LE MAN RESULT

[marcus]

They havent been posted yet so here are the results of the 2000 Le man 24hr race ..so you can browse through and see where your favorite driver or team actually finished.Pos Driver Car Car number laps

1 Biela / Kristensen / Pirro Audi R8 (900) 8 368

2 Aiello / McNish / Ortelli Audi R8 (900) 9 367

3 Abt / Alboreto / Capello Audi R8 (900) 7 365

4 Grouillard / Bourdais / Clerico Courage C52 (900) 16 344

5 O'Connell / Katoh / Raphanel Panoz LMP Roadster (900) 12 342

6 Suzuki / Kageyama / Kageyama Panoz LMP Roadster (900) 23 340

7 Dupuy / Beretta / Wendlinger Chrysler Viper GTS-R (GTS) 51 333

8 Tsuchiya / Iida / Kondo Panoz LMP Roadster (900) 22 330

9 Donohue / Amorim / Beltoise Chrysler Viper GTS-R (GTS) 53 328

10 Freon / Pilgrim / Collins Corvette C5R (GTS) 64 327

11 Fellows / Kniefel / Bell Corvette C5R (GTS) 63 326

12 Archer / Duez / Huisman Chrysler Viper GTS-R (GTS) 52 324

13 Müller / Luhr / Wollek Porsche 911 GT3-R (GT) 83 319

14 Hezemans / Hart / Hugenholtz Chrysler Viper GTS-R (GTS) 57 317

15 Slater / Kendall / von Gratzen Porsche 911 GT2 (GTS) 60 317

16 Brabham / Magnussen / Andretti Panoz LMP Roadster (900) 11 315

17 Fukuyama / Yogo / Lambert Porsche 911 GT3-R (GT) 73 310

18 Mowlem / Murry / Maassen Porsche 911 GT3-R (GT) 82 304

19 Cohen Olivar / Neugarten / Burgess Porsche 911 GT3-R (GT) 76 302

20 Collard / Bernard / Montagny Cadillac LMP (900) 3 300

21 Theys / van Hooydonk / Andre Reynard 2KQ (900) 6 292

22 Leitzinger / Lagorce / Wallace Cadillac LMP (900) 1 291

23 Angelelli / Taylor / van de Poele Cadillac LMP (900) 2 287

24 Perrier/Ricci/Ricci / Ricci / Perrier Porsche 911 GT3-R (GT) 79 286

25 Dujardyn / Verellen / Penders Porsche 911 GT3-R (GT) 80 285

26 Maxwell / Graham / Wilkins Lola B2K/40 (675) 32 274

27 Balandras / Boulay / Terada WR LMP (675) 36 266

28 Lauer / Brockman / Jeannette Porsche 911 GT3-R (GT) 75 261

29 Nielsen / Baldi / Graf Panoz LMP Roadster (900) 10 205

30 Kaufman / Hane / Iketani Porsche 911 GT2 (GTS) 59 313 R: accident

31 Rosa / Ligonnet / Babini Porsche 911 GT3-R (GT) 81 310 R: accident

32 Gache / Formato / Cottaz Courage C60 (900) 17 219 R: accident

33 Seiler / Brun / Glasel Chrysler Viper GTS-R (GTS) 56 210 R: accident

34 Derichebourg / Lagniez / Martinolle Chrysler Viper GTS-R (GTS) 54 180 R: engine

35 Bscher / Lees / Gounon BMW LM98 (900) 15 180 R: accident

36 Pompidou / Bouvet / Daoudi WR LMP (675) 35 169 R: engine

37 Schiattarella / Radigues / Naspetti Lola B2K/10 (900) 21 154 R: engine

38 Johansson / Smith / Matthews Reynard 2KQ (900) 24 133 R: engine

39 Saldana / Villaroel / Lavaggi Porsche 911 GT3-R (GT) 72 78 R: engine

40 Bouillon / Gene / Policand Reynard 2KQ (675) 34 72 R: engine

41 Kelleners / Terrien / Deletraz Reynard 2KQ (675) 33 44 R: wheel

42 Lammers / Coronel / Kox Lola B2K/10 (900) 20 38 R: wheel

43 Bouchut / Chereau / Goulesard Porsche 911 GT3-R (GT) 77 34 R: accident damage

44 Maury-Laribiere / Chauvin / Zarda Porsche 911 GT3- (GT) 78 32 R: accident

45 Lemarie / Yvon / Goudy Debora LMP (675) 30 24 R: oil leak

46 Lewis / Mazzuoccola / Wagner Porsche 911 GT3-R (GT) 71 22 R: accident

47 Goossens / Tinseau / Kolby Cadillac LMP (900) 4 4 R: fire

48 Dalmas / Minassian / Belloc Reynard 2KQ (900) 5 1 R: oil pressure

[TimD]

Excellent work - I've been looking for a rundown of results these last 2 days.

And what a lovely sight at the bottom. 48th and last, DNF Nicholas Minassien. I'm only sorry for Mr Dalmas and Mr Belloc for having to share the only car I want to stick pins in a model of.

[Jim Clark]

...what's the joke?

[TimD]

Sorry JC, I'll explain.

Some drivers will always be special favourites for me. Johnny Herbert, Henri Pescarolo, Barrie Williams to name but a few. Most drivers I will salute for doing a far better job than I could ever dream of doing in their situation.

But when a driver displays deeply ungentlemanly behaviour on a race track, he tends to earn my undying disrespect. That's why I could never be a fan of Ayrton Senna, for example. Or Britain's Dave Coyne.

Nicolas Minassien's crime was to find himself in his opinion "robbed" of a points placing in British Formula 3 by a non-points-eligible but very fast private entrant. His response, before all of the television cameras, was to seek out the privateer after the race was flagged, and when his car was immobile, he rained fist blows and rocks from the gravel trap at the poor man's helmet.

For that reason, whenever I see a DNF next to the name Minassien, my sense of natural justice feels a warm little glow.

[Jim Clark]

....now I understand. I had a lot of respect for schus' and Sennas skill behind the wheel(and still do), but after their respective antics, I've lost respect for their character, which to me is far more important.