1983 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 51st Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1983. It was also the fourth round of both the World Endurance Championship and European Endurance Championship.
The race had a close finish between the Rothmans Porsche 956s of Al Holbert (#3 car) and Derek Bell (#1). Bell was able to un-lap himself as the Holbert car was slowed by overheating (engine damage caused by an airflow blockage to the radiator that cooled the heads) and seized up on the last lap but re-fired and made it to the end with smoke trailing from the exhaust. Holbert crossed the finish line 17 seconds ahead of Bell.
Vern Schuppan, after finishing third in 1975, and second in 1977 and 1982, became the first Australian driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans since Bernard Rubin won driving a Bentley 4½ Litre in 1928.
Official results[]
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyres | Laps |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | C | 3 | Rothmans Porsche | Vern Schuppan Hurley Haywood Al Holbert |
Porsche 956 | D | 370 |
Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
2 | C | 1 | Rothmans Porsche | Jacky Ickx Derek Bell |
Porsche 956 | D | 370 |
Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
3 | C | 21 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Mario Andretti Michael Andretti Philippe Alliot |
Porsche 956 | G | 364 |
Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
4 | C | 12 | / Joest Racing | Volkert Merl Mauricio de Narváez |
Porsche 956 | D | 361 |
Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
5 | C | 16 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | John Fitzpatrick Guy Edwards Rupert Keegan |
Porsche 956 | G | 358 |
Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
6 | C | 8 | Sorga S.A. / Joest Racing | Klaus Ludwig Stefan Johansson Bob Wollek |
Porsche 956 | D | 354 |
Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
7 | C | 18 | Obermaier Racing | Desiré Wilson Jürgen Lässig |
Porsche 956 | D | 347 |
Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
8 | C | 14 | Canon Racing GTi Engineering |
Jonathan Palmer Jan Lammers Richard Lloyd |
Porsche 956 | D | 339 |
Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
9 | C | 46 | Sauber Team Switzerland | |
Sauber C7 | D | 338 |
BMW M88 3.5L I6 | |||||||
10 | C | 47 | Preston Henn T-Bird Swap Shop John Fitzpatrick Racing |
Preston Henn Jean-Louis Schlesser Claude Ballot-Léna |
Porsche 956 | G | 327 |
Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
11 | B | 93 | Paul Smith |
Porsche 930 | A[1] | 303 | |
Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
12 | C Jr | 60 | Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. | Takashi Yorino Yojiro Terada Yoshimi Katayama |
Mazda 717C | D | 302 |
Mazda 13B 1.3L 2-Rotor | |||||||
13 | B | 92 | |
Porsche 930 | D | 299 | |
Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
14 | C | 54 | Bruno Sotty |
D | 292 | ||
BMW M88 3.5L I6 | |||||||
15 | B | 95 | Equipe Alméras Frères | Jacques Alméras Jean-Marie Alméras |
Porsche 930 | M | 279 |
Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
16 | C | 10 | WM Secateva | Roger Dorchy Pascal Fabre |
WM | M | 278 |
Peugeot PRV 2.8L Turbo V6 | |||||||
17 | C | 41 | EMKA Productions Ltd. | Tiff Needell Steve O'Rourke Nick Faure |
EMKA C83/1 | D | 275 |
Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3L V8 | |||||||
18 | C Jr | 61 | Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. | Steve Soper Jeff Allam James Weaver |
Mazda 717C | D | 267 |
Mazda 13B 1.3L 2-Rotor | |||||||
19 | C | 29 | |
Rondeau M382 | D | 265 | |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | |||||||
20 | B | 96 | |
Porsche 930 | M | 264 | |
Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
21 NC |
B | 97 | Patrick Gonin |
Porsche 928S | D | 234 | |
Porsche 4.7L V8 | |||||||
22 NC |
C | 53 | François Hesnault Thierry Perrier |
Lancia LC1 | D | 232 | |
Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4 | |||||||
23 NC |
C | 51 | Oscar Larrauri Massimo Sigala Max Cohen-Olivar |
Lancia LC1 | D | 217 | |
Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4 | |||||||
24 NC |
C Jr | 65 | John Sheldon |
De Cadenet-Lola | M | 214 | |
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | |||||||
25 DSQ |
C | 30 | Pierre Yver Bernard de Dryver |
Rondeau M382 | D | 266 | |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | |||||||
26 DNF |
B | 94 | Claude Haldi | Claude Haldi |
Porsche 930 | M | 217 |
Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
27 DNF |
C | 2 | Rothmans Porsche | Jochen Mass Stefan Bellof |
Porsche 956 | D | 281 |
Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
28 DNF |
C | 39 | Viscount Downe - Pace Petroleum | Ray Mallock Mike Salmon |
Nimrod NRA/C2B | A | 218 |
Aston Martin-Tickford DP1229 5.3L V8 | |||||||
29 DNF |
C | 24 | Ford France | Thierry Boutsen Henri Pescarolo |
Rondeau | M | 174 |
Ford Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8 | |||||||
30 DNF |
C | 20 | François Sérvanin |
Lola T610 | G | 165 | |
Ford Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8 | |||||||
31 DNF |
B | 90 | Brun Motorsport |
Prince Leopold von Bayern Jens Winther |
BMW M1 | D | 160 |
BMW M88 3.5L I6 | |||||||
32 DNF |
C Jr | 63 | Scuderia Jolly Club | Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto |
P | 158 | |
Giannini Carma FF 1.9L Turbo I4 | |||||||
33 DNF |
C | 28 | Jean Rondeau Ford France |
Vic Elford Joël Gouhier Anne-Charlotte Verney |
Rondeau | A | 136 |
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | |||||||
34 DNF |
C | 6 | Martini Lancia | Paolo Barilla Alessandro Nannini Jean-Claude Andruet |
Lancia LC2 | D | 135 |
Ferrari 268C 2.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
35 DNF |
C | 5 | Martini Lancia | Piercarlo Ghinzani Hans Heyer Michele Alboreto |
Lancia LC2 | D | 121 |
Ferrari 268C 2.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
36 DNF |
C | 9 | WM Secateva | Jean-Daniel Raulet Didier Theys |
WM | M | 102 |
Peugeot PRV 2.8L Turbo V6 | |||||||
37 DNF |
C | 26 | Ford France | Alain Ferté Jean Rondeau Michel Ferté |
Rondeau | M | 90 |
Ford Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8 | |||||||
38 DNF |
C | 11 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs Dieter Quester |
Porsche 956 | G | 135 |
Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
39 DNF |
C | 13 | Alain de Cadenet Yves Courage |
Cougar | M | 86 | |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | |||||||
40 DNF |
C | 22 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Derek Warwick Patrick Gaillard Frank Jelinski |
Porsche-Kremer CK5 | G | 76 |
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
41 DNF |
C | 38 | Dome Racing |
Eliseo Salazar Chris Craft Nick Mason |
Dome RC82 | D | 75 |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | |||||||
42 DNF |
C Jr | 64 | Noël del Bello |
D[1] | 71 | ||
BMW 2.2L I4 | |||||||
43 DNF |
C | 49 | Dudley Wood |
F | 69 | ||
Ford Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8 | |||||||
44 DNF |
C | 36 | Brun Motorsport | Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve Ludwig Heimrath |
Sehcar SH C6 | D | 68 |
Ford Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8 | |||||||
45 DNF |
C | 72 | Jean Rondeau | Alain Cudini |
Rondeau M382 | M | 31 |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | |||||||
46 DNF |
C | 4 | Martini Lancia | Michele Alboreto Teo Fabi Alessandro Nannini |
Lancia LC2 | D | 27 |
Ferrari 268C 2.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
47 DNF |
C | 43 | François Migault David Kennedy Martin Birrane |
Ford C100 | G | 16 | |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | |||||||
48 DNF |
C | 25 | Ford France | Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Philippe Streiff |
Rondeau | M | 12 |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | |||||||
49 DNF |
C | 15 | Joest Racing | Jean-Michel Martin Marc Duez Philippe Martin |
Porsche 936C | D | 9 |
Porsche Type-935 2.7L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
50 DNF |
C | 42 | Tony Dron Richard Jones |
Porsche-Kremer CK5 | D | 8 | |
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
51 DNF |
B | 91 | |
Porsche 930 | D | 7 | |
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 |
Statistics[]
- Pole Position - #1 Rothmans Porsche (Jacky Ickx) - 3:16.560 (155.075 mph/249.570 km/h)
- Fastest Lap - #1 Rothmans Porsche - 3:29.070
- Distance - 5047.934 km
- Average Speed - 210.330 km/h
References[]
- ^ a b "1983 Le Mans 24 Hours". Motor Sport Magazine. 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- 24 Hours of Le Mans races
- 1983 in motorsport
- 1983 World Sportscar Championship season
- 1983 in French motorsport