24 Hours of Le Mans 1985 highlights

Brief highlights from the 53rd Grand Prix of Endurance which was also the 4th round of the World Sportscar Championship.

Results (DNFs not included):

1. (C1) Porsche 956 (New-Man Joest Racing)
Klaus Ludwig / Paolo Barilla / Louis "John Winter" Krages

2. (C1) Porsche 956 (Richard Lloyd Racing)
Jonathan Palmer / James Weaver / Richard Lloyd

3. (C1) Porsche 962C (Rothmans Porsche)
Derek Bell / Hans-Joachim Stuck

4. (C1) Porsche 956 (John Fitzpatrick Racing)
Jo Gartner / David Hobbs / Guy Edwards

5. (C1) Porsche 956 (Barclay Porsche Kremer Racing)
Mario Hytten / George Fouché / Sarel van der Merwe

6. (C1) Lancia LC2 (Martini Lancia)
Bob Wollek / Alessandro Nannini / Lucio Cesario

7. (C1) Lancia LC2 (Martini Lancia)
Henri Pescarolo / Mauro Baldi

8. (C1) Porsche 956 (Obermaier Racing Team)
Jürgen Lässig / Jésus Pareja / Hervé Regout

9. (C1) Porsche 962C (Kenwood Porsche Kremer Racing)
Jean-Pierre Jarier / Mike Thackwell / Franz Konrad

10. (C1) Porsche 962C (Rothmans Porsche)
Jacky Ickx / Jochen Mass

11. (C1) EMKA C84/1 (EMKA Productions, Ltd.)
Tiff Needell / Steve O'Rourke / Nick Faure

12. (C1) Tom's (Dome) 85C (Tom's Team)
Satoru Nakajima / Masanori Sekiya / Kaoru Hoshino

13. (GTP) Jaguar XJR-5 (Jaguar Group 44)
Bob Tullius / Chip Robinson / Claude Ballot-Léna

14. (C2) Tiga GC85 (Spice Engineering)
Gordon Spice / Ray Bellm / Mark Galvin

15. (B) BMW M1 (Helmut Gall)
Edgar Dören / Martin Birrane / Jean-Paul Libert

16. (C2) Gebhardt JC843 (ADA Engineering)
Ian Harrower / Steve Earle / John Sheldon

17. (C1) WM P83B (WM Peugeot)
Michel Pignard / Jean-Daniel Raulet / Jean Rondeau

18. (C1) Rondeau M382 (Bussi Racing)
Bruno Sotty / Jean-Claude Justice / Patrick Oudet

19. (C2) Mazda 737C (Japan Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.)
Dave Kennedy / Philippe Martin / Jean-Michel Martin

20. (C1) Cougar C12 (Primagaz)
Yves Courage / Alain de Cadenet / Jean-Francois Yvon

21. (C2) Tiga GC285 (Roy Baker Promotions Ford)
Paul Smith / Will Hoy / Nick Nicholson

22. (C1) March 85G (Kreepy Krauly Racing)
Graham Duxbury / Christian Danner / Almo Coppelli

23. (C2) Sauber SHS C6 (Roland Bassaler)
Roland Bassaler / Dominique Lacaud / Yvon Tapy

24. (C2) Mazda 737C (Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.)
Yoshimi Katayama / Yojiro Terada / Takashi Yorino

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_World_Sportscar_Championship_season

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[motorsportnutter4eva]

This is when Le Mans was great, unlike now with the LMP rules. Bring Group C back because the cars looked and sounded much better.

[rdtli]

la sarthe was never the same withou the class C......

[RolandRacing]

Sorry, but I dont agree. Look at Le Mans cars today......its all "group c" cars. Take a look at the review from Le Mans 2011. Great race!

Toyota and Porsche are comming back for Le Mans....even better!

But I miss the old Mulsanne, and the hill at the end at Mulsanne... :)

[bertyUK]

Why does everything great have to be destroyed by rules & regs?

[fgtxpaco7458ss]

This is Le Mans!!! wish it came back!!

[eskimodude812]

aw man i hope when i grow up i can get in a sport just like this!

[myPETsnailFRED]

such an amazing race held before i was even born, im pretty glad they were recorded i would much rather watch the classic races

[HoustonRocket101]

This was back in the days when a relatively new team could show up and finish well:

But then group C was killed off and the technology became stupidly expensive which is why we now have a monopoly so to speak, of the same manufactures winning year in year out :

The same thing happened in f1, Its kind of symbolic of how big buisness and politics are killing everything.

[Quadrant14]

If only Tiff Needelland Bob Wollek had won a Le Mans I would be happy, Bob sadly now is dead, Vern Shuppan/Hurley Haywood came second so many times, he should have up to 4 wins, Bell and Jackie always had the better car I miss Croup C1 and C2

[aqua5boy]

Bell's verdict on Stuck ? it's at 2:34 ..... "Tosser!"

[verkorxt]

Tiff Needell? I had no idea he ever started in Mans.