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Le Mans 1996 - The Tourists' Story

Page 2 - The Ford Chicane

 

I took quite a few pictures from the outside of the Ford Chicane in 1996.  Here is a gallery of those shots.

 

17 - Racing for Belgium Ferrari 333SP - Eric van de Poele, Marc Goossens and Eric Bachelart - accident 221 laps                - Joest TWR Porsche - Davy Jones, Manuel Reuter and Alex Wurz - 1st place - 354 laps                1 - Kremer Porsche K8 - Christophe Bouchut, Jurgen Laessig and Harry Toivonen - accident 110 laps

 

33 - GTC Gulf McLaren - J.J. Lehto, Ray Bellm and James Weaver - 9th place - 323 laps                38 - Bigazzi McLaren - Johnny Cecotto, Nelson Piquet and Danny Sullivan - 8th place - 324 laps                29 - Harrods McLaren - Derek Bell, Andy Wallace and Olivier Grouillard - 6th place - 328 laps

 

26 - Porsche GT1 - Yannick Dalmas, Karl Wendlinger and Scott Goodyear - 3rd place - 341 laps                44 - Ennea Ferrari F40 - Anders Olofsson, Luciano Della Noce and Carl Rosenblad - engine failure - 98 laps                59 - Ennea Ferrari F40 - Pietro Nappi, Robin Donovan and Tetsuya Ota - accident - 130 laps

 

14 - WR Peugeot - Patrick Gonin, Marc Rostan and Pierre Petit - accident - 221 laps                    15 - WR Peugeot - William David, Sebastien Enjolras and Arnaud Trevisiol - accident - 162 laps

 

48 - Chrysler Viper - Price Cobb, Mark Dismore and Shawn Hendricks - 10th place - 320 laps                    50 - Chrysler Viper - Eric Helary, Philippe Gache and Olivier Beretta - 21st place - 283 laps

 

23 - Nissan GT-R - Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Toshio Suzuki and Masahiro Hasemi - 15th place - 307 laps                27 - Chereau Porsche - Pierre Yver, Jean Luc Chereau and Jack Leconte - 22nd place - 279 laps                74 - Agusta Callaway - Patrick Camus, Rocky Agusta and Almo Coppelli - clutch failure - 114 laps