1986 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 54th Grand Prix of Endurance as well as the third round of the 1986 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place on 31 May and 1 June 1986. Due to construction of a new roundabout at the Mulsanne corner, a new portion of track had to be built in order to avoid the roundabout. This created a right hand kink prior to the new Mulsanne turn.

For 1986, the new works 962C of Hans-Joachim Stuck, Derek Bell and Al Holbert was able to win the race beating the two-time defending winners at Joest Racing. The race itself was marred by the death of Jo Gartner in a crash on the Mulsanne Straight early on Sunday morning while running in 8th place. The sole remaining Kremer Racing Porsche retired soon after the accident. The Joest/Ludwig car suffered from engine bearing failure following the extended pace car laps.

For most of the races up to the early 1980s, where I do not have pictures of a model of the car as raced, I have shown examples of the car where possible. For the remaining years I will only show the cars where photos of the correct car are available.

Pos	Car	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis/Engine	Laps
1		1	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell  Hans-Joachim Stuck  Al Holbert	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	368
2		17	Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri  Jesús Pareja  Joël Gouhier	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	360
3		8	Joest Racing	George Follmer  John Morton  Kenper Miller	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	355
4		33	Danone Porsche España  John Fitzpatrick Racing	Emilio de Villota  Fermín Velez  George Fouché	Porsche 956B Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	349
5		9	Obermaier Racing	Jürgen Lässig  Fulvio Ballabio  Dudley Wood	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	345
6		63	Ernst Schuster	Siegfried Brunn  Ernst Schuster  Rudi Seher	Porsche 936C Porsche Type-962 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	344
7		180	Porsche AG	René Metge  Claude Ballot-Léna	Porsche 961 Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	321
8		75	ADA Engineering	Ian Harrower  Evan Clements  Tom Dodd-Noble	Gebhardt JC843 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	318
9		14	Liqui Moly Equipe	Mauro Baldi  Price Cobb  Rob Dyson	Porsche 956 GTi Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	318
10		55	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Philippe Alliot  Paco Romero  Michel Trollé	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	312
11		90	Jens Winther	Jens Winther  David Mercer  Lars Viggo Jensen	URD C83 BMW M88 3.5L I6	310
12		100	WM Secateva	Claude Haldi  Roger Dorchy  Pascal Pessiot	WM P83B Peugeot PRV 2.7L Turbo V6	301
13		47	Graff Racing	Jean-Philippe Grand  Jacques Goudchaux  Marc Menant	Rondeau M482 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	299
14		21	Richard Cleare Racing	Richard Cleare  Lionel Robert  Jack Newsum	March 85G Porsche Type-962 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	299
15		78	Ecurie Ecosse	Les Delano  John Hotchkis  Andy Petery	Ecosse C285 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	293
16		32	Nissan Motorsport	James Weaver  Masahiro Hasemi  Takao Wada	Nissan R85V Nissan VG30ET 3.0L Turbo V6	285
17		102	Lucien Rossiaud	Noël del Bello  Lucien Rossiaud  Bruno Sotty	Rondeau M379C Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	278
18		13	Primagaz Team Cougar	Yves Courage  Alain de Cadenet  Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Cougar C12 Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	267
19		70	Spice Engineering	Gordon Spice  Ray Bellm  Jean-Michel Martin	Spice SE86C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	257
20 NC		38	Dome Co. Ltd.	Eje Elgh  Beppe Gabbiani  Toshio Suzuki	Dome 86C-L Toyota 4T-GT 2.1L Turbo I4	296
21 NC		111	MK-Motorsport	Michael Krankenberg  Pascal Witmeur  Jean-Paul Libert	BMW M1 BMW M88 3.5L I6	265
22 NC		72	Bartlett/Goodmans Sound	Robin Donovan  Richard Jones  Nick Adams	Bardon DB1 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	211
23 NC		95	Roland Bassaler	Roland Bassaler  Dominique Lacaud  Yvon Tapy	Sauber SHS C6 BMW M88 3.5L I6	201
24 DNF		51	Silk Cut Jaguar  Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Derek Warwick  Eddie Cheever  Jean-Louis Schlesser	Jaguar XJR-6 Jaguar 6.0L V12	239
25 DNF		7	Joest Racing	Klaus Ludwig  Paolo Barilla  "John Winter" (Louis Krages)	Porsche 956B Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	196
26 DSQ†		79	Ecurie Ecosse	David Leslie  Ray Mallock  Mike Wilds	Ecosse C286 Austin-Rover V64V 3.0L V6	181
27 DNF		2	Rothmans Porsche	Jochen Mass  Bob Wollek  Vern Schuppan	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	180
28 DNF		10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Jo Gartner  Sarel van der Merwe  Kunimitsu Takahashi	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	169
29 DSQ		66	Cosmik Racing Promotions	Costas Los  Raymond Touroul  Neil Crang	March 84G Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	169
30 DNF		12	Porsche Kremer Racing	Pierre Yver  Hubert Striebig  Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	160
31 DNF		53	Silk Cut Jaguar  Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Gianfranco Brancatelli  Win Percy  Hurley Haywood	Jaguar XJR-6 Jaguar 6.0L V12	154
32 DNF		170	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Pierre Dieudonné  David Kennedy  Mark Galvin	Mazda 757 Mazda 13G 2.0L 3-Rotor	137
33 DNF		41	WM Secateva	Jean-Daniel Raulet  Michel Pignard  François Migault	WM P86 Peugeot PRV 2.6L Turbo V6	132
34 DNF		99	Roy Baker Racing Tiga	Nick Nicholson  John Sheldon  Thorkild Thyrring	Tiga GC286 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7L Turbo I4	125
35 DNF		45	Vetir Racing	Patrick Oudet  Jean-Claude Justice	Rondeau M382 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	110
36 DNF		36	Tom's Co. Ltd.	Satoru Nakajima  Geoff Lees  Masanori Sekiya	Tom's (Dome) 86C-L Toyota 4T-GT 2.1L Turbo I4	105
37 DNF		97	Ray Baker Racing Tiga	Tom Frank  Val Musetti  Mike Allison	Tiga GC285 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7L Turbo I4	95
38 DNF		19	Brun Motorsport	Thierry Boutsen  Didier Theys  Alain Ferté	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	89
39 DNF		62	Kouros Racing Team	Henri Pescarolo  Christian Danner  Dieter Quester	Sauber C8 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8	86
40 DNF		18	Brun Motorsport	Walter Brun  Massimo Sigala  Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	75
41 DNF		83	Luigi Taverna Technoracing	Luigi Taverna  Toni Palma  Marco Vanoli	Alba AR3 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	74
42 DNF		74	Gebhardt Motorsport	Stanley Dickens  Pierre de Thoisy  Jean-François Yvon	Gebhardt JC853 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	68
43 DNF		23	Nissan Motorsport	Kazuyoshi Hoshino  Keiji Matsumoto  Aguri Suzuki	Nissan R86V Nissan VG30ET 3.0L Turbo V6	64
44 DNF		61	Kouros Racing Team	John Nielsen  Mike Thackwell	Sauber C8 Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8	61
45 DNF		171	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yojiro Terada  Takashi Yorino  Yoshimi Katayama	Mazda 757 Mazda 13G 2.0L 3-Rotor	59
46 DNF		52	Silk Cut Jaguar  Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Brian Redman  Hans Heyer  Hurley Haywood	Jaguar XJR-6 Jaguar 6.0L V12	53
47 DNF		3	Rothmans Porsche	Vern Schuppan  Drake Olson	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	41
48 DNF		92	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Louis Descartes  Jacques Heuclin	ALD 02 BMW M88 3.5L I6	41
49 DNF		89	Lucky Strike Schanche Racing	Martin Birrane  Torgye Kleppe  Martin Schanche	Argo JM19 Zakspeed 1.8L Turbo I4	1
50 DNF		98	Roy Baker Racing Tiga	David Andrews  Mike Hall  Duncan Bain	Tiga GC286 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7L Turbo I4	1
DNQ		20	Tiga Team	Tim Lee-Davey  Neil Crang  John Gimbel	Tiga GC86 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L Turbo V8	0
DNQ		106	Bo Strandell	Kenneth Leim  Lars Hellberg  Peter Fritsch	Strandell 85 Porsche Type-934 3.3L Turbo Flat-6	0