1984 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 52nd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 16 – 17 June 1984. It was also the third round of the 1984 World Endurance Championship.

The works Rothmans Porsche team boycotted the 1984 Le Mans race due to a disagreement between Porsche and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) over the fuel regulations, meaning that drivers such as multiple winners Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell were absent from the race for the first time in many years.

Jaguar made its first official appearance at Le Mans since 1959 when Bob Tullius' Group 44 Racing team brought over its two 6.0 litre V12 powered Jaguar  XJR-5's from America, with the full backing of Jaguar. Before the decision to enter the race had been made, Jaguar had been concerned about the competitiveness of the XJR-5's against the turbocharged Porsche's and Ferrari powered Lancia's, especially with regard to top speed on the 6 km (3.7 mi) Mulsanne Straight. But those fears were put to rest when the 600 hp (447 kW) cars were clocked at over 200 mph (322 km/h) during the 24 Hours of Daytona in February.

Reinhold Joest's privately entered Porsche 956B driven by Frenchman Henri Pescarolo and West German Klaus Ludwig won the race in the #7 car. For Pescarolo it was his fourth and last win at Le Mans, while for Ludwig it was his second win. After starting 3rd on the grid, the pair were only in 30th place after the first hour after pitting twice in the first 5 laps to fix a minor fuel feed problem after which the car ran almost faultlessly. The Porsche 956 dominated the final standings, taking the top seven places. The first non-Porsche 956 to finish was the Martini Racing Lancia LC2 of Bob Wollek and Alessandro Nannini.

During the race, a French marshal, Jacky Loiseau (42) was killed when British driver John Sheldon crashed massively in the Aston Martin powered Nimrod NRA/C2 at the flat out right-hand kink on the Mulsanne Straight, a crash that also involved the second Aston Martin Nimrod of American driver Drake Olson, who hit some of the strewn bodywork from Sheldon's Nimrod that had caught fire and crashed as well. He was unhurt. Another marshal, Andre-Guy Lefebvre (48) was seriously injured, but survived. Sheldon survived the 200 mph (322 km/h) crash, but he was severely burned, and the Nimrod's explosive impact against the Armco barriers was so violent, that some of the trees next to the track where the impact took place had been set on fire.

For most of the races up to the early 1980s when 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		7	New-Man Joest Racing	Henri Pescarolo  Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 956B Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	360
2		26	Henn's T-Bird Swap Shop	Jean Rondeau  John Paul, Jr.	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	358
3		33	Skoal Bandit Porsche Team  John Fitzpatrick Racing	David Hobbs  Philippe Streiff  Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 956B Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	351
4		9	Brun Motorsport GmbH	Walter Brun  Prince Leopold von Bayern  Bob Akin	Porsche 956B Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	340
5		12	New-Man Joest Racing  Schornstein Racing Team	Volkert Merl  Dieter Schornstein  "John Winter" (Louis Krages)	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	340
6		11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Vern Schuppan  Alan Jones  Jean-Pierre Jarier	Porsche 956B Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	337
7		20	Brun Motorsport GmbH	Massimo Sigala  Oscar Larrauri  Joël Gouhier	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	335
8		4	Martini Racing	Bob Wollek  Alessandro Nannini	Lancia LC2 Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8	326
9		17	Porsche Kremer Racing	Tiff Needell  David Sutherland  Rusty French	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	321
10		68	B.F. Goodrich Company	John O'Steen  John Morton  Yoshimi Katayama	Lola T616 Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor	320
11		93	Jean-Philippe Grand  Graff Racing	Jean-Philippe Grand  Jean-Paul Libert  Pascal Witmeur	Rondeau M379 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8	310
12		67	B.F. Goodrich Company	Jim Busby  Boy Hayje  Rick Knoop	Lola T616 Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor	295
13		37	McCormack and Dodge	Jim Mullen  Walt Bohren  Alain Ferté	Rondeau M482 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	293
14		109	Helmut Gall	Philippe Dagoreau  Jean-François Yvon  Pierre de Thoisy	BMW M1 BMW M88/1 3.5 L I6	292
15		87	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	David Kennedy  Jean-Michel Martin  Philippe Martin	Mazda 727C Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor	291
16		106	Claude Haldi	Claude Haldi  Altfrid Heger  Jean Krucker	Porsche 930 Porsche 3.3 L Turbo Flat-6	285
17		122	Raymond Touroul	Raymond Touroul  Valentin Bertapelle  Thierry Perrier	Porsche 911 SC Porsche 3.0 L Flat-6	283
18		123	Equipe Alméras Frères	Jean-Marie Alméras  Jacques Alméras  Tom Winters	Porsche 930 Porsche 3.3 L Turbo Flat-6	268
19		81	Scuderia Jolly Club	Almo Coppelli  Davide Pavia  Guido Daccò	Alba AR2 Giannini Carma FF 2.0 L Turbo I4	262
20		86	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Pierre Dieudonné  Takashi Yorino  Yojiro Terada	Mazda 727C Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor	261
21		80	Scuderia Jolly Club	Martino Finotto  Carlo Facetti  Marco Vanoli	Alba AR2 Giannini Carma FF 2.0 L Turbo I4	258
22		107	Raymond Boutinaud	Raymond Boutinaud  Philippe Renault  Giles Guinand	Porsche 928S Porsche 4.7 L V8	255
23 DNF		44	Jaguar Group 44	Brian Redman  Doc Bundy  Bob Tullius	Jaguar XJR-5 Jaguar 6.0 L V12	291
24 DNF		5	Martini Racing	Paolo Barilla  Hans Heyer  Mauro Baldi	Lancia LC2 Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8	275
25 DNF		21	Charles Ivey Racing	Alain de Cadenet  Allan Grice  Chris Craft	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	274
26 DNF		61	Henn's T-Bird Swap Shop	Michel Ferté  Edgar Dören  Preston Henn	Porsche 962 Porsche Type-935 2.9 L Turbo Flat-6	247
27 DNF		14	GTi Engineering	Jan Lammers  Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	239
28 DNF		40	Jaguar Group 44	Tony Adamowicz  John Watson  Claude Ballot-Léna	Jaguar XJR-5 Jaguar 6.0 L V12	212
29 DNF		8	New-Man Joest Racing	Stefan Johansson  Jean-Louis Schlesser  Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	170
30 DNF		38	Dorset Racing Associates	Nick Faure  Mark Galvin  Richard Jones	Dome RC82 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	156
31 DNF		50	Primagaz	Pierre Yver  Bernard de Dryver  Pierre-François Rousselot	Rondeau M382 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8	155
32 DNF		13	Primagaz	Yves Courage  Michel Dubois  John Jellinek	Cougar C02 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	153
33 DNF		47	Obermaier Racing GmbH	Jürgen Lässig  George Fouché  John Graham	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	147
34 DNF		121	Charles Ivey Racing	David Ovey  Paul Smith  Margie Smith-Haas	Porsche 930 Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6	146
35 DNF		34	Team Australia  John Fitzpatrick Racing	Peter Brock  Larry Perkins	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	145
36 DSQ		16	GTi Engineering	Richard Lloyd  Nick Mason  René Metge	Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	139
37 DNF		23	WM Secateva	Roger Dorchy  Alain Couderc  Gerard Patté	WM P83B Peugeot PRV 2.8 L Turbo V6	122
38 DNF		6	BP Résidences Malardeau  Scuderia Jolly Club	Pierluigi Martini  Xavier Lapeyre  Beppe Gabbiani	Lancia LC2 Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8	117
39 DNF		101	Jens Winther Team Castrol	Jens Winther  David Mercer  Lars-Viggo Jensen	BMW M1 BMW M88/1 3.5 L I6	96
40 DNF		62	Pegasus Racing Ltd.	Ken Marsden Jr.  Marion L. Speer  Wayne Pickering	March 84G Buick 3.3 L Turbo V6	95
41 DNF		31	Viscount Downe Aston Martin	Ray Mallock  Drake Olson	Nimrod NRA/C2B Aston Martin-Tickford DP1229 5.3 L V8	94
42 DNF		32	Viscount Downe Aston Martin	John Sheldon  Mike Salmon  Richard Attwood	Nimrod NRA/C2B Aston Martin-Tickford DP1229 5.3 L V8	92
43 DNF		24	WM Secateva	Michel Pignard  Jean-Daniel Raulet  Pascal Pessiot	WM P83B Peugeot PRV 2.8 L Turbo V6	74
44 DNF		55	Skoal Bandit Porsche Team  John Fitzpatrick Racing	Rupert Keegan  Guy Edwards  Roberto Moreno	Porsche 962 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	72
45 DNF		114	Michel Lateste	Michel Lateste  Michel Bienvault  "Ségolen" (André Gahinet)	Porsche 930 Porsche 3.3 L Turbo Flat-6	70
46 DNF		70	Spice-Tiga Racing	Gordon Spice  Ray Bellm  Neil Crang	Tiga GC84 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	69
47 DNF		27	Scuderia Bellancauto	Roberto Marazzi  Maurizio Micangeli  Dominique Lacaud	Ferrari 512BB/LM Ferrari 5.0 L Flat-12	65
48 DNF		48	John Bartlett Racing	François Migault  Steve Kempton  François Sérvanin	Lola T610 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	52
49 DNF		45	Christian Bussi	Christian Bussi  Jack Griffin  Bruno Ilien	Rondeau M382 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	49
50 DNF		79	A.D.A. Engineering	Ian Harrower  Bill Wolff  Glen Smith	ADA 01 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	42
51 DNF		85	Hubert Striebig	Hubert Striebig  Jacques Heuclin  Noël del Bello	Sthemo SM C2 BMW M88/1 3.5 L I6	41
52 DNF		77	Ecurie Ecosse	Mike Wilds  David Duffield  David Leslie	Ecosse C284 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8	36
53 DNF		25	C.A.M.S.  Charles Ivey Racing	Dudley Wood  John Cooper  Barry Robinson	Grid S2 Porsche Type-935 2.9 L Turbo Flat-6	10
DNS		39	Uchida Dome Racing Team	Eje Elgh  Stanley Dickens	Dome RC83 Ford Cosworth DFL 4.0 L V8	-
DNS		99	J.Q.F. Engineering Ltd.	Roy Baker  Jeremy Rossiter  François Duret	Tiga GC84 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4	-