richard Jones	Nick Adams Richard Jones Gerard MacQuillan	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	250
18	GT1	41	Ennea SRL Ferrari Club Italia	Gary Ayles Massimo Monti Fabio Mancini	Ferrari F40 GTE	P	237
18	GT1	41	Ennea SRL Ferrari Club Italia	Gary Ayles Massimo Monti Fabio Mancini	Ferrari 3.0L Turbo V8	P	237
19	GT1	54	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Yukihiro Hane Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 993 Bi-Turbo	G	229
19	GT1	54	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Yukihiro Hane Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	229
20	LMP2	14	Didier Bonnet Racing	Patrice Roussel Eduoard Sezionale Bernard Sental	Debora LMP295	M	222
20	LMP2	14	Didier Bonnet Racing	Patrice Roussel Eduoard Sezionale Bernard Sental	Ford Cosworth 2.0L Turbo I4	M	222
21 NC	GT1	44	Venturi Automobiles SA	Jean-Marc Gounon Paul Belmondo Arnaud Trévisiol	Venturi 600LM	M	193
21 NC	GT1	44	Venturi Automobiles SA	Jean-Marc Gounon Paul Belmondo Arnaud Trévisiol	Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6	M	193
22 NC	GT2	71	Team Marcos	David Leslie Chris Marsh François Migault	Marcos Mantara LM600	D	184
22 NC	GT2	71	Team Marcos	David Leslie Chris Marsh François Migault	Chevrolet 6.3L V8	D	184
23 NC	GT1	46	Honda Motor Co. Ltd.	Hideki Okada Philippe Favre Naoki Hattori	Honda NSX GT1	D	121
23 NC	GT1	46	Honda Motor Co. Ltd.	Hideki Okada Philippe Favre Naoki Hattori	Honda 3.0L Turbo V6	D	121
24 DNF	LMP2	9	Welter Racing	William David Jean-Bernard Bouvet Richard Balandras	WR LM94	M	196
24 DNF	LMP2	9	Welter Racing	William David Jean-Bernard Bouvet Richard Balandras	Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4	M	196
25 DNF	GT1	45	Éric Graham	François Birbeau Éric Graham Ferdinand de Lesseps	Venturi 600LM	D	178
25 DNF	GT1	45	Éric Graham	François Birbeau Éric Graham Ferdinand de Lesseps	Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6	D	178
26 DNF	WSC	3	Porsche Kremer Racing	Jürgen Lässig Franz Konrad Antonio Herrmann de Azevedo	Kremer K8 Spyder	G	163
26 DNF	WSC	3	Porsche Kremer Racing	Jürgen Lässig Franz Konrad Antonio Herrmann de Azevedo	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	163
27 DNF	GT1	23	NISMO	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki Masahiko Kageyama	Nissan Skyline GT-R LM	B	157
27 DNF	GT1	23	NISMO	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki Masahiko Kageyama	Nissan 2.6L Turbo I6	B	157
28 DNF	GT1	57	PC Automotive Jaguar	Richard Piper Tiff Needell James Weaver	Jaguar XJ220	D	135
28 DNF	GT1	57	PC Automotive Jaguar	Richard Piper Tiff Needell James Weaver	Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6	D	135
29 DNF	GT2	70	Team Marcos	Chris Hodgetts Thomas Erdos Cor Euser	Marcos Mantara LM600	D	133
29 DNF	GT2	70	Team Marcos	Chris Hodgetts Thomas Erdos Cor Euser	Chevrolet 6.3L V8	D	133
30 DNF	GT1	49	West Competition David Price Racing	John Nielsen Jochen Mass Dr. Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	G	131
30 DNF	GT1	49	West Competition David Price Racing	John Nielsen Jochen Mass Dr. Thomas Bscher	BMW S70 6.1L V12	G	131
31 DNF	GT1	43	BBA Compétition	Emmanuel Clérico Laurent Lecuyer Bernard Chauvin	Venturi 600LM	D	130
31 DNF	GT1	43	BBA Compétition	Emmanuel Clérico Laurent Lecuyer Bernard Chauvin	Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6	D	130
32 DNF	GT1	58	PC Automotive Jaguar	Bernard Thuner Olindo Iaccobelli Win Percy	Jaguar XJ220	D	123
32 DNF	GT1	58	PC Automotive Jaguar	Bernard Thuner Olindo Iaccobelli Win Percy	Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6	D	123
33 DNF	GT2	76	Agusta Racing Team	Thorkild Thyrring Almo Coppelli Patrick Bourdais	Callaway Corvette SuperNatural	D	96
33 DNF	GT2	76	Agusta Racing Team	Thorkild Thyrring Almo Coppelli Patrick Bourdais	Chevrolet 6.3L V8	D	96
34 DNF	GT1	37	Larbre Compétition	Dominique Dupuy Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	M	82
34 DNF	GT1	37	Larbre Compétition	Dominique Dupuy Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	82
35 DNF	GT2	79	Stadler Motorsport	Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Andreas Fuchs	Porsche 911 GT2	P	81
35 DNF	GT2	79	Stadler Motorsport	Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Andreas Fuchs	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	81
36 DNF	GT1	25	GTC Gulf Racing	Pierre-Henri Raphanel Philippe Alliot Lindsay Owen-Jones	McLaren F1 GTR	M	77
36 DNF	GT1	25	GTC Gulf Racing	Pierre-Henri Raphanel Philippe Alliot Lindsay Owen-Jones	BMW S70 6.1L V12	M	77
37 DNF	GT1	36	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Pierre Jarier Jesús Pareja Érik Comas	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	M	64
37 DNF	GT1	36	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Pierre Jarier Jesús Pareja Érik Comas	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	64
38 DNF	GT2	91	Heico Motorsport Kremer Racing	Tomas Saldaña Miguel Ángel de Castro Prince Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón	Porsche 911 GT2	G	63
38 DNF	GT2	91	Heico Motorsport Kremer Racing		Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	63
39 DNF	GT1	30	ZR-1 Corvette Team USA	John Paul Jr. Chris McDougall James Mero	Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1	G	57
39 DNF	GT1	30	ZR-1 Corvette Team USA	John Paul Jr. Chris McDougall James Mero	Chevrolet 6.3L Turbo V8	G	57
40 DNF	GT1	40	Ennea SRL Ferrari Club Italia	Anders Olofsson Luciano Della Noce Tetsuya Ota	Ferrari F40 GTE	P	42
40 DNF	GT1	40	Ennea SRL Ferrari Club Italia	Anders Olofsson Luciano Della Noce Tetsuya Ota	Ferrari 3.0L Turbo V8	P	42
41 DNF	GT1	52	Lister Cars Ltd.	Geoff Lees Dominic Chappell Rupert Keegan	Lister Storm GTS	M	40
41 DNF	GT1	52	Lister Cars Ltd.	Geoff Lees Dominic Chappell Rupert Keegan	Jaguar 7.0L V12	M	40
42 DNF	GT1	55	Jean-Claude Miloé Societé Larbre Compétition	Pierre Yver Jean-Luc Chéreau Jack Leconte	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	M	40
42 DNF	GT1	55	Jean-Claude Miloé Societé Larbre Compétition	Pierre Yver Jean-Luc Chéreau Jack Leconte	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	40
43 DNF	LMP2	8	Welter Racing	Patrick Gonin Pierre Petit Marc Rostan	WR LM94	M	33
43 DNF	LMP2	8	Welter Racing	Patrick Gonin Pierre Petit Marc Rostan	Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4	M	33
44 DNF	WSC	11	Courage Compétition	Henri Pescarolo Franck Lagorce Éric Bernard	Courage C41	G	26
44 DNF	WSC	11	Courage Compétition	Henri Pescarolo Franck Lagorce Éric Bernard	Chevrolet 5.0L V8	G	26
45 DNF	GT1	26	SARD Co. Ltd.	Alain Ferté Kenny Acheson Tomiko Yoshikawa	Sard MC8-R	D	14
45 DNF	GT1	26	SARD Co. Ltd.	Alain Ferté Kenny Acheson Tomiko Yoshikawa	Toyota 4.0L Turbo V8	D	14
46 DNF	GT2	82	Elf Haberthur Racing	Charles Margueron Pierre de Thoisy Philippe Siffert	Porsche 911 GT2	P	13
46 DNF	GT2	82	Elf Haberthur Racing	Charles Margueron Pierre de Thoisy Philippe Siffert	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	13
47 DNF	WSC	1	Euromotorsport Racing Inc.	Massimo Sigala Jay Cochran René Arnoux	Ferrari 333 SP	G	7
47 DNF	WSC	1	Euromotorsport Racing Inc.	Massimo Sigala Jay Cochran René Arnoux	Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12	G	7
48 DNF	GT1	47	Honda Motor Co. Ltd.	Armin Hahne Bertrand Gachot Ivan Capelli	Honda NSX GT1	D	7
48 DNF	GT1	47	Honda Motor Co. Ltd.	Armin Hahne Bertrand Gachot Ivan Capelli	Honda 3.0L Turbo V6	D	7

Statistics

Pole Position - #9 Welter Racing - 3:46.050
Fastest Lap - #8 Welter Racing - 3:51.410
Distance - 4055.8 km
Average Speed - 168.992 km/h
Highest Trap Speed — Courage C34 - 311 km/h (race), McLaren F1 GTR - 381 km/h (qualifying)

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