1992 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 60th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 20–21 June 1992. It was also the third round of the Sportscar World Championship. For this race, both C1 and FIA Cup class cars ran under the C1 category to comply with ACO rules.

1992 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Index: Races | Winners

Despite the success of the Group C rules, the FIA introduced new '3.5L' rules for the 1991 World Sportscar Championship which meant a new type of sports-prototype.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Le Mans in 1992
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 1 Peugeot Talbot Sport Derek Warwick
Yannick Dalmas
Mark Blundell
Peugeot 905 Evo 1B M 352
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
2 C1 33 Toyota Team Tom's Masanori Sekiya
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Kenny Acheson
Toyota TS010 G 346
Toyota RV10 3.5L V10
3 C1 2 Peugeot Talbot Sport Mauro Baldi
Philippe Alliot
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Peugeot 905 Evo 1B M 345
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
4 C1 5 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
Oreca
Johnny Herbert
Volker Weidler
Bertrand Gachot
Maurizio Sandro Sala
Mazda MXR-01 M 336
Mazda (Judd) MV10 3.5L V10
5 C2 35 Trust Racing Team Stefan Johansson
George Fouché
Steven Andskär
Toyota 92C-V D 336
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
6 C3 54 Courage Compétition Bob Wollek
Henri Pescarolo
Jean-Louis Ricci
Cougar C28LM G 335
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
7 C3 51 Kremer Porsche Racing Manuel Reuter
John Nielsen
Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 962CK6 Y 334
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C1 8 Toyota Team Tom's Jan Lammers
Andy Wallace
Teo Fabi
Toyota TS010 G 331
Toyota RV10 3.5L V10
9 C2 34 Toyota Team Tom's
Kitz Racing Team with SARD
Roland Ratzenberger
Eje Elgh
Eddie Irvine
Toyota 92C-V B 321
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
10 C3 67 Obermaier Racing GmbH Otto Altenbach
Jürgen Lässig
Pierre Yver
Porsche 962C G 297
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 C3 52 Kremer Porsche Racing Robin Donovan
Charles Rickett
Almo Coppelli
Porsche 962CK6 Y 297
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
12 C3 53 ADA Engineering Derek Bell
Justin Bell
Tiff Needell
Porsche 962C GTi G 284
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C1 4 Euro Racing Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Charles Zwolsman
Shunji Kasuya
Lola T92/10 M 271
Judd GV10 3.5L V10
14 C1 22 Chamberlain Engineering Ferdinand de Lesseps
Richard Piper
Olindo Iacobelli
Spice SE89C G 258
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
15
NC
C1 36 Chamberlain Engineering Jun Harada
Kenta Shimamura
Tomiko Yoshikawa
Spice SE89C G 160
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
16
NC
C4 66 Éric Bellefroid
Ren Car
Walter Breuer
Marc Alexandre
Frank de Vita
Orion LM M 78
Peugeot 1.9L I4
17
DNF
C1 31 Peugeot Talbot Sport Karl Wendlinger
Eric van de Poele
Alain Ferté
Peugeot 905 Evo 1B M 208
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
18
DNF
C1 7 Toyota Team Tom's Geoff Lees
David Brabham
Ukyo Katayama
Toyota TS010 G 192
Toyota RV10 3.5L V10
19
DNF
C1 21 Action Formula Luigi Taverna
Alessandro Gini
John Sheldon
Spice SE90C G 150
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
20
DNF
C3 56 Courage Compétition Tomás Saldaña
Denis Morin
Jean-François Yvon
Cougar C28LM G 142
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
21
DNF
C1 6 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
Oreca
Maurizio Sandro Sala
Takashi Yorino
Yojiro Terada
Mazda MXR-01 M 124
Mazda (Judd) MV10 3.5L V10
22
DNF
C1 29 Team S.C.I. Ranieri Randaccio
Vito Veninata
Stefano Sebastiani
Tiga GC288 G 101
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
23
DNF
C3 68 Equipe Alméras-Chotard Jean-Marie Alméras
Jacques Alméras
Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 962C G 85
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
24
DNF
C3 55 Courage Compétition Pascal Fabre
Lionel Robert
Marco Brand
Cougar C28LM G 77
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
25
DNF
C1 3 Euro Racing Jesús Pareja
Cor Euser
Charles Zwolsman
Lola T92/10 M 50
Judd GV10 3.5L V10
26
DNF
C4 58 Welter Racing Patrick Gonin
Didier Artzet
Pierre Petit
WR LM92 M 42
Peugeot 1.9L I4
27
DNF
C4 61 Didier Bonnet Autoracing Didier Bonnet
Gérard Tremblay
Jacques Heuclin
Debora SP92 P 25
Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6
28
DNF
C1 9 British Racing Motors Wayne Taylor
Harri Toivonen
Richard Jones
BRM P351 G 20
BRM (Weslake) 3.5L V12
DNS C1 30 TDR Spice Racing Chris Hodgetts
François Migault
Thierry Lecerf
Spice SE90C M -
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8
DNQ C2 60 Team MP Racing Marc Pachot
Raymond Touroul
Didier Cadarec
ALD C289 M -
Peugeot PRV 3.0L V6

† - #60 Team MP Racing's qualifying times were disallowed after the car was found to be underweight in post-qualifying inspection.

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #2 Peugeot Talbot Sport - 3:21.200
  • Fastest Lap - #8 Toyota Team Tom's - 3:32.295
  • Distance - 4787.2 km
  • Average Speed - 199.34 km/h
  • Highest Trap Speed — Toyota TS010 - 336 km/h (race), Peugeot 905 – 351 km/h (qualifying)
World Sportscar Championship
Previous race:
1992 500km of Silverstone
1992 season Next race:
1992 500km of Donington
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